More Questions on Geography

  • Q. Consider the following statements about rocks: 1. Shale becomes slate through metamorphosis. 2. Shale is converted to slate when it is subjected to tremendous pressure and high temperature. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
    A)Both 1 and 2
    B)1 only
    C)2 only
    D)Neither 1 nor 2
    Answer: Both 1 and 2
  • Q. The Doctor is a wind which
    A)Is injurious to health
    B)Is enervating
    C)Withers plants
    D)Is conducive to health
    Answer: Is conducive to health
  • Q. The approximate distance between the Earth and the Moon is
    A)280000 km
    B)380000 km
    C)180000 km
    D)50000 km
    Answer: 380000 km
  • Q. Which of the following countries shares the longest border with India?
    A)China
    B)Bangladesh
    C)Bhutan
    D)Pakistan
    Answer: Bangladesh
  • Q. Which of the following trees shed their leaves once in a year?
    A)Evergreen trees
    B)Deciduous trees
    C)Coniferous trees
    D)Both deciduous and coniferous trees
    Answer: Deciduous trees
  • Q. What helps to maintain the heat budget on the surface of the earth?
    A)Incoming solar radiation is reflected
    B)Incoming insolation in short waves and terrestrial radiation in long waves
    C)The atmosphere absorbs heat
    D)The earth absorbs heat
    Answer: Incoming insolation in short waves and terrestrial radiation in long waves
  • Q. “Loktak” is a
    A)River
    B)Valley
    C)Lake
    D)Mountain range
    Answer: Lake
  • Q. What is approximately the quantum of the pressure exerted by the atmosphere at sea level?
    A)Five kg per sq cm
    B)One kg per sq km
    C)One kg per sq mtr
    D)Five kg per sq mtr
    Answer: One kg per sq mtr
  • Q. The largest and the most important soil group of India contributing to the country’s major agricultural production is
    A)Red
    B)Laterite
    C)Alluvial
    D)Peat
    Answer: Alluvial
  • Q. In ________ forest, trees shed their leaves in a particular season.
    A)Deciduous
    B)Evergreen
    C)Mangrove
    D)Thorny
    Answer: Deciduous
  • Q. In which of the following states, retreating monsoon has more effect?
    A)Punjab
    B)Orissa
    C)West Bengal
    D)Tamil Nadu
    Answer: Tamil Nadu
  • Q. Garampani Wildlife Sanctuary is located in:
    A)Madhya Pradesh
    B)West Bengal
    C)Assam
    D)Karnataka
    Answer: Assam
  • Q. In India, during the last decade, the total cultivated land for which one of the following crops has remained more or less stagnant?
    A)Pulses
    B)Rice
    C)Oilseeds
    D)Sugarcane
    Answer: Pulses
  • Q. What is the ecological system integrating all living beings and their relationships?
    A)Lithosphere
    B)Total Wild Life
    C)Biosphere
    D)Hydrosphere
    Answer: Biosphere
  • Q. Which of the following is not a navigable river in India?
    A)Narmada
    B)Brahmaputra
    C)Godavari
    D)Chenab
    Answer: Chenab
  • Q. Afforestation is the process of
    A)Cutting of forest
    B)Cleaning forests
    C)Plantation
    D)Collecting forest resources
    Answer: Plantation
  • Q. According to the data,released by housing and urban poverity alleviation ministry, which state has the maximum number of slums?
    A)Maharashtra
    B)Uttar Pradesh
    C)West Bengal
    D)Andhra Pradesh
    Answer: Maharashtra
  • Q. The narrow meandering bands of swift winds which blow in the mid latitudes near the tropopause and encircle the globe are known as:
    A)Narrow wind band
    B)Jet Stream
    C)Meander
    D)None of these
    Answer: Jet Stream
  • Q. The countries with the lowest and worst economic conditions in the world referred to as the ‘Pole of hunger’ are
    A)Mid-West Countries
    B)European Countries
    C)Middle East Countries
    D)South East Asian Countries
    Answer: European Countries
  • Q. Days and nights are caused by : 1. rotation of the earth on its axis 2. revolution of the earth around the sun 3. inclination of the earth’s axis
    A)2 and 3 are correct
    B)Only 1 is correct
    C)1 and 2 are correct
    D)All are correct
    Answer: Only 1 is correct

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