More Questions on Geography
- Q. Which one of the following can be considered as an initial warning of an approaching Tsunami?
A)Rapid withdrawal of water away from the beach
B)Thundering noise
C)Squally winds and rainfall
D)Rapid landward movement of water
Answer: Rapid withdrawal of water away from the beach
- Q. The modern iron and steel industry in India had its beginning in 1870 when Bengal Iron Works Company was established in:
A)Cossipore
B)Kulti
C)Visnupur
D)None of Above
Answer: Kulti
- Q. Which of the following soils is very hard to cultivate?
A)Red
B)Alluvial
C)Black
D)Sandy
Answer: Sandy
- Q. Which of the following winds is incorrectly paired with the area in which it prevails?
A)Southerly Burster - New South Wales
B)Berg wind - South eastern Africa
C)Karaburan - Tarim basin of Sinkiang
D)Hurricanes - New Zealand
Answer: Hurricanes - New Zealand
- Q. The percentage of earth surface covered by India is
A)4.4
B)2.4
C)3.4
D)5.4
Answer: 2.4
- Q. The Coast line of India is
A)7500km
B)5500km
C)6500km
D)8400km
Answer: 7500km
- Q. If the original day sediments are subjected to high temperature and pressure, they successively change into rocks, the correct order of which is ________
A)Slate, Schist, Shale
B)Slate, Shale, Schist
C)Shale, Schist, Slate
D)Shale, Slate, Schist
Answer: Shale, Slate, Schist
- Q. Where are Rain forests found?
A)North-Eastern Himalayas and Western Ghats
B)Central India
C)Eastern Ghats
D)North-Western Himalayas and Eastern Ghats
Answer: North-Eastern Himalayas and Western Ghats
- 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. Dolomite is a/an
A)Igneous rock
B)Sedimentary rock
C)Plutonic rock
D)Metamorphic rock
Answer: Sedimentary rock
- Q. Spring tides occur when ________
A)The moon, the sun and the earth are at right angles with the earth at the apex
B)The moon is nearest to the earth
C)The moon is farthest from the earth
D)The moon, the sun and the earth are in the same line
Answer: The moon, the sun and the earth are in the same line
- Q. In which of the following states are the Aravalli mountains located
A)Himachal Pradesh
B)Jammu and Kashmir
C)Rajasthan
D)Madhya Pradesh
Answer: Rajasthan
- Q. The home or the fur-bearing animals is the
A)Tundra
B)Coniferous forests
C)Temperate deciduous forests
D)Temperate grasslands
Answer: Coniferous forests
- Q. The largest lake in Africa is ________
A)Lake Tanganyika
B)Lake Victoria
C)Lake Malawi
D)Lake Chad
Answer: Lake Victoria
- Q. The Himalayan mountain system belongs to which one of the following?
A)Block mountains
B)Fold mountains
C)Volcanic mountains
D)None of these
Answer: Fold mountains
- Q. What is the most important edible crop of Australia?
A)Wheat
B)Maize
C)Barley
D)Rice
Answer: Wheat
- Q. Talcher is important for which of the following?
A)Atomic Reactor
B)Cable Industry
C)Hydro Power Generation
D)Heavy Water Plant
Answer: Heavy Water Plant
- Q. The first river valley project started in India is
A)Kosi Project
B)Bhakra Nangal Project
C)Damodar Valley Project
D)Hirakud Project
Answer: Damodar Valley Project
- Q. A devastating Cloud Burst swept over Leh on August 2010. Which one of the following statements with regard to Cloud Burst is not correct?
A)Cloud Burst occurs only in hilly areas
B)Cloud Burst is a localized weather phenomenon representing highly concentrated rainfall over a small area in a short duration of time
C)Cloud Burst occurs due to upward movement of moisture laden air with sufficient rapidity to form cumulonimbus clouds
D)There is no satisfactory technique till now for predicting Cloud Burst
Answer: Cloud Burst occurs only in hilly areas
- Q. The upper part of the mantle upon which the crust of the Earth floats is called ________
A)Mohorovic discontinuity
B)Barysphere
C)Mesophere
D)Asthenosphere
Answer: Asthenosphere
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