More Questions on Geography
- Q. The radius of earth is:
A)6,224 Km
B)6,500 km
C)6,370 km
D)5,553 Km
Answer: 6,370 km
- Q. The largest irrigation canal in India
A)Sirhand canal
B)Yamuna canal
C)Indira Gandhi canal
D)Upper Bari Doab canal
Answer: Indira Gandhi canal
- Q. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? River City
A)Alaknanda Badrinath
B)Gomti Lucknow
C)Saryu Ayodhya
D)Narmada Satna
Answer: Narmada Satna
- Q. With which country in the year 2010 did India propose to develop a solar city in India?
A)South Africa
B)Japan
C)Russia
D)USA
Answer: Japan
- Q. In the northern hemisphere, the wind blowing from the Horse latitudes to the Doldrums is called ________
A)Polar Easterly
B)Westerly wind
C)Trade wind
D)Jet Stream
Answer: Trade wind
- Q. What is the interval between a high tide and low tide at a given place?
A)15 hours 30 minutes
B)12 hours
C)12 hours 26 minutes
D)24 hours
Answer: 12 hours 26 minutes
- Q. Consider the following statements regarding general characteristics associated with tropical cyclones 1. Tropical cyclones move with very low velocity over the oceans but become strong while moving over the land areas. 2. They are confined to a particular period of the year (mainly summer) and normally move from east to west. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
A)Both 1 and 2
B)1 only
C)2 only
D)Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: 2 only
- Q. The bridge of sand and rock in the Palk Strait between India and Sri Lanka is
A)Adam's Bridge
B)Palk Isthmus
C)Sri Lanka Bridge
D)Pamban Bridge
Answer: Adam's Bridge
- Q. The instrument which records the seismic waves generated by the occurrence of earth-quakes is called:
A)Wavograph
B)Barometer
C)Gyrometer
D)Seismograph
Answer: Seismograph
- Q. The Laterite soil is found in which of the following state?
A)Rajasthan
B)Kerala
C)Uttar Pradesh
D)Jammu and Kashmir
Answer: Kerala
- Q. Tilaiya Dam, Konar dam, Maithon Dam and Panchet Hill Dam have been constructed under:
A)The Krishna Valley Project
B)The Narmada Valley Project
C)The Damodar Valley Project
D)The Mahanadi Project
Answer: The Damodar Valley Project
- Q. World Environmental day is celebrated on ________ every year.
A)01-10-2024
B)01-05-2001
C)05-06-2005
D)01-12-2025
Answer: 05-06-2005
- Q. The Lena river passes through which country?
A)Russia
B)China
C)USA
D)Brazil
Answer: Russia
- Q. Which of the following are formed due to collision of continental plates? 1. The Alps 2. The Himalayas 3. The Rockies 4. The Caucases mountains
A)1, 2 and 4
B)1, 2 and 3
C)2, 3 and 4
D)1, 3 and 4
Answer: 1, 2 and 3
- Q. What is the benefit of rain water storage?
A)Reduce the scarcity of water
B)Recharging ground water level
C)Respite from floods
D)Protection from soilerosion
Answer: Recharging ground water level
- Q. Which hill station’s name means ‘place of the thunderbolt’?
A)Oottacarnand
B)Gangtok
C)Shillong
D)Darjeeling
Answer: Darjeeling
- Q. Selvas is a word denoting
A)The equatorial rain forest of the Amazon basin
B)Long narrow depression formed in the land sunk between two parallel faults
C)A southerly region of the oceans located between 45°S and N
D)The grasslands of North America
Answer: The equatorial rain forest of the Amazon basin
- Q. ________ and ________ are called the ‘Low countries’ of Europe.
A)England and Ireland
B)Spain and Portugal
C)Holland and Belgium
D)Denmark and Germany
Answer: Holland and Belgium
- Q. Madumalai Sanctuary is located in:
A)Kerala
B)Karnataka
C)Tamil Nadu
D)Maharashtra
Answer: Tamil Nadu
- Q. Where is the Great Barrier Reef located?
A)Atlantic Ocean
B)Pacific Ocean
C)Indian Ocean
D)Arctic Ocean
Answer: Pacific Ocean
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