Q. To check the expansion of Thar desert which one of the following methods is expected to yield the best results?

Correct Answer

Afforestation

More Questions on Geography

  • Q. The plateau rich in minerals in India is
    A)Deccan Plateau
    B)Malwa Plateau
    C)Chhotanagpur Plateau
    D)Mysuru Plateau
    Answer: Chhotanagpur Plateau
  • Q. Which of the following country is not a member of BRICS association?
    A)Iceland
    B)Brazil
    C)Russia
    D)China
    Answer: Iceland
  • Q. The Rift Valley is created
    A)Erosion of synclinal basin
    B)Between two anticlines
    C)Between two rifts
    D)Due to volcanic eruption
    Answer: Between two rifts
  • Q. The general physical relief is likely to be the boldest in
    A)The Deccan Plateau
    B)The Himalayan Mountain Complex
    C)The Indus Ganga Plain
    D)The Central Indian Plateau
    Answer: The Himalayan Mountain Complex
  • Q. Where is the MIG engine manufactured in India?
    A)Ozar
    B)Koraput
    C)Bengaluru
    D)Hyderabad
    Answer: Koraput
  • Q. Albert Canal links ________ and ________
    A)Antwerp and Liege
    B)Manchester and Antwerp
    C)Antwerp and Frankfurt
    D)Manchester and Liege
    Answer: Antwerp and Liege
  • Q. The continent through which the Equator, Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn pass, is
    A)Africa
    B)Asia
    C)South America
    D)Australia
    Answer: Africa
  • 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. When the Earth is at the maximum distance from the Sun, it is called
    A)Equinox
    B)Aphelion
    C)Perihelion
    D)Sidereal
    Answer: Aphelion
  • Q. Which of the following group of people changes their house types according to seasons?
    A)Kirghiz
    B)Pygmies
    C)Bantus
    D)Eskimos
    Answer: Kirghiz
  • Q. The oldest inhabitants of India are considered to be ________
    A)Indo-Aryans
    B)Mongoloids
    C)Negritoes
    D)Mediterraneans
    Answer: Negritoes
  • Q. Which of the following colour types do not indicate fair or fine weather?
    A)Altocumulus
    B)Cirrus
    C)Cumulus
    D)Cumulonimbus
    Answer: Cumulonimbus
  • Q. When does solar eclipse take place?
    A)When the Moon is between the Sun and Earth
    B)When the Sun is between the Moon and Earth
    C)When the Earth is between the Moon and Sun
    D)When the Moon does not lie on the line joining the Sun and Earth
    Answer: When the Moon is between the Sun and Earth
  • Q. Why have the incidents of flood risen in India recently?
    A)Deforestation in drainage zone
    B)Rise in annual rain
    C)Deposition of silt in dams
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Deforestation in drainage zone
  • Q. Which of the following pairs is incorrect ?
    A)Manchester-Cotton Textiles
    B)Buenos Aires-Dairy Products
    C)Bangkok-Aircrafts
    D)Plymouth-Ship building
    Answer: Bangkok-Aircrafts
  • Q. What is meant by ‘energy crisis’?
    A)Shortage of the thermal power
    B)Shortage of hydro-electricity
    C)Malnutrition leading to short supply of energy in the human body
    D)Impending danger of total exhaustion of fossil fuels like coal and petroleum
    Answer: Impending danger of total exhaustion of fossil fuels like coal and petroleum
  • Q. An important gas in the atmosphere that absorbs sun’s ultraviolet rays is
    A)Ozone
    B)Oxygen
    C)Nitrogen
    D)Hydrogen
    Answer: Ozone
  • Q. Chemical weathering includes ________
    A)Exfoliation, solution and reduction
    B)Oxidation, reduction and exfoliation
    C)Carbonation, oxidation and exfoliation
    D)Solution, oxidation and reduction
    Answer: Solution, oxidation and reduction
  • Q. What is the correct sequence of the following zonal pressure belts? 1. Subpolar low 2. Equatorial low 3. Polar high 4. Subtropical high
    A)2, 4, 1, 3
    B)2, 3, 1, 4
    C)1, 4, 2, 3
    D)1, 3, 2, 4
    Answer: 2, 4, 1, 3
  • Q. Maximum difference in the spacing of longitudes is ________
    A)At tropics
    B)At poles
    C)At equator
    D)At arctic circle
    Answer: At equator

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