More Questions on Geography
- Q. The busiest inland water-way of Europe is the Rhine. Its preeminence as a waterway rests on the fact that
A)Its course is never frozen
B)It flows through the most industrialised part of Europe
C)It follows a rift valley
D)It falls in the North Sea
Answer: Its course is never frozen
- Q. A block of the earth’s crust that has remained in position while the ground around it has subsides is known as ________
A)Plateau
B)Horst
C)Plain
D)Young folded mountain
Answer: Horst
- Q. Winter rains in North and North-West India are generally associated with the phenomenon of ________
A)Local thunderstorms
B)Retreating monsoon
C)Temperate cyclones
D)Shift in jet stream movement
Answer: Temperate cyclones
- Q. The river that runs along the USA-Mexico boundary is
A)Mississippi
B)Rio-Grande
C)Gila
D)Colorado
Answer: Rio-Grande
- Q. The highest plateau in the world is
A)Plateau of Iran
B)Plateau of Tibet
C)Deccan Plateau
D)Spanish Plateau
Answer: Plateau of Tibet
- Q. The state of atmosphere in relation to its water vapour content refers to:
A)Precipitation
B)Relative Humidity
C)Relative Density
D)Frontal Humidity
Answer: Relative Humidity
- Q. The ________ Lake of India has very high salinity.
A)Chilka (Odisha)
B)Sambhar (Rajasthan)
C)Wular (Jammu & Kashmir)
D)Pulicut (Tamil Nadu)
Answer: Sambhar (Rajasthan)
- Q. The following are the major oilseeds produced in India: 1. Sesamum 2. Mustard 3. Groundnut 4. Soyabean Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the descending order of the quantity of their production?
A)2, 4, 3, 1
B)1, 2, 3, 4
C)3, 2, 4, 1
D)3, 4, 2, 1
Answer: 3, 4, 2, 1
- Q. The retreating monsoon withdraws from the ________
A)North-east India to the west coast
B)West coast to the east coast
C)North to the south
D)North-west India to Bengal
Answer: North-west India to Bengal
- Q. The first oil well in the world was drilled at
A)Pensylvania
B)Assam
C)Japan
D)Former USSR
Answer: Pensylvania
- Q. Which was the first scheme of “Biosphere Reserve Areas”?
A)Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve
B)Sundarban Biosphere Reserve
C)Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
D)Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve
Answer: Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
- Q. Which state is a jute abundant state?
A)Tamil Nadu
B)West Bengal
C)Tamil Nadu
D)Orissa
Answer: West Bengal
- Q. The only state in India that produces saffron is
A)Jammu and Kashmir
B)Assam
C)Himachal Pradesh
D)Meghalaya
Answer: Jammu and Kashmir
- Q. Which of the following is called “Blue Planet”?
A)Jupiter
B)Saturn
C)Earth
D)Mars
Answer: Earth
- Q. Relative humidity of the atmosphere is directly affected by ________
A)Change in the direction of winds
B)Change in atmospheric pressure
C)Change in atmospheric temperature
D)None of these
Answer: Change in atmospheric temperature
- Q. What is the main natural cause of disruption of road in hilly areas?
A)Traffic
B)Landslide
C)Falling of Trees
D)Road Construction
Answer: Landslide
- Q. Consider the following statements: 1. The movement of the isotherms is greater over the land than it is over the oceans. 2. Coastal regions have a smaller range of temperature than do continental interiors. Which of these statements 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. Which of the following pairs is correct ?
A)Granite-sometimes contains fossils
B)Shale-possesses laminations
C)Quartzite-soft rock
D)Basalt-coarse grained rock
Answer: Shale-possesses laminations
- Q. Snow line is ________
A)The altitude above which snow never melts
B)The altitude below which no snowfall occurs
C)The altitude only above which the snowfall occurs and this snow melts during summer
D)The altitude above which the snow melts regularly to give rise to perennial rivers
Answer: The altitude above which snow never melts
- Q. The source of Kaveri River lies in –
A)Gavaligarh
B)Sahyadri
C)Brahmagiri hills
D)Amarkantak
Answer: Brahmagiri hills
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