More Questions on Geography
- Q. India lies in the hemisphere ________
A)Northern and western
B)Northern and eastern
C)Southern and eastern
D)Northern and southern
Answer: Northern and eastern
- Q. The incoming short-wave solar radiation is balanced by an equal amount of long-wave radiation from earth going back to space. This is known as ________
A)Heat balance of earth
B)Earth radiation
C)Wave balance of earth
D)Radiation exchange
Answer: Heat balance of earth
- Q. The Symmetrical patterns in a natural region are of
A)Soil and Water-drainage
B)Climate and Vegetation
C)Climate and Industry
D)Economic Base and Species
Answer: Climate and Vegetation
- Q. Black soil derived from volcanic rocks with humus is suitable for growing
A)Cotton
B)Rice
C)Wheat
D)Grapes
Answer: Cotton
- Q. Which of the following is not primarily a rabi crop in India?
A)Jute
B)Wheat
C)Gram
D)Linseed
Answer: Jute
- Q. Black Gold’ refers to
A)Gold
B)Coal
C)Petroleum
D)Diamond
Answer: Petroleum
- Q. In which of the following states is Rosa Power Plant located?
A)Odisha
B)Uttar Pradesh
C)Madhya Pradesh
D)Haryana
Answer: Uttar Pradesh
- Q. Artesian wells are found in ________
A)Metamorphic rocks
B)Sedimentary rocks
C)Igneous rocks
D)None of these
Answer: Sedimentary rocks
- Q. Penicillin is produced at
A)Poona
B)Bengaluru
C)Alwaye
D)Pimpri
Answer: Pimpri
- Q. A passenger, on his transcontinental railway journey in Europe comes across the cities. What is the sequence in which he touches these cities in his east to west journey? 1. Belgrade 2. Vienna 3. Sophia 4. Prague
A)2, 3, 4, 1
B)1, 3, 4, 2
C)4, 2, 1, 3
D)3, 1, 2, 4
Answer: 3, 1, 2, 4
- Q. Riparian forest is found ________
A)On the foot hills of Eastern slope of Western Ghats
B)Along the banks of rivers and other wetland
C)The tarai region, on the foot hills of Himalayas
D)On the foot hills of Eastern slope of Eastern Ghats
Answer: Along the banks of rivers and other wetland
- Q. Which of the following is known as the “Roof of the World”?
A)Siberian Field
B)Everest
C)Pamir Mountains
D)Hindu Kush Mountain
Answer: Pamir Mountains
- Q. Which one of the following scholars suggests the earth’s origin is from gases and dust particles?
A)F. Hoyle
B)James Jeans
C)H. Alfven
D)O. Schmidt
Answer: O. Schmidt
- 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. HBJ pipeline transports
A)Petroleum
B)Crude Oil
C)Natural Gas
D)Iron Ore in slurry form
Answer: Natural Gas
- Q. Where do Birhors live?
A)Nagaland
B)Chhattishgrah
C)Assam
D)Tamil Nadu
Answer: Chhattishgrah
- Q. Which of the following Scientist proved that the path of each planet around the Sun is elliptical?
A)Newton
B)Kepler
C)Galileo
D)Copernicus
Answer: Kepler
- Q. The hot dry local winds that blow on the eastern side of the Alps Mountain are known as ________
A)Khamsin
B)Chinook
C)Foehn
D)Sirocco
Answer: Foehn
- Q. Residual hill in the desert region is known as ________
A)Playa
B)Inlier
C)Inselberg
D)Pediment
Answer: Inselberg
- Q. The earth’s annual circuit round the sun covers a distance of ________
A)966 million kms
B)1,096 million kms
C)1,036 million kms
D)896 million kms
Answer: 966 million kms
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