More Questions on Geography
- Q. What is true with regard to Jet Streams? 1. High velocity winds 2. Blow from west to east 3. Blow in upper troposphere near the tropopause 4. Blow in the mesosphere
A)1, 2 and 3
B)2 and 3
C)2 and 4
D)1, 2 and 4
Answer: 1, 2 and 3
- Q. Which one of the following is not an astronomical object?
A)Black Hole
B)Pulsar
C)Brittle Star
D)Quasar
Answer: Brittle Star
- Q. ________ determines colour, texture, chemical properties, mineral content and permeability of soil.
A)Climate
B)Flora & Fauna
C)Time
D)Parent rock
Answer: Parent rock
- Q. Which of the following current is responsible for rise in temperature in westen Europe?
A)Canary Current
B)Labrador Current
C)Gulf stream
D)North Eqatorial
Answer: Gulf stream
- Q. The position of the earth in its orbit, when it is at its greatest distance from the Sun causing summer in the Northern hemisphere is ________
A)Perigee
B)Perihelion
C)Aphelion
D)Apogee
Answer: Aphelion
- Q. The major oil producing area in U.S.A. is ________
A)Ohio-Indiana belt
B)Texas-Louisiana belt
C)California-Colorado belt
D)Appalachian region
Answer: Texas-Louisiana belt
- Q. Which of the following is a distributary of the Ganga?
A)Chambal
B)Yamuna
C)Son
D)Hugli
Answer: Hugli
- Q. The advantage of micro-hydel projects is that they
A)Save water
B)Make use of water of the perennial hill streams and irrigation canals
C)Prevent flash floods
D)Involve less cost
Answer: Involve less cost
- Q. India has a land boundary of about ________ km.
A)15200
B)5200
C)10200
D)20200
Answer: 15200
- Q. The point in the orbit of a moon that is farthest from the Earth and at which the moon’s velocity is at a minimum, the known as ________
A)Umbra
B)Apehelion
C)Apogee
D)Perihelion
Answer: Apogee
- Q. One horned rhinoceros is found in the states of:
A)Madhya Pradesh and Assam
B)West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh
C)West Bengal and Assam
D)West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh
Answer: West Bengal and Assam
- Q. Which one of the following countries has the largest known reserves of oil ?
A)Iraq
B)Kuwait
C)Iran
D)Nigeria
Answer: Kuwait
- Q. If I wanted to reach the South Atlantic from the South Pacific while touching South America, I would have to use
A)Magellan Straits
B)Florida Straits
C)Dardanelles
D)Bosporus
Answer: Magellan Straits
- Q. Biospheric ecosystem consist of two major components e.g.
A)Vertical Component and Biome Component
B)Biome and Habitat Component
C)Habitat Component and VertualComponent
D)None of the above
Answer: Biome and Habitat Component
- Q. The First port developed after independence was
A)Nhava Sheva
B)New Mangalore
C)Mumbai
D)Kandla
Answer: Kandla
- Q. Wular lake of Kashmir is a ________
A)Lake formed by terminal morainic dam
B)Ox- bow lake
C)Lake formed by blocking of ice
D)Lake formed by deposition of silt
Answer: Lake formed by terminal morainic dam
- Q. The crust and the upper-most part of the mantle up to a depth of 200 km from the surface of the earth is called:
A)Cyrosphere
B)Pyrosphere
C)Osophere
D)Lithosphere
Answer: Lithosphere
- Q. Which of the following is known as the “red planet”?
A)Mars
B)Mercury
C)Jupiter
D)Saturn
Answer: Mars
- Q. Which one of the following rivers flow between Vindhyan and Satpura ranges?
A)Mahe
B)Narmada
C)Son
D)Netravati
Answer: Narmada
- Q. Latitude of a point on the earth is measured by the distance in ________
A)Angles from the poles
B)Kilometers from the poles
C)Kilometers from the equator
D)Angles from the equator
Answer: Angles from the equator
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