More Questions on Geography
- Q. In the context of exports, which one of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched ?
A)Perth : Rice and corn
B)Cape Town : Wool and wine
C)Adelaide : Wheat and wool
D)San Francisco : Fruits and wine
Answer: Perth : Rice and corn
- Q. Which of the following tribes is not found in Central India ?
A)Bhils
B)Gonds
C)Todas
D)Munda
Answer: Todas
- Q. The plane of contact of the troposphere and stratosphere is known as ________
A)Stratopause
B)Mesosphere
C)Ionosphere
D)Tropopause
Answer: Tropopause
- Q. Madhya Pradesh is the biggest producer of
A)Pulses
B)Cotton
C)Oil seeds
D)Maize
Answer: Pulses
- Q. Cherapunji receives more rainfall than Shillong because ________
A)Cherapunji is located on the windward side
B)The former is nearer to the sea
C)The air of different densities and temperature tends to converge towards Cherapunji from different direction during the rainy season
D)Convective precipitation brings more rain at Cherapunji
Answer: The air of different densities and temperature tends to converge towards Cherapunji from different direction during the rainy season
- Q. Which of the following has been declared as the marine park by Indian government for the conservation of Coral Reef?
A)Andaman Islands
B)Gulf of Kutch
C)Lakshadweep Island
D)Gulf of Mannar
Answer: Gulf of Kutch
- Q. Select the following correct statements regarding Andaman and Nicobar Islands: 1. It enjoys equatorial climate 2. This is the only place in India where a volcano is located 3. This is the only place in India where coral bed is found
A)2 and 3
B)1, 2 and 3
C)1 and 2
D)1 only
Answer: 1 and 2
- Q. Ear rot is a disease which Infects
A)Corn
B)Wheat
C)Sugarcane
D)Coffee
Answer: Corn
- Q. The evergreen trees are those which remain green through out the year. This is because
A)Their leaves fall in small numbers at intervals
B)Their leaves do not fall at all
C)Of the effect of the climatic conditions in which they have evolved
D)None of the above
Answer: Their leaves fall in small numbers at intervals
- Q. The mean thickness of oceanic crust is:
A)5 kilometer
B)10 kilometer
C)8 kilometer
D)4 kilometer
Answer: 5 kilometer
- Q. Among the following States, which one has the largest forest area?
A)Orissa
B)Gujarat
C)Karnataka
D)Tamil Nadu
Answer: Orissa
- Q. The dispute over Siachen Glacier is between
A)India and Pakistan
B)India and China
C)India and Afghanistan
D)India and Nepal
Answer: India and Pakistan
- Q. Synclines and anticlines are the terms associated with ________
A)Faulting
B)Earthquakes
C)Folding
D)Volcanoes
Answer: Folding
- Q. Which of the following mountain passes lies outside India ?
A)Bara Lacha La
B)Khyber
C)Bomdila
D)Shipkila
Answer: Khyber
- Q. The Rhur-Complex is a major Industrial centre in
A)Europe
B)North America
C)Germany
D)Former USSR (now defunct)
Answer: Germany
- Q. Which of the following is/are true of world time zones? I. The world is divided into thirty time zones II. All time zones of the world are described in term of the number of hours difference between the standard meridian of that zone and the Greenwich Meridian III. All countries have more than one time zone IV. The time for all places east of Greenwich is designated slow, and time for all places left of Greenwich is designated fast
A)I, III and IV
B)I, II, III and IV
C)II and IV
D)II only
Answer: II only
- Q. Which of the followings pairs is wrongly matched?
A)Balimela Project - Odisha
B)Koyana Project - Maharashtra
C)Sharavathy Project - Karnataka
D)Sabarigiri Project - Gujarat
Answer: Sabarigiri Project - Gujarat
- Q. With which one of the following rivers is the Omkareshwar Project associated ?
A)Tapi
B)Chambal
C)Narmada
D)Bhima
Answer: Narmada
- Q. Who of the following discovered the laws of planetary orbits?
A)Johannes Kepler
B)Galileo Galilei
C)Nicholas Copernicus
D)Isaac Newton
Answer: Johannes Kepler
- Q. On the 21st June, the day light is seen at the North Pole for ________
A)18 hrs.
B)Zero hrs.
C)12 hrs.
D)24 hrs.
Answer: 24 hrs.
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