More Questions on Geography
- Q. The problem of arsenic in India is due to
A)Overexploitation of coal in Bihar and Bengal
B)Overexploitation of surface water inaffected areas
C)Overexploitation of arsenopyrite in land
D)Overexploitation of ground water in affected areas
Answer: Overexploitation of ground water in affected areas
- Q. The fertile land between two rivers is called
A)Doab
B)Drainage basin
C)Watershed
D)Lowland or terrain
Answer: Doab
- Q. The famous Naini lake is in
A)Rishikesh
B)Nainital
C)Mussorie
D)Pushkar
Answer: Nainital
- Q. The red colour of red soil is due to
A)Iron
B)Nitrogen
C)Humus
D)Copper
Answer: Iron
- Q. The layer of atmosphere which reflects radio waves is
A)Stratosphere
B)Ionosphere
C)Troposphere
D)Exosphere
Answer: Ionosphere
- Q. Sand stone, Conglomerate, Limestone, Shale, Chalk and Coal are example of:
A)Metamorphic Rocks
B)Igneous Rocks
C)Sedimentary Rocks
D)None of Above
Answer: Sedimentary Rocks
- Q. Burkina Faso is the new name of ________ Republic.
A)Kenya
B)Chad
C)Cameroon
D)Upper Volta
Answer: Upper Volta
- Q. Which of the following rivers falls into the Atlantic Ocean? 1. Orinoco 2. Danube 3. Amazon 4. Congo
A)2, 3 and 4
B)1, 2 and 3
C)1, 3 and 4
D)1, 2 and 4
Answer: 1, 3 and 4
- Q. Which one of the following continents has the lowest birth and death rates?
A)North America
B)Europe
C)Australia
D)South America
Answer: Australia
- Q. Which is the world’s largest desert?
A)Thar
B)Sahara
C)Gobi
D)Takala Makan
Answer: Sahara
- Q. Which of the following statements is/are not true? 1. Chemical weathering is most common in limestone rocks 2. Chemical weathering is most active in wet regions with higher temperature 3. Rain action is a form of chemical weathering 4. Exfoliation is a process of chemical weathering
A)1 and 2
B)1 and 4
C)2 and 3
D)4
Answer: 4
- Q. Which of the following influence the erosion of soil by water? 1. Slope of the land 2. Management practice like terracing 3. Soil salinity
A)2 and 3
B)1, 2 and 3
C)1 and 2
D)1 and 3
Answer: 1 and 2
- Q. Which one the following is a correct sequence of rivers in terms of their total basin area, in the descending order?
A)Brahmaputra, Indus, Ganga, Godavari
B)Ganga, Indus, Brahmaputra, Godavari
C)Indus, Ganga, Brahmaputra, Godavari
D)Indus, Ganga Godavari, Brahmaputra
Answer: Brahmaputra, Indus, Ganga, Godavari
- Q. Which of the following is caused by the combine deffects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon and the Sun on sea levels?
A)Tides
B)Currents
C)Runoff
D)Waves
Answer: Tides
- Q. Schist is the metamorphic equivalent of ________.
A)Shale
B)Granite
C)Basalt
D)Dolerite
Answer: Shale
- Q. The country worst affected by cyclones and accompanying floods is ________.
A)Pakistan
B)Indonesia
C)Sri Lanka
D)Bangladesh
Answer: Bangladesh
- Q. Which region in India is known as the ‘Rice Bowl of India’?
A)North-East region
B)Indo-Gangetic Plain
C)Krishna-Godavari Delta region
D)Kerala and Tamil Nadu
Answer: Krishna-Godavari Delta region
- Q. The revelations of a satellite photograph of the earth are as follows: 1. the Southern hemisphere bulges slightly more than the Northern hemisphere 2. it is slightly pear shaped ellipsoid of rotation 3. the polar axis of the earth is slightly shorter than the equatorial axis 4. the equatorial circumference is about 40,000km Which of the above statements are correct ?
A)1, 2 and 4
B)1, 2 and 3
C)1, 2, 3 and 4
D)2, 3 and 4
Answer: 2, 3 and 4
- Q. The longest distance covered by one Broad Gauge train in India is between
A)New Delhi and Chennai
B)Kanniyakumari and Jammu Tawi
C)Guwahati and Tiruvananthpuram
D)Gorakhpur and Cochin
Answer: Kanniyakumari and Jammu Tawi
- Q. Tokyo, the capital of Japan is situated in the island of
A)Shikoku
B)Hokkaido
C)Honshu
D)Kyushu
Answer: Honshu
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