More Questions on Geography
- Q. The soil formed by wind dust in and around hot deserts is called
A)Sandy soil
B)Silty soil
C)Loamy soil
D)Loess soil
Answer: Loess soil
- Q. Which one of the following has geographical position of 0° latitude and 0° longitude?
A)In Ghana, a West African-country
B)In the South Atlantic Ocean
C)In the Mediterranean Sea
D)At Greenwich Observatory in England
Answer: In the South Atlantic Ocean
- Q. The temperature decreases towards poles, because ________
A)The movement of cold wind is towards poles
B)At poles the snow does not melt
C)The cold regions do not absorb sun rays
D)The sun rays falling per unit area are less at poles
Answer: The sun rays falling per unit area are less at poles
- Q. The earlier name of Surinam was ________
A)Medagascar
B)British Guyana
C)Dutch Guyana
D)Venezuela
Answer: Dutch Guyana
- Q. Which one of the following Indian States is the largest producer of natural rubber?
A)Kerala
B)Tamil Nadu
C)Assam
D)Andhra Pradesh
Answer: Kerala
- Q. The States which have common borders with China are: 1. Jammu and Kashmir 2. Sikkim 3. Arunachal Pradesh 4. Himachal Pradesh
A)1 and 3
B)1, 3 and 4
C)1, 2 and 3
D)1, 2, 3 and 4
Answer: 1, 2, 3 and 4
- Q. The dry wind ‘Santa Ana’ blows in ________
A)Switzerland
B)Siberia
C)Argentina
D)California
Answer: California
- Q. The Ruhr-Westphalia region is a famous industrial region of ________
A)North America
B)Scandinavia
C)Russia
D)Germany
Answer: Germany
- Q. The State in India which produces the largest quantity of common salt is
A)Maharashtra
B)Rajasthan
C)Kerala
D)Gujarat
Answer: Gujarat
- Q. CGWB stands for:
A)Central Ground Welfare Board
B)Central Ground Water Board
C)Central Ground Water and irigation Board
D)None of Above
Answer: Central Ground Water Board
- Q. Which one of the following railway zones has the maximum route length in kilometres?
A)Central
B)Northern
C)Southern
D)Western
Answer: Northern
- Q. Wavy hair is characteristic or
A)Mongoloid race
B)Neanderthal man
C)Nordic race
D)Cromagnon man
Answer: Nordic race
- Q. The tip of South America is ________
A)Cape Horn
B)Cape Verde
C)Cape York
D)Cape Cod
Answer: Cape Horn
- Q. If a traveller going from Vancouver to Tokyo crosses the International Date Line on Saturday, what will be the day for him at Tokyo?
A)Sunday
B)Friday
C)Saturday
D)Monday
Answer: Sunday
- Q. In which one of the following districts, have large reserves of diamond-bearing kimberlite been discovered in the recent past?
A)Sambalpur
B)Hoshangabad
C)Raipur
D)Warangal
Answer: Raipur
- Q. “Europe point” is
A)A famous sea resort near Naples
B)The southern most tip of Gibraltar
C)A small French island in Mozambique channel
D)A summer resort for the Pope in Itlay
Answer: The southern most tip of Gibraltar
- Q. Lines Joining places having equal height are
A)Isohalines
B)Contours
C)Isobars
D)Isohyet
Answer: Contours
- Q. India’s neighbour country with minimum area is
A)Srilanka
B)Bhutan
C)Nepal
D)Bangladesh
Answer: Bhutan
- Q. The largest Inland Sea is the
A)Caspian Sea
B)Black Sea
C)Dead Sea
D)Aral Sea
Answer: Caspian Sea
- Q. The amount and intensity of monsoon rainfall is determined by the frequency of
A)Cyclones
B)Western disturbances
C)Dust storms
D)Tropical depressions
Answer: Tropical depressions
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