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Q. Which one of the following countries is land locked?

A
Suriname
B
Bolivia
C
Peru
D
Uruguay

Correct Answer

Bolivia

More Questions on Geography

  • Q. If the difference in time between, two places were 2 hours and 20 minutes, then the difference in their longitudes would be ________
    A)40°
    B)30°
    C)35°
    D)45°
    Answer: 35°
  • Q. What is the “cloud burst”? It is
    A)An abnormal heavy downpour of rain
    B)The states of sky with respect to clouds
    C)The disintergration of a huge cloud mass
    D)Breaking up of clouds by high mountain ranges
    Answer: An abnormal heavy downpour of rain
  • Q. The shortest air-route from Perth to London is ________
    A)Perth, Aden, Paris, London
    B)Perth, Mumbai, Rome, London
    C)Perth, Ankara, Paris, London
    D)Perth, Mombasa, Rome, London
    Answer: Perth, Aden, Paris, London
  • Q. What is the study of Moon called?
    A)Iridology
    B)Selenology
    C)Cosmology
    D)Planetology
    Answer: Selenology
  • Q. The Indira Gandhi canal gets water from which river
    A)Ravi and Chenab
    B)Sutlej and Beas
    C)Ravi and Beas
    D)Beas only
    Answer: Sutlej and Beas
  • Q. Which one among the following countries is the largest producer of Bauxite?
    A)West Indies
    B)Australia
    C)Brazil
    D)India
    Answer: Australia
  • Q. Which one of the African countries is richer than others in gold and diamond?
    A)Botswana
    B)Zambia
    C)Zaire
    D)Angola
    Answer: Zaire
  • 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. In our country, the Tropic of Cancer passes through the
    A)Southern part
    B)Central part
    C)Northern part
    D)Western part
    Answer: Central part
  • Q. Which State has the longest coastline?
    A)Gujarat
    B)Andhra Pradesh
    C)Maharashtra
    D)Karnataka
    Answer: Gujarat
  • Q. Which of the following are true with regard to coal in India? I. Coal is found in sedimentary rocks II. The best quality of coal is lignite III. The largest and oldest coalfied in india is known as the ruhr of india IV. The Damodar river valley is popularly known as the ‘Ruhr of India’
    A)I, II and IV
    B)I and IV
    C)I, II and III
    D)II, III and IV
    Answer: I, II and IV
  • Q. The Tropical grasslands are called
    A)Savanna
    B)Pampas
    C)Llanos
    D)Veld
    Answer: Savanna
  • Q. Which of the following sets of three ports is on the east coast of India?
    A)Paradeep, Kakinada, Nagapattinam
    B)Cochin, Goa, Mumbai
    C)Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai
    D)Machilipatnam, Kandla, Aleppey
    Answer: Paradeep, Kakinada, Nagapattinam
  • Q. The total number of layers above Earth are
    A)2
    B)4
    C)5
    D)3
    Answer: 5
  • Q. Hinterland refers to ________
    A)Land region extending from a sea port
    B)Continental shelf in the sea from which oil can be extracted
    C)Natural harbour used for international trade
    D)Abandoned sea port where trade was carried out initially
    Answer: Land region extending from a sea port
  • Q. The largest delta of the World is
    A)Ganga Delta
    B)Nippon Delta
    C)Sicily Delta
    D)Caspian Delta
    Answer: Ganga Delta
  • Q. Which of the following is a tropical ocean current?
    A)Labrador
    B)Curiel
    C)Canary
    D)Gulf Stream
    Answer: Gulf Stream
  • Q. For which of the following reason, it is necessary to secure a large area for forest?
    A)More rain
    B)Absorption of carbon dioxide
    C)Conservation of wild
    D)Ecological balance
    Answer: Ecological balance
  • Q. Ocean currents rotate
    A)Clockwise in both the hemispheres
    B)Clockwise in the northern hemisphere and anti-clockwise in the southern hemisphere
    C)Anti-clockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern hemisphere
    D)Anti-clockwise in both the hemispheres
    Answer: Clockwise in the northern hemisphere and anti-clockwise in the southern hemisphere
  • Q. A drainage pattern where a river is joined by its tributaries approximately at right angles is
    A)Rectangular
    B)Dendritic
    C)Trellis
    D)Radial
    Answer: Trellis

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