More Questions on Geography

  • Q. On the tributary of which river has Rihand Dam been constructed?
    A)Son
    B)Chambal
    C)Yamuna
    D)Periyar
    Answer: Son
  • Q. Consider the following statements about anticyclones: 1. The winds are divergent, and spiral out from the centre of high pressure 2. The air moves clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and anticlockwise in Southern Hemisphere 3. It is accompanied by heavy rainfall 4. A sudden rise in barometric reading heralds the approach of anticyclone Which of these statements are correct?
    A)2 and 3
    B)1 and 4
    C)3 and 4
    D)2 and 4
    Answer: 2 and 4
  • Q. The main river flowing in the state of Jammu and Kashmir is ________
    A)Chenab
    B)Jhelum
    C)Indus
    D)Nubra
    Answer: Jhelum
  • Q. Hidkal Dam is on the river
    A)Pennar
    B)Krishna
    C)Cauvery
    D)Ghataprabha
    Answer: Ghataprabha
  • Q. As the river enters the plain it twists and turns forming large bends known as
    A)Rounds
    B)Crooks
    C)Flections
    D)Meanders
    Answer: Meanders
  • Q. Climate is extreme, rainfall is scanty and the people used to be nomadic hoarders’. For which region is this statement correct?
    A)Siberian Tundra
    B)African Savanna
    C)Central Asian Steppes
    D)North American Prairies
    Answer: Central Asian Steppes
  • Q. Rice crop needs
    A)Annual rainfall of about 150 cm, high temperature and humidity
    B)Low temperature and heavy rainfall
    C)High temperature and low rainfall
    D)Low temperature and low rainfall
    Answer: Annual rainfall of about 150 cm, high temperature and humidity
  • Q. Ferrel’s Law is associated with the
    A)Low pressure of winds
    B)Velocity of winds
    C)High pressure of winds
    D)Direction of winds
    Answer: Direction of winds
  • Q. Caucasian people account for ________ per cent of world population.
    A)29
    B)33
    C)39
    D)43
    Answer: 33
  • Q. Which country assisted India in the launching of her first satellite ‘Aryabhatta’?
    A)Former USSR
    B)USA
    C)United Kingdom
    D)Germany
    Answer: Former USSR
  • Q. When it is noon IST at Allahabad in India, the time at Greenwich, London, will be
    A)0630 hours
    B)midnight, GMT
    C)1730 hours
    D)None of the above
    Answer: 0630 hours
  • Q. Consider the following statements: 1. India ranks first in the world in fruit production. 2. India ranks second in the world in the export of tobacco. Which of these statements is/are correct?
    A)Both 1 and 2
    B)Only 1
    C)Only 2
    D)Neither 1 nor 2
    Answer: Both 1 and 2
  • Q. The term “Green Revolution” is used to show higher production of
    A)Per hectare agricultural output
    B)Grasslands
    C)Tree plantation
    D)Gardening in urban centres
    Answer: Per hectare agricultural output
  • Q. The velocity of winds is related to ________
    A)Pressure gradient in the direction of their flow
    B)The amount of moisture they carry
    C)The nearness to the sea
    D)The direction in which they blow
    Answer: Pressure gradient in the direction of their flow
  • Q. How are the caves of the world’s greatest fold mountains formed?
    A)Horizontal movement
    B)Regular movement
    C)Vertical movement
    D)Compressional movement
    Answer: Compressional movement
  • Q. Railway passenger coaches are manufactured at
    A)Perambur
    B)Varanasi
    C)Chittaranjan
    D)Kolkata
    Answer: Perambur
  • Q. Which of the following wind is blowing from the Mediterranean sea to the North Western parts of India?
    A)Loo
    B)Western disturbances
    C)Norwesters
    D)Mango showers
    Answer: Western disturbances
  • Q. The HBJ pipe line serves the fertilizer plant(s) at
    A)Jagdishpur (Uttar Pradesh)
    B)Hazira (Gujarat)
    C)Bijaipur (Madhya Pradesh)
    D)All the three
    Answer: All the three
  • Q. In which type of rocks are coal and petroleum found?
    A)Metamorphic
    B)Granite
    C)Igneous
    D)Sedimentary
    Answer: Sedimentary
  • Q. Sun’s halo is produced by the refraction of light in
    A)Dust particles in stratus clouds
    B)Water vapour in Stratus Clouds
    C)Ice crystals in Cirro-cumulus clouds
    D)Ice crystals in Cirrus clouds
    Answer: Ice crystals in Cirrus clouds

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