More Questions on Geography
- Q. Selvas is a word denoting
A)The equatorial rain forest of the Amazon basin
B)Long narrow depression formed in the land sunk between two parallel faults
C)A southerly region of the oceans located between 45°S and N
D)The grasslands of North America
Answer: The equatorial rain forest of the Amazon basin
- Q. Which of the following events took place in the Cenozoic era?
A)Splitting of India from Antarctic
B)Formation of the rockies, India collides with Asia and the formation of the Himalayas and the Alps
C)Formation of the Appalachians and central European mountains
D)Breaking up of Pangaea
Answer: Formation of the rockies, India collides with Asia and the formation of the Himalayas and the Alps
- Q. Under normal conditions, which one of the following is the correct sequential developments of features made by fluvial action?
A)Waterfalls - River terraces – Meander bars - Oxbow lakes
B)Waterfalls - Meander bars - River terraces - Oxbow lakes
C)Meander bars - River terraces – Waterfalls - Oxbow lakes
D)River terraces - Meander – Waterfalls - Oxbow lakes
Answer: Waterfalls - River terraces – Meander bars - Oxbow lakes
- Q. Dykes are especially constructed in ________
A)France
B)Norway
C)Holland
D)United Kingdom
Answer: Norway
- Q. Hyderabad (in Telangana) is located on the bank:
A)Mahanadi
B)Luni River
C)Gandak River
D)Musi River
Answer: Musi River
- Q. The inner-most layer of the Earth is known as
A)Aesthenosphere
B)Lithosphere
C)Mesosphere
D)Barysphere
Answer: Barysphere
- Q. Which of the following rivers lies in a rift valley?
A)Son
B)Luni
C)Chambal
D)Tapi
Answer: Tapi
- Q. Which one of the following sequences of ocean trenches is correct in terms of the ascending order of their depths?
A)Aleutian Trench - New Hebrides Trench - Mindanao Trench
B)Aleutian Trench - Mindanao Trench - New Hebrides Trench
C)New Hebrides Trench - Mindanao Trench - Aleutian Trench
D)New Hebrides Trench - Aleutian Trench - Mindanao Trench
Answer: New Hebrides Trench - Aleutian Trench - Mindanao Trench
- Q. The most effective farming method for returning minerals to the soil is
A)Crop rotation
B)Contour ploughing
C)Terracing
D)Furrowing
Answer: Crop rotation
- Q. Which of the following countries is well known for diamond cutting industry?
A)The Netherlands
B)Belgium
C)Norway
D)Switzerland
Answer: Belgium
- Q. The Richter scale is used to measure which of the following?
A)Magnitude of Earthquake
B)Humidity of Air
C)Velocity of Air
D)Density of Liquid
Answer: Magnitude of Earthquake
- Q. Which of the following countries is included in the North-West Pacific fishing grounds?
A)Netherlands
B)Norway
C)Canada
D)Japan
Answer: Japan
- Q. Why are major fishing areas of the world confined to the temperate zone? I. Cold and warm currents meet, creating conditions favourable for plankton growth II. The fish of these waters are highly palatable as human food III. There is a ready mark, in the land masses of the zone IV. The existence of submarine plateaus help in growth of fish population
A)I, III and IV
B)I, II and IV
C)II, III and IV
D)I, II, III and IV
Answer: I, II, III and IV
- Q. To which group do belong?
A)Mongoloids
B)Negritoes
C)Proto-Australoids
D)Western Brachycephals
Answer: Proto-Australoids
- Q. The Indian States which have common borders with Pakistan are
A)Jammu & Kashmir, Haryana, Rajasthan and Punjab
B)Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Jammu & Kashmir
C)Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab and Rajasthan,
D)Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Rajasthan
Answer: Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab and Rajasthan,
- Q. Mahe and Yanam are the parts of the Union Territory of:
A)Daman and Diu
B)Dadar Nagar Haveli
C)Chandigarh
D)Puducherry
Answer: Puducherry
- Q. Which one of the following straits is nearest to the International Date Line?
A)Strait of Florida
B)Malacca Strait
C)Bering Strait
D)Strait of Gibraltar
Answer: Bering Strait
- Q. Major source of oceanic salinity is
A)Wind
B)Rivers
C)Land
D)Ash from volcanoes
Answer: Rivers
- Q. This is the only sanctuary where Kashmiri Deer are found?
A)Gir
B)Kanha
C)Dachigam
D)Mudumalai
Answer: Dachigam
- Q. Consider the following seaports ________ 1. Chennai 2. Machilipattinam 3. Nagapattinam 4. Tuticorin The correct sequence of these ports as one moves from north to south is ________
A)1, 3, 2, 4
B)1, 2, 3, 4
C)2, 1, 3, 4
D)2, 1, 4, 3
Answer: 2, 1, 3, 4
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