More Questions on Geography
- Q. In India the yield per hectare is very low in
A)Commercial cultivation
B)Intensive farming
C)Extensive farming
D)Plantation agriculture
Answer: Extensive farming
- Q. The primary purpose of constructing the Farakka barrage is to ________
A)Meet the chronic power shortage
B)Preserve and maintain navigation
C)Supply drinking water
D)Bring additional areas into irrigation
Answer: Preserve and maintain navigation
- Q. The Himalayan forests include
A)Alpine Vegetation
B)European Oak Forests
C)Coniferous Forests
D)All the three
Answer: All the three
- Q. Which European country has over 200 volcanoes, many of them still active?
A)Ireland
B)Finland
C)Iceland
D)Norway
Answer: Iceland
- Q. Which of the following countries is the largest producer of uranium in the world?
A)Namibia
B)Canada
C)South Africa
D)USA
Answer: Canada
- 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. According to the figures of Census 2011,which state has the maximum difference in the male and female literacy
A)Uttar Pradesh
B)Rajasthan
C)Kerala
D)Madhya Pradesh
Answer: Rajasthan
- Q. Pits, formed by the deflating action of wind are called
A)Blowouts
B)Playa
C)Yardang
D)Sand dune
Answer: Blowouts
- 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. Roaring Forties’ are
A)The turbulent years in world History from 1940 to 1944
B)Waterfalls in Canada
C)Cyclonic winds
D)Westerly winds blowing through out the year over the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere between 40º and 60º South
Answer: Westerly winds blowing through out the year over the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere between 40º and 60º South
- Q. The most plausible explanation for the location of the Thar desert in western India is
A)the absence of mountains to the north of Rajasthan to cause orographic rainfall in it
B)the obstruction caused by the Aravalis to the rain-bearing wind that proceeds to the Ganga Valley
C)the evaporation of moisture by heat
D)that the moisture carried by the South-west monsoon is driven away by the dry upper air current
Answer: the absence of mountains to the north of Rajasthan to cause orographic rainfall in it
- Q. The difference between the diameter of the Earth at the poles and at equator is
A)48 miles
B)27 miles
C)36 miles
D)57 miles
Answer: 27 miles
- Q. Where has the Geological Survey of India located most of India’s Chromite?
A)Manipur
B)Cuttack
C)Singhbhum
D)Hubli
Answer: Cuttack
- Q. When total land is divided by total population, we get?
A)Agriculture Density
B)Population Density
C)Nutritional Density
D)Industrial Density
Answer: Population Density
- Q. The polar regions are sparsely populated because of
A)Infertile land
B)Lack of minerals
C)Unsuitable climatic conditions
D)Mountainous topography
Answer: Unsuitable climatic conditions
- Q. Isobar lines show
A)Depth
B)Pressure
C)Rain
D)Time
Answer: Pressure
- Q. Most of the weather phenomena take place in the
A)Troposphere
B)Ionosphere
C)Stratosphere
D)Mesosphere
Answer: Troposphere
- Q. The most ideal region for the cultivation of cotton in India is
A)the Deccan plateau
B)the Brahmaputra valley
C)the Indo-Gangetic valley
D)the Rann of Kutch
Answer: the Deccan plateau
- Q. India lies
A)On the Equator
B)Mainly in the northern hemisphere
C)Entirely in the northern hemisphere
D)More in the southern hemisphere
Answer: Entirely in the northern hemisphere
- Q. Caucasian people account for ________ per cent of world population.
A)29
B)33
C)39
D)43
Answer: 33
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