More Questions on Geography
- Q. The percentage of irrigated land in India is about
A)35%
B)45%
C)65%
D)25%
Answer: 35%
- Q. Which of the following countries does not share its border with Iraq?
A)Turkey
B)Jordan
C)Syria
D)Lebanon
Answer: Lebanon
- Q. Which of the following sea is landlocked?
A)Northern Sea
B)Red Sea
C)Timor Sea
D)Aral Sea
Answer: Aral Sea
- Q. Winds and air currents differ in the aspect that ________
A)The winds blow on lands while air currents blow over seas and oceans
B)Air currents blow much faster than winds
C)Air currents are always moisture laden while the winds are usually dry
D)Winds are horizontal movements of air while air currents are the vertical movements of air
Answer: Winds are horizontal movements of air while air currents are the vertical movements of air
- Q. The temperature at which the air is saturated is known as
A)Condensation temperature
B)Saturation temperature
C)Critical temperature
D)Dew point
Answer: Dew point
- Q. Which is the largest river of the Asia?
A)Hwang Ho River
B)Indus River
C)Yangtze River
D)Ganga River
Answer: Yangtze River
- Q. How many Geo-synchronous satellites are required for uninterrupted world broadcasting?
A)2
B)3
C)4
D)1
Answer: 3
- Q. The largest volcano crater in the world is ________
A)Etna (Sicily)
B)Vesuvius (Italy)
C)Toba (Indonesia)
D)Stromboli (Sicily)
Answer: Toba (Indonesia)
- 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
- Q. What do you understand by the term ‘Advection’ ?
A)Heat is transferred vertically through the air
B)Heat is transferred horizontally by winds
C)Heat is transferred horizontally by both winds and ocean currents
D)Heat is transferred horizontally through ocean currents
Answer: Heat is transferred horizontally by both winds and ocean currents
- Q. The imaginary line joining the land projecting towards the sea which is the landward limit of internal seawater is called:
A)Land Line
B)Base Line
C)Sea Line
D)None of Above
Answer: Base Line
- Q. Doldrums are belts of low atmospheric pressure obtained in the regions adjoining the equator to a distance of ________
A)5° latitude towards north and south
B)5° latitude towards the north only
C)5° latitude towards the south only
D)15° latitude towards north and south
Answer: 5° latitude towards north and south
- Q. Light from the nearest star reaches the earth in
A)4.3 minutes
B)43 minutes
C)4.3 seconds
D)4.3 years
Answer: 4.3 years
- Q. Which is the longest river of Peninsular India?
A)Narmada
B)Krishna
C)Cauvery
D)Godavari
Answer: Godavari
- Q. The most important oil producing area of the USA is
A)The Ohio-Indiana belt
B)The Applachian region
C)The Texas-Louisiana belt
D)The California-Colorado belt
Answer: The Texas-Louisiana belt
- Q. Tides are caused by the gravitational forces of
A)Of Sun and Moon on Earth
B)Of Earth on Moon
C)Of Earth on Sun
D)Of Moon on Earth
Answer: Of Sun and Moon on Earth
- Q. The places Alwaye, Koyna and Korba have
A)Oil Refineries
B)Aluminium Industries
C)Thermal Power Plants
D)Nuclear Power Plants
Answer: Aluminium Industries
- Q. The Biosphere is a region of earth which supports life. It includes- 1. Hydrosphere 2. Lithosphere 3. Stratosphere 4. Troposphere
A)1 and 4
B)1 and 3
C)1, 2 and 4
D)2, 3 and 4
Answer: 1, 2 and 4
- Q. Heat received by earth from the Sun is known as ________
A)Solar radiation
B)Insolation
C)Solar heat
D)Thermal radiation
Answer: Solar radiation
- Q. Which hill station’s name means ‘place of the thunderbolt’?
A)Oottacarnand
B)Gangtok
C)Shillong
D)Darjeeling
Answer: Darjeeling
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