More Questions on Geography
- Q. Which one of the following regions of the world is called “the bread basket of the world”?
A)Mediterranean region
B)Temperate grassland
C)Tropical monsoonal region
D)Savana grassland
Answer: Temperate grassland
- Q. Which of the following is known as the “red planet”?
A)Mars
B)Mercury
C)Jupiter
D)Saturn
Answer: Mars
- Q. Which of the following layers of the Earth is believed to account for the Earth’s magnetism?
A)Core
B)Crust
C)Mantle
D)Lithosphere
Answer: Core
- Q. The only planet whose period of rotation is longer than the period of revolution around the Sun?
A)Venus
B)Mercury
C)Jupiter
D)Neptune
Answer: Venus
- Q. India’s latitudinal and longitudinal extent measured in degrees are almost the same, but its north-south extent measured in km is greater than its east-west extent. This is due to the fact that
A)All longitudes with their opposites form great circles
B)Longitudes are not parallel lines
C)The distance between latitudes remains the same but the distance between longitudes is greatest at the Equator and nil at the poles where all longitudes join
D)The earth is not a perfect sphere
Answer: The distance between latitudes remains the same but the distance between longitudes is greatest at the Equator and nil at the poles where all longitudes join
- Q. The leading producer of wind-power in the world is:
A)Brazil
B)China
C)Germany
D)USA
Answer: China
- Q. The “Horn of Africa” includes ________
A)Senegal, Guinea, Somalia
B)Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia
C)Namibia, Botswana, Republic of South Africa
D)Libya, Egypt, Sudan
Answer: Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia
- Q. The Ozone hole over Antarctica was discovered in
A)1978
B)1975
C)1985
D)1987
Answer: 1985
- Q. Which of the following is a block mountain?
A)Rockies
B)Andes
C)Alps
D)Vosges
Answer: Vosges
- Q. Correct pair of the state and its capital is
A)Uttarakhand - Nainital
B)Nagaland - Shillong
C)Jharkhand - Ranchi
D)Chattisgarh - Bilaspur
Answer: Jharkhand - Ranchi
- Q. Botswana was formerly known as
A)Barbados
B)Bachuanaland
C)Bahamas
D)Cameroon
Answer: Bachuanaland
- Q. The largest coral reef in the world is found near the coast of which one of the following countries ?
A)Ghana
B)Australia
C)Cuba
D)Philippines
Answer: Australia
- Q. Which one of the following is a Sedimentary Rock?
A)Basalt
B)Granite
C)Charnockite
D)Arkose
Answer: Arkose
- Q. The Tagus river flows through
A)Lisbon
B)Damascus
C)Khartoum
D)Kabul
Answer: Lisbon
- Q. The highest multipurpose dam built on the river Ravi is
A)Ranjit Sagar dam
B)Bhakra Nangal
C)Kahalgaon
D)Rihand dam
Answer: Ranjit Sagar dam
- Q. What is the administrative capital of South Africa?
A)Kimberley
B)Cape Town
C)Johannesburg
D)Pretoria
Answer: Pretoria
- Q. Where are the Lepchas mainly to be found staying?
A)Sikkim
B)Meghalaya
C)Mizoram
D)Arunachal Pradesh
Answer: Sikkim
- Q. The main mineral constituents of the continental mass water ________ and alumina.
A)Water
B)Iron Oxide
C)Silica
D)Oxygen
Answer: Silica
- Q. The layer of ocean water between the depth zone of 300 m- 1000 m characterized by sharp change of temperature in the vertical section of sea water is called:
A)Thermoarea
B)Isoline
C)Insiline
D)Thermocline
Answer: Thermocline
- Q. The plantation in a huge manner to prevent soil erosion is called
A)Strip Farming
B)Shelter Belts
C)Contour Farming
D)Forestation
Answer: Shelter Belts
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