More Questions on Geography
- Q. What can be the maximum duration of totality for a solar eclipse?
A)1 hour 40 seconds
B)12.5 minutes
C)7 minutes 40 seconds
D)There is no maximum duration
Answer: 7 minutes 40 seconds
- Q. When the clock strikes 12:00 noon at Greenwich, it strikes 5:30 p.m. at place X on the same day. What is the meridian of longitude of place X ?
A)82°30' E
B)97°30' E
C)97°30' W
D)82°30' W
Answer: 82°30' E
- Q. In which part of Africa, Sahara desert is located?
A)Northern
B)Eastern
C)Western
D)Southern
Answer: Northern
- Q. Which of the following is not a food crop?
A)Paddy
B)Maize
C)Bajra
D)Cotton
Answer: Cotton
- Q. On which date is India likely to experience the shortest day?
A)3rd January
B)22nd December
C)21st June
D)23rd March
Answer: 22nd December
- Q. The number of major languages, recognized in the Indian Union as official language, are
A)12
B)15
C)22
D)9
Answer: 22
- Q. Which one of the following is not conducive to the formation of deltas?
A)Absence of large lakes along the course of the river
B)Currents and Tides
C)Calm winds
D)Sheltered coastline
Answer: Currents and Tides
- Q. The world’s largest reserves of petroleum are located in
A)Saudi Arabia
B)The USA
C)Russia
D)Kuwait
Answer: Saudi Arabia
- Q. Rajiv Gandhi Environment Award is given for outstanding contribution to:
A)Agriculture
B)Health
C)Tourism
D)Contribution in the development of Neat technology
Answer: Contribution in the development of Neat technology
- Q. ICF (Integral Coach Factory) is at
A)Chennai
B)Alwaye
C)Coimbatore
D)Bhadravati
Answer: Chennai
- Q. The shipping canal that connects the North Sea and the Baltic Sea is called the ________.
A)Kiel Canal
B)Panama Canal
C)Suez Canal
D)Buckingham Canal
Answer: Kiel Canal
- Q. The Sea water is more salty than rain water because
A)Rivers pours salt from the soil into sea
B)Sea creatures salt
C)Air around sea is salty
D)There are salt mines in sea surface
Answer: Rivers pours salt from the soil into sea
- Q. What is the main activity of Eskimos during the short period of summer season?
A)Lumbering
B)Hunting
C)Fishing
D)Animal Grazing
Answer: Hunting
- Q. The jet aircrafts fly very easily and smoothly in the lower stratosphere. What could be the appropriate explanation? 1. There are no clouds or water vapour in the lower stratosphere. 2. There are no vertical winds in the lower stratosphere. Which of the statements given above is/are correct in this context?
A)Both 1 and 2
B)1 only
C)2 only
D)Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: Both 1 and 2
- Q. India’s indigenous pigs generally give birth to ________ young ones at a time.
A)4 to 6
B)10 to 12
C)8 to 10
D)2 to 4
Answer: 4 to 6
- Q. Zueder Zee in Netherlands is known for
A)Canyons
B)Polders
C)Dykes
D)Geysers
Answer: Polders
- Q. Tummalapalle, where huge reserves of Uranium have mission in July, 2011, lies in the state of
A)Tamil Nadu
B)Jharkhand
C)Andhra Pradesh
D)Gujarat
Answer: Andhra Pradesh
- Q. Which state amongst the following has the highest percentage of the Scheduled Caste population of State’s population?
A)Punjab
B)Jharkhand
C)Madhya Pradesh
D)Uttar Pradesh
Answer: Punjab
- Q. Doldrums pressure belts lies in between which of the following latitudes?
A)25° to 35° N and S
B)5°N to 5°S
C)35° to 60° N and S
D)35° to 45° N and S
Answer: 5°N to 5°S
- Q. Which of the statements is/are correct? 1. Igneous rocks are classified into Extrusive and Intrusive rocks. 2. Sedimentary rocks are also called as Primary rocks 3. Marble is an example of Metamorphic rocks 4. Coal is a sedimentary rock
A)1, 3 and 4
B)1 only
C)2 and 3
D)2 and 4
Answer: 1, 3 and 4
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