More Questions on Geography
- Q. The science of drawing map is called
A)Topology
B)Cartography
C)Geography
D)Geology
Answer: Cartography
- Q. The famous Naini lake is in
A)Rishikesh
B)Nainital
C)Mussorie
D)Pushkar
Answer: Nainital
- Q. The Radcliffe line is a boundary between
A)India and Myanmar
B)India and Pakistan
C)India and China
D)India and Afghanistan
Answer: India and Pakistan
- Q. Where is ‘Ninety East Ridge’situated?
A)Atlantic Ocean
B)Pacific Ocean
C)Indian Ocean
D)Arctic Ocean
Answer: Indian Ocean
- Q. St Andreas Fault passes close to the US city of
A)Hollywood
B)Los Angeles
C)New Orleans
D)San Francisco
Answer: San Francisco
- Q. Which of the following connects the ocean floor level with the continental level ?
A)Epicontinental sea
B)Continental slope
C)Continental shelf
D)Sea shelf
Answer: Continental slope
- Q. Which one of the following characteristics is not found in the convectional rainfall ?
A)Torrential rain
B)Drizzling
C)Lightning and thunder
D)Afternoon rain
Answer: Drizzling
- Q. Which of the following mountain range is located in India?
A)Salt range
B)Arakan yoma
C)Sulaiman
D)Pir Panjal
Answer: Pir Panjal
- Q. Leningrad region and Kola Peninsula in former Soviet Union are major producers of
A)Bauxite
B)Lead
C)Zinc
D)Copper
Answer: Bauxite
- Q. Erosion of soil by a river mainly depends upon ________
A)Its speed at which it flows
B)Its depth
C)Its length
D)Its width
Answer: Its speed at which it flows
- Q. Where are homogenous group “Mangolab” found in India?
A)North-Western Region
B)South-Region
C)Southern-Central Region
D)North-East Region
Answer: North-East Region
- Q. A valley with steep, parallel walls along the faultlines, formed by the subsidence of a part of earth’s crust is known as ________
A)Canyon
B)Hanging Valley
C)Gorge
D)Rift Valley
Answer: Rift Valley
- Q. The largest amongst the following seas is ________.
A)The Caribbean Sea
B)The Red Sea
C)The South China Sea
D)The Andaman Sea
Answer: The South China Sea
- Q. Panama Canal has locks alone its path in order to
A)Control the level of water
B)Regulate traffic
C)Permit check by customs staff
D)Collect canal dues
Answer: Control the level of water
- Q. Molten rock below the surface of the earth is called ________
A)Lava
B)Basalt
C)Laccolith
D)Magma
Answer: Magma
- Q. Coal, which is almost pure carbons which hardly has any impurities, which is smokeless and which finds use in the steel industry is called
A)Bituminous coal
B)Coking coal
C)Anthracite
D)Lignite
Answer: Coking coal
- Q. In which region China type climate is found?
A)Natalin Africa
B)South Japan
C)South West Korea
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. What is the administrative capital of South Africa?
A)Kimberley
B)Cape Town
C)Johannesburg
D)Pretoria
Answer: Pretoria
- Q. Maximum difference in the spacing of longitudes is ________
A)At tropics
B)At poles
C)At equator
D)At arctic circle
Answer: At equator
- Q. The national Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) was set up in:
A)1978
B)1970
C)1975
D)1980
Answer: 1975
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