More Questions on Geography
- Q. Most of the rivers flowing westward from the Western Ghats do not form deltas because ________
A)They are not perennial
B)Of the high gradient
C)They are too slow
D)There is no vegetation
Answer: Of the high gradient
- Q. Consider the following statements: 1. Biodiversity is normally greater in the lower latitudes as compared to the higher latitudes, 2. Along the mountain gradients, biodiversity is normally greater in the lower altitudes as compared to the higher altitudes. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A)Both I and 2
B)1 only
C)2 only
D)Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: Both I and 2
- Q. Why are winters more severe in Southern Hemisphere than in the Northern Hemisphere?
A)Because of more iceberg activity in Southern Hemisphere
B)Earth is tilted towards the Sun in the Northern Hemisphere
C)Northern Hemisphere receives more sunlight
D)Southern Hemisphere is less inhabited
Answer: Because of more iceberg activity in Southern Hemisphere
- Q. Amongst the following Indian States which one has the minimum total forest cover?
A)Haryana
B)Sikkim
C)Goa
D)Kerala
Answer: Haryana
- Q. Which of the following pair is incorrect?
A)0° latitude - Equator
B)0° longitude - Prime Meridian
C)0° longitude - Equator
D)23.5° North - Tropic of Cancer
Answer: 0° longitude - Equator
- Q. Sivasamudram waterfalls is on the river
A)Mahanadi
B)Krishna
C)Godavari
D)Cauvery
Answer: Cauvery
- Q. Which one of the following towns is situated easternmost?
A)Itanagar
B)Kohima
C)Jorhat
D)Dibrugarh
Answer: Dibrugarh
- Q. Which two planets of the solar system have no satellites?
A)Mercury and Mars
B)Mercury and Venus
C)Venus and Mars
D)Venus and Neptune
Answer: Mercury and Venus
- Q. Mumbai High refers to the
A)Slopes of Western Ghats
B)Greater Mumbai area
C)Highest place in Mumbai
D)Oil field below seabed off Mumbai island
Answer: Oil field below seabed off Mumbai island
- Q. Equator represents
A)A belt (ring) around the planet Saturn
B)Line joining North and South poles
C)Imaginary line passing round the Earth midway between North & South poles
D)Axis of rotation of Earth
Answer: Imaginary line passing round the Earth midway between North & South poles
- Q. Which one of the following is the first company-managed major port in India?
A)Tuticorin
B)Cochin
C)Ennore
D)Vishakhapatnam
Answer: Ennore
- Q. The length of its day and the tilt of its axis are almost identical to those of the earth’. This is true of ________
A)Saturn
B)Uranus
C)Neptune
D)Mars
Answer: Mars
- Q. Which one of the following countries produces the largest amount of crude steel of the world?
A)South Korea
B)Japan
C)USA
D)China
Answer: China
- Q. Which of the following pairs is correct ?
A)Granite-sometimes contains fossils
B)Shale-possesses laminations
C)Quartzite-soft rock
D)Basalt-coarse grained rock
Answer: Shale-possesses laminations
- Q. India’s first Stock Exchange Bombay Stock Exchange was established in:
A)1882
B)1875
C)1884
D)1880
Answer: 1875
- Q. Suez Canal route handles more traffic than the Panama Canal route mainly because
A)Suez Canal is older
B)Suez Canal has no locks
C)Suez Canal links developing nations of Asia with the developed nations of Europe and North America
D)Panama Canal has limited capacity
Answer: Suez Canal links developing nations of Asia with the developed nations of Europe and North America
- Q. Pygmies are people living in
A)Kenya
B)Congo forests
C)Namibia
D)Cape Province
Answer: Congo forests
- Q. The smallest amongst the following continents is ________.
A)North America
B)Africa
C)Antarctica
D)South America
Answer: Antarctica
- 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. The clouds float in atmosphere because of
A)Low Pressure
B)Low Temperature
C)Low Velocity
D)Less Density
Answer: Less Density
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