More Questions on Geography
- Q. The source of Kaveri River lies in –
A)Gavaligarh
B)Sahyadri
C)Brahmagiri hills
D)Amarkantak
Answer: Brahmagiri hills
- Q. Choose the incorrect statement ________
A)Absolute humidity is expressed in grams per cubic metre of air
B)Capacity of air to hold moisture decreases with a rise in temperature of the air
C)The air pressure decreases with an increase in temperature
D)With an ascent of every 165 metres, the temperature is reduced by 1°C
Answer: Absolute humidity is expressed in grams per cubic metre of air
- Q. Which of the following is largest planet?
A)Saturn
B)Jupiter
C)Neptune
D)Mars
Answer: Jupiter
- Q. How much part of Earth’s surface is desert?
A)1/3rd
B)10th
C)5th
D)6th
Answer: 1/3rd
- Q. Which of the following is not one of the reasons for concentration of jute mills in Kolkata?
A)A large supply of cheap labour and water required for industry
B)Cheap and abundant power supply
C)Availability of coal
D)The port of Kolkata can easily export all the jute goods
Answer: Cheap and abundant power supply
- Q. The transverse, longitudinal and surface waves in an earthquake originate from ________
A)The epicentre on the surface of the earth
B)The focus within the body of the earth
C)The focus on the surface of the earth
D)The epicentre within the body of the earth
Answer: The focus within the body of the earth
- Q. The only South American nation through which both the Equator and the Tropic of Capricorn pass through?
A)Peru
B)Brazil
C)Ecuador
D)Guyana
Answer: Brazil
- Q. At which particular place on earth are day and nights of equal length always?
A)Equator
B)Prime Meridian
C)Poles
D)Nowhere
Answer: Equator
- Q. Crude oil is generally found in
A)Metamorphic rocks
B)Igneous rocks
C)Sedimentary rocks
D)Sandy desert soils
Answer: Sedimentary rocks
- Q. Which city is known as the Cotton Polis of India?
A)Kochi
B)Ahmedabad
C)Mumbai
D)Kolkta
Answer: Mumbai
- Q. In 1990 India ratified the world Heritage Convention of 1977 identifying four natural sites of outstanding universal value namely:
A)Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve (West Bengal)
B)Kaziranga National park (Assam)
C)Keoladeo National Park (Rajasthan)
D)Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve (Uttarakhand)
Answer: E
- Q. Which of the following are true with respect to sedimentary rocks? I. The rocks are deposited in layers II. The particles of rocks are at times wholly of organic nature III. The rocks are not crystalline IV. Their structure is determined by great pressure or heat
A)I and IV
B)I, II and III
C)II and III
D)I and II
Answer: I, II and III
- Q. Which of the following Railway zones and their Headquarters is not correct?
A)Eastern-Kolkata
B)North-Eastern-Gorakhpur
C)South-Central-Hyderabad
D)Western-Mumbai
Answer: South-Central-Hyderabad
- Q. Kanha National Park saving the rare and almost extinct species of the Swamp Deer, also known as
A)Chinkara
B)Barasingha
C)Black Buck
D)Nilgai
Answer: Barasingha
- Q. Dr. Waldimir Koppen – the great climatologist of Austria suggested in his new scheme of climatic classification:
A)Five major types of climate.
B)Two major types of climate.
C)Four major types of climate.
D)Three major types of climate.
Answer: Five major types of climate.
- Q. The major factors responsible for changes in the sizes of population are
A)Migrations
B)Births
C)Deaths
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- Q. The deepest or the Oceanic trenches is the ________ trench.
A)Japanese
B)Mariana
C)Puerto Rico
D)Sunda
Answer: Mariana
- Q. Which of the following is India’s military offensive against Pakistan in the Kargil war?
A)Operation Vijay
B)Operation Kargil
C)Operation LOC
D)Operation Success
Answer: Operation Vijay
- Q. The composition of laterite soil in higher areas is
A)Acidic
B)Alkaline
C)Saline
D)Balanced
Answer: Acidic
- Q. What is known as High Pressure Subtropical Latitude?
A)Screaming sixties
B)Roaring forties
C)Furious fifties
D)Horse latitudes
Answer: Horse latitudes
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