More Questions on Geography
- Q. The fishing grounds in the Pacific Ocean, the world’s greatest fishing regions, lie between the ________
A)The East China Sea and the Bering Sea
B)Bering Sea and the Mediterranean Sea
C)The North Sea and the Mediterranean Sea
D)The Mediterranean Sea and the Arabian Sea
Answer: The East China Sea and the Bering Sea
- Q. Why is it that the Himalayan region is poor in mineral resources?
A)The terrain makes exploitation of minerals difficult
B)Displacement of rock strata has disturbed the arrangement of rocks and made it complex
C)It is made up of crystalline rock
D)The climatic conditions are not suitable, for exploitation of minerals
Answer: Displacement of rock strata has disturbed the arrangement of rocks and made it complex
- Q. Which of the following is called the “Gateway to the Pacific” ?
A)Bering Sea
B)Suez Canal
C)Panama Canal
D)Gulf of Alaska
Answer: Panama Canal
- Q. Put the following ores in descending order of their iron content: 1. Haemetite 2. Magnetite 3. Limonite 4. Siderite
A)2, 1, 4, 3
B)1, 2, 3, 4
C)2, 1, 3, 4
D)1, 2, 4, 3
Answer: 2, 1, 3, 4
- Q. Which of the following is not a result of underground water activity?
A)Sink holes
B)Stalactites
C)Stalagmites
D)Fiords
Answer: Fiords
- Q. The headquarters of North Eastern Railway is:
A)Kolkata
B)Lucknow
C)Patna
D)Gorakhpur
Answer: Gorakhpur
- Q. Diesel locomotives are manufactured at ________
A)Varanasi
B)Kapurthala
C)Perambur
D)Jamshedpur
Answer: Varanasi
- Q. Which of the following grades of coal has the highest carbon content?
A)Lignite
B)Anthracite
C)Bituminous coal
D)Peat
Answer: Anthracite
- Q. The capital of South Sudan is
A)Khartoum
B)Suva
C)Juba
D)Taichung
Answer: Juba
- Q. Formation of magma along the bedding plane results in ________
A)Basalt
B)Sill
C)Dykes
D)Laccolith
Answer: Sill
- Q. The altitudes of heavenly bodies appear to be greater than they actually are. This is due to ________
A)Atmospheric refraction
B)Vertical motion of these heavenly bodies
C)Motions of the earth
D)These are visible because of light of the sun reflected from their surface
Answer: Atmospheric refraction
- Q. People living in South India generally have more features of
A)Negroid
B)Caucasoid
C)Mongoloid
D)None of these
Answer: Negroid
- Q. Neyveli Power Project is a ________ Power Project.
A)Thermal
B)Hydro-electric
C)Nuclear
D)Non-conventional
Answer: Thermal
- Q. Which of the following Scientist proved that the path of each planet around the Sun is elliptical?
A)Newton
B)Kepler
C)Galileo
D)Copernicus
Answer: Kepler
- Q. Dharan, Abquiq , Quatif, Ain Dar, Ghawar and Safanija are the chief oil fields (petroleum regions) located in:
A)Iraq
B)Egypt
C)Iran
D)Saudi Arabia
Answer: Saudi Arabia
- Q. The Himalayas were uplifted from the:
A)Grass land
B)Valcano
C)Plateau
D)Tethys Geosynclines
Answer: Tethys Geosynclines
- Q. The autumnal equinox occurs on:
A)October 23
B)August 23
C)September 23
D)November 23
Answer: September 23
- Q. There is no Scheduled Tribe population in
A)Punjab
B)Kerala
C)Tamil Nadu
D)Rajasthan
Answer: Punjab
- Q. According to census 2001, the highest density of population is in the state of
A)Chhattisgarh
B)Maharashtra
C)Karnataka
D)Delhi
Answer: Delhi
- Q. Which of the following is known as the “red planet”?
A)Mars
B)Mercury
C)Jupiter
D)Saturn
Answer: Mars
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