More Questions on Geography
- Q. Which one of the following regions of India is now regarded as an ‘ecological hot spot’?
A)Western Ghats
B)Western Himalayas
C)Eastern Himalayas
D)Eastern Ghats
Answer: Western Ghats
- Q. Tibet, the highest plateau in the world, is a
A)Continental plateau
B)Piedmont plateau
C)Intermontane plateau
D)Volcanic plateau
Answer: Intermontane plateau
- Q. Which of the weathering agents is almost peculiar to the Indian Himalayas?
A)Snowfall
B)Wind
C)Glaciers
D)Running water
Answer: Glaciers
- 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. The Peninsular Plateau of India extends upto
A)Assam Valley
B)Mizo Hills
C)Himachal Himalayas
D)Maghalaya Hills
Answer: Maghalaya Hills
- Q. India broke away from Australia and Antarctica and started moving north in the period of ________
A)Jurassic
B)Permian
C)Triassic
D)Cretaceous
Answer: Cretaceous
- Q. Which of the following layers of the Earth is believed to account for the Earth’s magnetism?
A)Core
B)Crust
C)Mantle
D)Lithosphere
Answer: Core
- Q. Which of the following is not one of the by-products of mineral oil?
A)Aniline dyes
B)Naphtha
C)Sulphur
D)Paraffin wax
Answer: Sulphur
- Q. The land-locked natural harbour along the east coast of India is
A)Kolkata
B)Visakhapatnam
C)Chennai
D)Paradeep
Answer: Visakhapatnam
- Q. Why the Earth is having its own atmosphere?
A)Gravity
B)Winds
C)Clouds
D)Rotation of the Earth
Answer: Gravity
- Q. One of the states not bisected by the Tropic of Cancer is
A)West Bengal
B)Odisha
C)Gujarat
D)Rajasthan
Answer: Odisha
- Q. In May-June each year, the monsoon winds approach the southern tip of India from ________
A)North-westerly direction
B)Northly direction
C)North-easterly direction
D)South-westerly direction
Answer: South-westerly direction
- Q. Light from the Sun reaches us in nearly
A)6 min.
B)8 min.
C)2 min.
D)4 min.
Answer: 8 min.
- Q. Which of the following types of soils have a marked capacity to retain water?
A)Red soil
B)Desert soil
C)Laterite soil
D)Regur soil
Answer: Regur soil
- Q. Batholiths and Laccoliths are formations of ________
A)Metamorphic rocks
B)Sedimentary rocks
C)Igneous rocks
D)Polymetamorphosed rocks
Answer: Igneous rocks
- Q. What is the interval between a high tide and low tide at a given place?
A)15 hours 30 minutes
B)12 hours
C)12 hours 26 minutes
D)24 hours
Answer: 12 hours 26 minutes
- Q. Which of the following tribes and their area of inhabitance is incorrect ?
A)Bindibus - Algeria
B)Samoyeds - Asiatic Tundra
C)Gaucho - Uruguay
D)Tartars - Siberia
Answer: Bindibus - Algeria
- Q. The second largest basin in Peninsular India is ________
A)Narmada Basin
B)Cauvery Basin
C)Godavari Basin
D)Krishna Basin
Answer: Godavari Basin
- Q. Which among the following is the smallest state area wise?
A)Meghalaya
B)Nagaland
C)Mizoram
D)Manipur
Answer: Nagaland
- Q. The world’s most humid continent is
A)North America
B)Asia
C)Europe
D)South America
Answer: South America
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