More Questions on Geography
- Q. Chicago, one of world’s largest steel centres, is located on the southern tip of the lake.
A)Huron
B)Superior
C)Michigan
D)Erie
Answer: Michigan
- Q. Which of the following is/are the correct characteristic(s) of primary seismic wave?
A)It travels with faster speed through solids but slowly through liquids
B)It is a longitudinal and compressional wave
C)It is analogous to sound waves
D)All the above three
Answer: All the above three
- Q. Which of the following is incorrect?
A)At the summer solstice the sun shines vertically over the Tropic of Capricorn
B)Within the Arctic and Antarctic Circles there is at least one day in the year during which the sun does not set and at least one day on which it never rises
C)At the North Pole there is darkness for half the year
D)The sun shines vertically over the Equator twice the year
Answer: At the summer solstice the sun shines vertically over the Tropic of Capricorn
- Q. Which river is known as Sorrow of Bihar?
A)Kosi River
B)Ganga River
C)Gandak River
D)Son River
Answer: Kosi River
- Q. The Equator does not pass through which of the following?
A)Indonesia
B)Kenya
C)Mexico
D)Brazil
Answer: Mexico
- Q. Where was the world’s first oil-well drilled in the nineteenth century ?
A)Digboi in Assam, India
B)Baku in Russia.
C)Titusville in Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
D)Dhahran in Saudi Arabia
Answer: Titusville in Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
- 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. Dew point is ________
A)A low pressure system in lower atmosphere
B)Amount of actual water vapour present per unit volume of air
C)Incoming solar radiation
D)A temperature at which a given sample of air becomes saturated
Answer: A temperature at which a given sample of air becomes saturated
- Q. The tide at its maximum height is known as ________
A)Spring tide
B)Equinox
C)Neap tide
D)Tsunami
Answer: Spring tide
- Q. The international air route from West Europe to East Asia passes through India because ________
A)India is the only country in Asia providing refuelling capacity
B)India is a busy centre situated between the two places
C)It provides the shortest route
D)None of these
Answer: India is a busy centre situated between the two places
- Q. The only zone in the country that produces gold is also rich in iron is
A)Southern zone
B)North-eastern zone
C)North-western zone
D)None of the above
Answer: Southern zone
- Q. Which of the following component was not the part of agricultural policy of Green Revolution?
A)New agricultural technology
B)High density of crops
C)Guaranteed maximum price
D)Investment package
Answer: Guaranteed maximum price
- Q. Which group of following states shares the boundary with Nagaland?
A)Assam, Meghalaya and Manipur
B)Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya
C)Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Manipur
D)Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Mizoram
Answer: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Manipur
- Q. The instrument, used for recording earthquake waves is ________
A)Pantograph
B)Barograph
C)Hydrograph
D)Seismograph
Answer: Seismograph
- Q. What are the imaginary lines touching both the poles of Earth called?
A)Isobars
B)Latitudes
C)Longitudes
D)Isotherms
Answer: Longitudes
- Q. Consider the following statements: 1. India is the original home of the cotton plant. 2. India is the first country in the world to develop hybrid cotton variety leading to increased production. Which of these statements is/are correct ?
A)Both 1 and 2
B)Only 1
C)Only 2
D)Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: Both 1 and 2
- Q. Which of the following substances are found in the beach sands of many parts of Kerala? 1. Ilmenite 2. Zircon 3. Silimanite 4. Tungsten
A)3 and 4 only
B)1, 2, 3 and 4
C)1, 2 and 3
D)1 and 2 only
Answer: 1, 2 and 3
- Q. Which of the following forest is the forest with maximum bio diversity?
A)Monsoon
B)Tropical
C)Temperate
D)Equatorial
Answer: Equatorial
- Q. Which of the following is a distributary of the Ganga?
A)Chambal
B)Yamuna
C)Son
D)Hugli
Answer: Hugli
- Q. Which one among the following rivers is the longest?
A)Congo
B)Amazon
C)Amur
D)Volga
Answer: Amazon
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