More Questions on Geography
- Q. The shallow waters of continental shelves are rich fishing grounds. An example of such area is
A)Mediterranean Sea
B)North Sea
C)Baltic Sea
D)Red Sea
Answer: North Sea
- Q. Heat received by earth from the Sun is known as ________
A)Solar radiation
B)Insolation
C)Solar heat
D)Thermal radiation
Answer: Solar radiation
- Q. Which country started the cultivation of potatoes in Europe?
A)Dutch
B)German
C)Spanish
D)Portuguese
Answer: Spanish
- Q. The method of soil conservation in which stones grass, soil are used to build barriers along contours and trenches are made in front of the barriers to collect water is called?
A)Rock dam
B)Mulching
C)Contour barriers
D)Terrace farming
Answer: Contour barriers
- Q. Which of the following is the most important raw material for generation of power in India?
A)Uranium
B)Mineral Oil
C)Natural Gas
D)Coal
Answer: Coal
- Q. Which among the following is a renewable source?
A)Limestone
B)Forest
C)Coal
D)Sand
Answer: Forest
- Q. What percentage of insolation is received by the earth’s surface?
A)0.66
B)0.47
C)0.51
D)0.87
Answer: 0.47
- Q. The Solar eclipse achieves totality only in limited geographical regions because ________
A)Sun rays can reach most of the peripheral regions of the shadow of the moon due to atmospheric refraction
B)The trajectories of the Earth around the Sun and the Moon around the Earth are not perfect circles
C)The size of the shadow of the Moon on the Earth is small compared to the cross-section of the Earth
D)The Earth is not a smooth flat surface, but has elevations and depressions
Answer: The size of the shadow of the Moon on the Earth is small compared to the cross-section of the Earth
- Q. The clouds float in atmosphere because of
A)Low Pressure
B)Low Temperature
C)Low Velocity
D)Less Density
Answer: Less Density
- Q. Which of the following is the main spice producer?
A)Coromandal coast
B)Deccan Trap
C)Malabar coast
D)Sunder delta
Answer: Malabar coast
- Q. Earthquakes occur frequently in ________
A)Western coast of America
B)Eastern coast of Asia
C)Islands of South East Pacific Ocean
D)All of the above areas
Answer: All of the above areas
- Q. When was the World Wildlife Fund founded?
A)1961
B)1969
C)1992
D)1965
Answer: 1961
- Q. The Volcanic activities are found more in
A)Columbia
B)Hawaii
C)Japan
D)New Zealand
Answer: Hawaii
- Q. Beaufort scale is an internationally recognised scale for describing
A)Wind speed
B)Earthquake intensity
C)Noise level
D)Radioactive intensity
Answer: Wind speed
- Q. Find the odd
A)Black Sea
B)Dead Sea
C)Red Sea
D)Caspian Sea
Answer: Dead Sea
- Q. Hammada is the name given to ________.
A)A stony desert
B)An icy desert
C)A sandy desert
D)None of the above
Answer: A stony desert
- Q. In the northern hemisphere, the wind blowing from the Horse latitudes to the Doldrums is called ________
A)Polar Easterly
B)Westerly wind
C)Trade wind
D)Jet Stream
Answer: Trade wind
- Q. Diesel locomotives are manufactured at ________
A)Varanasi
B)Kapurthala
C)Perambur
D)Jamshedpur
Answer: Varanasi
- Q. Sardar Sarovar dam is being built on the river
A)Chambal
B)Tapti
C)Mahi
D)Narmada
Answer: Narmada
- Q. In which of the following places, power is generated through hydro power?
A)Tuticorin
B)Neyveli
C)Annore
D)Mettur
Answer: Mettur
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