More Questions on Geography
- Q. The highest mountain peak of peninsular India is
A)Mahendragiri
B)Anaimudi
C)Doddabetta
D)Nilgiri
Answer: Anaimudi
- Q. The latitude of a place expresses its angular position relative to the plane of
A)North pole
B)Axis of the Earth
C)Equator
D)South pole
Answer: Equator
- Q. The mediterranean region specialises in fruit culture because ________
A)The long dry summer favour drying and packing of fruits for export.
B)Hill slopes are best suited for cultivation of trees
C)Hill slopes are not favourable for food grain cultivation
D)There is a demand of dry fruits
Answer: The long dry summer favour drying and packing of fruits for export.
- Q. Which one of the following is correct? Great Bear is a ________
A)Star
B)Galaxy
C)Planet
D)Constellation
Answer: Constellation
- Q. Coastline formed by a drowned river mouth is a
A)Ria
B)Fjord
C)Dalmatian
D)Haff
Answer: Ria
- Q. Synclines and anticlines are the terms associated with ________
A)Faulting
B)Earthquakes
C)Folding
D)Volcanoes
Answer: Folding
- Q. “Indira Gandhi Canal”, which is around 450 km long, provides irrigation facility mainly to which of the following states?
A)Madhya Pradesh
B)Rajasthan
C)Haryana
D)Gujarat
Answer: Rajasthan
- Q. Which of the following countries are located on the Greenwich Meridian? 1. Algeria 2. Germany 3. Guinea 4. Iceland
A)1, 2 and 3
B)1 only
C)2 only
D)1, 3 and 4
Answer: 1 only
- Q. Which of the following state/union territory land is situated on eastern and western coasts?
A)Andhra Pradesh
B)Puducherry
C)Kerala
D)Maharashtra
Answer: Puducherry
- Q. What happens to tropical soils when the rain forest is cleared?
A)Clearing interrupts the critical nutrient cycle and leads to soil leaching
B)The soil improves to the extent that soluble nutrients are no longer depleted by the trees
C)There is little effect on the soil because of its depth of
D)The soils stabilise and become excellent for grain
Answer: Clearing interrupts the critical nutrient cycle and leads to soil leaching
- Q. How would you increase the yield of maize crop?
A)Develop disease-resistant varieties
B)Evolve high yielding varieties of seeds to suit different agroclimatic regions
C)Develop high yielding varieties
D)Develop early and very early maturing varieties suitable for rainfall areas
Answer: Evolve high yielding varieties of seeds to suit different agroclimatic regions
- Q. The World’s largest island is
A)New Guinea
B)Greenland
C)Iceland
D)Madagascar
Answer: Greenland
- Q. The airport of Mumbai is called
A)Palam
B)Dum Dum
C)Sahar
D)Meenambakkam
Answer: Sahar
- Q. What is the International Date Line?
A)Region within 5º of the Equator
B)An imaginary line connecting places of the same altitude
C)It is 180º Meridian from Greenwich
D)None of these
Answer: It is 180º Meridian from Greenwich
- Q. The greatest diversity of animal and plant species occurs in ________
A)Heavily polluted rivers
B)Temperate deciduous forests
C)Tropical moist forests
D)Deserts and Savannas
Answer: Tropical moist forests
- Q. “Tsunami” is the name given to which of the following?
A)Tidal Waves
B)Earthquake
C)Cyclone
D)Undersea Waves
Answer: Tidal Waves
- Q. Which of the following statements is/are correct with regard to Milky Way? 1. It is a spiral galaxy. 2. The solar system resides in one of its spiral arms. Select the correct answer using the codes given below
A)Both 1 and 2
B)1 only
C)2 only
D)Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: Both 1 and 2
- Q. Which of the following States is called the “Garden of Spices”?
A)Andhra Pradesh
B)Karnataka
C)Kerala
D)Tamil Nadu
Answer: Kerala
- Q. Sunspots generally wax and wane over a/an
A)3-year cycle
B)11-year cycle
C)25-year cycle
D)15-year cycle
Answer: 11-year cycle
- Q. Three important rivers of the Indian subcontinent have their sources near the Mansarover Lake in the Great Himalayas. These rivers are
A)Brahmaputra, Indus and Sutlej
B)Indus, Jhelum and Sutlej
C)Brahmaputra, Sutlej and Yamuna
D)Jhelum, Sutlej and Yamuna
Answer: Brahmaputra, Indus and Sutlej
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