More Questions on Geography
- Q. What is the benefit of rain water storage?
A)Reduce the scarcity of water
B)Recharging ground water level
C)Respite from floods
D)Protection from soilerosion
Answer: Recharging ground water level
- Q. Oases are examples of
A)Foothill settlements
B)Wet point settlements
C)Dry point settlements
D)None of these
Answer: Foothill settlements
- Q. Which of the following peninsular rivers is westward flowing?
A)Tapti
B)Mahanadi
C)Godavari
D)Cauvery
Answer: Tapti
- Q. In which of the following states, Teesta Urja hydro-power project is proposed to be set up?
A)West Bengal
B)Sikkim
C)Andhra Pradesh
D)Arunachal Pradesh
Answer: Sikkim
- Q. Gulf Stream, the most important current of the Atlantic Ocean, takes Its birth from the Gulf of Mexico. Its importance lies in its
A)Area of influence
B)Cooling effect
C)Warming effect
D)Influence on travel
Answer: Warming effect
- Q. Which of the following lies on the Nile Rivers?
A)Khartoum
B)Nairobi
C)Addis Ababa
D)Kinhasa
Answer: Khartoum
- Q. Which of the following state does not share boundary with Myanmar?
A)Arunachal Pradesh
B)Assam
C)Manipur
D)Nagaland
Answer: Assam
- Q. The flower bud which is used as spice, is obtained from?
A)Clove
B)Cinnamon
C)Cardamom
D)Coriander
Answer: Clove
- Q. Which of the following statements is true with regard to the erratic behaviour of Indian monsoons?
A)Uncertain date of onset and withdrawal as well as varying amounts of rainfall during different years
B)Uniform duration but varying amounts of rain from one year to another, as well as at different places
C)Uncertain date of onset and withdrawal, as well as unequal distribution of rain
D)Uniform duration but varying amounts of rain from place to place
Answer: Uncertain date of onset and withdrawal as well as varying amounts of rainfall during different years
- Q. Nautical mile is a unit of distance used in
A)Aviation
B)Space travel
C)Navigation
D)Communication
Answer: Navigation
- Q. Which of the following is the annual precipitation of an area?
A)The total amount of rain per year, irrespective of snow, hail and sleet
B)All forms of precipitation converted to the quantity of liquid water
C)The total actual amount of rain, snow, hail and sleet
D)All forms of precipitation measured after conversion to equal quantity of ice
Answer: All forms of precipitation converted to the quantity of liquid water
- Q. Antipodes are ________
A)Places located at a point where degree of latitude is equal to degree of longitude
B)Lines joining places having a time difference of 12 hours
C)Places diametrically opposite on earth's surface
D)Lines joining places having the same depths
Answer: Places diametrically opposite on earth's surface
- Q. Which of the following regions and dominant crops is wrongly matched?
A)Temperate grassland-cereals
B)Tropical monsooon-rice
C)Tundra-market gardening
D)Cold Temperate-softwood
Answer: Tundra-market gardening
- Q. A geographic region has the following distinct characteristics: 1. Warm and dry climate 2. Mild and wet winter 3. Evergreen oak trees The above features are the distinct characteristics of which one of the following regions?
A)Central Asia
B)Mediterranean
C)Eastern China
D)Atlantic coast of North America
Answer: Mediterranean
- Q. Lunar eclipse occurs on ________
A)Half moon
B)New moon
C)Full moon
D)Quarter moon
Answer: Full moon
- Q. Which of the followings is not correctly matched?
A)North Korea - Seoul
B)Indonesia - Jakarta
C)Maldives - male
D)Zimbabwe - Harare
Answer: North Korea - Seoul
- Q. Which of the following is an inland riverine port?
A)Chennai
B)Kolkata
C)Mumbai
D)Tuticorin
Answer: Kolkata
- Q. The Trans-Andean railway connects
A)Buenos Aires with Valparaiso
B)Mexico City with Santiago
C)Panama City with Santiago
D)Rio de Janerio with Bogota
Answer: Buenos Aires with Valparaiso
- Q. Grasslands are called Pampas in
A)Britain
B)Africa
C)South America
D)USA
Answer: South America
- Q. Child Sex Ratio as per the provisional results of the 2011 Census in India is
A)917
B)927
C)924
D)914
Answer: 927
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