Geography Hydrosphere

Q. ________ islands are the “cross roads of the Pacific”.

A
Windward
B
Fiji
C
Falkland
D
Hawaiian

Correct Answer

Hawaiian

More Questions on Geography

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    A)Fibre crops
    B)Food crops
    C)Fodder crops
    D)Plantation crops
    Answer: Fibre crops
  • Q. The outer most range of Himalayas is called ________.
    A)Dehradun
    B)Kali
    C)Shiwaliks
    D)Kumaon
    Answer: Shiwaliks
  • Q. Major producer of mulberry silk in India is
    A)Karnataka
    B)Jammu and Kashmir
    C)Jharkhand
    D)Assam
    Answer: Karnataka
  • Q. Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary is located in which state?
    A)Kerala
    B)Karnataka
    C)Orissa
    D)Rajasthan
    Answer: Rajasthan
  • Q. The commodity which accounts for the maximum volume of goods transported by the railways in India is
    A)Mineral oil
    B)Iron and steel
    C)Coal
    D)Metallic ores (other than iron ore)
    Answer: Coal
  • Q. The World’s major commercial fishing grounds are located in the ________
    A)Temperate waters of tropical seas
    B)Cool waters of the northern hemisphere in comparatively higher latitudes
    C)Equatorial water
    D)Warm water of seas in southern hemisphere
    Answer: Cool waters of the northern hemisphere in comparatively higher latitudes
  • Q. The modern iron and steel industry in India had its beginning in 1870 when Bengal Iron Works Company was established in:
    A)Cossipore
    B)Kulti
    C)Visnupur
    D)None of Above
    Answer: Kulti
  • Q. Which is the largest Gulf in the World?
    A)The Persian Gulf
    B)The Gulf of Cambay
    C)The Gulf of Mexico
    D)The Strait of Hormuz
    Answer: The Gulf of Mexico
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    A)France
    B)Middle East
    C)The USA
    D)India
    Answer: India
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    A)Srilanka
    B)Bhutan
    C)Nepal
    D)Bangladesh
    Answer: Bhutan
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    B)Less than 30
    C)30% to 35%
    D)40% to 45%
    Answer: Less than 30
  • 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. The total length of the oceanic ridge systems is of the order of
    A)95000 km
    B)40000 km
    C)65000 km
    D)150000 km
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    A)Too much pressure on land
    B)Frequent occurrence of cyclones
    C)Movement of plates of earth, which float on the hot volcanic mantle below the earth's surface
    D)Underground nuclear explosions
    Answer: Movement of plates of earth, which float on the hot volcanic mantle below the earth's surface
  • Q. Which one the following is a correct sequence of rivers in terms of their total basin area, in the descending order?
    A)Brahmaputra, Indus, Ganga, Godavari
    B)Ganga, Indus, Brahmaputra, Godavari
    C)Indus, Ganga, Brahmaputra, Godavari
    D)Indus, Ganga Godavari, Brahmaputra
    Answer: Brahmaputra, Indus, Ganga, Godavari
  • Q. Which of the following sets of three ports is on the east coast of India?
    A)Paradeep, Kakinada, Nagapattinam
    B)Cochin, Goa, Mumbai
    C)Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai
    D)Machilipatnam, Kandla, Aleppey
    Answer: Paradeep, Kakinada, Nagapattinam
  • Q. Which of the following states has very little alluvial soil?
    A)Tamil Nadu
    B)Bihar
    C)Madhya Pradesh
    D)Punjab
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    A)Australia
    B)USA
    C)Erstwhile USSR
    D)Germany
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    B)Maharashtra
    C)Bihar
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    B)Pumice
    C)Basalt
    D)Sandstone
    Answer: Basalt

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