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

A
Windward
B
Fiji
C
Falkland
D
Hawaiian

Correct Answer

Hawaiian

More Questions on Geography

  • Q. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? States of USA Geography Division
    A)California Pacific
    B)Iowa West North Central
    C)Texas West South Central
    D)New Jersey South Atlantic
    Answer: New Jersey South Atlantic
  • Q. Which one of the following National Highways passes through Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Orissa?
    A)NH 6
    B)NH 4
    C)NH 5
    D)NH 7
    Answer: NH 6
  • Q. The meeting or warm and cold currents in the ocean gives rise to
    A)Fog
    B)Frost
    C)Rain
    D)Cloud-burst
    Answer: Fog
  • Q. The most important factor in thunderstorms development is ________
    A)Abundance of moisture
    B)Atmospheric stability
    C)Atmospheric instability
    D)Temperature inversion
    Answer: Atmospheric instability
  • Q. People of North Africa are generally
    A)Mongoloid
    B)Negroid
    C)Berbers
    D)None of these
    Answer: Berbers
  • Q. The position of the earth in its orbit, when it is at its greatest distance from the Sun causing summer in the Northern hemisphere is ________
    A)Perigee
    B)Perihelion
    C)Aphelion
    D)Apogee
    Answer: Aphelion
  • Q. Bangladesh does not share its border with which Indian state?
    A)Jharkand
    B)Assam
    C)Tripura
    D)Meghalaya
    Answer: Jharkand
  • Q. The largest railway station of the world is ________
    A)Kharagpur railway station, India
    B)Trans-Siberian railway station, Russia
    C)Grand Central Terminal, Chicago
    D)None of these
    Answer: Grand Central Terminal, Chicago
  • Q. The soil material is mainly derived from ________
    A)Igneous rocks
    B)Metamorphic rocks
    C)Sedimentary rocks
    D)Biological action
    Answer: Sedimentary rocks
  • Q. Which of the following statements about forests is not correct?
    A)Forests in equatorial regions of India are less dense than the monsoon forests
    B)Coniferous forests of high latitudes yield soft wood
    C)Between 2000 m and 3000 m elevation on the Himalayas grow deodar, chinar and walnut
    D)Large-scale exploitation of forests has caused soil erosion and repeated floods
    Answer: Forests in equatorial regions of India are less dense than the monsoon forests
  • Q. Through which of the following States the Ganga does not pass?
    A)West Bengal
    B)Madhya Pradesh
    C)Bihar
    D)Uttar Pradesh
    Answer: Madhya Pradesh
  • Q. Which one of the following statements is correct?
    A)Kandla and Kolkata are tidal ports
    B)India ranks 9th in the world's shipping tonnage
    C)Mumbai port handles half of the country's foreign trade
    D)India has 14 major ports and 129 minor ports
    Answer: Mumbai port handles half of the country's foreign trade
  • Q. Which one of the following countries is situated, geographically in America’ but politically a part of Europe?
    A)Green Land
    B)Iceland
    C)Canary Islands
    D)Cuba
    Answer: Green Land
  • Q. Which, among the following countries, occupies the largest chunk of the Sunderban’s Delta?
    A)India
    B)Bangladesh
    C)Myanmar
    D)Thailand
    Answer: Bangladesh
  • Q. Wheat and rice in China are cultivated in
    A)The Lower Si Basin
    B)Lower Yangtse Basin
    C)Hwang Ho Basin
    D)South East Coast
    Answer: Lower Yangtse Basin
  • Q. What is ‘Sidereal Day’?
    A)The time during which the earth makes a complete rotation on its axis in respect of the fixed stars
    B)The day on which the duration of sunshine is the maximum
    C)The day on which the duration of sunshine and darkness are equal
    D)The day on which the sun reaches its maximum distance from the equator
    Answer: The time during which the earth makes a complete rotation on its axis in respect of the fixed stars
  • Q. Afforestation is the process of
    A)Cutting of forest
    B)Cleaning forests
    C)Plantation
    D)Collecting forest resources
    Answer: Plantation
  • Q. Which of the following important rivers of India does not originate from the Western Ghats?
    A)Krishna
    B)Cauvery
    C)Godavari
    D)Mahanadi
    Answer: Mahanadi
  • Q. ________ is a planned city in India.
    A)Pune
    B)Varanasi
    C)Srinagar
    D)Chandigarh
    Answer: Chandigarh
  • Q. Pilgrim Fathers are the earliest migrants to
    A)North America
    B)Australia
    C)South America
    D)Central America
    Answer: North America

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