More Questions on Geography
- Q. The incoming short-wave solar radiation is balanced by an equal amount of long-wave radiation from earth going back to space. This is known as ________
A)Heat balance of earth
B)Earth radiation
C)Wave balance of earth
D)Radiation exchange
Answer: Heat balance of earth
- Q. The surface temperature of the Sun is measured
A)18000°C
B)6000°C
C)12000°C
D)24000°C
Answer: 6000°C
- Q. Po river flows through
A)Yugoslavia
B)Austria
C)Italy
D)France
Answer: Italy
- Q. Which of the following industries uses mica?
A)Steel industry
B)Glass and Pottery industry
C)Electrical industry
D)Textile industry
Answer: Electrical industry
- Q. Which of the following features is not formed by running water?
A)Gorges
B)Valleys
C)Tunnels
D)Canyons
Answer: Tunnels
- Q. How are the caves of the world’s greatest fold mountains formed?
A)Horizontal movement
B)Regular movement
C)Vertical movement
D)Compressional movement
Answer: Compressional movement
- Q. The Laterite soil is found in
A)Tropical areas
B)High rainfall states
C)In deserts
D)Dry and humid tropical areas
Answer: Dry and humid tropical areas
- Q. The narrow meandering bands of swift winds which blow in the mid latitudes near the tropopause and encircle the globe are known as:
A)Narrow wind band
B)Jet Stream
C)Meander
D)None of these
Answer: Jet Stream
- Q. The mountain range which stretches from Gujarat in west to Delhi in the north is the ________
A)Satpuras
B)Aravallis
C)Vindhyas
D)Kaimur range
Answer: Aravallis
- 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. Which of the following is characterized by excessive dampness with a thick growth forest and a variety of wild life?
A)Tarai
B)Bhabar
C)Bhangar
D)Khadar
Answer: Tarai
- Q. Which of the following types of rainfall occurs at places having continental type of climate?
A)Relief
B)Convectional
C)Cyclonic
D)Rainfall does not occur at these places
Answer: Cyclonic
- Q. The mangrove forests are present in
A)The Western Ghats
B)The Eastern Ghats
C)The Sunderbans
D)The Aravallis
Answer: The Sunderbans
- Q. The Earth is an oblate spheroid and not a perfect sphere. This is because 1. the Earth has a rotational motion and the rotational speed increases as one goes from the Poles towards the Equator. 2. the Equator experiences greater gravitational pull from the Sun. 3. the intensity of sunlight received at the Equator is greater than that at the Poles.
A)3 only
B)1 only
C)1 and 2
D)1, 2 and 3
Answer: 1 and 2
- Q. Which of the following is not concerned with increased production of a food item?
A)White Revolution
B)Green Revolution
C)Blue Revolution
D)Orange Revolution
Answer: Orange Revolution
- Q. The range that acts as watershed between India and Turkistan is
A)Karakoram
B)Zaskar
C)Kailash
D)Ladakh
Answer: Karakoram
- Q. Which of the Organisation is mainly related with environmental planning?
A)CIFRI
B)CSIR
C)NEERI
D)ICAR
Answer: NEERI
- Q. A landform composed of sediments brought by a river and found where it enters a main valley or emerges from a mountain on to a plain is called a/an
A)Oxbow lake
B)Meander
C)Alluvial fan
D)Levee
Answer: Alluvial fan
- Q. The part of the Himalayas lying between Satluj and Kali rivers is known as
A)Kumaon Himalayas
B)Punjab Himalaya
C)Nepal Himalayas
D)Assam Himalayas
Answer: Kumaon Himalayas
- Q. Which of the following indicates the types of soil erosion in decreasing order of damage caused In India
A)Water-logging, weeds, salinity and ravine erosion
B)Ravine erosion .and gullies, alkalinity and salinity weeds and water-logging
C)Alkalinity and water-logging, ravine erosion and weeds
D)All are equally damaging
Answer: Ravine erosion .and gullies, alkalinity and salinity weeds and water-logging
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