More Questions on Geography
- Q. Which of the following groups of rivers originate from the Himachal mountains?
A)Sutlej, Beas and Ravi
B)Beas, Ravi and Chenab
C)Ravi, Chenab and Jhelum
D)Sutlej, Ravi and Jhelum
Answer: Beas, Ravi and Chenab
- Q. How do dust storms in summer affect the temperature?
A)No effect
B)Increase it
C)Decrease it
D)Cannot say
Answer: Decrease it
- Q. Which set of two river given below together form the world’s largest delta?
A)The Tigris and the Euphrates
B)The Ganges and the Brahmpautra
C)The Mississippi and the Missouri
D)The Seine and the Rhine
Answer: The Ganges and the Brahmpautra
- Q. Which European country has over 200 volcanoes, many of them active?
A)Ireland
B)Norway
C)Finland
D)Iceland
Answer: Iceland
- Q. Which of the following is called the “Gateway to the Pacific” ?
A)Bering Sea
B)Suez Canal
C)Panama Canal
D)Gulf of Alaska
Answer: Panama Canal
- Q. 17th Parallel separates ________
A)North and South Vietnam
B)North and South America
C)North and South Korea
D)North and South Yemen
Answer: North and South Vietnam
- Q. The radiant energy of the sun is transmitted in the form of ________
A)Particles
B)Short waves
C)Long waves
D)None of these
Answer: Short waves
- Q. In which of the following states are the Aravalli mountains located
A)Himachal Pradesh
B)Jammu and Kashmir
C)Rajasthan
D)Madhya Pradesh
Answer: Rajasthan
- Q. Hindustan Machine Tools has its factories at
A)Pinjore (Haryana)
B)Bengaluru (Karnataka)
C)Kalamassery (Kerala)
D)All the three places above
Answer: All the three places above
- Q. Which of the following is not one of the non-conventional sources of energy in India?
A)Thermal Energy
B)Solar Energy
C)Geo-Thermal Energy
D)Tidal Power
Answer: Thermal Energy
- Q. The Trans-Siberian railway links
A)Buanos Aires with Valparaiso
B)The Baltic coast with the North Sea
C)Leningrad with Oldiotsk
D)Leningrad with Vladivostok
Answer: Leningrad with Vladivostok
- Q. Which one of the following is a landlocked country?
A)Romania
B)Bulgaria
C)Hungary
D)Ukraine
Answer: Hungary
- Q. Which of the following types of soils is most suited for tea cultivation?
A)Black soils
B)Laterite soils
C)Red soils
D)Alluvial soils
Answer: Laterite soils
- 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. Formation of pot holes in river beds is an example of ________
A)Corrosion
B)Hydration
C)Erosion
D)Attrition
Answer: Corrosion
- Q. Sandstone, conglomerate, limestone, shalepotash, loess, geyserites, chalk, coal, chert, halite are the examples of:
A)Sedimentary Rocks
B)Igneous rock
C)Metamorphic
D)None of Above
Answer: Sedimentary Rocks
- Q. The Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) were created in:
A)1989
B)1985
C)1987
D)1990
Answer: 1987
- Q. Which one of the following types of forest covers the maximum area in India?
A)Tropical dry deciduous forest
B)Tropical rain forest
C)Tropical moist deciduous forest
D)Tropical dry evergreen forest
Answer: Tropical moist deciduous forest
- Q. Evidence suggests that life on Earth has existed for about ________.
A)35 million years
B)3.5 million years
C)35 billion years
D)3.5 billion years
Answer: 3.5 billion years
- Q. Which of the following is caused by the combine deffects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon and the Sun on sea levels?
A)Tides
B)Currents
C)Runoff
D)Waves
Answer: Tides
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