More Questions on Geography
- Q. Which one of the following pairs of ocean currents meet each other near Newfound land?
A)Gulfstream and Canaries
B)Canaries and Labrador
C)Gulf stream and Labrador
D)Kuroshio and Kurile
Answer: Gulf stream and Labrador
- Q. What is the cupshaped mouth of volcanoes?
A)Crater
B)Centre of Origin
C)Epicentre
D)Cinder Cone
Answer: Crater
- Q. A country lying within the Arctic Circle having geysers is
A)Norway
B)Greenland
C)Iceland
D)Denmark
Answer: Iceland
- Q. Which one among the following statements regarding India’s coal is not correct?
A)Bituminous coal is found in both lower Gondwana rocks and in Tertiary rocks
B)98 percent of reserves of coal in India belongs to Gondwana period
C)Unknown amount of coal lies buried under the Ganga alluvium and the Deccan Trap
D)Gondwana coal is mainly found in the river valleys of Damodar, Mahanadi and Godavari
Answer: Bituminous coal is found in both lower Gondwana rocks and in Tertiary rocks
- Q. In general it is observed that the rate of population growth has been ________ in the densely populated areas compared to sparsely populated areas.
A)Negligible
B)Low
C)High
D)Almost the same
Answer: Low
- Q. Which hill station’s name means ‘place of the thunderbolt’?
A)Oottacarnand
B)Gangtok
C)Shillong
D)Darjeeling
Answer: Darjeeling
- Q. The oceanic current named as ‘Kuroshio – Kurile and Alaskan’ are located in
A)North Pacific Ocean
B)North Atlantic Ocean
C)South Atlantic Ocean
D)North Indian Ocean
Answer: North Pacific Ocean
- Q. Which one of the following statements is not correct?
A)Hot deserts of the world are found in the tropical regions between 15° and 30° north and south latitudes
B)Rainfall generally increases away from the equatorial region both northwards and southwards upto about 30° north and south
C)Mediterranean regions receive rainfall in winter from cyclones
D)Deserts generally receive less than 25 cm of rainfall in a year
Answer: Rainfall generally increases away from the equatorial region both northwards and southwards upto about 30° north and south
- Q. Climate of a place is dependent on several factors. Which one of the following is the most significant?
A)Latitude
B)Distance from sea
C)Direction of winds
D)Ocean currents
Answer: Latitude
- Q. In the realm of coal production in the world, India ranks ________
A)Third
B)First
C)Second
D)Fourth
Answer: Fourth
- Q. The world’s highest hydel power project ‘Rongtong’ is located in ________
A)Himachal Pradesh
B)Rangoon
C)Kathmandu
D)Beijing
Answer: Himachal Pradesh
- Q. An upper air wind system with very high velocities in certain parts of the atmosphere is called ________
A)Jet stream
B)A cyclone
C)An anticyclone
D)A tsunami
Answer: Jet stream
- Q. Which of the following latitudes passes through India?
A)Tropic of Capricorn
B)Equator
C)Arctic Circle
D)Tropic of Cancer
Answer: Tropic of Cancer
- Q. The rains along the western coast of India are ________
A)Orographic
B)Cyclonic
C)Convectional
D)Monsoonal
Answer: Orographic
- Q. Pits, formed by the deflating action of wind are called
A)Blowouts
B)Playa
C)Yardang
D)Sand dune
Answer: Blowouts
- Q. The river Godavari is often referred to as Vridha Ganga because
A)there are a fairly large number of pilgrimage centres situated on its banks
B)it is the older river of India
C)of its large size and extent among the peninsular rivers
D)its length is nearly the same as that of the river Ganges
Answer: of its large size and extent among the peninsular rivers
- Q. Lignite is a type of:
A)Coal
B)Iron
C)Steel
D)Gold
Answer: Coal
- Q. What is the rank of India in milk production in the world?
A)Second
B)Fourth
C)Third
D)First
Answer: First
- Q. The oldest oil-field in India is in
A)Neyveli
B)Haldia
C)Bombay High
D)Digboi
Answer: Digboi
- Q. Why the Earth is having its own atmosphere?
A)Gravity
B)Winds
C)Clouds
D)Rotation of the Earth
Answer: Gravity
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