More Questions on Geography
- Q. Which is common to Guwahati, Barauni, Koyali, Haldia, Digboi and Mathura?
A)They are hill stations
B)Public sector refineries, owned by the Indian oil corporation are located in these places
C)They are prominent game sanctuaries
D)Oil and natural gas commission has its units in all these places
Answer: Public sector refineries, owned by the Indian oil corporation are located in these places
- Q. Which one of the following groups of Indian states has a common frontier with Bhutan?
A)Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Sikkim and West Bengal
B)Assam, Bihar, Sikkim and West Bengal
C)Bihar, Meghalaya, Sikkim and West Bengal
D)Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Sikkim and West Bengal
Answer: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Sikkim and West Bengal
- Q. Arrange these places in decreasing order of their atmospheric pressure on their ground surface: 1. Shimla 2. Gangtok 3. Mumbai 4. Delhi
A)3, 1, 4, 2
B)3, 4, 1, 2
C)4, 3, 2, 1
D)2, 4, 1, 3
Answer: 4, 3, 2, 1
- Q. What is the name of the layer above Earth’s surface which is located at the height of 8km from poles and 16km from the equator?
A)Troposphere
B)Mesosphere
C)Atmosphere
D)Stratosphere
Answer: Troposphere
- Q. The Density of population in India is defined as
A)Number of persons inan area of one lakh km square
B)Number of persons in an area of one mile square
C)Number of persons in an area of one lakh mile square
D)Number of persons in an area of one km square
Answer: Number of persons in an area of one km square
- Q. In northeast India,river flows out of the country is
A)Kosi
B)Brahmaputra
C)Gandak
D)Ganga
Answer: Brahmaputra
- Q. The phenomenon of an opening occurring in the Earth’s surface through which a Jet of hot water and steam is forced out at irregular intervals is called
A)Cyclone
B)Hot spring
C)Geyser
D)Volcano
Answer: Geyser
- Q. The number of major languages, recognized in the Indian Union as official language, are
A)12
B)15
C)22
D)9
Answer: 22
- Q. Black soil derived from volcanic rocks with humus is suitable for growing
A)Cotton
B)Rice
C)Wheat
D)Grapes
Answer: Cotton
- Q. Dharan, Abquiq , Quatif, Ain Dar, Ghawar and Safanija are the chief oil fields (petroleum regions) located in:
A)Iraq
B)Egypt
C)Iran
D)Saudi Arabia
Answer: Saudi Arabia
- Q. Which of the following rivers In Europe has the largest volume of traffic?
A)The Danube
B)The Rhine
C)The Rhone
D)The Seine
Answer: The Rhine
- Q. The only planet whose period of rotation is longer than the period of revolution around the Sun?
A)Venus
B)Mercury
C)Jupiter
D)Neptune
Answer: Venus
- Q. Which state of India has the largest percentage of poors?
A)Orissa
B)Bihar
C)Chhattisgarh
D)Jharkhand
Answer: Chhattisgarh
- Q. The melting down of glacier is normal event regarding the rising sea level. Most of the glaciers are found in
A)Himalaya
B)Green Land
C)South Pole
D)North Pole
Answer: South Pole
- Q. Wular lake of Kashmir is a ________
A)Lake formed by terminal morainic dam
B)Ox- bow lake
C)Lake formed by blocking of ice
D)Lake formed by deposition of silt
Answer: Lake formed by terminal morainic dam
- Q. Which one of the following countries is not land-locked?
A)Nepal
B)Afghanistan
C)Myanmar
D)Switzerland
Answer: Myanmar
- Q. Which one of the following types of plains is not formed by the action of the riven?
A)Flood plain deposits
B)Loess plains
C)Alluvial plains
D)Deltas
Answer: Loess plains
- Q. Which of the following is a wrong combination of location and hydroelectric projects undertaken by the NHPC?
A)Loktak-Sikkim
B)Baira Siul-Himachal Pradesh
C)Salal-Jammu and Kashmir
D)Devi Ghat-Nepal
Answer: Loktak-Sikkim
- Q. Shallow-rooted trees are associated with ________
A)Tropical climate
B)Savanna climate
C)Temperate climate
D)Equatorial climate
Answer: Equatorial climate
- Q. The revelations of a satellite photograph of the earth are as follows: 1. the Southern hemisphere bulges slightly more than the Northern hemisphere 2. it is slightly pear shaped ellipsoid of rotation 3. the polar axis of the earth is slightly shorter than the equatorial axis 4. the equatorial circumference is about 40,000km Which of the above statements are correct ?
A)1, 2 and 4
B)1, 2 and 3
C)1, 2, 3 and 4
D)2, 3 and 4
Answer: 2, 3 and 4
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