More Questions on Geography
- Q. Which of the following towns is not on the “Golden Quadrilateral” being created for the roads infrastructure of the country ?
A)Vishakhapatnam
B)Chennai
C)Hyderabad
D)Bhubhaneshwar
Answer: Hyderabad
- Q. Which one of the following cities is not a former capital of the given country (Country given in the brackets)?
A)Kyoto (Japan)
B)Karachi (Pakistan)
C)Auckland (New Zealand)
D)Brisbane (Australia)
Answer: Brisbane (Australia)
- Q. Genoa is leading seaport of:
A)Italy
B)Spain
C)Brazil
D)Canada
Answer: Italy
- Q. Consider the following statements: 1. Cherrapunji is located on the south side of Garo hills. 2. Cherrapunji is about 1700 m above mean sea level. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A)Both 1 and 2
B)1 only
C)2 only
D)Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: Both 1 and 2
- Q. Which one of the following statements is correct? Hurricanes ________
A)Develop over warm ocean areas
B)Form at the equator
C)Are not as large as tornadoes
D)Tend to intensify when they move over land surfaces
Answer: Develop over warm ocean areas
- Q. Nagarjunasagar Dam was built on
A)Krishna river
B)Mahanadi river
C)Damodar river
D)Cauvery river
Answer: Krishna river
- Q. Which of the following is a typical feature of volcanic eruption?
A)Basin
B)Horsts
C)Dykes
D)Drumlin
Answer: Dykes
- Q. What is the percentage of Indian population engaged in agriculture?
A)70
B)60
C)50
D)80
Answer: 60
- Q. The formation of Extrusive rocks takes place ________
A)By deposition of magma at a great depth
B)By solidification of magma above the earth's surface
C)Due to excessive pressure at great depths
D)At an intermediate depth by transformation
Answer: By solidification of magma above the earth's surface
- Q. Silk textiles are mainly produced in ________
A)China and India
B)Japan and U.S.A.
C)Japan and China
D)U.S.A. and U.K.
Answer: China and India
- Q. The Trans-Andean railway connects
A)Buenos Aires with Valparaiso
B)Mexico City with Santiago
C)Panama City with Santiago
D)Rio de Janerio with Bogota
Answer: Buenos Aires with Valparaiso
- Q. White coal refers to
A)Uranium
B)Hydroelectricity
C)Petroleum
D)Coal
Answer: Hydroelectricity
- Q. Which of the following statements is false?
A)Temperate evergreen forests have rainfall throughout the year
B)Tropical evergreen forests have very little undergrowth
C)Tropical monsoon forests have dense undergrowth
D)Coniferous forest are mostly deciduous
Answer: Coniferous forest are mostly deciduous
- Q. Extensive subsistence agriculture is ________
A)Farming in the thinly populated areas
B)Farming on the slopes of Western Ghats
C)Farming in the thickly populated areas
D)Farming in the forests of equatorial region
Answer: Farming in the thinly populated areas
- Q. The planet having fourteen moons is ________
A)Uranus
B)Venus
C)Mars
D)Neptune
Answer: Neptune
- Q. The strait that separates Tasmania from the mainland of Australia is
A)Torres Strait
B)Cook Strait
C)Bass Strait
D)Palk Strait
Answer: Bass Strait
- Q. Which of the following are true with respect to the Indian Peninsular Plateau? I. The southern plateau block is formed mainly of granites and gneiss II. The Deccan lava plateau is an elevated tableland consisting of horizontally arranged lava sheets III. The Malwa plateau dominates the Vindhyan scarps forming the northern flank of the plateau IV. The troughs of the Narmada and the Tapti are interposed between the Vindhyan and the Satpura ranges.
A)I, II, III and IV
B)I, II and III
C)I and II
D)I, III and IV
Answer: I, II, III and IV
- Q. Heat received by earth from the Sun is known as ________
A)Solar radiation
B)Insolation
C)Solar heat
D)Thermal radiation
Answer: Solar radiation
- 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 exact time taken by the earth for single rotation on its own axis is ________
A)23 hrs 50 minutes 7.2 sec
B)24 hrs
C)24 hrs 35 sec
D)23 hrs 56 minutes 4.09 sec
Answer: 23 hrs 56 minutes 4.09 sec
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