More Questions on Geography
- Q. Which of the following river is famous for changing its path?
A)Brahmaputra
B)Narmada
C)Kosi
D)Damodar
Answer: Kosi
- Q. Which State in India is known as the ‘Granary of India’?
A)Punjab
B)Haryana
C)Andhra Pradesh
D)Kerala
Answer: Punjab
- Q. Unlike other parts of the Indian Coast, fishing industry has not developed along the Saurashtra coast because
A)the sea water is relatively more saline
B)there are few indentions suitable for fishing
C)of overwhelming dependence on agriculture and animal husbandary
D)of industrial development leading to widespread pollution of coastal area
Answer: of overwhelming dependence on agriculture and animal husbandary
- Q. If the atmospheric air is cooled because of expansion, the cooling is known as
A)Alto-cooling
B)Adiabatic
C)Lapse rate
D)Inverse cooling
Answer: Adiabatic
- Q. What was the primary purpose of constructing the Farakka Barrage?
A)To bring additional area of West Bengal under irrigation
B)Preservation and maintenance of Kolkata port for navigation
C)To supply Ganga water to Bangladesh
D)To meet the chronic power shortage in Kolkata
Answer: Preservation and maintenance of Kolkata port for navigation
- Q. Which of the following rivers lies in a rift valley?
A)Son
B)Luni
C)Chambal
D)Tapi
Answer: Tapi
- Q. The commodity which accounts for the maximum volume of goods transported by the railways in India is
A)Mineral oil
B)Iron and steel
C)Coal
D)Metallic ores (other than iron ore)
Answer: Coal
- Q. Deciduous trees are those ________
A)That never bear fruits
B)That grow up straight
C)That grow plenty in dry places
D)That shed their leaves during a certain season
Answer: That shed their leaves during a certain season
- Q. Which among the following neighbouring country of India is the largest producer of Opium in the World?
A)Sri Lanka
B)Pakistan
C)Afghanistan
D)Maldives
Answer: Afghanistan
- Q. Who demarcated the boundary line between India and Pakistan?
A)Cyril Radcliffe
B)Lord Curzon
C)Lord Canning
D)Stafford Cripps
Answer: Cyril Radcliffe
- Q. Muscovite, Phlogopite and Biotite are
A)Coal varieties
B)Iron ore varieties
C)Mica varieties
D)Manganese varieties
Answer: Mica varieties
- Q. Kodaikanal, the famous hill-station of South India, is situated on ________
A)Nilgiri mountain
B)Palni hills
C)Anaimalai mountain
D)Cardamon hills
Answer: Palni hills
- Q. Which is the lowest layer of Atmosphere?
A)Mesosphere
B)Troposphere
C)Stratosphere
D)Exosphere
Answer: Troposphere
- Q. Which of the following Indian States broadly as large as the European nation Poland?
A)Maharashtra
B)Bihar
C)Odisha
D)Madhya pradesh
Answer: Madhya pradesh
- Q. Which of the following is a major sugarcane-producing state in India?
A)Kerala
B)Odisha
C)Arunachal Pradesh
D)Maharashtra
Answer: Maharashtra
- Q. “Golan Heights” belonging to a country A were captured by a country B. The countries A and B are ________
A)Syria and Israel
B)Tibet and China
C)Russia and Japan
D)Iran and Iraq
Answer: Syria and Israel
- Q. Where is Jawaharlal Nehru Port?
A)Mumbai
B)Paradip
C)Kochin
D)Kolkata
Answer: Mumbai
- Q. In due course of time the meander loop cuts off from the river and forms a cutoff lake, also called an ________ lake.
A)Lagoon
B)Ox-bow
C)Oasis
D)Tectonic
Answer: Ox-bow
- Q. The line at which a day is lost or gained is called:
A)Line of Control day and night
B)International Gain line
C)International loss line
D)International Date line
Answer: International Date line
- Q. The highest dam from the following in India is
A)Hirakud
B)Maithan
C)Bhakra
D)Machkund
Answer: Bhakra
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