Q. A black hole is a ________

Correct Answer

Contracted star with intense gravitational pull

More Questions on Geography

  • Q. The planet Mercury is difficult to be observed most of the time because ________
    A)It being too close to the Sun, gets hidden by the glare of the Sun
    B)It gets hidden behind Venus
    C)It goes too far away from the Earth
    D)It cannot be seen at night as at that time no sunlight falls on it.
    Answer: It being too close to the Sun, gets hidden by the glare of the Sun
  • Q. The correct decreasing order of the population of the various continents is ________
    A)Asia, Africa, Europe, America, Australia
    B)Asia, Europe, America, Africa, Australia
    C)Asia, America, Europe, Africa, Australia
    D)Asia, America, Africa, Europe, Australia
    Answer: Asia, Africa, Europe, America, Australia
  • Q. The position of a planet when it is nearest to the Sun, is called ________
    A)Apigee
    B)Perihelion
    C)Apihelion
    D)Perigee
    Answer: Perihelion
  • Q. The ‘Mahe region’ located on the western coast of India is politically a part of the Union Territory of ________
    A)Lakshadweep
    B)Dadra and Nagar Haveli
    C)Diu and Daman
    D)Pondicherry
    Answer: Pondicherry
  • Q. Which country has the largest coastline?
    A)Canada
    B)USA
    C)Australia
    D)India
    Answer: Canada
  • Q. Which state of India has the largest percentage of poors?
    A)Orissa
    B)Bihar
    C)Chhattisgarh
    D)Jharkhand
    Answer: Chhattisgarh
  • Q. Major wheat and rice producing area in China is ________
    A)Si-Kiang basin
    B)Hwang-Ho basin
    C)Yangtse-basin
    D)All the above
    Answer: All the above
  • Q. An active volcano was reported at ________ India in 1991.
    A)Rameshwaram Island, Tamil Nadu
    B)Barren Island, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
    C)Aliabet Island, Gujarat
    D)Mumbai Island, Maharashtra
    Answer: Barren Island, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  • Q. An ox-bow lake is a ________
    A)Lake formed due to cut off meander
    B)Lake formed behind an off-shore bar
    C)Lake occupying a volcanic crater
    D)Lake occupying a hollow scooped by a glacier
    Answer: Lake formed due to cut off meander
  • Q. Which of the following is/are correct? 1. Broad guage railway engines- Varanasi 2. Electric locomotives – Bhopal 3. Integral Coach Factory – Kolkata
    A)3
    B)1
    C)2
    D)1, 2 and 3
    Answer: 1, 2 and 3
  • Q. Changing of colour of a rock into yellow or red is due to
    A)Carbonation
    B)Hydration
    C)Oxidation
    D)Exfoliation
    Answer: Oxidation
  • Q. Which among these is a form of precipitation?
    A)Mist
    B)Dew
    C)Fog
    D)Hail
    Answer: Hail
  • Q. Chennai receives less rainfall by South-West Monsoon than other places, because
    A)These winds are off shore monsoon winds
    B)Monsoon travels parallel to Coromandel Coast
    C)Chennai is very hot place and do not allow humidity to evaporate
    D)Above all
    Answer: Above all
  • Q. In India, during the last decade, the total cultivated land for which one of the following crops has remained more or less stagnant?
    A)Pulses
    B)Rice
    C)Oilseeds
    D)Sugarcane
    Answer: Pulses
  • Q. What is the cause of ‘Green house effect’?
    A)Carbon Monoxide
    B)Nitrogen
    C)Carbon Dioxide
    D)Nitrogen Dioxide
    Answer: Carbon Dioxide
  • Q. Which one of the following is igneous rock?
    A)Marble
    B)Limestone
    C)Granite
    D)Slate
    Answer: Granite
  • Q. In which of the following places, steel and iron industry was set up with the help of Germany?
    A)Rourkela
    B)Durgapur
    C)Bhilai
    D)Bhadravati
    Answer: Rourkela
  • Q. Which of the following, Indonesian Territory became victim of terrible Earthquake in 2004?
    A)Kalibangan
    B)Irian Jaya
    C)Sumatra
    D)Java
    Answer: Sumatra
  • Q. With reference to National Highways Development Project (NHDP), consider the following statements: 1. Belgaum and Nellore lie on the Golden Quadrilateral. 2. Vadodara and Jhansi lie on the East – West Corridor. 3. Ambala and Kanpur lie on the North – South Corridor. Which of these statements is/are correct ?
    A)1 and 2
    B)1, 2 and 3
    C)2 and 3
    D)1 only
    Answer: 1 only
  • Q. Which of the Indian states has the maximum number of common borders with other Indian States?
    A)Uttar Pradesh
    B)West Bengal
    C)Madhya Pradesh
    D)Karnataka
    Answer: Uttar Pradesh

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