More Questions on Geography
- Q. What is meant by ‘energy crisis’?
A)Shortage of the thermal power
B)Shortage of hydro-electricity
C)Malnutrition leading to short supply of energy in the human body
D)Impending danger of total exhaustion of fossil fuels like coal and petroleum
Answer: Impending danger of total exhaustion of fossil fuels like coal and petroleum
- Q. The principal cause of soil damage in Punjab and Haryana is
A)Excessive cultivation
B)Deforestation
C)Soil erosion
D)Salinity and water logging
Answer: Salinity and water logging
- Q. Among the following crops which one occupies the largest area in India?
A)Rapeseed
B)Groundnut
C)Mustard
D)Sugarcane
Answer: Sugarcane
- Q. Air travel has become very important for the north eastern part of India mainly because _________
A)Surface transport routes have to go around Bangladesh
B)The region is mountainous
C)Population density is low
D)Air transport is cheaper
Answer: Surface transport routes have to go around Bangladesh
- Q. What is the approximate circumference of Earth?
A)80,000 Km
B)40,000 Km
C)60,000 Km
D)1,00,000 Km
Answer: 40,000 Km
- Q. The ‘Climate’ is the average atmospheric conditions of an area over a considerable period of time. For proper conclusions, observations are needed for a minimum period of ________
A)31 years
B)5 years
C)10 years
D)35 years
Answer: 31 years
- Q. What is the name of India’s permanent research station in southern hemisphere Antarctica
A)Dakshin Chitra
B)Dakshin Bharat
C)Dakshin Niwas
D)Dakshin Gangotri
Answer: Dakshin Gangotri
- Q. Which of these is a dwarf planet?
A)Eris
B)Neptune
C)Titan
D)Hydra
Answer: Eris
- Q. When it is 12.00 noon at Delhi (77° 10’E), people at another place on earth take their 6 o’clock morning tea. The longitude of that place is ________
A)172°30' E
B)17°30' E
C)12°50' W
D)17°E
Answer: 12°50' W
- Q. A pass in Himachal Pradesh is
A)Nathula
B)Shipkila
C)Zoji la
D)Jelep la
Answer: Shipkila
- Q. The glacier of the Nubra Valley the longest one with a length of over 72 km is called the ________ glacier.
A)Biafo
B)Hispar
C)Siachen
D)Baltaro
Answer: Siachen
- Q. Hampi is in
A)Karnataka
B)Andhra Pradesh
C)Tamil Nadu
D)Sri Lanka
Answer: Karnataka
- Q. The State having the maximum number of oil wells on its land portion is
A)Assam
B)Gujarat
C)Maharashtra
D)Bihar
Answer: Gujarat
- Q. Soil of Western Rajasthan have a high content of
A)Nitrogen
B)Aluminium
C)Calcium
D)Phosphorus
Answer: Calcium
- Q. The theory of continental drift is supported by: I. similarities between the coastline of South America and Africa II. the similarity of rocks of Central Africa, southern India, Brazil and Australia III. evidence of fossils IV. survival of marsupials in Australia
A)II, III and IV
B)I and II
C)I, II and III
D)I, II, III and IV
Answer: I, II, III and IV
- Q. Which of the following is the busiest of ocean trade routes?
A)North Atlantic
B)Suez Canal
C)Cape of Good Hope
D)Panama Canal
Answer: North Atlantic
- Q. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the given tiger reserves of India from north to south?
A)Indravati - Kanha - Dudwa - Bandipur
B)Dudwa - Kanha - Indravati - Bandipur
C)Kanha - Bandipur - Dudwa - Indravati
D)Dudwa - Kanha - Bandipur - Indravati
Answer: Dudwa - Kanha - Indravati - Bandipur
- Q. The Indian sub-continent was originally part of a huge landmass called
A)Indiana
B)Jurassic landmass
C)Aryavarta
D)Gondwana continent
Answer: Gondwana continent
- Q. Which one of the following statements correctly defines the term ‘Karroo’ of Southern Africa?
A)Steppes from the coastal lowland on to the high plateau
B)Rift valley formed due to faulting
C)Dome shaped landforms caused by earth's movements
D)None of the above
Answer: Steppes from the coastal lowland on to the high plateau
- Q. When dew point is reached it is said that at that temperature
A)The atmosphere can hold no more water vapour
B)The atmosphere is said to be saturated with water vapour
C)The relative humidity of the atmosphere is 100%
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
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