More Questions on Geography
- Q. Main hunting ground for blue whales is located in ________
A)Indian Ocean
B)Antarctic region
C)Arctic Ocean
D)Southern Atlantic Ocean
Answer: Antarctic region
- Q. Which one of the following can one come across if one travels through the Strait of Malacca?
A)Java
B)Bali
C)Brunei
D)Singapore
Answer: Singapore
- Q. Which of the following is correctly matched?
A)Pygmies - Pampas
B)Eskimo - Canada
C)Oran - Sweden
D)Gonds - Africa
Answer: Eskimo - Canada
- Q. Which one of the following is most prone to earthquakes?
A)Plateaus
B)Coastal plains
C)Old shields
D)Young folded mountains
Answer: Young folded mountains
- Q. Why does a farmer plough his fields in summer?
A)To prevent the surface from becoming hard
B)To prevent alkalinity of soil
C)To prevent acidity of soil
D)To fertilize the soil
Answer: To prevent the surface from becoming hard
- Q. The age of a tree can be estimated by
A)The number and size of its branches
B)Its height
C)The girth of its trunk
D)The number of concentric rings on a cross-section of its trunk
Answer: The number of concentric rings on a cross-section of its trunk
- Q. The country worst affected by cyclones and accompanying floods is ________.
A)Pakistan
B)Indonesia
C)Sri Lanka
D)Bangladesh
Answer: Bangladesh
- Q. Which of the following grades of coal has the highest carbon content?
A)Lignite
B)Anthracite
C)Bituminous coal
D)Peat
Answer: Anthracite
- Q. Along which one of the following meridians did India experience the first light of the sunrise of the new millennium?
A)92°30’ W
B)20°30’ W
C)82°30' E
D)92°30' E
Answer: 92°30' E
- Q. The biggest freshwater lake is
A)Superior
B)Titicaca
C)Baikal
D)Victoria
Answer: Superior
- Q. The lower Gangetic plain is characterized by humid climate with high temperature throughout the year. Which one among the following pairs of crops is most suitable for this region?
A)Paddy and Jute
B)Paddy and Cottort
C)Wheat and Jute
D)Wheat and Cotton
Answer: Paddy and Jute
- Q. Which of the following is an east flowing river of the Peninsula?
A)Mahanadi
B)Tapi
C)Narmada
D)None of the above
Answer: Mahanadi
- Q. Which of the following is the largest producer of copper?
A)Australia
B)Ghana
C)Malaysia
D)Chile
Answer: Chile
- Q. The Dogger Bank, the main fishing area of Europe, lies in
A)North Sea
B)Baltic Sea
C)English Channel
D)Norwegian Sea
Answer: North Sea
- Q. Most of the floods in the lowlands of north India, the Bihar plateau and Orissa are associated with ________
A)South-West Monsoon
B)Easterly depression
C)Orographic rainfall
D)Thunderstorm
Answer: Orographic rainfall
- Q. The largest lake in Africa is ________
A)Lake Tanganyika
B)Lake Victoria
C)Lake Malawi
D)Lake Chad
Answer: Lake Victoria
- Q. Which of the following are true with regard to igneous rocks? I. They are formed inside the earth, under great pressure II. They do not occur in layer III. They are mostly crystalline in nature IV. They contain fossils
A)II and III
B)I, II and III
C)II, III and IV
D)I and IV
Answer: I, II and III
- Q. Among the following countries, which one is the most densely populated?
A)Germany
B)Belgium
C)France
D)The Netherlands
Answer: The Netherlands
- Q. Formation of magma along the bedding plane results in ________
A)Basalt
B)Sill
C)Dykes
D)Laccolith
Answer: Sill
- Q. Grand Bank, Sable Bank, Middle Bank and Jeffery Bank are the major fishing grounds of
A)North East Atlantic
B)North West Atlantic
C)North East Pacific
D)North West Pacific
Answer: North West Atlantic
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