More Questions on Geography
- 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. How many States and Union Territories are there in India?
A)24 States and 6 Union territories.
B)25 States and 7 Union territories
C)28 States and 8 Union territories (including National capital territory-1)
D)None of the above
Answer: 28 States and 8 Union territories (including National capital territory-1)
- Q. The International Date Line is
A)90° east longitude
B)180° longitude
C)The equator
D)0° longitude
Answer: 180° longitude
- Q. Consider the following problems being faced by the Indian Coal Industry : I. Poor quality of coal and bottlenecks in the coal movement II. Low utilisation capacity of washeries III. Growing dependence on the import of coking coal IV. Administered prices
A)I, III and IV
B)II, III and IV
C)I, II, III and IV
D)I, II and III
Answer: I, II, III and IV
- Q. Which of the following States of India do not lie entirely in the Tropical Zone of the Earth?
A)Karnataka
B)Kerala and Tamil Nadu
C)Gujarat
D)Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh
Answer: Gujarat
- Q. The highest peak in India
A)Nanda Devi
B)Kamet
C)Nandakot
D)K2 (Godwin Austin)
Answer: K2 (Godwin Austin)
- Q. Indian Standard Meridian passes through the states of UP, MP ________
A)Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
B)AP and Karnataka
C)AP and Tamil Nadu
D)Orissa and AP
Answer: Orissa and AP
- Q. The region with the lowest mean winter temperature (-50º C) is found in
A)North Pole
B)Greenland
C)Northern Canada
D)North Eastern Siberia
Answer: Northern Canada
- 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. In which of the area of India, Non-Irrigated Farming is performed?
A)Coromandal Field
B)Kanera Field
C)Deccan Plateau
D)Ganges Field
Answer: Deccan Plateau
- Q. Which of the following has maximum diurnal temperature difference?
A)Plateau
B)Desert
C)Mountains
D)Ocean
Answer: Desert
- Q. Which one of the following straits is nearest to the International Date Line?
A)Strait of Florida
B)Malacca Strait
C)Bering Strait
D)Strait of Gibraltar
Answer: Bering Strait
- Q. Where are Rain forests found?
A)North-Eastern Himalayas and Western Ghats
B)Central India
C)Eastern Ghats
D)North-Western Himalayas and Eastern Ghats
Answer: North-Eastern Himalayas and Western Ghats
- Q. The youngest mountain range in the world is ________
A)Aravallis
B)Western Ghats
C)Himalayas
D)Andes
Answer: Himalayas
- Q. Most of the rivers flowing westward from the Western Ghats do not form deltas because ________
A)They are not perennial
B)Of the high gradient
C)They are too slow
D)There is no vegetation
Answer: Of the high gradient
- Q. Japan experiences frequent earth-quakes because it is located ________
A)Amidst the ocean
B)On the eastern coast of Asia
C)On the meeting point of two plates of the earth's crust
D)In the volcanic belt
Answer: In the volcanic belt
- Q. The sunlight is available 24 hours on the longest day at which of the following latitudes of the Earth?
A)63°
B)49°
C)66.5°
D)69.51°
Answer: 66.5°
- Q. A form of condensation which reduces the visibility and causes breathing problems, is
A)Smoke fog
B)Dew
C)Frost
D)Fog
Answer: Smoke fog
- Q. Which of the following is untraditional sources of Energy?
A)Petroleum
B)Coal
C)Fuel
D)Biogas
Answer: Biogas
- Q. Which sanctuary in India is famous for Rhinoceros and in which state is it located?
A)Ranthambore, Rajasthan
B)Gir, Gujarat
C)Kaziranga, Assam
D)Corbett, Uttarakhand
Answer: Kaziranga, Assam
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