More Questions on Geography
- Q. An aeroplane takes off from 30° N latitude, 50° E longitude and lands at the opposite end of the earth. Where does it land?
A)50° N Lat., 30° W Long
B)30° N Lat., 50° W Long
C)30° S Lat., 130° W Long
D)30° N Lat., 130°W Long
Answer: 30° S Lat., 130° W Long
- Q. The Earth’s axis is tilted at an angle of ________ degrees from the perpendicular to its orbital plane.
A)36°
B)17.5°
C)23.5°
D)45°
Answer: 23.5°
- Q. Pulsar are
A)Rapidly rotating stars
B)Stars moving towards Earth
C)Stars moving away from Earth
D)Stars with high temperature
Answer: Rapidly rotating stars
- Q. Where are the coaches of trains manufactured in India?
A)Hyderabad and Perambur
B)Jamshedpur and Perambur
C)Kapurthala and Perambur
D)Varanasi and Perambur
Answer: Kapurthala and Perambur
- Q. Where are rare plantless forest found?
A)Chaparral
B)Alpine
C)Tundra
D)Taiga
Answer: Tundra
- Q. The River Cauvery rises on the western edge of:
A)Satpuda Hills
B)Aravali
C)The Western Ghats
D)The Eastern Ghats
Answer: The Western Ghats
- Q. What are Sun spots?
A)Dark patches on the surface of the sun which are cooler areas
B)Regions on earth without winter climate
C)Desert areas on the sun
D)Dark patches on the surface of the Sun resulting from a localised fall in the temperature to about 4000 K
Answer: Dark patches on the surface of the Sun resulting from a localised fall in the temperature to about 4000 K
- Q. The total number of layers above Earth are
A)2
B)4
C)5
D)3
Answer: 5
- Q. The region which is a water divide between the Ganga and Indus river systems is
A)Alakananda
B)Haridwar
C)Namchobarva
D)Ambala
Answer: Ambala
- Q. One-tenth of the total salt produced in India comes from
A)Chilka Lake
B)Tamil Nadu Coast
C)Sambhar Lake
D)Wular Lake
Answer: Sambhar Lake
- Q. “Yellow Revolution” in India is related to
A)Tea production
B)Rice production
C)Oilseed production
D)Flower production
Answer: Oilseed production
- Q. The home or the fur-bearing animals is the
A)Tundra
B)Coniferous forests
C)Temperate deciduous forests
D)Temperate grasslands
Answer: Coniferous forests
- Q. The length of its day and the tilt of its axis are almost identical to those of the earth’. This is true of ________
A)Saturn
B)Uranus
C)Neptune
D)Mars
Answer: Mars
- Q. Apatanis are the tribes found in:
A)Sikkim
B)Himanchal Pradesh
C)Nagaland
D)Arunachal Pradesh
Answer: Arunachal Pradesh
- Q. The Yamuna and the Sone are the tributaries of the river
A)Ravi
B)Jhelam
C)Beas
D)Ganga
Answer: Ganga
- Q. Which of the following is not a species of tropical moist deciduous forests?
A)Shisham
B)Mahagony
C)Sal
D)Teak
Answer: Mahagony
- Q. Which of the following gives the correct decreasing order in numbers in the food chain pyramid? 1. Primary Producers 2. Herbivores 3. Carnivores 4. Man
A)4, 3, 2, 1
B)1, 2, 3, 4
C)1, 3, 2, 4
D)1, 2, 4, 3
Answer: 1, 2, 3, 4
- Q. Which of the following are true regarding Jhum cultivation in India? I. It is largely practiced in Assam II. It is referred to as ‘slash and burn’ technique III. In it, the fertility is exhausted in a few years
A)I and II
B)I, II and III
C)II and III
D)I and III
Answer: I, II and III
- Q. The International Dateline deflects to a side to avoid ________
A)Aleutian Islands
B)Society islands
C)Hawaii
D)All the above
Answer: Aleutian Islands
- Q. The features produced by glacial deposition are: 1. outwash plains 2. drumlins 3. eskers 4. levees
A)2, 3, 2004
B)1, 2, 2003
C)1, 3, 2004
D)1, 2, 3, 4
Answer: 1, 2, 2003
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