More Questions on Geography
- Q. The planet with the maximum number of satellites is ________.
A)Saturn
B)Uranus
C)Jupiter
D)Neptune
Answer: Jupiter
- Q. Which of the following lake is known as “Honeymoon Lake”?
A)Titicaca
B)Nyasa
C)Chad
D)Toba
Answer: Titicaca
- Q. Which of the following is especially true of anticyclones in the southern hemisphere?
A)They often form over continents
B)The air moves in a circular manner
C)Pressure increases from the outside to the centre
D)The air moves in an anti-clockwise direction
Answer: The air moves in an anti-clockwise direction
- Q. Which of the following are true with respect to the Indian Peninsular Plateau? I. The southern plateau block is formed mainly of granites and gneiss II. The Deccan lava plateau is an elevated tableland consisting of horizontally arranged lava sheets III. The Malwa plateau dominates the Vindhyan scarps forming the northern flank of the plateau IV. The troughs of the Narmada and the Tapti are interposed between the Vindhyan and the Satpura ranges.
A)I, II, III and IV
B)I, II and III
C)I and II
D)I, III and IV
Answer: I, II, III and IV
- 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. Dr. Waldimir Koppen – the great climatologist of Austria suggested in his new scheme of climatic classification:
A)Five major types of climate.
B)Two major types of climate.
C)Four major types of climate.
D)Three major types of climate.
Answer: Five major types of climate.
- Q. What is the difference between the Local time and Greenwich time one degree longitude?
A)6 minutes
B)2 minutes
C)4 minutes
D)8 minutes
Answer: 4 minutes
- Q. The main river flowing in the state of Jammu and Kashmir is ________
A)Chenab
B)Jhelum
C)Indus
D)Nubra
Answer: Jhelum
- Q. World Environment Day is observed on:
A)June 5
B)March 5
C)April 5
D)July 5
Answer: June 5
- Q. Which are of the following is wrongly characterised?
A)Sirocco – Sahara – spring - hot
B)Chinook- Canada - winter - warm
C)Khamsin – Egypt – spring - hot
D)Mistral - Rhone Valley - summer – cold
Answer: Mistral - Rhone Valley - summer – cold
- Q. Which one of the following plate movements is responsible for the formation of midocean ridge?
A)Transform fault movement
B)Divergent movement
C)Convergent movement
D)Parallel movement
Answer: Divergent movement
- Q. Which of the following is not an international airport?
A)Meenambakkam
B)Palam
C)Dum Dum
D)Ahmedabad
Answer: E
- Q. Which of the following organisations prepares topographical maps of India?
A)Geological Survey of India
B)Geographical Survey of India
C)Survey of India
D)Archaeological Survey of India
Answer: Geographical Survey of India
- Q. Choose the correct option with the correct sequence of the layers of atmosphere
A)Exosphere, Troposphere, Ionosphere Mesosphere, Stratosphere
B)Mesophere, Ionosphere, Exosphere, Troposphere, Stratosphere
C)Ionosphere, Exosphere, Mesosphere, Stratosphere, Troposphere
D)Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Ionosphere, Exosphere
Answer: Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Ionosphere, Exosphere
- Q. Cloud burst means ________
A)Presence of scattered flakes of cloud in the sky
B)Abnormally heavy downpour of rain, associated with a thunderstorm
C)Formation of artificial rain
D)Sowing of seeds of a crop in a cloudy weather
Answer: Abnormally heavy downpour of rain, associated with a thunderstorm
- Q. Which one of the following rivers thrice forks into two streams and reunites a few miles farther on, thus forming the islands of Srirangapatanam, Sivasamudram and Srirangam?
A)Krishna
B)Cauvery
C)Tungabhadra
D)Godavari
Answer: Cauvery
- Q. Which of the following countries shares the longest border with India?
A)China
B)Bangladesh
C)Bhutan
D)Pakistan
Answer: Bangladesh
- Q. Which of the following is/are the correct characteristic(s) of primary seismic wave?
A)It travels with faster speed through solids but slowly through liquids
B)It is a longitudinal and compressional wave
C)It is analogous to sound waves
D)All the above three
Answer: All the above three
- Q. The hottest planet is ________
A)Jupiter
B)Mercury
C)Venus
D)Saturn
Answer: Venus
- Q. The Point of origin of Indus River is
A)Karakoram Range
B)Hindu Kush Mountain
C)Himalaya Range
D)Mount Kailash
Answer: Mount Kailash
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