More Questions on Geography
- Q. Shallow-rooted trees are associated with ________
A)Tropical climate
B)Savanna climate
C)Temperate climate
D)Equatorial climate
Answer: Equatorial climate
- Q. The principal reason for the formation of metamorphic rocks is ________
A)Extreme heat and pressure
B)Decomposition of sediments
C)Deposition of remains of plants and animals
D)Solidification of magma
Answer: Extreme heat and pressure
- Q. The Himalayas have snowline at 4300 m whereas in the Alps mountain, it is at 3000 m. This is because the ________
A)Himalayas are higher than the Alps
B)Himalayas have denser forest cover
C)Himalayas face the monsoon winds
D)Himalayas are located in the lower latitudes
Answer: Himalayas are located in the lower latitudes
- Q. What can be the maximum duration of totality for a solar eclipse?
A)1 hour 40 seconds
B)12.5 minutes
C)7 minutes 40 seconds
D)There is no maximum duration
Answer: 7 minutes 40 seconds
- Q. The difference between the equatorial and polar diametres of the earth is about
A)42 km
B)22 km
C)32 km
D)62 km
Answer: 42 km
- Q. The number of major languages, recognized in the Indian Union as official language, are
A)12
B)15
C)22
D)9
Answer: 22
- Q. What is the modern name of “Siam”?
A)Philippines
B)Myanmar
C)Thailand
D)Cambodia
Answer: Thailand
- Q. The ‘Grand Trunk Road’ connects ________
A)Kolkata and Amritsar
B)Kolkata and Mumbai
C)Delhi and Chennai
D)Tirupati and Ludhiana
Answer: Kolkata and Amritsar
- Q. With reference to a fresh water lake, consider the following characteristics: 1. Richness in nutrients 2. Rapid turnover of phytoplankton 3. Depletion of dissolved oxygen Which of the above is/are observed in a lake after its eutrophication?
A)3 only
B)1 only
C)1 and 2 only
D)1, 2 and 3
Answer: 1, 2 and 3
- Q. Which hill station’s name means ‘place of the thunderbolt’?
A)Oottacarnand
B)Gangtok
C)Shillong
D)Darjeeling
Answer: Darjeeling
- Q. Breaking down of rock in situ is known as ________
A)Mass wasting
B)Erosion
C)Weathering
D)Degradation
Answer: Weathering
- Q. The ‘ring of fire’ : 1. is associated with earthquakes 2. is associated with volcanoes 3. goes round the Pacific Ocean 4. is associated with forest fires
A)2 and 4
B)1, 2 and 3
C)2 and 3
D)1, 2, 3 and 4
Answer: 1, 2 and 3
- Q. Which of the river does not originate in Indian territory?
A)Mahanadi
B)Ganga
C)Sutlej
D)Yamuna
Answer: Sutlej
- Q. The National Metallurgical Laboratory of India is at
A)Roorkee
B)Jamshedpur
C)Dhanbad
D)Ranchi
Answer: Jamshedpur
- Q. Inversion of temperature refers to ________ temperature with height.
A)Constant
B)Decrease in
C)Increase in
D)Both increase and decrease in
Answer: Increase in
- Q. The thermal equator is found
A)North of the geographical equator
B)At the equator
C)South of the geographical equator
D)At the tropic of cancer
Answer: North of the geographical equator
- Q. Sun’s rays can make right angle only up to 23(1/2) and South latitudes because:
A)Shape of Earth
B)Rotation
C)Revolution
D)Earth is inclined at an angle of 66(1/2) on its axis.
Answer: Earth is inclined at an angle of 66(1/2) on its axis.
- Q. Which one of the following countries has the largest known reserves of oil ?
A)Iraq
B)Kuwait
C)Iran
D)Nigeria
Answer: Kuwait
- Q. The smallest amongst the following oceans is ________.
A)The Atlantic Ocean
B)The Arctic Ocean
C)The Indian Ocean
D)The Pacific Ocean
Answer: The Arctic Ocean
- Q. In which type of topography, water recharge pores are found?
A)Desert
B)Karst
C)Terrain
D)Tundra
Answer: Karst
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