More Questions on Geography
- Q. The joint river valley venture of India and Nepal is
A)Damodar
B)Gomati
C)Chambal
D)Kosi
Answer: Kosi
- Q. Which one of the following reflects back more sunlight as compared to other three?
A)Land covered with fresh snow
B)Sand desert
C)Paddy crop land
D)Prairie land
Answer: Land covered with fresh snow
- Q. The phenomenon of ‘trade winds’ takes place due to
A)Radiation
B)Conduction of heat
C)Convection of heat
D)None of the above
Answer: Convection of heat
- Q. The Sea water is more salty than rain water because
A)Rivers pours salt from the soil into sea
B)Sea creatures salt
C)Air around sea is salty
D)There are salt mines in sea surface
Answer: Rivers pours salt from the soil into sea
- Q. Coal, which is almost pure carbons which hardly has any impurities, which is smokeless and which finds use in the steel industry is called
A)Bituminous coal
B)Coking coal
C)Anthracite
D)Lignite
Answer: Coking coal
- Q. The Coast line of India is
A)7500km
B)5500km
C)6500km
D)8400km
Answer: 7500km
- Q. Which of the following features are product of volcanicity? I. Atoll II. Caldera III. Batholith IV. Geosyncline
A)II and III
B)I, II and III
C)I and IV
D)I, III and IV
Answer: II and III
- Q. Which one among the following is the type of the Comoros Islands which lie in the Indian Ocean between Northern Madagascar and the African Coast?
A)Eolian deposited
B)Volcanic
C)Glacial eroded
D)Folded
Answer: Volcanic
- Q. Consider the following statements: 1. On the planet Earth, the fresh water available for use amounts to about less than 1% of the total water found. 2. Of the total fresh water found on the planet Earth, 95% is bound up in polar ice caps and glaciers. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A)Both 1 and 2
B)1 only
C)2 only
D)Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: 2 only
- Q. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the given hills starting from the north and going towards the south?
A)Nallamalai Hills - Javadi Hills - Nilgiri Hills - Anaimalai Hills
B)Nallamalai Hills - Nilgiri Hills - Javadi Hilis - Anaimalai Hills
C)Anaimalai Hills - Javadi Hills - Nilgiri Hills - Nallamalai Hills
D)Anaimalai Hills - Nilgiri Hills - Javadi Hills - Nallamalai Hills
Answer: Nallamalai Hills - Javadi Hills - Nilgiri Hills - Anaimalai Hills
- Q. Which of the following has a potential for harnessing of tidal energy in India?
A)Backwaters of Kerala
B)Gulf of Cambay
C)Gulf of Mannar
D)Chilka lake
Answer: Gulf of Cambay
- Q. Which of the following represents the southernmost geographical unit of India?
A)Lakshadweep
B)Cape Comorin (Kanyakumari)
C)Rameshwaram
D)Great Nicobar Island
Answer: Great Nicobar Island
- Q. Which of the following wind is blowing from the Mediterranean sea to the North Western parts of India?
A)Loo
B)Western disturbances
C)Norwesters
D)Mango showers
Answer: Western disturbances
- Q. The Tropic of Cancer which passes through India is ________ to/of the equator.
A)To the South
B)At right angles
C)To the North
D)90ยบ to the South
Answer: To the North
- Q. The river basin which is called ‘Ruhr of India’ is ________
A)Godavari
B)Damodar
C)Hooghly
D)Swarnarekha
Answer: Damodar
- Q. Which of the following characteristics is not true of alluvial soils?
A)These are usually fine grained
B)These vary from sandy loam to clay in texture
C)These are generally rich in phosphorus but poor in potash
D)These are by far the most fertile
Answer: These are generally rich in phosphorus but poor in potash
- Q. Which of the following are not kharif crops?
A)Sugarcane and Groundnut
B)Bajara and Maize
C)Rice and Jowar
D)Barley and Mustard
Answer: Barley and Mustard
- Q. The four important ports of the West Coast of India, from South to North, in that order, are
A)Mumbai, Kandla, Goa, Cochin
B)Kandla, Mumbai, Goa, Cochin
C)Goa, Mumbai, Cochin, Kandla
D)Cochin, Goa, Mumbai, Kandla
Answer: Cochin, Goa, Mumbai, Kandla
- Q. Which of the following indicates the types of soil erosion in decreasing order of damage caused In India
A)Water-logging, weeds, salinity and ravine erosion
B)Ravine erosion .and gullies, alkalinity and salinity weeds and water-logging
C)Alkalinity and water-logging, ravine erosion and weeds
D)All are equally damaging
Answer: Ravine erosion .and gullies, alkalinity and salinity weeds and water-logging
- Q. Among the following regions of India, which one receives comparatively least amount of annual rainfall?
A)North-eastern Rajasthan
B)An 80 km wide coastal belt from Nellore to Point Calimere
C)The middle and lower Asom valley
D)The coastal plains of Gujarat south of Narmada
Answer: North-eastern Rajasthan
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