More Questions on Geography
- Q. What percentage or all water available on the Earth is contained in the oceans?
A)86%
B)50%
C)70%
D)97%
Answer: 97%
- Q. Which of the following is a cold wind?
A)Chinook
B)Buran
C)Foehn
D)Sirocco
Answer: Buran
- Q. Which of the following are true of the Pacific Ocean? I. It is the largest of all water bodies II. It is roughly triangular in shape III. The average depth is about 7300 m IV. Nearly 20,000 islands dot this vast ocean
A)II and III
B)I, II and III
C)I and III
D)I, II, III and IV
Answer: I, II, III and IV
- Q. The amount of insolation received at a place on the surface of the earth depends on ________
A)Its longitude
B)Its climate
C)Its latitude
D)Both (a)and (b)
Answer: Both (a)and (b)
- Q. The distance of the equator from either of the poles is ________
A)10,002 km
B)500 km
C)5001 km
D)36,005 km
Answer: 10,002 km
- Q. Which country produces the maximum amount of timber?
A)Nigeria
B)United States of America
C)Brazil
D)Sweden
Answer: United States of America
- Q. Consider the following statements: 1. The annual range of temperature is greater in the Pacific Ocean than that in the Atlantic Ocean. 2. The annual range of temperature is greater in the Northern Hemisphere than that in the Southern Hemisphere. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A)Both 1and 2
B)1 only
C)2 only
D)Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: 2 only
- Q. According to the latest figures, literacy in India is
A)67%
B)63%
C)65%
D)None of the above
Answer: None of the above
- Q. Which one of the following hydroelectric projects does not belog to Tamil Nadu?
A)Periyar
B)Idukki
C)Aliyar
D)Kundah
Answer: Idukki
- Q. Which is the world’s largest desert?
A)Thar
B)Sahara
C)Gobi
D)Takala Makan
Answer: Sahara
- Q. What is the approximate circumference of Earth?
A)80,000 Km
B)40,000 Km
C)60,000 Km
D)1,00,000 Km
Answer: 40,000 Km
- Q. Nagpur gets scanty rainfall because it is located with reference to Sahyadri Mountains, towards ________.
A)Onshore Side
B)Windward Side
C)Seaward Side
D)Leeward Side
Answer: Leeward Side
- Q. The highest peak in India
A)Nanda Devi
B)Kamet
C)Nandakot
D)K2 (Godwin Austin)
Answer: K2 (Godwin Austin)
- Q. Suez Canal links
A)Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea
B)Mediterranean Sea and Caribbean Sea
C)Black Sea and Baltic Sea
D)Arabian Sea and Red Sea
Answer: Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea
- Q. What do you understand by the word regur ?
A)Red, colour sticky soil, found in the Amazon area
B)Black soil found in the Deccan
C)Grey-brown soil found in Russia
D)Black soil found in northern Argentina
Answer: Black soil found in the Deccan
- Q. Which of the following is known as “the cold pole” of the world?
A)Antarctica
B)Laurentian region of Canada
C)Verkhoyansk in Russia
D)Greenland
Answer: Verkhoyansk in Russia
- Q. The States of India having common border with Myanmar are ________
A)Mizoram, Manipur, Tripura, Meghalaya
B)Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh
C)Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Assam
D)Assam, Manipur, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh
Answer: Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh
- Q. The Indian peninusula as compared to the north Indian plains is
A)At a higher level
B)Rich in mineral
C)More stable
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- Q. The longest dam in India is
A)Hirakund Dam
B)Bhakra Dam
C)Nagarjuna Sagar Dam
D)Kosi Dam
Answer: Hirakund Dam
- Q. Power minerals are
A)Coal, oil, natural gas
B)Manganese, platinum, tungsten
C)Mica, potash, sulphur
D)Lead, zinc, bauxite
Answer: Coal, oil, natural gas
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