More Questions on Geography
- Q. Commercial sources of energy purely consist of
A)Power, coal, animal dung and firewood
B)Power, coal, oil, gas, hydro-electricity and uranium
C)Coal, oil, firewood, vegetable waste and agricultural waste
D)Coal, gas, oil and firewood
Answer: Power, coal, oil, gas, hydro-electricity and uranium
- Q. Which of the following pairs of states and their important crops are correctly matched? 1. Kerala-Tapioca 2. Maharashtra-Cotton 3. West Bengal-Jute 4. Gujarat-Groundnut
A)1, 3 and 4
B)1, 2 and 3
C)1, 2 and 4
D)2, 3 and 4
Answer: 2, 3 and 4
- Q. Evidence suggests that life on Earth has existed for about ________.
A)35 million years
B)3.5 million years
C)35 billion years
D)3.5 billion years
Answer: 3.5 billion years
- Q. Consider the following statements: 1. Longitude of Jabalpur’s location is between those of Indore and Bhopal. 2. Latitude of Aurangabad’s location is between those of Vadodara and Pune. 3. Bangalore is situated more southward than Chennai.
A)2 and 3
B)1 and 3
C)Only 2
D)1, 2 and 3
Answer: 2 and 3
- Q. Which one of the following factors is responsible for the change in the regular direction of the ocean currents in the Indian Ocean?
A)Indian Ocean is a land-locked ocean
B)Indian Ocean is 'half an ocean'
C)Indian Ocean has Monsoon drift
D)Indian Ocean has greater variation in salinity
Answer: Indian Ocean has Monsoon drift
- Q. Which of the following river crosses Tropic of Capricorn twice?
A)Niger River
B)Vaal River
C)Limpopo River
D)Zambezi River
Answer: Limpopo River
- Q. Durand line is the border common to which two countries?
A)India and Tibet
B)India and China
C)China and Afghanistan
D)Pakistan and Afghanistan
Answer: Pakistan and Afghanistan
- Q. The port commanding the largest hinterland in India is
A)Kolkata
B)Mumbai
C)Kandla
D)Chennai
Answer: Kolkata
- Q. The Persian Gulf region is rich in ________.
A)Bauxite ore reserves
B)Crude oil reserves
C)Iron ore reserves
D)Uranium ore reserves
Answer: Crude oil reserves
- Q. The world’s highest rail bridge being constructed in the State of Jammu & Kashmir will be on which of the following rivers?
A)Indus
B)Jhelum
C)Chenab
D)Ravi
Answer: Chenab
- Q. To which kind of rock does marble belong?
A)Igneous rock
B)Metamorphic rock
C)Sedimentary rock
D)Volcanic rock
Answer: Metamorphic rock
- Q. If news is broadcast from London at 10:30 AM, at what time it will be heard at Baghdad (45°E)?
A)1:30 PM
B)7:30 AM
C)9:00 AM
D)12:00 Noon
Answer: 1:30 PM
- Q. Sun’s halo is produced by the refraction of light in
A)Dust particles in stratus clouds
B)Water vapour in Stratus Clouds
C)Ice crystals in Cirro-cumulus clouds
D)Ice crystals in Cirrus clouds
Answer: Ice crystals in Cirrus clouds
- Q. The most abundant element in the Earth’s atmosphere is
A)Oxygen
B)Argon
C)Nitrogen
D)Krypton
Answer: Nitrogen
- Q. What is the correct sequence of the river Godavari, Mahanadi, Narmada and Tapi in the descending order of their lengths?
A)Narmada – Godavari – Tapi – Mahanadi
B)Godavari – Mahanadi – Narmada – Tapi
C)Godavari – Narmada – Mahanadi – Tapi
D)Narmada – Tapi – Godavari – Mahanadi
Answer: Godavari – Narmada – Mahanadi – Tapi
- Q. Cyclone is a system of wind blowing ________
A)In a straight line from high to low pressure region
B)Spirally outwards from a high pressure region
C)Spirally towards low pressure region
D)From Ball of Bengal towards Bangladesh annually
Answer: Spirally towards low pressure region
- Q. The Hirakud Project harnesses the water of the ________ river.
A)Mahanadi
B)Ganga
C)Sutlej
D)Tapi
Answer: Mahanadi
- Q. Which among the following statments is true regarding International Date Line?
A)It is a big circle
B)It is 180° Longitude
C)It is a straight line
D)It is a curved line beyond Earth
Answer: It is 180° Longitude
- 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. The Institute of Petroleum Reservoir Studies is located in
A)Kolkata
B)Ahmedabad
C)Badodara
D)Lucknow
Answer: Ahmedabad
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