More Questions on Geography

  • Q. What percentage of World’s fresh water is stored in the form of glacier ice
    A)1.7
    B)0.5
    C)0.1
    D)0.3
    Answer: 1.7
  • Q. The largest river of all the west flowing rivers of the peninsular India is:
    A)Krishna
    B)Tapti
    C)Kaveri
    D)Narmada
    Answer: Narmada
  • Q. Critical criteria for the location of an aluminium plant in India are the availability of bauxite and ________
    A)Labour
    B)Coal
    C)Electricity
    D)Ready market
    Answer: Electricity
  • Q. Tibet, the highest plateau in the world, is a
    A)Continental plateau
    B)Piedmont plateau
    C)Intermontane plateau
    D)Volcanic plateau
    Answer: Intermontane plateau
  • Q. Tehri Hydro Power complex is constructed on which of the following river
    A)Dhauli Ganga
    B)Alaknanda
    C)Mandakini
    D)Bhagirathi
    Answer: Bhagirathi
  • Q. Passenger and merchant ships are constructed at
    A)No place; the Indian docks only make navy ships
    B)Mazagaon Docks
    C)Hindustan Shipyard at Visakhapatnam
    D)Goa shipyard
    Answer: Hindustan Shipyard at Visakhapatnam
  • Q. The highest plateau in the world is
    A)Plateau of Iran
    B)Plateau of Tibet
    C)Deccan Plateau
    D)Spanish Plateau
    Answer: Plateau of Tibet
  • Q. Shield volcanoes refer to ________
    A)Ejection of a wide range of pyroclastic materials
    B)Explosive lava eruptions
    C)Repeated lava flows
    D)Individual lava flows
    Answer: Repeated lava flows
  • Q. The Buckincham Canal is an inland water way in
    A)India
    B)United Kingdom
    C)Australia
    D)New Zealand
    Answer: India
  • Q. Which of the following Indian States broadly as large as the European nation Poland?
    A)Maharashtra
    B)Bihar
    C)Odisha
    D)Madhya pradesh
    Answer: Madhya pradesh
  • Q. If a solar eclipse occurs when the moon is quite far from the earth, the eclipse would likely to be ________
    A)Annular
    B)Total
    C)Partial
    D)None of these
    Answer: Annular
  • Q. What is changed in metamorphic rocks?
    A)(1) and (2) both
    B)Structure
    C)Formation
    D)Actual chemical composition
    Answer: (1) and (2) both
  • Q. Tsunami is a large sea wave caused by an earthquake experienced along the coasts of ________
    A)Australia
    B)India
    C)China
    D)Japan
    Answer: Japan
  • Q. The constellations of stars appear at different positions in the sky at different times during night mainly ________
    A)Because of optical illusion
    B)Because earth rotates about its axis
    C)Because earth revolves round the sun
    D)Because celestial bodies are changing their positions all the time
    Answer: Because earth rotates about its axis
  • Q. Which one among the following statements relating to an anticyclone is correct?
    A)The contribution of an anticyclone towards determining weather of an area is quite significant
    B)Anticyclone is a wind system with a high pressure centre
    C)In anticyclone the movement of wind is inward
    D)The movement of wind is clockwise in an anticyclone of southern hemisphere
    Answer: Anticyclone is a wind system with a high pressure centre
  • Q. Consider the following statements: 1. Cherrapunji is located on the south side of Garo hills. 2. Cherrapunji is about 1700 m above mean sea level. 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: Both 1 and 2
  • Q. The sea that separates Greece and Italy is
    A)The Adriatic
    B)Mediterranean
    C)The Tyrrhenian
    D)The Aegean
    Answer: The Adriatic
  • Q. Golden Quadrilateral Comprising National Highways connects:
    A)Delhi-Mumbai-Benglore-Kollata-Delhi
    B)Delhi-Mumbai-Chennai-Hydrabad-Delhi
    C)Delhi-Mumbai-Chennai-Kollata-Delhi
    D)Delhi-Mumbai-Benglore-Kollata-Hydrabad
    Answer: Delhi-Mumbai-Chennai-Kollata-Delhi
  • Q. Arrange the following places from north to south of Kashmir region : 1. Srinagar 2. Gilgit 3. Kargil 4. Banihal
    A)2 - 3 -1 - 4
    B)1 - 2 - 3 - 4
    C)4 - 3 – 2 - 1
    D)2 - 1 – 3 - 4
    Answer: 2 - 3 -1 - 4
  • Q. The percentage of literates in India is ________
    A)Higher among males than females
    B)Almost equal among males and females
    C)Lower among males than females
    D)Lower in urban areas than in rural areas
    Answer: Higher among males than females

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