More Questions on Geography
- Q. Hinterland refers to ________
A)Land region extending from a sea port
B)Continental shelf in the sea from which oil can be extracted
C)Natural harbour used for international trade
D)Abandoned sea port where trade was carried out initially
Answer: Land region extending from a sea port
- Q. Increase in carbon dioxide in atmosphere causes ________
A)Uniform earth temperature
B)Rise in earth temperature
C)Fall in earth temperature
D)Increase in Ultraviolet rays
Answer: Rise in earth temperature
- Q. Longitude is geographically significant to India because ________
A)It divides India into eastern and western zones
B)It determines the Indian standard time
C)It has a bearing on the tropical climate of India
D)It enables determining local time in eastern India
Answer: It determines the Indian standard time
- 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. In which of the state land with maximum area is unusable?
A)Madhya Pradesh
B)Rajasthan
C)Gujarat
D)Jammu and Kashmir
Answer: Rajasthan
- Q. India’s indigenous pigs generally give birth to ________ young ones at a time.
A)4 to 6
B)10 to 12
C)8 to 10
D)2 to 4
Answer: 4 to 6
- Q. Which of the following types of rainfall is often accompanied with lightning and thunder?
A)Frontal
B)Orographic
C)Convectional
D)None of these
Answer: Convectional
- Q. Malaspine Glacier is in
A)Alaska
B)Karakoram Range
C)Alps
D)Hindukush
Answer: Alaska
- Q. Selves are dense tropical rain forest of:
A)South Africa
B)South America
C)North America
D)Australia
Answer: South America
- Q. The most plausible explanation for the location of the Thar desert in western India is
A)the absence of mountains to the north of Rajasthan to cause orographic rainfall in it
B)the obstruction caused by the Aravalis to the rain-bearing wind that proceeds to the Ganga Valley
C)the evaporation of moisture by heat
D)that the moisture carried by the South-west monsoon is driven away by the dry upper air current
Answer: the absence of mountains to the north of Rajasthan to cause orographic rainfall in it
- Q. Rayalaseema is a region of which one of the following States?
A)Andhra Pradesh
B)Karnataka
C)Maharashtra
D)Tamil Nadu
Answer: Andhra Pradesh
- Q. Which of the following are not pastoral nomads?
A)Masai
B)Pygmies
C)Kazaks
D)Lapps
Answer: Pygmies
- Q. Spot the odd item.
A)Mt Vesuvius
B)Mt Fuji
C)Mt Godwin Austin
D)Mt Etna
Answer: Mt Godwin Austin
- Q. Zebras inhabit ________
A)Equatorial regions
B)Coniferous forest regions
C)Downs
D)Savanna lands
Answer: Savanna lands
- Q. Ten Degree Channel is between ________
A)Little Andaman and Car Nicobar
B)Dover and Calais
C)Alaska and Russia
D)North Korea and South Korea
Answer: Little Andaman and Car Nicobar
- Q. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the climatic regions while going from Zaire to Netherlands? 1. Equatorial climate 2. Mediterranean climate 3. Hot desert climate 4. West European climate
A)2, 3, 4, 1
B)1, 3, 2, 4
C)1, 4, 2, 3
D)3, 2, 1, 4
Answer: 1, 3, 2, 4
- Q. The dense mass of small water drops on smoke particles in the lower layers of the atmosphere is ________
A)Fog
B)Smog
C)Frost
D)Dew
Answer: Smog
- Q. The sunspots cause ________
A)Polar auroras
B)Aurora borealis and aurora australis
C)Magnetic storms on the surface of the sun
D)All of these
Answer: All of these
- Q. HBJ pipe line is being laid for a distance of 1730 km in order to
A)Provide feedstock for six large fertilisers
B)Provide cooking gas for villages
C)Provide employment for rural population
D)Serve the power requirements of many states
Answer: Provide feedstock for six large fertilisers
- Q. Climate is extreme, rainfall is scanty and the people used to be nomadic hoarders’. For which region is this statement correct?
A)Siberian Tundra
B)African Savanna
C)Central Asian Steppes
D)North American Prairies
Answer: Central Asian Steppes
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