More Questions on Geography
- Q. Which are of the following is wrongly characterised?
A)Sirocco – Sahara – spring - hot
B)Chinook- Canada - winter - warm
C)Khamsin – Egypt – spring - hot
D)Mistral - Rhone Valley - summer – cold
Answer: Mistral - Rhone Valley - summer – cold
- Q. The Density of population in India is defined as
A)Number of persons inan area of one lakh km square
B)Number of persons in an area of one mile square
C)Number of persons in an area of one lakh mile square
D)Number of persons in an area of one km square
Answer: Number of persons in an area of one km square
- Q. Limestone is an example of
A)Metamorphic rocks
B)Igneous rocks
C)Sedimentary rocks
D)Crystalline rocks
Answer: Sedimentary rocks
- Q. Which of the following Scientist proved that the path of each planet around the Sun is elliptical?
A)Newton
B)Kepler
C)Galileo
D)Copernicus
Answer: Kepler
- Q. Which of the following is/are considered a Renewable Source of Energy? 1. Wind Energy 2. Solar Energy 3. Nuclear Energy
A)Only 3
B)Only 1
C)Only 2
D)Only 1 and 2
Answer: Only 1 and 2
- Q. Which of the following river is known as “Dakshin Ganga”?
A)Godavari
B)Krishna
C)Mahanadi
D)Cauvery
Answer: Godavari
- Q. Iron ore produced from the mines of Kudremukh is exported from which of the following?
A)Mangalore
B)Marmagao
C)Kochin
D)Chennai
Answer: Mangalore
- Q. Which one of the following countries makes maximum use of the geothermal energy?
A)Iceland
B)New Zealand
C)Japan
D)Russia
Answer: Iceland
- Q. A narrow passage of water that connects two large bodies or water is known as
A)Strait
B)Bay
C)Isthmus
D)Archipelago
Answer: Strait
- Q. When it is noon IST at Allahabad in India, the time at Greenwich, London, will be
A)0630 hours
B)midnight, GMT
C)1730 hours
D)None of the above
Answer: 0630 hours
- Q. Which of these oceans touches the shores of Asia on one side and that of America on the other?
A)Atlantic Ocean
B)Indian Ocean
C)Pacific Ocean
D)Antarctic Ocean
Answer: Pacific Ocean
- Q. Which part of Europe is most densely populated?
A)Northern Europe
B)Eastern Europe
C)Western Europe
D)Area around the Black Sea
Answer: Western Europe
- Q. Stars which appear single to the naked eye but are double stars when observed by a telescope, are known as ________
A)Binaries
B)Cosmic stars
C)Quasars
D)Novae and supernovae
Answer: Binaries
- Q. Which one of the following lakes in India has the highest Water salinity?
A)Wular
B)Dal
C)Chilka
D)Sambhar
Answer: Sambhar
- Q. Why does Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats both receive sufficient rainfall but Deccan Plateau receives scanty rainfall?
A)It is away from the coast
B)It is a rain shadow area
C)It is located parallel to wind direction
D)Rain bearing clouds are absent
Answer: It is a rain shadow area
- Q. Hemp of Mesta, Ramie and Kapok are
A)Fibre crops
B)Food crops
C)Fodder crops
D)Plantation crops
Answer: Fibre crops
- Q. The distance between two consecutive longitudes (91° E and 92° E) at the Poles is
A)25 km
B)0 km
C)18 km
D)111 km
Answer: 0 km
- Q. Which of the following is the main difference between the Western and Eastern Ghats?
A)Proximity to the coast
B)Height
C)Continuity
D)Vegetation
Answer: Continuity
- Q. The instrument to measure the area on maps is called
A)Pantograph
B)Planimeter
C)Ideograph
D)Opisometer
Answer: Planimeter
- Q. Consider the following pairs: Tributary River Main River 1. Chambal Narmada 2. Sone Yamuna 3. Manas Brahmaputra Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
A)2 and 3 only
B)1, 2 and 3
C)1 and 2 only
D)3 only
Answer: 3 only
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