More Questions on Geography
- Q. The narrow strip of land joining two land masses is called as
A)Strait
B)Cape
C)Isthmus
D)Peninsula
Answer: Isthmus
- Q. The weather office predicts “depression” over a certain area. It means
A)Heavy weather causing a feeling of depression
B)Cloudy skies
C)Atmospheric pressure in that area is lower than that in the surrounding areas
D)Low atmospheric pressure over a large area
Answer: Atmospheric pressure in that area is lower than that in the surrounding areas
- Q. Atmospheric humidity is measured by ________
A)Lysimeter
B)Psychrometer
C)Anemometer
D)Hydrometer
Answer: Psychrometer
- Q. Consider a specific point on the surface of the earth (say Delhi). The temperature at a given time of day (say 12.00 Noon) will in general be higher in summer than in winter. This is because ________
A)The earth is closer to the sun in summer than in winter
B)The evaporation of water from atmosphere results in precipitation occurring in winter alone
C)Sun-rays falling on the earth are inclined more towards the sun in winter
D)The axis of the earth is inclined more towards the sun in winter
Answer: Sun-rays falling on the earth are inclined more towards the sun in winter
- Q. Which is the lowest layer of Atmosphere?
A)Mesosphere
B)Troposphere
C)Stratosphere
D)Exosphere
Answer: Troposphere
- Q. Which of the following Indian state is not a producer of tea?
A)West Bengal
B)Assam
C)Kerala
D)Chhattisgarh
Answer: Chhattisgarh
- Q. The smallest amongst the following continents is ________.
A)North America
B)Africa
C)Antarctica
D)South America
Answer: Antarctica
- Q. Which one of the following countries is situated, geographically in America’ but politically a part of Europe?
A)Green Land
B)Iceland
C)Canary Islands
D)Cuba
Answer: Green Land
- Q. Krivoy Rog, Kerch Peninsula, Magnitogorsk are major producers of ________ in former Soviet Union.
A)Copper
B)Coal
C)Manganese
D)Iron ore
Answer: Iron ore
- Q. The flat temperate grasslands of the Hungarian plains are known as ________.
A)Pampas
B)Steppe
C)Prairies
D)Pusztas
Answer: Pusztas
- Q. Tummalapalle, where huge reserves of Uranium have mission in July, 2011, lies in the state of
A)Tamil Nadu
B)Jharkhand
C)Andhra Pradesh
D)Gujarat
Answer: Andhra Pradesh
- Q. The highest navigable lake in the world is
A)Superior
B)Huron
C)Titicaca
D)Tanganyika
Answer: Titicaca
- Q. In 1610, Galileo Galilei discovered four moons of which planet?
A)Neptune
B)Saturn
C)Jupiter
D)None of these
Answer: Jupiter
- Q. Chipko Andolan is related to whom?
A)Agro-Science
B)Wild Life Conservation
C)Conservation of Forests
D)Deforestation
Answer: Conservation of Forests
- Q. ________ is the time taken by the Earth to return to a given point in its orbit with reference to a fixed star.
A)Solar year
B)Lunar year
C)Sidereal year
D)Tropical year
Answer: Sidereal year
- Q. Port Blair – the capital of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, is located in which one of the following islands?
A)Middle Andaman
B)North Andaman
C)Little Andaman
D)South Andaman
Answer: South Andaman
- Q. Why have the incidents of flood risen in India recently?
A)Deforestation in drainage zone
B)Rise in annual rain
C)Deposition of silt in dams
D)None of the above
Answer: Deforestation in drainage zone
- Q. The low flat central area of a basin of inland drainage is called:
A)Afet
B)Playa
C)Affusion
D)Aquifer
Answer: Playa
- Q. The greatest known ocean depth (which lies in the Pacific Ocean) is ________
A)10,589 m
B)8,890 m
C)9,653 m
D)11,021 m
Answer: 11,021 m
- Q. Which one among the following is a correct sequence of production of coal in the Indian States in descending order ?
A)Jharkhand - West Bengal - Meghalaya - Madhya Pradesh
B)Jharkhand - Madhya Pradesh - West Bengal - Meghalaya
C)West Bengal - Madhya Pradesh - Jharkhand - Meghalaya
D)Madhya Pradesh - Jharkhand - West Bengal - Meghalaya
Answer: Jharkhand - Madhya Pradesh - West Bengal - Meghalaya
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