More Questions on Geography

  • Q. Forest policy of govt. aims to bring what percentage of total area, under forest?
    A)22
    B)33
    C)25
    D)27
    Answer: 33
  • Q. Why does the mercury column in the barometer fall rapidly before a severe storm? It is due to
    A)Severe heat energy from the sun
    B)Increase in the humidity of air
    C)Fall in the atmospheric pressure
    D)Rise in the atmospheric pressure
    Answer: Fall in the atmospheric pressure
  • Q. The reason behind broadening the river valley is
    A)Attrition
    B)Corrosion
    C)Soil Erosion
    D)Hydraulic Action
    Answer: Soil Erosion
  • Q. The removal of rock, layer by layer due to weathering is called ________
    A)Exfoliation
    B)Block disintegration
    C)Dellation
    D)Granular disintegration
    Answer: Exfoliation
  • Q. In the realm of coal production in the world, India ranks ________
    A)Third
    B)First
    C)Second
    D)Fourth
    Answer: Fourth
  • Q. What do you understand by the term ‘Advection’ ?
    A)Heat is transferred vertically through the air
    B)Heat is transferred horizontally by winds
    C)Heat is transferred horizontally by both winds and ocean currents
    D)Heat is transferred horizontally through ocean currents
    Answer: Heat is transferred horizontally by both winds and ocean currents
  • Q. Which of the following is a wrong combination of location and hydroelectric projects undertaken by the NHPC?
    A)Loktak-Sikkim
    B)Baira Siul-Himachal Pradesh
    C)Salal-Jammu and Kashmir
    D)Devi Ghat-Nepal
    Answer: Loktak-Sikkim
  • Q. Cold currents have cooling effect on the shore of ________
    A)Western Europe
    B)Peru
    C)Japan
    D)Alaska
    Answer: Peru
  • Q. Which of the weathering agents is almost peculiar to the Indian Himalayas?
    A)Snowfall
    B)Wind
    C)Glaciers
    D)Running water
    Answer: Glaciers
  • Q. Find the wrong pair
    A)Annamalai National Park - Tamil Nadu
    B)Bandipur National Park - Karnataka
    C)Sariska National Park - Rajasthan
    D)Periyar National Park - Andhra Pradesh
    Answer: Periyar National Park - Andhra Pradesh
  • Q. Consider the following statements I. Jim Corbett National Park is the oldest National Park of India. II. It was one of the nine Tiger Reserves created at the launch of the Project Tiger in 1973. III. Initially it was named as ‘Haile National Park’. Which of the statements given above are correct?
    A)II and III
    B)I and II
    C)I, II and III
    D)I and III
    Answer: I, II and III
  • Q. A pass in Himachal Pradesh is
    A)Nathula
    B)Shipkila
    C)Zoji la
    D)Jelep la
    Answer: Shipkila
  • Q. Zozila Pass connects ________
    A)Leh and Kargil
    B)Kashmir and Tibet
    C)Nepal and Tibet
    D)Leh and Srinagar
    Answer: Leh and Srinagar
  • Q. Low tides are
    A)Moderate
    B)Strong
    C)Weak
    D)Very Weak
    Answer: Weak
  • Q. The term ‘syzygy’ is referred to when the ________
    A)Moon and sun are at right angles with reference to the earth
    B)Earth is at perihelion and moon at perigee
    C)Earth is at apehelion and moon at apogee
    D)Moon, sun and earth lie along a straight line
    Answer: Moon, sun and earth lie along a straight line
  • Q. The number of satellite of mercury is/are
    A)2
    B)0
    C)1
    D)16
    Answer: 0
  • Q. Which of the following winds changes its direction with the change of season?
    A)Polar Winds
    B)Recurring trapped Winds
    C)Monsoon Winds
    D)Cyclonic Winds
    Answer: Monsoon Winds
  • Q. With which one of the following industries is Coimbatore associated?
    A)Cotton Textile
    B)Gold
    C)Gujarat
    D)Sericulture
    Answer: Cotton Textile
  • Q. The contribution of Hydropower in India’s total power is almost
    A)Onefourth
    B)Half
    C)Onethird
    D)Onefifth
    Answer: Onefifth
  • Q. Triton is the Moon of which planet?
    A)Saturn
    B)Neptune
    C)Uranus
    D)Venus
    Answer: Neptune

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