More Questions on Geography
- Q. Soil can best be conserved on the hills by which of the cultivating methods?
A)Contour ploughing
B)Strip cropping
C)Crop rotation
D)Terracing
Answer: Contour ploughing
- Q. The city located on the river Yamuna is
A)Patna
B)Varanasi
C)Lucknow
D)Agra
Answer: Agra
- Q. Westerlies in southern hemisphere are stronger and persistent than in northern hemisphere. Why? 1. Southern hemisphere has less landmass as compared to northern hemisphere. 2. Coriolis force is higher in southern hemisphere as compared to northern hemisphere. Which of the statements given above is fare correct?
A)Both 1 and 2
B)1 only
C)2 only
D)Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: 1 only
- 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 Beas project consisting of Beas-Satluj link and pong dam at Beas is the joint venture of:
A)Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan
B)Punjab, Gujarat and Rajasthan
C)Punjab, Haryana and Gujarat
D)Gujarat, Haryana and Rajasthan
Answer: Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan
- Q. In which country will you find the river Po?
A)Sri Lanka
B)China
C)Italy
D)Zambia
Answer: Italy
- 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 boundary between India and China is known as
A)McMahan Line
B)Radcliffe Line
C)Durand Line
D)Maginot Line
Answer: McMahan Line
- Q. Alaskan current is found in
A)North Pacific
B)Northern Atlantic
C)South Atlantic
D)Indian Ocean
Answer: North Pacific
- Q. Which one of the following is the time required for the Earth to return to a given point in its orbit with reference to fixed star, called?
A)Tropical year
B)Lunar year
C)Solar year
D)Sideral year
Answer: Sideral year
- Q. Which of the following has maximum bio-diversity?
A)River
B)Desert
C)Polar Region
D)Tropical Region
Answer: Tropical Region
- Q. On which of the following date/dates, Winter Solstice is observed in Northern Hemisphere? I. 21st December II. 5th August III. 10th January
A)Only 3
B)Only 1
C)1 and 2 Both
D)Only 2
Answer: Only 1
- 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 is the best suited soil for the cultivation of rice?
A)Alluvial soil
B)Laterite soil
C)Red soil
D)Black soil
Answer: Alluvial soil
- Q. Over 90% of the world’s biomass is in
A)Top soils
B)Tropical rain forests
C)Freshwater wetlands
D)Oceans
Answer: Tropical rain forests
- Q. Tropical evergreen forests remain evergreen because ________
A)Shedding of leaves and simultaneous growth of new ones takes place throughout the year
B)There is a thick undergrowth of bushes
C)They do not shed their leaves.
D)While plants at one level shed their leaves, those at a higher level retain their leaves
Answer: Shedding of leaves and simultaneous growth of new ones takes place throughout the year
- Q. Which is the world’s largest river?
A)The Brahmaputra
B)The Nile
C)The Amazon
D)The Mississippi and Missouri
Answer: The Amazon
- Q. Which of the following States of India do not lie entirely in the Tropical Zone of the Earth?
A)Karnataka
B)Kerala and Tamil Nadu
C)Gujarat
D)Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh
Answer: Gujarat
- Q. Which one of the following is a type of planetary wind?
A)Westerlies
B)Monsoons
C)Loo
D)Tornadoes
Answer: Westerlies
- Q. The water body separating Andaman and Nicobar is known as:
A)10° channel
B)9° channel
C)8° channel
D)Indira Point
Answer: 10° channel
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