Geography Political Geography in India

Q. Among the Union Territories which has the highest literacy rate?

A
Delhi
B
Lakshadweep
C
Pondicherry
D
Daman and Diu

Correct Answer

Lakshadweep

More Questions on Geography

  • Q. What is meant by ‘energy crisis’?
    A)Shortage of the thermal power
    B)Shortage of hydro-electricity
    C)Malnutrition leading to short supply of energy in the human body
    D)Impending danger of total exhaustion of fossil fuels like coal and petroleum
    Answer: Impending danger of total exhaustion of fossil fuels like coal and petroleum
  • Q. On the tributary of which river has Rihand Dam been constructed?
    A)Son
    B)Chambal
    C)Yamuna
    D)Periyar
    Answer: Son
  • Q. The busiest inland water-way of Europe is the Rhine. Its preeminence as a waterway rests on the fact that
    A)Its course is never frozen
    B)It flows through the most industrialised part of Europe
    C)It follows a rift valley
    D)It falls in the North Sea
    Answer: Its course is never frozen
  • Q. The instrument to measure the magnitude of Earthquake is called
    A)Argograph
    B)Ideograph
    C)Pantograph
    D)Seismograph
    Answer: Seismograph
  • Q. Which one of the following is not an astronomical object?
    A)Black Hole
    B)Pulsar
    C)Brittle Star
    D)Quasar
    Answer: Brittle Star
  • Q. The percentage of India’s total population employed in agriculture is nearly
    A)60%
    B)40%
    C)50%
    D)70%
    Answer: 70%
  • Q. How can soil erosion be controlled on hill slopes?
    A)Strip cropping
    B)Forestation
    C)Step farming
    D)Linear contour ploughing
    Answer: Linear contour ploughing
  • Q. India’s land border with the neighboring countries is, in length, approximately
    A)10 thousand km
    B)8 thousand km
    C)15 thousand km
    D)16 thousand km
    Answer: 15 thousand km
  • Q. Fjords abound the coast of
    A)Norway
    B)Sweden
    C)France
    D)Germany
    Answer: Norway
  • Q. Which of the following forest is resistant to cyclones?
    A)Evergreen forest
    B)Alpine Forest
    C)Mangrove Forest
    D)Monsoon forest
    Answer: Mangrove Forest
  • Q. Which of the following grades of coal has the highest carbon content?
    A)Lignite
    B)Anthracite
    C)Bituminous coal
    D)Peat
    Answer: Anthracite
  • Q. Which one among the following has the, largest shipyard in India?
    A)Mumbai
    B)Kolkata
    C)Kochi
    D)Vishakhapatnam
    Answer: Kochi
  • Q. When the clock strikes 12:00 noon at Greenwich, it strikes 5:30 p.m. at place X on the same day. What is the meridian of longitude of place X ?
    A)82°30' E
    B)97°30' E
    C)97°30' W
    D)82°30' W
    Answer: 82°30' E
  • Q. A continuous belt of urban population progressively linking several cities is known as
    A)Conurbation
    B)Metropolis
    C)Megalopolis
    D)City sprawl
    Answer: Conurbation
  • Q. Suez Canal has reduced the distance between London and Mumbai by about
    A)6000 km
    B)1000 km
    C)5000 km
    D)7000 km
    Answer: 7000 km
  • Q. Trincomalee is a port situated on the
    A)East coast, Andhra Pradesh
    B)East coast, Tamil Nadu
    C)East coast of Sri Lanka
    D)West coast of Sri Lanka
    Answer: East coast of Sri Lanka
  • Q. Which one of the following statements on biosphere reserves is not correct?
    A)Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve is located in Madhya Pradesh
    B)In 1973, UNESCO launched a worldwide programme on man and biosphere
    C)Biosphere reserves promote research on ecological conservation
    D)Biosphere reserves are multipurpose protected areas to preserve the genetic diversity in ecosystems
    Answer: Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve is located in Madhya Pradesh
  • Q. Which one of the following countries has the longest international boundary with India?
    A)China
    B)Bangladesh
    C)Bhutan
    D)Pakistan
    Answer: Bangladesh
  • Q. Everyday the moon rises about ________ minutes later than the previous day
    A)60
    B)20
    C)30
    D)50
    Answer: 50
  • Q. The atmospheric layer farthest from the Earth’s surface is known as
    A)Ionosphere
    B)Stratosphere
    C)Exosphere
    D)Mesosphere
    Answer: Exosphere

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