More Questions on Geography
- Q. What is the alternate name for contour lines?
A)Isohypse
B)Isopotential
C)Isotherm
D)Isohyet
Answer: Isohypse
- Q. ________ influences the rate of weathering and humus in soil formation.
A)Parent rock
B)Flora & Fauna
C)Time
D)Climate
Answer: Climate
- Q. Which one of the following is also known as Top Slip?
A)Manjira Wildlife Sanctuary
B)Simlipal National Park
C)Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary
D)Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park
Answer: Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park
- Q. The Earth turns through 360° in 24 hours. Each 15° longitude represents ________
A)One hour
B)Half an hour
C)Forty five minutes
D)One hour fifteen minutes
Answer: One hour
- Q. Which of the following is a cold wind?
A)Chinook
B)Buran
C)Foehn
D)Sirocco
Answer: Buran
- Q. The atmospheric layer farthest from the Earth’s surface is known as
A)Ionosphere
B)Stratosphere
C)Exosphere
D)Mesosphere
Answer: Exosphere
- Q. In which of the following types of climate does the temperature never rise above 10°C throughout the year?
A)Mediterranean Climate
B)Continental Climate
C)Tundra Climate
D)Taiga Climate
Answer: Tundra Climate
- Q. At which particular place on earth are day and nights of equal length always?
A)Equator
B)Prime Meridian
C)Poles
D)Nowhere
Answer: Equator
- Q. In which of the following grouping of states of India is rubber grown on a commercial scale?
A)Sikkim-Arunachal Pradesh-Nagaland
B)Maharashtra-Gujarat-Madhya Pradesh
C)Kerala-Tamil Nadu-Karnataka
D)Odisha-Madhya Pradesh-Maharashtra
Answer: Kerala-Tamil Nadu-Karnataka
- Q. Which was the first scheme of “Biosphere Reserve Areas”?
A)Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve
B)Sundarban Biosphere Reserve
C)Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
D)Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve
Answer: Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
- Q. Dharan, Abquiq , Quatif, Ain Dar, Ghawar and Safanija are the chief oil fields (petroleum regions) located in:
A)Iraq
B)Egypt
C)Iran
D)Saudi Arabia
Answer: Saudi Arabia
- Q. Select the correct answer from the following: 1. Melting of polar ice caps and subsequently rise in the sea level is the most important effect of global warming. 2. The sea level is likely to rise by one meter by 2070 AD if the present level of global warming is not controlled. 3. All the coral islands in the world will be submerged. 4. By 2044 AD, Fiji is likely to be submerged and rise in the sea level by the same year will pose a grave danger to the Netherlands.
A)1, 2 and 4
B)1, 2, 3 and 4
C)4 only
D)1, 2 and 3
Answer: 1, 2, 3 and 4
- Q. Why is very little rice sold in world markets?
A)The market price of rice is not very remunerative
B)The farmers cultivating rice exist on subsistence cultivation
C)The main producers of rice are also the main consumers
D)Rice is not eaten throughout the world
Answer: The main producers of rice are also the main consumers
- Q. Deliquescence rises in
A)Cold, Dry and Still Condition
B)Warm, Moist and Airy Condition
C)Cold, Moist and Airy Condition
D)Warm, Dry and Airy Condition
Answer: Warm, Moist and Airy Condition
- Q. Temperate lows are ________
A)Polar regions which have very low temperatures
B)Low pressure areas in cyclones
C)Equatorial low pressure belt
D)Sub-polar low pressure belts
Answer: Sub-polar low pressure belts
- Q. Which of the following phenomenon is/are the effect of the rotation of the Earth? 1. Apparent movement of the Sun, the Moon and the Stars. 2. Flatness of the poles and bulge at the Equator. 3. Occurrence of sunrise, noon and sunset 4. Magnetic field of the earth.
A)1, 2 and 3
B)1 and 3
C)2 and 3
D)1, 2, 3 and 4
Answer: 1, 2, 3 and 4
- Q. What is the date of summer solstice in Northern Hemisphere?
A)22nd December
B)21st June
C)21st March
D)23rd September
Answer: 21st June
- Q. In the transformation of vegetative matter to coal the first product is.
A)Bituminous coal
B)Peat
C)Lignite
D)Anthracite
Answer: Peat
- Q. When it is 12.00 noon at Delhi (77° 10’E), people at another place on earth take their 6 o’clock morning tea. The longitude of that place is ________
A)172°30' E
B)17°30' E
C)12°50' W
D)17°E
Answer: 12°50' W
- Q. The point below the surface where an earthquake originates is called ________.
A)Epicentre
B)Tsunamis
C)Focus
D)Eye of the Earthquake
Answer: Focus
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