More Questions on Geography
- Q. Name the longest river in India
A)Godavari
B)Brahmaputra
C)Ganga
D)Krishna
Answer: Ganga
- Q. Chemical weathering is a name given to
A)Removal of soil by chemical action
B)Disintegration of rocks without any change in their chemical composition
C)Chemical interaction of oxygen, carbon dioxide or water with the minerals in the rocks
D)Artificial breaking up of rocks for man's use
Answer: Chemical interaction of oxygen, carbon dioxide or water with the minerals in the rocks
- Q. Which one of the following plate movements is responsible for the formation of midocean ridge?
A)Transform fault movement
B)Divergent movement
C)Convergent movement
D)Parallel movement
Answer: Divergent movement
- Q. The ‘Water table’ refers to ________
A)The contact zone of permeable and impermeable rocks
B)The lower limit of the zone of saturation
C)The upper limit of the zone of saturation
D)Seepage of water into fissures lying below the earth's surface
Answer: The upper limit of the zone of saturation
- Q. Haematite is an ore of
A)Iron
B)Copper
C)Lead
D)Zinc
Answer: Iron
- Q. Which one of the following climates is found in coastal areas of Californian North America, Central Chile in South America and South-West tip of West Australia?
A)Humid Continental
B)Tropical savanna
C)Mediterranean
D)Low-latitude steppe
Answer: Mediterranean
- Q. Rainfall caused by intense evaporation equatorial areas is called ________.
A)Frontal rainfall
B)Orographic rainfall
C)Cyclonic rainfall
D)Convectional rainfall
Answer: Convectional rainfall
- Q. The border of Union Territory of Puducherry does not meet with
A)Andhra Pradesh
B)Karnataka
C)Tamil Nadu
D)Kerala
Answer: Karnataka
- Q. The States involved In the Dandakaranya Project are
A)Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, and Andhra Pradesh
B)Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka
C)Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
D)Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh
Answer: Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, and Andhra Pradesh
- Q. Which of the following are Metamorphic rocks?
A)Schist and Mafic
B)Gneiss and Mafic
C)Gneiss and Schist
D)Schist and Chalk
Answer: Gneiss and Schist
- Q. The same side of the moon always faces the Earth because ________
A)The period of rotation of the Moon on its axis and period of revolution around' the Earth is almost the same
B)Moon and the Earth have gravitational force
C)Moon cannot change its position
D)The period of rotation of the Moon is not equal to the period of rotation of the Earth
Answer: The period of rotation of the Moon on its axis and period of revolution around' the Earth is almost the same
- Q. The plane of contact of the troposphere and stratosphere is known as ________
A)Stratopause
B)Mesosphere
C)Ionosphere
D)Tropopause
Answer: Tropopause
- Q. Farakka Barrage was commissioned to ________
A)Supply drinking water to Kolkata
B)Save Kolkata port
C)Link North and South Bengal
D)Divert water to Bangladesh
Answer: Save Kolkata port
- Q. Which of the following countries have achieved a negative growth rate of population?
A)France, Italy and Ireland
B)Australia, Canada and Sweden
C)U.K., Sweden and Germany
D)Japan, U.S.A. and Russia
Answer: Australia, Canada and Sweden
- Q. Pits, formed by the deflating action of wind are called
A)Blowouts
B)Playa
C)Yardang
D)Sand dune
Answer: Blowouts
- Q. On the basis of the process of their formation, which’ of the following soils is formed differently from the other three?
A)Bhabar
B)Khadar
C)Bhangar
D)Regur
Answer: Regur
- Q. HYV is also known ________ in India.
A)Traditional revolution
B)White revolution
C)Blue revolution
D)New agricultural policy
Answer: New agricultural policy
- Q. The Nagarjunsagar Dam project is located on:
A)Godavari
B)Mahanadi
C)Krishna River
D)Kaveri
Answer: Krishna River
- Q. Which one of the following states receives the highest rainfall during winter months?
A)Meghalaya
B)Punjab
C)Kerala
D)Tamil Nadu
Answer: Tamil Nadu
- Q. When and where did the concept of the Earth Hour started?
A)April, 2008 in Tokyo, Japan
B)June, 2007 in Christchurch, New Zealand
C)May, 2009 in Colombo, Srilanka
D)March, 2007 in Sydney, Australia
Answer: March, 2007 in Sydney, Australia
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