More Questions on Geography
- Q. Which one of the following statements is correct?
A)Kandla and Kolkata are tidal ports
B)India ranks 9th in the world's shipping tonnage
C)Mumbai port handles half of the country's foreign trade
D)India has 14 major ports and 129 minor ports
Answer: Mumbai port handles half of the country's foreign trade
- Q. Which one of the following descriptions denotes the phenomenon of El Nino ?
A)The Anomalous widespread warming of the sea surface of the tropical east and central Pacific Ocean
B)A violent rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground
C)The deflection of the ocean currents in the northern and southern hemispheres due to the rotation of Earth
D)The revolving tropical storms of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico
Answer: The Anomalous widespread warming of the sea surface of the tropical east and central Pacific Ocean
- Q. The sea with one of the highest salinities in the world is ________.
A)The Arabian Sea
B)The Dead Sea
C)The Red Sea
D)The Baltic Sea
Answer: The Dead Sea
- Q. The Indian Wild Ass (Ghor-Khur) is found in ________
A)The Rann of Kachch
B)Sunderbans
C)Assam forests
D)Cauvery delta
Answer: The Rann of Kachch
- Q. Among the following the most urbanised community in India is
A)Parasi
B)Muslim
C)Hindu
D)Gujarati
Answer: Parasi
- Q. In which of the following states is Rosa Power Plant located?
A)Odisha
B)Uttar Pradesh
C)Madhya Pradesh
D)Haryana
Answer: Uttar Pradesh
- Q. The following statements are made about ocean currents: 1. They are warm off the west coast of continents within the tropics 2. They move clockwise in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere 3. They move clockwise in the oceans of the Northern Hemisphere Which of the above are correct?
A)1, 2 and 3
B)1 and 2
C)2 and 3
D)1 and 3
Answer: 1 and 3
- Q. Rice crop needs
A)Annual rainfall of about 150 cm, high temperature and humidity
B)Low temperature and heavy rainfall
C)High temperature and low rainfall
D)Low temperature and low rainfall
Answer: Annual rainfall of about 150 cm, high temperature and humidity
- Q. Consider the following statements: 1. A hurricane acquires its spin from the Coriolis effect. 2. The diameter of the hurricane decreases as it moves away from low latitudes. 3. The diameter of a hurricane is never below 150 km. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A)1 and 3 only
B)1 only
C)2 and 3 only
D)1, 2 and 3
Answer: 1 and 3 only
- Q. Which of the following is the correct order of increasing size of the grains of soil particles? 1. Clay 2. Silt 3. Sand 4. Gravel
A)4, 3, 2, 1
B)2, 3, 4, 1
C)1, 2, 3, 4
D)1, 4, 3, 2
Answer: 1, 2, 3, 4
- Q. The range that acts as watershed between India and Turkistan is
A)Karakoram
B)Zaskar
C)Kailash
D)Ladakh
Answer: Karakoram
- Q. The canal that connects the upper Hudson at Albany with the Great Lakes at Buffalo is
A)North Sea canal
B)Erie canal
C)Kiel canal
D)Trent and Mersey canal
Answer: Erie canal
- Q. Cyclonic rainfall largely occurs in ________
A)U.K.
B)Egypt
C)India
D)Mexico
Answer: India
- Q. “The Dowlaiswaram Anicut” is an important canal system in the
A)Ganga Delta
B)Godavari Delta
C)Krishna Delta
D)Cauvery Delta
Answer: Godavari Delta
- Q. Green Index has been developed by:
A)United Nations Environment Programme
B)WWF
C)UNESCO
D)None of Above
Answer: United Nations Environment Programme
- Q. The typical area of sal forest in the Indian peninsular upland occurs
A)to the north-east of the Godavari
B)on the western ghats
C)between the Tapti and the Narmada
D)on the Malwa plateau
Answer: on the Malwa plateau
- Q. Asteroids have their orbits between the planets ________
A)Mars and Jupiter
B)Mercury and Venus
C)Earth and Mars
D)Jupiter and Saturn
Answer: Mars and Jupiter
- Q. Which of the following ocean current is not found in Atlantic ocean?
A)Peru Current
B)Gulf Stream
C)Brazilian Stream
D)Canary Current
Answer: Peru Current
- Q. Which one of the following types of vegetation is referred as Monsoon forest?
A)Tropical Semi-evergreen forests
B)Tropical Dry-evergreen forests
C)Tropical Moist-deciduous forests
D)Tropical Dry-deciduous forests
Answer: Tropical Moist-deciduous forests
- Q. Which mountain is not the part of Himalayan range?
A)Karakoram
B)Aravalli
C)Kunlun
D)Hindukush
Answer: Aravalli
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