More Questions on Geography
- Q. Smog is a Mixture of
A)Fire and Water
B)Air and Water Vapour
C)Water and Smoke
D)Smoke and Fog
Answer: Smoke and Fog
- Q. The cause of reduction of forest coverage is
A)Rising Population
B)Agriculture
C)Manufacturing Industry
D)Toursim and Pilgrimage
Answer: Rising Population
- Q. Pedology is a science of the study of
A)Earthquakes
B)Rocks
C)Soils
D)Volcanoes
Answer: Soils
- Q. The headland in sea is called
A)Isthmus
B)Strait
C)Peninsula
D)Island
Answer: Peninsula
- Q. For which of the following reason, it is necessary to secure a large area for forest?
A)More rain
B)Absorption of carbon dioxide
C)Conservation of wild
D)Ecological balance
Answer: Ecological balance
- Q. The famous Matterhorn Peak is found in
A)France
B)Austria
C)Switzerland
D)Sweden
Answer: Switzerland
- Q. Super Nova is ________
A)A comet
B)An asteroid
C)A black hole
D)A dying star
Answer: A dying star
- Q. For transporting large quantities of crude oil on land, over long distances the most economical mode is
A)By road tankers
B)By pipelines
C)By rail tankers
D)By river barges
Answer: By pipelines
- Q. Which among these is an intermontane plateau?
A)Columbia
B)Deccan
C)Anatolia
D)Tibet
Answer: Tibet
- Q. What separates Daman and Diu?
A)Gir Hills
B)Narmada River
C)Gulf of Khambat
D)Tapti River
Answer: Gulf of Khambat
- Q. The climate of a place is decided by ________
A)Latitude
B)Proximity to the sea
C)Altitude
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- Q. Among the following states, in which one is the percentage of forest area to total geographical area the highest?
A)Sikkim
B)Arunachal Pradesh
C)Himachal Pradesh
D)Uttarakhand
Answer: Arunachal Pradesh
- Q. Which one of the following groups comprises of States sharing borders with Chhattisgarh ?
A)Bihar, Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Orissa
B)Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Orissa
C)Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh
D)Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal
Answer: Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Orissa
- Q. Which among these is a cold current
A)Brazilian current
B)Florida current
C)Canaries current
D)Norwegian current
Answer: Canaries current
- Q. ________ is the wearing away of the landscape by different agents like water, wind and ice.
A)Erosion
B)Weathering
C)Attrition
D)Abrasion
Answer: Erosion
- Q. Milan, Turin and Genoa industrial triangle is in
A)Former USSR
B)USA
C)France
D)Italy
Answer: Italy
- Q. What percentage of Indian population is below poverty line?
A)More than 35% but less than 40%
B)Less than 30
C)30% to 35%
D)40% to 45%
Answer: Less than 30
- Q. Which of the statements given are correct about the soils of India : 1. High temperature during most of the year retards formation of humus 2. Soils which have humus require regular application of chemical fertilizers to remove nitrogen deficiency 3. Titanium salts in basalt impart black, colour to the soils of the Indian plateau 4. Red soils are confined to the peripheral areas of the Indian plateau
A)2 and 3
B)1 and 2
C)1, 3 and 4
D)2 and 4
Answer: 1, 3 and 4
- Q. The shortest air route from Moscow to San Francisco is
A)Over the North Pole
B)Over the Atlantic Ocean
C)Over the Pacific via Siberia
D)Through the latitude which passes through them
Answer: Over the Atlantic Ocean
- Q. The main drawback of the railway network in India is
A)Lack of coal
B)Lack of rolling stock
C)Existence of single track in many areas
D)The presence of three types of gauges
Answer: The presence of three types of gauges
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