More Questions on Geography
- Q. The soil formed by wind dust in and around hot deserts is called
A)Sandy soil
B)Silty soil
C)Loamy soil
D)Loess soil
Answer: Loess soil
- Q. The share of food crops in India’s total production is almost?
A)70
B)50
C)60
D)80
Answer: 70
- Q. Hinterland refers to ________
A)Land region extending from a sea port
B)Continental shelf in the sea from which oil can be extracted
C)Natural harbour used for international trade
D)Abandoned sea port where trade was carried out initially
Answer: Land region extending from a sea port
- Q. The hill range that separates the state of Manipur from the state of Nagaland is known as ________
A)Barail hills
B)Arakan hills
C)Patkai hills
D)Manipu
Answer: Barail hills
- Q. The highest coal-producing country in the world is
A)China
B)India
C)USA
D)Russia
Answer: China
- Q. The tropical deciduous trees shed their leaves in summer because
A)It prevents loss of moisture through transpiration
B)Of the heat of the summer
C)The rainfall is inadequate
D)Deciduous trees shed leaves
Answer: It prevents loss of moisture through transpiration
- Q. What is the interval between a high tide and low tide at a given place?
A)15 hours 30 minutes
B)12 hours
C)12 hours 26 minutes
D)24 hours
Answer: 12 hours 26 minutes
- Q. Which one among the following is the largest temperate desert of the world?
A)Iranian desert
B)Patagonian desert
C)Taklamakan desert
D)Turkmen desert
Answer: Patagonian desert
- Q. Which city is served by Diamond Harbour?
A)Kolkata
B)Mumbai
C)Visakhapatnam
D)Rangoon
Answer: Kolkata
- Q. The place/city located at the confluence of river Euphrates and Tigris is:
A)Doha
B)Sydeny
C)London
D)Baghdad
Answer: Baghdad
- Q. How much is the difference of time between any two consecutive longitudes?
A)4 minutes
B)10 minutes
C)14 minutes
D)30 minutes
Answer: 4 minutes
- Q. Oases are examples of
A)Foothill settlements
B)Wet point settlements
C)Dry point settlements
D)None of these
Answer: Foothill settlements
- Q. The Talcher Thermal Power Station is in
A)West Bengal
B)Odisha
C)Maharashtra
D)Meghalaya
Answer: Odisha
- Q. Victoria Falls in Africa are located on ________
A)River Zambezi
B)River Niger
C)River Congo
D)River Nile
Answer: River Zambezi
- Q. Where is Copacabana Beach located?
A)Rio de Janeiro
B)Buenos Aires
C)Hawaiian Islands
D)Valletta
Answer: Rio de Janeiro
- Q. Which is the home of “AIphonso” mango?
A)Malda
B)Ratnagiri
C)Banaras
D)Vijayawada
Answer: Ratnagiri
- Q. How are the caves of the world’s greatest fold mountains formed?
A)Horizontal movement
B)Regular movement
C)Vertical movement
D)Compressional movement
Answer: Compressional movement
- Q. The ‘Chilka lake region’ lies in between the deltas of ________
A)Mahanadi and Godavari
B)Ganga and Mahanadi
C)Godavari and Krishna
D)Krishna and Cauvery
Answer: Mahanadi and Godavari
- Q. The Earth’s population has ________ since the turn of the century.
A)Trebled
B)Stayed the same
C)Doubled
D)Multiplied ten times
Answer: Trebled
- Q. The most important layer for all biological activity in the atmosphere is:
A)Mesosphere
B)Troposphere.
C)Stratosphere
D)Ionosphere
Answer: Troposphere.
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