More Questions on Geography

  • Q. “Blue Revolution” is related to
    A)Oil production
    B)Fish production
    C)Milk production
    D)Food production
    Answer: Fish production
  • Q. Which of the following has a potential for harnessing of tidal energy in India?
    A)Backwaters of Kerala
    B)Gulf of Cambay
    C)Gulf of Mannar
    D)Chilka lake
    Answer: Gulf of Cambay
  • Q. If you travel along the Suez Canal from Port Said to Suez, you will come across several lakes. Which of the following lakes is not on this Canal?
    A)Lake Gatun
    B)Great Bitter Lake
    C)Little Bitter Lake
    D)Lake Timsah
    Answer: Lake Gatun
  • Q. Which one of the following islands receives convectional rainfall ?
    A)Cuba
    B)Cyprus
    C)Sumatra
    D)Greenland
    Answer: Sumatra
  • Q. Where has the Geological Survey of India located most of India’s Chromite?
    A)Manipur
    B)Cuttack
    C)Singhbhum
    D)Hubli
    Answer: Cuttack
  • Q. What percentage of World’s fresh water is stored in the form of glacier ice
    A)1.7
    B)0.5
    C)0.1
    D)0.3
    Answer: 1.7
  • Q. The highest navigable lake in the world is
    A)Superior
    B)Huron
    C)Titicaca
    D)Tanganyika
    Answer: Titicaca
  • Q. The World’s largest bio-fuel plant has been established with a production capacity of 100 million liters per year, is located in
    A)Brazil
    B)China
    C)India
    D)USA
    Answer: Brazil
  • Q. Ferrel’s Law is associated with the
    A)Low pressure of winds
    B)Velocity of winds
    C)High pressure of winds
    D)Direction of winds
    Answer: Direction of winds
  • Q. Which of the following statements characterize the anticyclones? 1. Anticyclones are low pressure systems. 2. They are characterized by divergent wind circulation. 3. They are indicative of dry weather conditions. Select the correct answer using the codes given below
    A)1, 2 and 3
    B)2 and 3
    C)1 and 3
    D)1 only
    Answer: 2 and 3
  • Q. Which of these statements are correct with reference to tornadoes? 1. Tornadoes are smaller and more intense than hurricanes. 2. Tornadoes are most abundant along the eastern coast of India. 3. The average tornado lasts for less than one hour. 4. Tornadoes are most common in the afternoons in the early summer.
    A)1, 2 and 4
    B)1, 3 and 4
    C)2, 3 and 4
    D)1, 2 and 3
    Answer: 1, 3 and 4
  • 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. If it rains only for two months which of the following will yield maximum crop per hectare?
    A)Pulses
    B)Short term crops
    C)Long term crops
    D)Millets
    Answer: Millets
  • Q. Wild Ass Sanctuary is situated in
    A)Madhya Pradesh
    B)Assam
    C)Gujarat
    D)Maharashtra
    Answer: Gujarat
  • Q. The youngest rivers in India originate from
    A)Himalayas
    B)Eastern Ghats
    C)Western Ghats
    D)Deccan Plateau
    Answer: Himalayas
  • Q. A line drawn on a weather map connecting points that receive equal amounts of sunshine are
    A)Isohyte
    B)Isohel
    C)Isobar
    D)Isotherm
    Answer: Isohel
  • Q. The Pacific terminal of Trans-Siberian Railway is
    A)Leningrad
    B)Okhotsk
    C)Vladivostok
    D)Moscow
    Answer: Vladivostok
  • Q. The flower bud which is used as spice, is obtained from?
    A)Clove
    B)Cinnamon
    C)Cardamom
    D)Coriander
    Answer: Clove
  • Q. The busiest inland water-way of Europe is the Rhine. Its preeminence as a waterway rests on the fact that
    A)Its course is never frozen
    B)It flows through the most industrialised part of Europe
    C)It follows a rift valley
    D)It falls in the North Sea
    Answer: Its course is never frozen
  • Q. Which is the world’s largest desert?
    A)Thar
    B)Sahara
    C)Gobi
    D)Takala Makan
    Answer: Sahara

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