More Questions on Geography
- Q. The most effective farming method for returning minerals to the soil is
A)Crop rotation
B)Contour ploughing
C)Terracing
D)Furrowing
Answer: Crop rotation
- Q. What is a graticule?
A)The intersection of roads
B)The network of intersecting parallels and meridians on a map
C)The network of intersections of Equator and Prime Meridian
D)The intersection of Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn
Answer: The network of intersecting parallels and meridians on a map
- Q. Which of the following scientist had proven that every planet has an elongated path?
A)Copernicus
B)Galileo
C)Newton
D)Kepler
Answer: Kepler
- Q. Asia accounts for nearly ________ percent of world population.
A)59
B)40
C)45
D)70
Answer: 59
- Q. Where is Lonar Lake situated?
A)Maharashtra
B)Tamil Nadu
C)Kerala
D)Gujarat
Answer: Maharashtra
- Q. Which of the following is known as “Bio-Diversity” hotspot of India”?
A)Western Himalayas
B)Western Ghats
C)Eastern Ghats
D)Eastern Himalayas
Answer: Western Ghats
- Q. If a place is located at 20°N, 80°E in which of the following continents does it lie?
A)Europe
B)Africa
C)Asia
D)North America
Answer: Asia
- Q. Among the following crops which one occupies the largest area in India?
A)Rapeseed
B)Groundnut
C)Mustard
D)Sugarcane
Answer: Sugarcane
- Q. In due course of time the meander loop cuts off from the river and forms a cutoff lake, also called an ________ lake.
A)Lagoon
B)Ox-bow
C)Oasis
D)Tectonic
Answer: Ox-bow
- Q. Llanos and Campos are grasslands found in
A)South America
B)Siberia
C)North America
D)India
Answer: South America
- 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. The amount of insolation received at a place on the surface of the earth depends on ________
A)Its longitude
B)Its climate
C)Its latitude
D)Both (a)and (b)
Answer: Both (a)and (b)
- Q. The Indira Gandhi canal gets water from which river
A)Ravi and Chenab
B)Sutlej and Beas
C)Ravi and Beas
D)Beas only
Answer: Sutlej and Beas
- Q. Which of the following device is used to measure humidity?
A)Psychrometer
B)Hydrometer
C)Hygrometer
D)Anemometer
Answer: Hygrometer
- Q. Of the following the busiest oceanic trade route is ________
A)Panama canal
B)Cape route
C)North Atlantic route
D)Suez canal
Answer: North Atlantic route
- Q. Which of the following statements is false?
A)Temperate evergreen forests have rainfall throughout the year
B)Tropical evergreen forests have very little undergrowth
C)Tropical monsoon forests have dense undergrowth
D)Coniferous forest are mostly deciduous
Answer: Coniferous forest are mostly deciduous
- Q. Which Indian state is known as ‘Land of Five Rivers’ ?
A)Haryana
B)U.P.
C)Punjab
D)Jammu and Kashmir
Answer: Punjab
- Q. A landscape which is caused due to the fissure in the earth along which one side has moved down with reference to the other is known as?
A)V Shaped Valley
B)Rift Valley
C)U Shaped Valley
D)Hanging Valley
Answer: Rift Valley
- Q. The oceanic current named as ‘Kuroshio – Kurile and Alaskan’ are located in
A)North Pacific Ocean
B)North Atlantic Ocean
C)South Atlantic Ocean
D)North Indian Ocean
Answer: North Pacific Ocean
- Q. Frontal rain is caused by ________
A)Cyclonic activity
B)Convection currents
C)Winds from sea
D)Condensation of water evaporated from mountains
Answer: Cyclonic activity
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