More Questions on Geography
- Q. The percentage of irrigated land in India is about
A)35%
B)45%
C)65%
D)25%
Answer: 35%
- Q. The velocity of wind is related to
A)Temperature
B)Revolution of the Earth
C)Rotation of the Earth
D)Pressure gradient
Answer: Pressure gradient
- Q. One-tenth of the total salt produced in India comes from
A)Chilka Lake
B)Tamil Nadu Coast
C)Sambhar Lake
D)Wular Lake
Answer: Sambhar Lake
- Q. Tanks are manufactured at
A)Perambur
B)Kanpur
C)Chittaranjan
D)Avadi
Answer: Avadi
- Q. Afforestation is the process of
A)Cutting of forest
B)Cleaning forests
C)Plantation
D)Collecting forest resources
Answer: Plantation
- Q. The Rourkela steel plant obtains: I. hydel power from the Hirakud dam II. coking coal from Jharia coalfields III. iron ore from Baba Budan hills
A)I and III
B)I, II and III
C)I and II
D)II and III
Answer: II and III
- Q. Among the following States, which one has the largest forest area?
A)Orissa
B)Gujarat
C)Karnataka
D)Tamil Nadu
Answer: Orissa
- Q. The difference in mean temperature between the hottest and coldest months in a year is known as
A)Annual range of temperature
B)Average annual temperature
C)Mean temperature
D)Isothermic range of temperature
Answer: Annual range of temperature
- Q. Consider the following pairs: Tributary – Main River a Chambal – Narmada b Son – Yamuna c Manas – Brahmaputra Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched
A)a and c only
B)a, b and c
C)a and b only
D)c only
Answer: c only
- Q. In geography who propounded the theory of convectional current hypothesis?
A)Arnaldo Faustini
B)Arthur Holmes
C)Carl Ritter
D)Immanuel Kant
Answer: Arthur Holmes
- Q. Tsunami is a large sea wave caused by an earthquake experienced along the coasts of ________
A)Australia
B)India
C)China
D)Japan
Answer: Japan
- Q. Which factors influence ocean currents? I. Coriolis force II. Local winds III. Waves IV. Continent shape
A)I and III
B)I and IV
C)I, III and IV
D)I, II and IV
Answer: I, III and IV
- Q. Which of the following countries does not share its border with Iraq?
A)Turkey
B)Jordan
C)Syria
D)Lebanon
Answer: Lebanon
- Q. Which one among the following statements regarding India’s coal is not correct?
A)Bituminous coal is found in both lower Gondwana rocks and in Tertiary rocks
B)98 percent of reserves of coal in India belongs to Gondwana period
C)Unknown amount of coal lies buried under the Ganga alluvium and the Deccan Trap
D)Gondwana coal is mainly found in the river valleys of Damodar, Mahanadi and Godavari
Answer: Bituminous coal is found in both lower Gondwana rocks and in Tertiary rocks
- Q. The smallest island country in the Indian Ocean is
A)Mauritius
B)Maldives
C)Sri Lanka
D)Madagascar
Answer: Maldives
- Q. Which one of the following countries produces the largest amount of crude steel of the world?
A)South Korea
B)Japan
C)USA
D)China
Answer: China
- Q. At 12 noon of December 21, you observe that you cast no shadow as you stand in bright sunlight. So you must be, somewhere near ________
A)The Tropic of Capricorn
B)The Arctic Circle
C)The Tropic of Cancer
D)The South Pole
Answer: The Tropic of Capricorn
- Q. Pits, formed by the deflating action of wind are called
A)Blowouts
B)Playa
C)Yardang
D)Sand dune
Answer: Blowouts
- Q. The 99% mass of earth atmosphere is confines to the height of:
A)64 Km from the Earth’s surface
B)16 Km from the Earth’s surface
C)32 Km from the Earth’s surface
D)72 Km from the Earth’s surface
Answer: 32 Km from the Earth’s surface
- Q. What is multiple cropping?
A)Raising in succession only one type of crop in the same piece of land
B)When seeds are sown on a piece of land and then seedings are transplanted in different fields
C)Dividing a field in two or more parts and then sowing different crops in each part
D)Raising two or more crops in succession in a year on the same land
Answer: Dividing a field in two or more parts and then sowing different crops in each part
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