More Questions on Geography
- Q. Anjuna, Baga, Colva, Majorda, and Miramar are beaches in
A)Mumbai
B)Chennai
C)Goa
D)Visakhapatnam
Answer: Goa
- Q. The Sea breeze blows during ________
A)Night from land to sea
B)Day from land to sea
C)Day from sea to land
D)Night from sea to land
Answer: Day from sea to land
- Q. Plains formed by the deposits brought by glacier are
A)Drift plains
B)Lacustrine plains
C)Flood plains
D)Coastal plains
Answer: Drift plains
- Q. Which is the largest country of the Africa?
A)Algeria
B)South Africa
C)Sudan
D)Egypt
Answer: Algeria
- Q. The highest mountain peak of peninsular India is
A)Mahendragiri
B)Anaimudi
C)Doddabetta
D)Nilgiri
Answer: Anaimudi
- Q. The highest annual precipitation occurs in ________
A)Siberian Plains
B)Canadian Shield
C)Ganga basin
D)Amazon basin
Answer: Amazon basin
- Q. Black Gold’ refers to
A)Gold
B)Coal
C)Petroleum
D)Diamond
Answer: Petroleum
- Q. Farakka Barrage was commissioned to ________
A)Supply drinking water to Kolkata
B)Save Kolkata port
C)Link North and South Bengal
D)Divert water to Bangladesh
Answer: Save Kolkata port
- Q. The southern most point of Indian territory is in
A)Trivandrum
B)Tamil Nadu
C)Lakshadweep
D)Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Answer: Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Q. Which of the following pairs of metals are supposed to constitute the internal core of the earth?
A)Iron and Copper
B)Chromium and Iron
C)Magnesium and Lead
D)Nickel and Iron
Answer: Nickel and Iron
- Q. The typical area of sal forest in the Indian peninsular upland occurs
A)to the north-east of the Godavari
B)on the western ghats
C)between the Tapti and the Narmada
D)on the Malwa plateau
Answer: on the Malwa plateau
- Q. Consider the following statements: 1. A hurricane acquires its spin from the Coriolis effect. 2. The diameter of the hurricane decreases as it moves away from low latitudes. 3. The diameter of a hurricane is never below 150 km. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A)1 and 3 only
B)1 only
C)2 and 3 only
D)1, 2 and 3
Answer: 1 and 3 only
- Q. In which country is ‘Takla Makan’ desert situated?
A)Uzbekistan
B)Kazakhstan
C)Turkmenistan
D)China
Answer: China
- Q. The mountain building in Himalayas began
A)Both A and B
B)About 45 million years ago
C)When the continental plates of India and Eurasia converged on each other
D)None of the above
Answer: Both A and B
- Q. Which of the following have almost the same point of beginning?
A)Beas and Tapi
B)Ganga and Indus
C)Ganga and Brahmaputra
D)Indus and Brahmaputra
Answer: Indus and Brahmaputra
- Q. Which of the following union territories of India has the highest density of population per sq km?
A)Delhi
B)Pondicherry
C)Lakshadweep
D)Chandigarh
Answer: Delhi
- Q. Where is the secretariat of the Conference on Biological Diversity?
A)Montreal
B)London
C)Italy
D)Toronto
Answer: Montreal
- Q. The imaginary line which connects places of similar height on map, are?
A)Spot-Height
B)Hachure
C)Contour
D)Isometric
Answer: Contour
- Q. Which one of the following statements is not true?
A)Tidal bore occurs when a tide enters the narrow and shallow estuary of a river
B)Gulfs with narrow fronts and wider rears experience high tides
C)Tidal currents take place when a gulf is connected with the open sea by a narrow channel
D)The tidal nature of the mouth of the river Hooghly is of crucial importance to Kolkata as port
Answer: Gulfs with narrow fronts and wider rears experience high tides
- Q. The instrument to measure the area on maps is called
A)Pantograph
B)Planimeter
C)Ideograph
D)Opisometer
Answer: Planimeter
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