More Questions on Geography
- Q. The heavier silicates named ‘Sima’ or silica + magnesium are most abundant in the ________
A)Mantle
B)Crust
C)Core
D)Ocean floors
Answer: Ocean floors
- Q. The Gutenburg discontinuity separates ________.
A)Outer mantle and inner mantle
B)Sial and Sima
C)Lithosphere and outer mantle
D)Inner mantle and the core
Answer: Inner mantle and the core
- Q. The second largest river system in India, next to the Ganga system, is that of ________.
A)Brahmani
B)Godavari
C)Krishna
D)Baitarni
Answer: Godavari
- Q. Ganges, Brahmaputra, Mahanadi, Cauvery, Narmada, Godavari and Krishna are extensive areas of
A)Coastal fisheries
B)Inland fisheries
C)Estuarine fisheries
D)Deep sea fisheries
Answer: Inland fisheries
- Q. Earthquakes rarely occur in ________
A)Mexico
B)Alaska
C)Brazil
D)New Zealand
Answer: Brazil
- Q. The longest circle which can be drawn on the earth’s surface passes through ________
A)Arctic Circle
B)Equator
C)Tropic of Cancer
D)Tropic of Capricorn
Answer: Equator
- Q. The ocean currents allow the oceans to ________ year after year.
A)Maintain the same temperature
B)Become warmer
C)Become colder
D)Increase salinity
Answer: Maintain the same temperature
- Q. Which of the following is not a characteristic of Peninsular rivers?
A)Flow through shallow valleys
B)Seasonal flow
C)Meandering tendency often shifting their beds
D)Little erosional activity
Answer: Meandering tendency often shifting their beds
- Q. Which one among the following is not correct regarding Tsunami?
A)Tsunamis grow in height when they reach shallower water
B)Tsunamis have a very long wavelength
C)Tsunamis have a slight swell of about twelve inches about the normal sea surface
D)Tide also play an important role in the generation of Tsunamis
Answer: Tide also play an important role in the generation of Tsunamis
- Q. Which of the following Isohels are the isopleths of
A)Rain
B)Sunshine
C)Flowering time
D)Clouds
Answer: Sunshine
- Q. Which among the following is the major item of export from Paradeep Port ?
A)Fish
B)Rice
C)Tea
D)Iron Ore
Answer: Iron Ore
- Q. The international air route from West Europe to East Asia passes through India because ________
A)India is the only country in Asia providing refuelling capacity
B)India is a busy centre situated between the two places
C)It provides the shortest route
D)None of these
Answer: India is a busy centre situated between the two places
- Q. Tides are caused by the gravitational pull of the
A)Sun and Moon on the Earth
B)Earth on the Moon
C)Earth on the Sun
D)Moon on the Earth
Answer: Sun and Moon on the Earth
- Q. The Narmada river originate in
A)Satpura Range
B)Vindhyan Range
C)Maikal Range
D)Mahadeo Range
Answer: Maikal Range
- Q. Consider the following rivers: 1. Ganga 2. Brahmaputra 3. Godavari 4. Krishna Which of these rivers build a common delta?
A)1 and 2
B)1 and 4
C)1 and 3
D)3 and 4
Answer: 1 and 2
- Q. Consider the following statements: 1. Gondwana coal is a laminated, bituminous coal. 2. Gondwana coal is completely free from moisture, sulphur and phosphorus. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A)Both 1 and 2
B)1 only
C)2 only
D)Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: 1 only
- Q. At which particular place on earth are day and nights of equal length always?
A)Equator
B)Prime Meridian
C)Poles
D)Nowhere
Answer: Equator
- 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 are true with respect to the Indian Peninsular Plateau? I. The southern plateau block is formed mainly of granites and gneiss II. The Deccan lava plateau is an elevated tableland consisting of horizontally arranged lava sheets III. The Malwa plateau dominates the Vindhyan scarps forming the northern flank of the plateau IV. The troughs of the Narmada and the Tapti are interposed between the Vindhyan and the Satpura ranges.
A)I, II, III and IV
B)I, II and III
C)I and II
D)I, III and IV
Answer: I, II, III and IV
- Q. Which of the following characterises the Foehn? I. It is warm II. It is humid III. It is common in the valleys of the northern Alps IV. It blows in winter
A)I, III and IV
B)I, II and IV
C)I, II and III
D)I, II, III and IV
Answer: I, III and IV
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