More Questions on Geography
- Q. What do you understand by the term ‘Doab’ ?
A)Land between two separate river systems
B)Where the delta of river begins
C)Where two or more rivers meet
D)Land between two tributaries of a river
Answer: Land between two tributaries of a river
- Q. Which one of the following countries is situated, geographically in America’ but politically a part of Europe?
A)Green Land
B)Iceland
C)Canary Islands
D)Cuba
Answer: Green Land
- Q. Along the coasts salinity is
A)Stable
B)Lowered
C)Increased
D)Unaffected
Answer: Lowered
- 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. The Ozone hole over Antarctica was discovered in
A)1978
B)1975
C)1985
D)1987
Answer: 1985
- Q. Collective Farm of Ukraine is also known as
A)Ryckay Eezik
B)Kolkhoz
C)Dom
D)Sovkhoz
Answer: Kolkhoz
- Q. The Abhors are
A)A tribe of Mongoloid blood
B)An Adivasi tribe in Bastar
C)A clan of dacoits
D)Extinct now
Answer: A tribe of Mongoloid blood
- Q. The south-west monsoon contributes ________ of the total rain in India.
A)22%
B)86%
C)50%
D)100%
Answer: 86%
- Q. Why does the mercury column in the barometer fall rapidly before a severe storm? It is due to
A)Severe heat energy from the sun
B)Increase in the humidity of air
C)Fall in the atmospheric pressure
D)Rise in the atmospheric pressure
Answer: Fall in the atmospheric pressure
- Q. The breaking up of the rocks at its place is known as
A)Mass Destruction
B)Erosion
C)Weathering
D)Degradation
Answer: Weathering
- Q. “Europe point” is
A)A famous sea resort near Naples
B)The southern most tip of Gibraltar
C)A small French island in Mozambique channel
D)A summer resort for the Pope in Itlay
Answer: The southern most tip of Gibraltar
- Q. The low flat central area of a basin of inland drainage is called:
A)Afet
B)Playa
C)Affusion
D)Aquifer
Answer: Playa
- Q. What is the name of the largest coffee producing state in India?
A)Karnataka
B)Andhra Pradesh
C)Goa
D)Tamil Nadu
Answer: Karnataka
- Q. Between which one of the following pairs of islands is Duncan Passage located?
A)Car Nicobar Island and Little Nicobar Island
B)South Andaman and Little Andaman
C)Little Andaman and Car Nicobar Island
D)Little Nicobar Island and Great Nicobar Island
Answer: Little Andaman and Car Nicobar Island
- Q. When the Earth is at the maximum distance from the Sun, it is called
A)Equinox
B)Aphelion
C)Perihelion
D)Sidereal
Answer: Aphelion
- Q. Which one of the following statements is correct? Hurricanes ________
A)Develop over warm ocean areas
B)Form at the equator
C)Are not as large as tornadoes
D)Tend to intensify when they move over land surfaces
Answer: Develop over warm ocean areas
- Q. Which country is known as the “Cockpit of Europe”?
A)Holland
B)France
C)Denmark
D)Belgium
Answer: Belgium
- Q. Select the correct answer from the following: 1. Melting of polar ice caps and subsequently rise in the sea level is the most important effect of global warming. 2. The sea level is likely to rise by one meter by 2070 AD if the present level of global warming is not controlled. 3. All the coral islands in the world will be submerged. 4. By 2044 AD, Fiji is likely to be submerged and rise in the sea level by the same year will pose a grave danger to the Netherlands.
A)1, 2 and 4
B)1, 2, 3 and 4
C)4 only
D)1, 2 and 3
Answer: 1, 2, 3 and 4
- Q. The Shifting cultivation is still prevalent in
A)Manipur
B)Mizoram
C)Nagaland
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. In the northern hemisphere, currents are deflected to their right due to ________
A)Cyclonic storms
B)Centrifugal force
C)Coriolis force
D)None of these
Answer: Coriolis force
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