More Questions on Geography
- Q. Inland waterways have many disadvantages. Among them the most common is
A)International controls on traffic
B)Presence of water falls and rapids
C)Seasonal freezing and drying up of rivers
D)Fluctuating volume of traffic
Answer: Seasonal freezing and drying up of rivers
- Q. Which of the following absorbs the insolation from the sun and preserves the earth’s radiated heat, thus acting like a blanket allowing the earth neither to become too cold nor too hot?
A)Ozone
B)Dust
C)Water vapour
D)Nitrogen
Answer: Water vapour
- Q. What is the correct sequence of the following layers of the Earth as one moves from the surface to the interior: 1. Mantle 2. Crust 3. Core Select the correct answer by using the codes given below
A)2, 1, 2003
B)1, 2, 2003
C)1, 3, 2002
D)3, 1, 2002
Answer: 2, 1, 2003
- Q. From north towards South, which one of the following is the correct sequence of the given rivers in India?
A)Zaskar - Shyok - Sutlej - Spiti
B)Shyok - Spiti - Zaskar - Sutlej
C)Shyok - Zaskar - Spiti - Sutlej
D)Zaskar - Sutlej - Shyok – Spiti
Answer: Shyok - Zaskar - Spiti - Sutlej
- Q. The Rift Valley is created
A)Erosion of synclinal basin
B)Between two anticlines
C)Between two rifts
D)Due to volcanic eruption
Answer: Between two rifts
- Q. In the Semi-arid and Temperate grasslands, the most commonly found animals are ________
A)Camels
B)Donkeys and horses
C)Reindeers
D)Sheep and goats
Answer: Sheep and goats
- Q. The USA is deficient in domestic supplies of
A)Zinc
B)Copper
C)Lead
D)Manganese
Answer: Manganese
- Q. India is the largest tea producing country in the world. It is grown in which of the following states mainly?
A)Bihar
B)Punjab
C)Haryana
D)Assam
Answer: Assam
- Q. The Nilgiris are part of the
A)Vindhyachal
B)Eastern Ghats
C)Western Ghats
D)Tamil Nadu Hills
Answer: Western Ghats
- Q. The Earth turns through 360° in 24 hours. Each 15° longitude represents ________
A)One hour
B)Half an hour
C)Forty five minutes
D)One hour fifteen minutes
Answer: One hour
- Q. The hottest place in the world is ________
A)Dallol, Ethiopia
B)Tehran, Iran
C)Jaisalmer, India
D)Azizia, Libya
Answer: Azizia, Libya
- Q. Kuki is related to which state
A)Manipur
B)Nagaland
C)Meghalaya
D)Tripura
Answer: Manipur
- Q. The approximate diameter of the earth is ________
A)12,800 Km
B)4,200 Km
C)6,400 Km
D)15,600 Km
Answer: 12,800 Km
- Q. The Buckingham Canal, which has been declared a National Waterway of India recently, is a canal running from
A)Vijayawada to Villupuram
B)Punjab to Haryana
C)Mumbai to Goa
D)Cochin to Kozhikode
Answer: Vijayawada to Villupuram
- Q. The Trans-Siberian railway links
A)Buanos Aires with Valparaiso
B)The Baltic coast with the North Sea
C)Leningrad with Oldiotsk
D)Leningrad with Vladivostok
Answer: Leningrad with Vladivostok
- Q. Which of the following statements about convectional rainfall are true? 1. The areas of the world, having an equatorial type of climate, receive this kind of rainfall. 2. It is usually torrential and accompanied by thunder and lightning. 3. It is also known as 4 o’clock rain.
A)1 and 3
B)1 and 2
C)2 and 3
D)1, 2 and 3
Answer: 1, 2 and 3
- Q. Halley’s comet appears once in a period of ________
A)76 years
B)24 years
C)32 years
D)84 years
Answer: 76 years
- Q. India is developing Chabahar Port in which of the following countries?
A)Iran
B)Iraq
C)Oman
D)Afghanistan
Answer: Iran
- Q. The planet having fourteen moons is ________
A)Uranus
B)Venus
C)Mars
D)Neptune
Answer: Neptune
- Q. The river system which depends more on melting of snow for its water supply is the
A)Godavari
B)Ganga
C)Indus
D)Brahmaputra
Answer: Indus
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