More Questions on Geography
- 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. The inequality between day and night becomes greater or more marked as one travels from ________ to ________.
A)Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn
B)Poles, Equator
C)Equator, Poles
D)Tropic of Capricorn, Tropic of Cancer
Answer: Equator, Poles
- Q. Wind power is employed prominently in ________
A)Saudi Arabia
B)France
C)Holland
D)Canada
Answer: Holland
- Q. The Brahmaputra, Irrawady and Mekong rivers originate in Tibet and flow through narrow and parallel mountain ranges in their upper reaches: Of these rivers, Brahmaputra makes a “U” turn in its course to flow into India. This “U” turn is due to
A)Geo-tectonic disturbance in the tertiary folded mountain chains
B)Uplift of folded Himalayan series
C)Syntaxial bending of geologically young Himalayas
D)Both A and B above
Answer: Both A and B above
- Q. Which of the following climatic characteristic is related to tropical deserts?
A)Very high daily range of temperature
B)Low Pressure throughout the year
C)Most of the rain falls in winter
D)Very low daily range of temperature
Answer: Very high daily range of temperature
- Q. To which group do belong?
A)Mongoloids
B)Negritoes
C)Proto-Australoids
D)Western Brachycephals
Answer: Proto-Australoids
- Q. Heri Tiera Fomes (sundari tree) is a type of which of the following plants?
A)Mountain Forest
B)Tidal Forest
C)Thorn Forest
D)Taiga Forest
Answer: Tidal Forest
- Q. A famous hill station in Uttarakhand is
A)Dalhousie
B)Nainital
C)Darjeeling
D)Kulu
Answer: Nainital
- Q. The Lakshadweep Islands are situated in ________
A)Bay of Bengal
B)Indian Ocean
C)Arabian Sea
D)None of these
Answer: Arabian Sea
- Q. The tropical cyclones – Hurricanes and Typhoons – develop and mature ________
A)Over the water bodies only
B)At the same place
C)Over the land masses only
D)Anywhere in the tropical zone
Answer: Anywhere in the tropical zone
- Q. Which of the following passes and locations is/are wrongly matched? 1. Zojila and Burzil – Jammu & Kashmir 2. Bara Lapcha La and Shipki La – Uttar Pradesh 3. Thaga La, Niti Pass and Lipu Lekh – Himachal Pradesh 4. Nathu La and Jelep La – Sikkim
A)3 and 4
B)1 and 2
C)2 and 3
D)1, 2 and 3
Answer: 2 and 3
- Q. The only sanctuary where kasturi stag is found is
A)Gir
B)Kanha
C)Dachigam
D)Mudumalai
Answer: Dachigam
- Q. Which of the following phenomenon gives an evidence for the spherical shape of the earth?
A)Lunar eclipse
B)Solar eclipse
C)Revolution
D)Rotation of Earth
Answer: Revolution
- Q. The National Geophysical Research Institute is located in
A)Lucknow
B)Pilani
C)Goa
D)Hyderabad
Answer: Hyderabad
- Q. The longitudes of main land of India extends between ________.
A)68°7' N and 97°25' N
B)68°7' E and 97°25' E
C)68°.7' W and 97°25' W
D)68°7' S and 97°25' S
Answer: 68°7' E and 97°25' E
- Q. Which type of soil retains maximum water?
A)Loamy soil
B)Sandy soil
C)Clayey soil
D)Rocky soil
Answer: Clayey soil
- Q. The equatorial circumference is greater than the polar circumference by approximately ________
A)125 km
B)22 km
C)67 km
D)625 km
Answer: 67 km
- Q. Kalakkad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve is in which state?
A)Arunachal Pradesh
B)Tamil Nadu
C)Chhattisgarh
D)Uttarakhand
Answer: Tamil Nadu
- Q. The ‘Solar Corona’ mainly consists of ________
A)Gases
B)Cosmic rays
C)Molten lava
D)Ice
Answer: Molten lava
- Q. Major producer of mulberry silk in India is
A)Karnataka
B)Jammu and Kashmir
C)Jharkhand
D)Assam
Answer: Karnataka
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