More Questions on Geography
- Q. Ursa Major’ is the scientific name for one of the constellations of stars. Its common English name is
A)The Milky Way
B)The Northern Crown
C)The Chained Lady
D)The Great Bear
Answer: The Great Bear
- Q. Which of the following crops needs maximum water per hectare?
A)Sugarcane
B)Barley
C)Maize
D)Wheat
Answer: Sugarcane
- Q. The Plantation agriculture produces?
A)Cash Crops
B)Only Food Crops
C)Plantation Crops
D)Four Crops
Answer: Plantation Crops
- Q. Which one of the following Himalayan Passes was reopened around in the middle of the year 2006 to facilitate trade between India and China?
A)Nathu La
B)Chang La
C)JaraLa
D)Shipki La
Answer: Nathu La
- Q. The moat abundant element in sea water is
A)Magnesium
B)Sodium
C)Chlorine
D)Sulphur
Answer: Chlorine
- Q. The largest solar power plant in India is located at
A)Madhapur
B)Nagercoil
C)Jaisalmer
D)None of the above
Answer: None of the above
- Q. The national highway from Amritsar to Kolkata via Delhi is numbered
A)4
B)1
C)2
D)8
Answer: 2
- Q. The cause of reduction of forest coverage is
A)Rising Population
B)Agriculture
C)Manufacturing Industry
D)Toursim and Pilgrimage
Answer: Rising Population
- Q. Which of the following States does not share the drainage basin of the Krishna?
A)Andhra Pradesh
B)Maharashtra
C)Karnataka
D)Tamil Nadu
Answer: Tamil Nadu
- Q. Which foreign country is closest to Andaman Islands?
A)Indonesia
B)Sri Lanka
C)Myanmar
D)Pakistan
Answer: Myanmar
- Q. Which of the following is NOT a plantation crop?
A)Oil Palm
B)Coconut
C)Potato
D)Cashew
Answer: Potato
- Q. Which one of the following States enjoys ideal conditions for the development of petrochemical industries?
A)Tamil Nadu
B)Gujarat
C)Maharashtra
D)Uttar Pradesh
Answer: Gujarat
- Q. Arrange the following religious groups in increasing order of their population in India: 1. Muslims 2. Buddhists 3. Sikhs 4. Jains 5. Christians
A)II, IV, III, V, I
B)IV, II, III, V, I
C)IV, II, I, III, V
D)II, III, IV, I,V
Answer: IV, II, III, V, I
- Q. The broken hill famous for zinc and lead are located in
A)Germany
B)Turkey
C)France
D)Australia
Answer: Australia
- Q. What are the imaginary lines encircling the Earth horizontally called?
A)Isobars
B)Latitudes
C)Longitudes
D)Isotherms
Answer: Latitudes
- Q. Among the following States, ________ has the lowest birth rate in India.
A)Bihar
B)Kerala
C)Uttar Pradesh
D)West Bengal
Answer: Kerala
- Q. Evening sun is not a shot as the mid-day sun. What is the reason?
A)Ozone in atmosphere absorbs more light in the evening
B)In the evening, radiations travel slowly
C)In the evening, the temperature of the sun decreases
D)In the evening, radiations travel larger distance through atmosphere
Answer: In the evening, radiations travel larger distance through atmosphere
- Q. The crust and the upper-most part of the mantle up to a depth of 200 km from the surface of the earth is called:
A)Cyrosphere
B)Pyrosphere
C)Osophere
D)Lithosphere
Answer: Lithosphere
- Q. Which of the following is a commercial source of energy?
A)Sun
B)Agricultural waste
C)Dried dung
D)Natural gas
Answer: Natural gas
- Q. Three European cities viz Vienna, Budapest and Belgrade lie on the river
A)Rhine
B)Volga
C)Rhone
D)Danube
Answer: Danube
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