More Questions on Geography
- Q. Desert building can be prevented by
A)Contour Ploughing
B)Plugging Gullies
C)By stopping Trespassing
D)Forming Protective Belts
Answer: Forming Protective Belts
- Q. The direction of ocean currents is reversed with season ________
A)In the Indian Ocean
B)In the Pacific Ocean
C)In the Atlantic Ocean
D)In the Mediterranean Sea
Answer: In the Indian Ocean
- Q. Blight’ the disease of potato can be cured by
A)Diathane
B)Dionine
C)Bordeaux mixture
D)DDT
Answer: Bordeaux mixture
- Q. Chhota Nagpur plateau is called the heart of industrial India because it is ________
A)Rich in minerals and power fuels
B)Near to major iron and steel centres
C)A big link of roads and railways
D)Very fertile for industrial crops
Answer: Rich in minerals and power fuels
- Q. Which of the following is incorrect?
A)At the summer solstice the sun shines vertically over the Tropic of Capricorn
B)Within the Arctic and Antarctic Circles there is at least one day in the year during which the sun does not set and at least one day on which it never rises
C)At the North Pole there is darkness for half the year
D)The sun shines vertically over the Equator twice the year
Answer: At the summer solstice the sun shines vertically over the Tropic of Capricorn
- Q. Pulsar are
A)Rapidly rotating stars
B)Stars moving towards Earth
C)Stars moving away from Earth
D)Stars with high temperature
Answer: Rapidly rotating stars
- Q. Which planet is known as ‘Morning Star’?
A)Mars
B)Mercury
C)Venus
D)Jupiter
Answer: Venus
- Q. What is meant by ‘brain drain’?
A)The marriage of highly intellectual people so as to add more intelligent progency to the population
B)Increase in the population of mentally retarded or brainless people
C)The increasing medical facilities which have resulted in decrease in the number of mentally retarded people
D)The migration of highly qualified or skilled people to better places of employment
Answer: The migration of highly qualified or skilled people to better places of employment
- Q. Which among the following is the smallest state area wise?
A)Meghalaya
B)Nagaland
C)Mizoram
D)Manipur
Answer: Nagaland
- Q. India conducted its first nuclear explosion at
A)Koyana
B)Apsara
C)Pokharan
D)Kalpakkam
Answer: Pokharan
- Q. Mr. X has been invited to participate in a conference to be held at Buenos Aires. He has chosen the following shortest flight route: Mumbai to Frankfurt (non-stop) Frankfurt to Sao Paulo (non-stop) Sao Paulo to Buenos Aires (non-stop). Which one of the following seas will likely to be flown over by Mr. X?
A)Beaufort Sea
B)Tasman Sea
C)Labrador Sea
D)Black Sea
Answer: Black Sea
- Q. Why are winters more severe in Southern Hemisphere than in the Northern Hemisphere?
A)Because of more iceberg activity in Southern Hemisphere
B)Earth is tilted towards the Sun in the Northern Hemisphere
C)Northern Hemisphere receives more sunlight
D)Southern Hemisphere is less inhabited
Answer: Because of more iceberg activity in Southern Hemisphere
- Q. Sandstone is which type of rock?
A)Metamorphic Rock
B)Calcwaterous Rock
C)Igneous Rock
D)Sedimentary Rock
Answer: Sedimentary Rock
- Q. The busiest inland water-way of Europe is the Rhine. Its preeminence as a waterway rests on the fact that
A)Its course is never frozen
B)It flows through the most industrialised part of Europe
C)It follows a rift valley
D)It falls in the North Sea
Answer: Its course is never frozen
- Q. Neyveli Power Project is a ________ Power Project.
A)Thermal
B)Hydro-electric
C)Nuclear
D)Non-conventional
Answer: Thermal
- Q. Which of the following planets do not have satellite?
A)Mars and Mercury
B)Mars and Venus
C)Mercury and Venus
D)Neptune and Pluto
Answer: Mercury and Venus
- Q. The subject that deals with the regional distribution of human races and their history is called
A)Cartography
B)Biogeography
C)Ethnography
D)Paleontology
Answer: Ethnography
- Q. Which of the following is produced by the rapid ascent of moist air?
A)Hail
B)Frost
C)Fog
D)Snow
Answer: Hail
- Q. The driest place in India is ________
A)Jaisalmer
B)Leh
C)Barmer
D)Bikaner
Answer: Jaisalmer
- Q. Rabi crop is sown in
A)January - February
B)October - November
C)April - May
D)August - September
Answer: October - November
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