More Questions on Geography
- Q. What can be the maximum duration of totality for a solar eclipse?
A)1 hour 40 seconds
B)12.5 minutes
C)7 minutes 40 seconds
D)There is no maximum duration
Answer: 7 minutes 40 seconds
- Q. The planets are kept in motion in their respective orbits by ________
A)Gravitation and centrifugal force
B)Their great size and spherical shape
C)The rotation and density
D)Rotation of the sun on its axis
Answer: Gravitation and centrifugal force
- Q. Loess is ________ soil.
A)Volcanic
B)Wind-deposited
C)Water-deposited
D)Black cotton
Answer: Wind-deposited
- Q. The only state in India that produces saffron is
A)Jammu and Kashmir
B)Assam
C)Himachal Pradesh
D)Meghalaya
Answer: Jammu and Kashmir
- Q. Which one of the following is the most possible solution for planning improvement of a metropolitan city in India?
A)Building up suburbs and satellite towns around the main city
B)Constructing high rise building and sky scrapers
C)Dispersing the factories & industries to the neighbouring but independent location.
D)Preventing immigration of people into the metropolitan city
Answer: Dispersing the factories & industries to the neighbouring but independent location.
- Q. Which one of the following statements is correct with reference to our solar system?
A)The Sun contains 75% of the mass of the solar system
B)The Earth is the densest of all the planets in our solar system
C)The predominant element in the composition of Earth is silicon
D)The diameter of the Sun is 190 times that of the Earth
Answer: The Earth is the densest of all the planets in our solar system
- Q. Chipko Andolan is related to whom?
A)Agro-Science
B)Wild Life Conservation
C)Conservation of Forests
D)Deforestation
Answer: Conservation of Forests
- Q. The Greenhouse effect gases trap only the heat of:
A)Solar Radiation
B)All heat
C)UV Rays
D)Thermal Radiation
Answer: Solar Radiation
- Q. Which of the following is a rabi crop?
A)Maize
B)Cotton
C)Mustard
D)Rice
Answer: Mustard
- Q. India’s first marine national park is located in:
A)Arabian Sea
B)The Gulf of Kutch
C)Bay of Bengal
D)The Gulf of Khambhat
Answer: The Gulf of Kutch
- Q. Leningrad region and Kola Peninsula in former Soviet Union are major producers of
A)Bauxite
B)Lead
C)Zinc
D)Copper
Answer: Bauxite
- Q. Diesel locomotives are manufactured at ________
A)Varanasi
B)Kapurthala
C)Perambur
D)Jamshedpur
Answer: Varanasi
- Q. Plains formed by the deposits brought by glacier are
A)Drift plains
B)Lacustrine plains
C)Flood plains
D)Coastal plains
Answer: Drift plains
- Q. Fish farming is practised in
A)China
B)Africa
C)South Africa
D)Peru and Brazil
Answer: China
- Q. Which of the following celestial bodies bear, ‘The Sea of Tranquility’ and ‘The Ocean of Storms’ ?
A)Moon
B)Mars
C)Venus
D)Sun
Answer: Moon
- Q. Which of the following state receives rainfall due to western disturbances?
A)Kerala
B)Punjab
C)West Bengal
D)Gujarat
Answer: Punjab
- Q. World’s longest land border is between which two contries?
A)Switzerland and Italy
B)Australia and New Zealand
C)India and China
D)Canada and USA
Answer: Canada and USA
- Q. A V-shaped valley is a feature produced by ________
A)Old river
B)Youthful river
C)Mature river
D)All of the above
Answer: Youthful river
- Q. Which one of the following rivers thrice forks into two streams and reunites a few miles farther on, thus forming the islands of Srirangapatanam, Sivasamudram and Srirangam?
A)Krishna
B)Cauvery
C)Tungabhadra
D)Godavari
Answer: Cauvery
- Q. The most abundant element in the Earth’s atmosphere is
A)Oxygen
B)Argon
C)Nitrogen
D)Krypton
Answer: Nitrogen
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