More Questions on Geography
- Q. ________ is known as the Queen of the Arabian Sea.
A)Mangalore
B)Cochin
C)Mumbai
D)Surat
Answer: Cochin
- Q. The ‘Ruhr or India’ is
A)Chennai-Bengaluru region
B)Mumbai-Pune region
C)Damodar Valley region
D)Delhi-Kanpur region
Answer: Damodar Valley region
- Q. Tokyo, the capital of Japan is situated in the island of
A)Shikoku
B)Hokkaido
C)Honshu
D)Kyushu
Answer: Honshu
- Q. The removal of rock, layer by layer due to weathering is called ________
A)Exfoliation
B)Block disintegration
C)Dellation
D)Granular disintegration
Answer: Exfoliation
- Q. Godwin Austin is a
A)Telescope inventor
B)Pass
C)Peak
D)Geologist
Answer: Peak
- Q. Fertility of soil can be improved by ________
A)Removing dead earthworms
B)Adding living earthworms
C)Adding dead earthworms
D)Removing living earthworms and adding dead earthworms
Answer: Adding living earthworms
- Q. Lines Joining places having equal height are
A)Isohalines
B)Contours
C)Isobars
D)Isohyet
Answer: Contours
- Q. The percentage of India’s total population employed in agriculture is nearly
A)60%
B)40%
C)50%
D)70%
Answer: 70%
- Q. The Indian city famous for glass bangle industry is
A)Firozabad
B)Lucknow
C)Sikandrabad
D)Agra
Answer: Firozabad
- Q. With which country India has signed a bilateral contract for development and operations of Chabahar port?
A)Tehran
B)Israel
C)Iran
D)Turkey
Answer: Iran
- Q. What is the usual altitude of the plains?
A)Less than 600 metres above sea level
B)Sea level
C)Less than 500 metres above sea level
D)Less than 800 metres above sea level
Answer: Less than 500 metres above sea level
- Q. Consider the following statements: 1. The albedo of an object determines its visual brightness when viewed with reflected light. 2. The albedo of Mercury is much greater than the albedo of the Earth. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A)Both 1 and 2
B)1 only
C)2 only
D)Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: 1 only
- Q. The most common igneous rock is
A)Limestone
B)Basalt
C)Granite
D)Cobalt
Answer: Granite
- Q. The chemically inactive gas present in the atmosphere is ________
A)Water vapour
B)Nitrogen
C)Argon
D)Oxygen
Answer: Argon
- Q. Which sugar is obtained from grapes
A)Glucose
B)Lactose
C)Maltose
D)Sucrose
Answer: Glucose
- Q. On December 22, the sun: 1. is not visible at north pole 2. is only visible for a few minutes at the Antarctic Circle 3. rises south of east and sets south of west at the Tropic of Cancer 4. rises south of east and set south of west at the equator
A)1, 3 and 4
B)1 and 3
C)2, 3 and 4
D)1, 2, 3 and 4
Answer: 1, 3 and 4
- Q. Which of the following is/are matched correctly? 1. Earthquake’s origin – seismic focus 2. Epicentre – point on earth’s surface directly above seismic focus 3. S waves – similar to sound waves 4. Richter scale – severity of earthquake
A)2 and 4
B)1, 2, 2003
C)1, 2, 3 and 4
D)3 and 4
Answer: 1, 2, 3 and 4
- Q. Where are Shevaroy Hills located?
A)Kerala
B)Andhra Pradesh
C)Karnataka
D)Tamil Nadu
Answer: Tamil Nadu
- Q. Where is ‘Ninety East Ridge’situated?
A)Atlantic Ocean
B)Pacific Ocean
C)Indian Ocean
D)Arctic Ocean
Answer: Indian Ocean
- Q. Dr. Waldimir Koppen – the great climatologist of Austria suggested in his new scheme of climatic classification:
A)Five major types of climate.
B)Two major types of climate.
C)Four major types of climate.
D)Three major types of climate.
Answer: Five major types of climate.
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