More Questions on Geography
- Q. Which of the following States has the most critical problem of erosion of its coastal areas by the sea?
A)West Bengal
B)Kerala
C)Andhra Pradesh
D)Tamil Nadu
Answer: Kerala
- Q. Which of the following states has the largest number of salt lakes in India?
A)Gujarat
B)West Bengal
C)Rajasthan
D)Maharashtra
Answer: Rajasthan
- Q. The study of plant communities in relation to their habitats of a given ecosystem is known as:
A)Ecology
B)Seneology
C)Synecology
D)Ecosystem
Answer: Synecology
- Q. Earthquakes rarely occur in ________
A)Mexico
B)Alaska
C)Brazil
D)New Zealand
Answer: Brazil
- Q. If there are four places on the same meridian 500 km apart and the local time at one place is 12.00 noon, what will be the time at the three other places?
A)2.00 pm
B)12.00 noon
C)1.00 pm
D)Different time at different places
Answer: 12.00 noon
- Q. When the Moon completely covers the Sun, it is known as?
A)The Penumbra
B)The Antumbra
C)The Umbra
D)None of these
Answer: The Umbra
- Q. Lake Sambhar is nearest to which one of the following cities of Rajasthan?
A)Jodhpur
B)Bharatpur
C)Jaipur
D)Udaipur
Answer: Jaipur
- Q. The first shore-based steel plant in India is:
A)Bhadravati
B)Durgapur
C)Salem
D)Vishakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP)
Answer: Vishakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP)
- Q. The circulation and movement of soluble inorganic matter (nutrients) derived from sedimentary and atmospheric phases and reservoirs through organic phase of various biotic components and finally their return to inorganic phase is collectively called:
A)Physical Cycles
B)Chemical Cycles
C)Biogeochemical Cycles
D)Biological Cycles
Answer: Biogeochemical Cycles
- Q. What is the correct sequence of the following zonal pressure belts? 1. Subpolar low 2. Equatorial low 3. Polar high 4. Subtropical high
A)2, 4, 1, 3
B)2, 3, 1, 4
C)1, 4, 2, 3
D)1, 3, 2, 4
Answer: 2, 4, 1, 3
- Q. Rice crop needs
A)Annual rainfall of about 150 cm, high temperature and humidity
B)Low temperature and heavy rainfall
C)High temperature and low rainfall
D)Low temperature and low rainfall
Answer: Annual rainfall of about 150 cm, high temperature and humidity
- Q. The problem of arsenic in India is due to
A)Overexploitation of coal in Bihar and Bengal
B)Overexploitation of surface water inaffected areas
C)Overexploitation of arsenopyrite in land
D)Overexploitation of ground water in affected areas
Answer: Overexploitation of ground water in affected areas
- Q. The main mineral constituents of the continental mass water ________ and alumina.
A)Water
B)Iron Oxide
C)Silica
D)Oxygen
Answer: Silica
- Q. The most important layer for all biological activity in the atmosphere is:
A)Mesosphere
B)Troposphere.
C)Stratosphere
D)Ionosphere
Answer: Troposphere.
- Q. Consider the following statements: 1. Nearly 99% of the total mass of the atmosphere lies within 30 km of the Earth’s surface. 2. The proportion of ozone in the atmosphere increases to a maximum at about 60 km from Earth’s surface. 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. Where does Moraine form?
A)Glacial Region
B)Deltas of Rivers
C)Dry Zones
D)Monsoon Region
Answer: Glacial Region
- Q. The most important navigable river in, Central Europe that provides a link between seven countries-Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Hungary, Rome, Russia and Yugoslavia is ________
A)Dnieper
B)Volga
C)Rhine
D)Danube
Answer: Danube
- Q. St Andreas Fault passes close to the US city of
A)Hollywood
B)Los Angeles
C)New Orleans
D)San Francisco
Answer: San Francisco
- Q. Red Indians called this local wind Ice Eater?
A)Foehn
B)Mistral
C)Chinook
D)Haramattan
Answer: Chinook
- Q. Which of the following relates to the formation of the Himalayas?
A)Folding of the geosyncline
B)Folding of the earth's crust
C)Accumulation of loess deposits
D)Faulting of the earth's crust
Answer: Folding of the geosyncline
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