More Questions on Geography
- Q. The state which has attained the dubious distinction of being topper in the list with the highest encroachment of forest land ________
A)Haryana
B)Bihar
C)Andhra Pradesh
D)Punjab
Answer: Haryana
- Q. Which central government agency is responsible for the mapping and exploration of minerals?
A)National Mineral Development Corporation Ltd
B)The Geological Survey of India
C)Surveyor General of India
D)Indian Bureau of Mines
Answer: The Geological Survey of India
- Q. Which of the following substances are found in the beach sands of many parts of Kerala? 1. Ilmenite 2. Zircon 3. Silimanite 4. Tungsten
A)3 and 4 only
B)1, 2, 3 and 4
C)1, 2 and 3
D)1 and 2 only
Answer: 1, 2 and 3
- Q. People of North Africa are generally
A)Mongoloid
B)Negroid
C)Berbers
D)None of these
Answer: Berbers
- Q. What is a “shaft mine”?
A)Amine dug deep into the earth
B)Aquery
C)An open pit mine
D)Amine for descending into which a shaft is generally used
Answer: Amine dug deep into the earth
- Q. Which of the following line represents the line which connects the places of equal rain?
A)Isobar
B)Isohypse
C)Isohalines
D)Isohyets
Answer: Isohyets
- Q. What causes snowfall?
A)When condensation takes place in form of fog and precipitation occurs as flakes
B)When condensation takes place below 0° C and precipitation occurs in the form of flakes
C)When rain freezes into snow-flakes while passing through the atmosphere
D)When the air temperature is much lower than surface temperature
Answer: When condensation takes place below 0° C and precipitation occurs in the form of flakes
- Q. The capacity of rock to allow water to pass through it is called
A)Porosity
B)Hardness
C)Jointing
D)Permeability
Answer: Permeability
- Q. Which of the following is known as “the cold pole” of the world?
A)Antarctica
B)Laurentian region of Canada
C)Verkhoyansk in Russia
D)Greenland
Answer: Verkhoyansk in Russia
- Q. The second largest river system in India, next to the Ganga system, is that of ________.
A)Brahmani
B)Godavari
C)Krishna
D)Baitarni
Answer: Godavari
- Q. What is the main cause of Tsunami?
A)Earthquake on Sea Surface
B)Volcano
C)Cyclone
D)Gravitation of Moon
Answer: Earthquake on Sea Surface
- 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 polar regions of the earth cannot support forest growth because ________
A)The ground is often frozen or snow or ice-covered
B)The rainfall is very low
C)The growing season is short in these areas
D)All the above factors
Answer: All the above factors
- Q. The well-defined zones of seismic activity in the world where the largest number of earthquakes originates is ________
A)Mid oceanic Rift Valley Zone
B)Mediterranean Zone
C)Circum Pacific Belt
D)African Rift Valley Zone
Answer: Circum Pacific Belt
- Q. The Himalayas have snowline at 4300 m whereas in the Alps mountain, it is at 3000 m. This is because the ________
A)Himalayas are higher than the Alps
B)Himalayas have denser forest cover
C)Himalayas face the monsoon winds
D)Himalayas are located in the lower latitudes
Answer: Himalayas are located in the lower latitudes
- Q. Quartzite is metamorphosed from:
A)Coal
B)Limestone
C)Shale
D)Chalk
Answer: Shale
- Q. Igneous rocks are formed from molten rock material. Which one of the following is not an igneous rock?
A)Feldspar
B)Granite
C)Quartz
D)Slate
Answer: Slate
- Q. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched? Irrigation Project : State 1 Damanganga : Gujarat 2 Girna : Maharashtra 3 Pamba : Kerala
A)1 and 3 only
B)1 and 2 only
C)2 and 3 only
D)1, 2 and 3
Answer: 1, 2 and 3
- Q. Marble is a metamorphic rock of
A)Granite
B)Sandstone
C)Limestone
D)Clay
Answer: Limestone
- Q. Which is the smallest among the following water bodies?
A)Japan Sea
B)Arctic Sea
C)Hudson Bay
D)Okhotsk Sea
Answer: Japan Sea
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