More Questions on Geography
- Q. Soil having high content of aluminum and iron oxide is also known as ________.
A)Chemozen soil
B)Meadow soil
C)Pedalfer soil
D)Podzols oil
Answer: Pedalfer soil
- Q. The only port in erstwhile Soviet Union that is ice free throughout the year is
A)Murmansk
B)Leningrad
C)Odessa
D)Vladivostok
Answer: Murmansk
- Q. Who demarcated the boundary line between India and Pakistan?
A)Cyril Radcliffe
B)Lord Curzon
C)Lord Canning
D)Stafford Cripps
Answer: Cyril Radcliffe
- Q. Which of the following places in India does not have a nuclear power plant?
A)Silchar
B)Narora
C)Rawatbhata
D)Tarapore
Answer: Silchar
- Q. Which of the following statement (s) regarding India’s coal reserves is/are true ? I. Over 90% of total reserves are located in the valleys of Son, Damodar, Mahanadi and Godavari II. Indian coal reserves are characterised by low ash content and high calorific value III. India has limited prime coking reserves
A)II and III
B)I only
C)I and III
D)I, II and III
Answer: I, II and III
- Q. A continuous belt of urban population progressively linking several cities is known as
A)Conurbation
B)Metropolis
C)Megalopolis
D)City sprawl
Answer: Conurbation
- Q. The Satpura range is situated between two west flowing rivers, They are
A)Tapi and Mahi
B)Narmada and Luni
C)Narmada and Tapi
D)Mahi and Luni
Answer: Narmada and Tapi
- Q. Inland waterways have many disadvantages. Among them the most common is
A)International controls on traffic
B)Presence of water falls and rapids
C)Seasonal freezing and drying up of rivers
D)Fluctuating volume of traffic
Answer: Seasonal freezing and drying up of rivers
- Q. Which of the following countries is the biggest producer of mango?
A)Indonesia
B)India
C)China
D)Malaysia
Answer: India
- Q. What helps to maintain the heat budget on the surface of the earth?
A)Incoming solar radiation is reflected
B)Incoming insolation in short waves and terrestrial radiation in long waves
C)The atmosphere absorbs heat
D)The earth absorbs heat
Answer: Incoming insolation in short waves and terrestrial radiation in long waves
- Q. India’s longest tunnel Jawahar tunnel is located in which state?
A)Karnataka
B)Jammu and Kashmir
C)Maharashtra
D)Himachal Pradesh
Answer: Jammu and Kashmir
- Q. The winter temperatures of north-western Europe are higher than those of eastern Europe in the same latitudinal zone because ________
A)It receives only light falls of snow
B)It is on the western side of the continent
C)It 'is near the sea
D)It lies under westerly winds which blow over the Gulf Stream Drift
Answer: It lies under westerly winds which blow over the Gulf Stream Drift
- Q. How many days in one year on mercury?
A)300
B)56
C)88
D)36
Answer: 88
- Q. Belt of Doldrums exists in which of the following regions?
A)Sub-Polar region
B)Polar region
C)Equatorial region
D)Sub-Tropical region
Answer: Equatorial region
- Q. What was Norway’s rank in 2016 Human Development Index published by the United Nations Development Programme?
A)100
B)1
C)10
D)200
Answer: 1
- Q. Which one of the following Indian rivers does not have a delta at its egress?
A)Cauvery
B)Tapi
C)Godavari
D)Mahanadi
Answer: Tapi
- Q. Arrange the following Himalayan peaks in order as they occur from west to east: I. Kanchenjunga II. Mt. Everest III. Nanda Devi IV. Dhaulagiri
A)III, II, I, IV
B)I, II, III, IV
C)I, II, IV, III
D)III, IV, II, I
Answer: III, IV, II, I
- Q. 28.38 N. and 77.12 E are the respective latitude and longitude of which one of the following places?
A)Lucknow
B)Jaipur
C)Delhi
D)Allahabad
Answer: Delhi
- Q. What is the other name of Sahyadri Range?
A)Western Ghats
B)Lesser Himalayas
C)Shivaliks
D)Eastern Ghats
Answer: Western Ghats
- Q. Which plateau lies between the Aravalli and the Vindhya ranges?
A)Chota Nagpur Plateau
B)Malwa Plateau
C)Deccan Plateau
D)None of Above
Answer: Malwa Plateau
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