More Questions on Geography

  • Q. What is the cupshaped mouth of volcanoes?
    A)Crater
    B)Centre of Origin
    C)Epicentre
    D)Cinder Cone
    Answer: Crater
  • Q. The yield or food grain per man is high under
    A)Mono cultivation
    B)Intensive cultivation
    C)Extensive cultivation
    D)Farm cultivation
    Answer: Extensive cultivation
  • Q. What are the imaginary lines encircling the Earth horizontally called?
    A)Isobars
    B)Latitudes
    C)Longitudes
    D)Isotherms
    Answer: Latitudes
  • Q. Which one of the following pairs of cities have the largest annual average rain difference as compared to the other three pairs?
    A)Kolkata and Bhubaneshwar
    B)Jabalpur and Nagpur
    C)Mumbai and Pune
    D)Guwahati and Shillong
    Answer: Mumbai and Pune
  • Q. If a traveller going from Vancouver to Tokyo crosses the International Date Line on Saturday, what will be the day for him at Tokyo?
    A)Sunday
    B)Friday
    C)Saturday
    D)Monday
    Answer: Sunday
  • Q. At which height, the gaseous surrounding has covered the Earth’s atmosphere?
    A)200km
    B)100km
    C)150km
    D)300km
    Answer: 300km
  • Q. Which of the following tribe performs animal husbandry?
    A)Pygmy
    B)Bodo
    C)Maasai
    D)Eskimo
    Answer: Maasai
  • Q. The total number of refinery working in Assam is/are
    A)Three
    B)One
    C)Two
    D)Four
    Answer: Four
  • Q. Soil can best be conserved on the hills by which of the cultivating methods?
    A)Contour ploughing
    B)Strip cropping
    C)Crop rotation
    D)Terracing
    Answer: Contour ploughing
  • Q. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is in
    A)Bengaluru
    B)Mumbai
    C)Kolkata
    D)Chennai
    Answer: Bengaluru
  • Q. Consider the following statements: 1. The Benguela current had its influence in the formation of Kalahari Desert. 2. The Agulhas current has its influence in the formation of Thar Desert. 3. The currents of Northern Indian Ocean change their course of flow twice a year. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
    A)1 and 3 only
    B)1 only
    C)2 and 3 only
    D)1, 2 and 3
    Answer: 1 and 3 only
  • Q. The temperature decreases towards poles, because ________
    A)The movement of cold wind is towards poles
    B)At poles the snow does not melt
    C)The cold regions do not absorb sun rays
    D)The sun rays falling per unit area are less at poles
    Answer: The sun rays falling per unit area are less at poles
  • Q. Which of the following are included in the World-Heritage List of UNESCO? : 1. Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park 2. Chhatrapati Shivaji Railway Station, Mumbai 3. Mamallapuram 4. Sun Temple (Konark Temple)
    A)2 and 4
    B)1, 2, 3 and 4
    C)1, 3 and 4
    D)1, 2 and 3
    Answer: 1, 2, 3 and 4
  • Q. The Hawaii islands are the top of submerged ________
    A)Volcanic mountains
    B)Block mountains
    C)Folded mountains
    D)Dome mountains
    Answer: Volcanic mountains
  • Q. Which of the following layers of the earth is believed to have the heaviest mineral materials of highest density ?
    A)Mantle
    B)Central core
    C)Crust
    D)Both B and C
    Answer: Central core
  • Q. The width or the broad gauge track in Indian railway is
    A)1.98 m
    B)1.676 m
    C)1.114 m
    D)2.55 m
    Answer: 1.676 m
  • Q. The most typical Australian tree which sheds its bark instead of leaves is
    A)Birch
    B)Eucalyptus
    C)Teak
    D)Oak
    Answer: Eucalyptus
  • Q. The second zone of the interior of the earth extending from 30 kilometer to 2900 kilometer depth is:
    A)Outer Core
    B)Earth Crust
    C)Mantle.
    D)Inner Core
    Answer: Mantle.
  • Q. The mean thickness of oceanic crust is:
    A)5 kilometer
    B)10 kilometer
    C)8 kilometer
    D)4 kilometer
    Answer: 5 kilometer
  • Q. Panchmarhi is near the highest point on the range of
    A)Nilgiris
    B)Vindhyas
    C)Aravallis
    D)Satpuras
    Answer: Satpuras

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