More Questions on Geography

  • Q. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the four stages of water movement in a hydrological cycle?
    A)Infiltration – Evaporation – Condensation – Infiltration
    B)Evaporation – Condensation – Precipitation – Infiltration
    C)Evaporation – Precipitation – Condensation – Infiltration
    D)Condensation – Precipitation – Evaporation – Infiltration
    Answer: Evaporation – Condensation – Precipitation – Infiltration
  • Q. ________ is the time taken by the Earth to return to a given point in its orbit with reference to a fixed star.
    A)Solar year
    B)Lunar year
    C)Sidereal year
    D)Tropical year
    Answer: Sidereal year
  • Q. Which is the highest river basin of Peninsular India
    A)Krishna
    B)Mahanadi
    C)Godavari
    D)Narmada
    Answer: Krishna
  • Q. The first coal mine in India
    A)Raniganj
    B)Dhanbad
    C)Jharia
    D)Asansol
    Answer: Raniganj
  • Q. The air transport industry was nationalized in the year
    A)1948
    B)1953
    C)1950
    D)1947
    Answer: 1953
  • Q. Which of the following manmade calamities is social calamity?
    A)Home Cremation
    B)Landslide
    C)Interpenetration of Salt Water
    D)Ozone Depletion
    Answer: Home Cremation
  • Q. The Ganga-Brahmaputra Plain widens
    A)At the middle
    B)From east to west
    C)From west to east
    D)No where
    Answer: From west to east
  • Q. The largest area under plantation in India is in
    A)Tamil Nadu
    B)Kerala
    C)Karnataka
    D)Assam
    Answer: Assam
  • Q. Which of the following is not helpful for delta formation?
    A)Long river course
    B)Fast movement of river in mountains to cut sediments
    C)Slow speed
    D)Tidal nature of waves
    Answer: Tidal nature of waves
  • Q. Which of the following trees shed their leaves once in a year?
    A)Evergreen trees
    B)Deciduous trees
    C)Coniferous trees
    D)Both deciduous and coniferous trees
    Answer: Deciduous trees
  • Q. Narmada originates from its source situated in the State of
    A)Madhya Pradesh
    B)Maharashtra
    C)Uttar Pradesh
    D)Andhra Pradesh
    Answer: Madhya Pradesh
  • Q. The intensity of earthquakes is measured on ________
    A)Secant scale
    B)Beaufort scale
    C)Richter scale
    D)Mercalli scale
    Answer: Richter scale
  • Q. Which of the following countries is included in the North-West Pacific fishing grounds?
    A)Netherlands
    B)Norway
    C)Canada
    D)Japan
    Answer: Japan
  • Q. Golden Quadrilateral Project for the development of National Highways was initiated by
    A)Manmohan Singh
    B)P V Narasimha Rao
    C)I K Gujral
    D)Atal Bihari Vajpayee
    Answer: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
  • Q. Shivpuri National Park of Madhya Pradesh is famous for which of the following?
    A)Birds
    B)Tiger and elephant
    C)Wild Bison
    D)Leopard and Spotted deer
    Answer: Leopard and Spotted deer
  • 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. What is the correct decreasing order of the share of different salts in sea water?
    A)Sodium chloride, magnesium sulphate, potassium sulphate, magnesium chloride
    B)Sodium chloride, magnesium chloride, magnesium sulphate, potassium sulphate
    C)Sodium chloride, magnesium chloride, potassium sulphate, magnesium sulphate
    D)Sodium chloride, magnesium chloride, potassium sulphate, magnesium sulphate
    Answer: Sodium chloride, magnesium chloride, magnesium sulphate, potassium sulphate
  • Q. The Farakka Project is mainly aimed towards
    A)Preserving the port of Kolkata
    B)Irrigating more land in West Bengal
    C)Utilizing maximum of Ganga water
    D)Production of electricity
    Answer: Preserving the port of Kolkata
  • Q. When it is 12 noon at Greenwich, what is the time at New York (74° W) ?
    A)7.04 p.m.
    B)4.56 p.m.
    C)4.56 a.m.
    D)7.04 a.m.
    Answer: 7.04 a.m.
  • Q. The greatest diversity of animal and plant species occurs in ________
    A)Heavily polluted rivers
    B)Temperate deciduous forests
    C)Tropical moist forests
    D)Deserts and Savannas
    Answer: Tropical moist forests

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