More Questions on Geography

  • Q. What is the difference between the Indian Standard time and Greenwich Standard Time?
    A)5 Hour and 30 minutes
    B)5 Hour
    C)15 Hour and 30 minutes
    D)6 Hour and 30 minutes
    Answer: 5 Hour and 30 minutes
  • Q. The narrow meandering bands of swift winds which blow in the mid latitudes near the tropopause and encircle the globe are known as:
    A)Narrow wind band
    B)Jet Stream
    C)Meander
    D)None of these
    Answer: Jet Stream
  • Q. Assume that the moon takes exactly 30 days to complete the cycle and also assume that it rises in the east exactly at 6.48 p.m., on the first day. On the fourth day, at what time will it rise?
    A)10.00 p.m
    B)8.24 p.m
    C)9. 12 p.m
    D)11.48 p.m
    Answer: 10.00 p.m
  • Q. Which one of the following regions of India is now regarded as an ‘ecological hot spot’?
    A)Western Ghats
    B)Western Himalayas
    C)Eastern Himalayas
    D)Eastern Ghats
    Answer: Western Ghats
  • Q. The Bhutia group of languages does not include
    A)Lepcha
    B)Laddakhi
    C)Tibetan
    D)Sherpa
    Answer: Lepcha
  • Q. The highest Himalayan peak in India is ________
    A)Nandadevi
    B)Kanchenjunga
    C)K-2
    D)Nanga Parbat
    Answer: Kanchenjunga
  • Q. Which one of the following weeds is effective in controlling water pollution caused by industrial effluents?
    A)Water hyacinth
    B)Parthenium
    C)Elephant grass
    D)Mogar grass
    Answer: Water hyacinth
  • Q. The contribution of Hydropower in India’s total power is almost
    A)Onefourth
    B)Half
    C)Onethird
    D)Onefifth
    Answer: Onefifth
  • Q. Central and western part of California experience climate ________
    A)Taiga
    B)Monsoon
    C)Mediterranean
    D)Sudan
    Answer: Mediterranean
  • Q. Heat gain through insolation and heat loss through terrestrial radiation are equal approximately at which latitude?
    A)90° North and South
    B)22° W North and South
    C)40° North and South
    D)66° W North and South
    Answer: 40° North and South
  • Q. Which of the following has been declared as the marine park by Indian government for the conservation of Coral Reef?
    A)Andaman Islands
    B)Gulf of Kutch
    C)Lakshadweep Island
    D)Gulf of Mannar
    Answer: Gulf of Kutch
  • Q. Assemblage or ideas, beliefs, skills, institutions is represented by
    A)Mode of life
    B)Civilization
    C)Culture
    D)None of these
    Answer: Culture
  • Q. Which of the following grades of coal has the highest carbon content?
    A)Lignite
    B)Anthracite
    C)Bituminous coal
    D)Peat
    Answer: Anthracite
  • Q. Which of the following organisations prepares topographical maps of India?
    A)Geological Survey of India
    B)Geographical Survey of India
    C)Survey of India
    D)Archaeological Survey of India
    Answer: Geographical Survey of India
  • Q. Which state of India has the largest percentage of poors?
    A)Orissa
    B)Bihar
    C)Chhattisgarh
    D)Jharkhand
    Answer: Chhattisgarh
  • Q. Which one of the following is present in the largest amount in terms of percent by mass in the earth’s crust?
    A)Carbon
    B)Silicon
    C)Oxygen
    D)Calcium
    Answer: Oxygen
  • Q. A group of interconnected islands is known as
    A)Archipelago
    B)Strait
    C)Peninsula
    D)Lagoon
    Answer: Archipelago
  • Q. Mosses and Lichens are the characteristic vegetation of ________
    A)Temperate region
    B)Hot desert region
    C)Mediterranean region
    D)Tundra region
    Answer: Tundra region
  • Q. Monsoon is caused by
    A)Humidity difference
    B)Temperature changes
    C)Seasonal reversal of winds
    D)Pressure differences
    Answer: Pressure differences
  • Q. Which is the nearest planet to Sun?
    A)Mars
    B)Earth
    C)Mercury
    D)Venus
    Answer: Mercury

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