More Questions on Geography
- Q. Which of the following winds are hot dust laden and blow from Sahara desert towards Mediterranean Region?
A)Foehn
B)Sirocco
C)Loo
D)Mistral
Answer: Sirocco
- Q. Due to growing demand of which of the following product, tropical forest are being damaged the most
A)Meat of Goat
B)Pork
C)Sugar
D)Beef
Answer: Beef
- Q. The most common igneous rock is
A)Limestone
B)Basalt
C)Granite
D)Cobalt
Answer: Granite
- Q. The altitudes of heavenly bodies appear to be greater than they actually are. This is due to ________
A)Atmospheric refraction
B)Vertical motion of these heavenly bodies
C)Motions of the earth
D)These are visible because of light of the sun reflected from their surface
Answer: Atmospheric refraction
- Q. Which one of the following cities never experiences vertical rays of the sun during noon?
A)Mumbai
B)Chennai
C)Mangalore
D)New Delhi
Answer: New Delhi
- Q. Where was India’s rocket launching station set up?
A)Thumba
B)Sriharikota
C)Arvi
D)Port Blair
Answer: Thumba
- Q. Which of the following areas or regions is most prone to earthquakes?
A)Plains of northern India
B)Deccan Plateau
C)Ganga Brahmaputra Valley
D)Western Ghats
Answer: Ganga Brahmaputra Valley
- Q. Which of the following is not a tropical cyclone?
A)Hurricane
B)Typhoon
C)Tornado
D)Willy-willy
Answer: Tornado
- Q. The oldest oil field in India is the ________ field, in ________
A)Nawagam, Gujarat
B)Anleshwar, Gujarat
C)Bombay High, Maharashtra
D)Digboi, Assam
Answer: Digboi, Assam
- Q. By what name is India’s eastern coast known?
A)Eastern Ghat Coast
B)Coromandel Coast
C)Bay of Bengal
D)Kolkata Chennai Coast
Answer: Coromandel Coast
- Q. Which type of lake is formed by volcanic activities?
A)Lagoon
B)Caldera lake
C)Karst lake
D)Freshwater lake
Answer: Caldera lake
- Q. A drainage pattern where a river is joined by its tributaries approximately at right angles is
A)Rectangular
B)Dendritic
C)Trellis
D)Radial
Answer: Trellis
- Q. Which one of the following cities is not located on the bank of river Ganga?
A)Uttarkashi
B)Fatehpur
C)Bhagalpur
D)Kanpur
Answer: Uttarkashi
- Q. Peshawar is nearer to which of the following?
A)Namika La Pass
B)Karakoram Pass
C)Zojila Pass
D)Khybar Pass
Answer: Khybar Pass
- Q. With reference to Ocean currents consider the following statements: 1. West Australian current is a warm current. 2. North East Monsoon Drift flows in the Indian Ocean during winter season. 3. Equatorial counter current does not flow in the Indian Ocean during winter season. 4. Kuroshic current in the Pacific Ocean is like Gulf Stream in the Atlantic Ocean.
A)2 and 3
B)1 and 2
C)1 and 4
D)2 and 4
Answer: 2 and 4
- Q. Which of the following river crosses Tropic of Capricorn twice?
A)Niger River
B)Vaal River
C)Limpopo River
D)Zambezi River
Answer: Limpopo River
- Q. The Periyar Game Sanctuary in Kerala is renowned for
A)Wild elephant
B)Tiger
C)Lion
D)Spotted deer
Answer: Wild elephant
- Q. Which one of the following cities is associated with the river Mekong ?
A)Shanghai
B)Hong Kong
C)Phnom-Penh
D)Yangon
Answer: Phnom-Penh
- Q. Where is world’s deepest trench “Mariana Trench” located?
A)In Arctic Ocean
B)In Indian Ocean
C)In Atlantic Ocean
D)In Pacific Ocean
Answer: In Pacific Ocean
- Q. The Ruhr coal fields area of ________ is a major industrial area of the world.
A)Australia
B)USA
C)Erstwhile USSR
D)Germany
Answer: Germany
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