More Questions on Geography
- Q. The shallow waters of continental shelves are rich fishing grounds. An example of such area is
A)Mediterranean Sea
B)North Sea
C)Baltic Sea
D)Red Sea
Answer: North Sea
- Q. Which one of the following countries has the highest agricultural production in Europe?
A)Denmark
B)France
C)Switzerland
D)Germany
Answer: France
- Q. Formation of magma along the bedding plane results in ________
A)Basalt
B)Sill
C)Dykes
D)Laccolith
Answer: Sill
- Q. Which of the following best describes longitude?
A)The angular distance east or west of the Greenwich meridian
B)An imaginary line joining north and south poles
C)The distance between a place east or west of the Greenwich Meridian
D)The position of a place on earth's surface with reference to the Prime Meridian
Answer: The angular distance east or west of the Greenwich meridian
- Q. The process which leads to the formation of clouds is known as
A)Cloud-transpiration
B)Evaporation
C)Condensation
D)Precipitation
Answer: Condensation
- Q. ________ canal is gateway to the Pacific.
A)Kiel
B)Suez
C)Panama
D)Grand Union
Answer: Panama
- Q. Scanty rainfall of less than 50 cm per annum is received by ________
A)The areas of high latitudes
B)The coastal areas in the warm temperate zone
C)The eastern parts of the temperate lands
D)The areas of equatorial regions
Answer: The areas of high latitudes
- Q. Which of the following is called ‘Herring Pond’?
A)Dead Sea
B)Atlantic Ocean
C)Black Sea
D)Pacific Ocean
Answer: Atlantic Ocean
- Q. The Indian city famous for glass bangle industry is
A)Firozabad
B)Lucknow
C)Sikandrabad
D)Agra
Answer: Firozabad
- Q. Which of the following is the smallest in terms of area?
A)Nauru
B)Vatican City
C)Monaco
D)San Marino
Answer: Vatican City
- Q. The portion of incident radiation (energy) without heating that surface reflected back from a surface of a body is called:
A)Albedo
B)Streto
C)Ironodo
D)Thermedo
Answer: Albedo
- Q. The temperature at which dew is formed is known as
A)Precipitation point
B)Evaporation point
C)Dew point
D)Critical point
Answer: Dew point
- Q. The meeting or warm and cold currents in the ocean gives rise to
A)Fog
B)Frost
C)Rain
D)Cloud-burst
Answer: Fog
- Q. Which is the first national park of India?
A)Dachigam National Park
B)Jim Corbett National Park
C)Similipal National Park
D)Hazaribagh National Park
Answer: Jim Corbett National Park
- Q. Which one of the following is found on the western coast of continents between 30° and 40° latitudes?
A)Mediterranean Climate Region
B)Tropical Grassland Region
C)Hot Desert Climate Region
D)Temperate Climate Region
Answer: Mediterranean Climate Region
- Q. Sandstone, conglomerate, limestone, shalepotash, loess, geyserites, chalk, coal, chert, halite are the examples of:
A)Sedimentary Rocks
B)Igneous rock
C)Metamorphic
D)None of Above
Answer: Sedimentary Rocks
- Q. Which among the following pairs of places have most marked difference in total rainfall per annum even though located approximately along the same latitude?
A)Ajmer and Shillong
B)Bengaluru and Chennai
C)Mumbai and Visakhapatnam
D)Nagpur and Kolkata
Answer: Ajmer and Shillong
- Q. Which of the following statements about forests is not correct?
A)Forests in equatorial regions of India are less dense than the monsoon forests
B)Coniferous forests of high latitudes yield soft wood
C)Between 2000 m and 3000 m elevation on the Himalayas grow deodar, chinar and walnut
D)Large-scale exploitation of forests has caused soil erosion and repeated floods
Answer: Forests in equatorial regions of India are less dense than the monsoon forests
- Q. Which of the following rivers joins Ganga at Allahabad ?
A)Kosi
B)Gandak
C)Ghaghra
D)Yamuna
Answer: Yamuna
- Q. Dykes are especially constructed in ________
A)France
B)Norway
C)Holland
D)United Kingdom
Answer: Norway
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