More Questions on Geography
- Q. The largest mangrove forest in the world is located in:
A)Tamil Nadu
B)Kerala
C)West Bengal
D)Madhya Pradesh
Answer: West Bengal
- Q. The last three digits of a PIN code represent ________
A)Sorting district
B)Zone
C)Sub-zone
D)Mailing route
Answer: Sorting district
- Q. Central and western part of California experience climate ________
A)Taiga
B)Monsoon
C)Mediterranean
D)Sudan
Answer: Mediterranean
- Q. Which of the following statements is correct?
A)Pampas are the temperate grasslands of South Australia
B)Steppes are the temperate grasslands of South America
C)Prairies are the temperate grasslands of North America
D)Forests-with trees which do not shed their leaves seasonally are called deciduous forests
Answer: Prairies are the temperate grasslands of North America
- Q. Choose the incorrect statement
A)The Sun's rays are vertical at all places on the days of the equinoxes
B)All meridians are of the same length
C)The axis of the earth is inclined at an angle of to the horizontal
D)The summer solstice for the Southern Hemisphere is in December
Answer: The Sun's rays are vertical at all places on the days of the equinoxes
- Q. Peaty soil is found in ________
A)Assam
B)Kerala
C)Kashmir
D)Gujarat
Answer: Kerala
- Q. Batholiths and Laccoliths are formations of ________
A)Metamorphic rocks
B)Sedimentary rocks
C)Igneous rocks
D)Polymetamorphosed rocks
Answer: Igneous rocks
- Q. The crust and the upper-most part of the mantle up to a depth of 200 km from the surface of the earth is called:
A)Cyrosphere
B)Pyrosphere
C)Osophere
D)Lithosphere
Answer: Lithosphere
- Q. Which one among the following forces is most powerful in determining movement of wind including its velocity ?
A)Frictional force
B)Gravitational force
C)Centrifugal force
D)Pressure gradient force
Answer: Pressure gradient force
- Q. In India the State with the largest area under very dense forests is
A)Maharashtra
B)Arunachal Pradesh
C)Madhya Pradesh
D)Orissa
Answer: Arunachal Pradesh
- Q. In which of the following states are the Aravalli mountains located
A)Himachal Pradesh
B)Jammu and Kashmir
C)Rajasthan
D)Madhya Pradesh
Answer: Rajasthan
- Q. Which of the following does not characterless ‘selva’?
A)Climbers hang from the roof formed by the foliage
B)Evergreen forest
C)They have suffered the greatest destruction at the hands of man
D)Commercial utilisation of these forests is difficult
Answer: They have suffered the greatest destruction at the hands of man
- Q. In which one of the following cities can one never have the sunshine directly overhead at noon?
A)Visakhapatnam
B)Bengaluru
C)Mumbai
D)Delhi
Answer: Delhi
- Q. Ladang refers to
A)Subsistence type of agriculture
B)Shifting cultivation
C)Plantation agriculture
D)Dry farming
Answer: Shifting cultivation
- Q. The tropical rain forests are dense and varied because of ________
A)An abundance of moisture and warm temperature throughout the year
B)Their remote and inaccessible locations
C)Very little interference from man
D)Poor economic development
Answer: An abundance of moisture and warm temperature throughout the year
- Q. Limestone changes into ________ due to metamorphism.
A)Gneiss
B)Marble
C)Quartzite
D)Schists
Answer: Marble
- Q. The oldest river valley project in India is
A)Chambal
B)Hirakund
C)Damodar
D)Kosi
Answer: Damodar
- Q. Which country falls in all three natural regions : Hot desert, Mediterranean and Cool temperate type of climate?
A)Lebanon
B)Chile
C)Israel
D)None of these
Answer: Chile
- Q. Environment includes
A)Oxygen and Nitrogen
B)Abiotic component
C)Biotic component
D)Abiotic and Biotic component
Answer: Abiotic and Biotic component
- Q. Which State of India has the largest reserves of monazite, with a high thorium content?
A)Gujarat
B)Kerala
C)Karnataka
D)Maharashtra
Answer: Kerala
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