More Questions on Geography
- Q. Which one among the following statements relating to an anticyclone is correct?
A)The contribution of an anticyclone towards determining weather of an area is quite significant
B)Anticyclone is a wind system with a high pressure centre
C)In anticyclone the movement of wind is inward
D)The movement of wind is clockwise in an anticyclone of southern hemisphere
Answer: Anticyclone is a wind system with a high pressure centre
- Q. Which of the following sources has the largest share in power generation in India?
A)Hydro power
B)Atomic power
C)Thermal power
D)Wind power
Answer: Thermal power
- Q. The Portuguese possessions Goa, Daman and Diu were liberated in ________.
A)1981
B)1961
C)1971
D)1951
Answer: 1961
- Q. Which one of the following regions has Mediterranean type of climate?
A)North-Eastern Australia
B)Cape Town region of South Africa
C)Great Plains of North America
D)Southern Algeria
Answer: Cape Town region of South Africa
- Q. Peaty soil is found in ________
A)Assam
B)Kerala
C)Kashmir
D)Gujarat
Answer: Kerala
- Q. The first of the fourteen biosphere reserves of India which was established in 1986 is:
A)Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
B)Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve
C)Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve
D)Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve
Answer: Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
- Q. Which is the largest country of the Africa?
A)Algeria
B)South Africa
C)Sudan
D)Egypt
Answer: Algeria
- Q. Rajasthan receives very little rain because
A)The monsoons fail to reach this area
B)It is too hot
C)There is no water available and thus the winds remain dry
D)The winds do not come across any barrier to cause the necessary uplift to cool the winds
Answer: The winds do not come across any barrier to cause the necessary uplift to cool the winds
- Q. Monsoon effect is also experienced in ________
A)South Africa
B)East Africa
C)Nile Basin
D)West Africa
Answer: East Africa
- Q. When can one record the lowest temperature of air?
A)At 3 a.m.
B)Just before sunrise
C)At midnight
D)No fixed time
Answer: Just before sunrise
- Q. The column of atmosphere is divided into five different layers namely:
A)Troposphere, Stratosphere, Lithosphere, Ionosphere, Pyrosphers
B)Troposphere, Lithosphere, Mesosphere, Ionosphere, Exosphere
C)Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Pyrosphers, Exosphere
D)Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Ionosphere, Exosphere
Answer: Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Ionosphere, Exosphere
- Q. Which of the following river originates beyond Himalaya?
A)Ganga
B)Indus
C)Saraswati
D)Yamuna
Answer: Indus
- Q. What type or vegetation is associated with Australia?
A)Canada
B)Pampas
C)Downs
D)All the above
Answer: Downs
- Q. Which of the following belts are associated with seismic activity? 1. Circum-Pacific Belt 2. Circum-Atlantic Belt 3. Mid-Continental Belt 4. Mid-Atlantic Belt
A)1, 2 and 3
B)1, 2 and 4
C)1, 3 and 4
D)2, 3 and 4
Answer: 1, 3 and 4
- Q. Which one of the following is a land-locked country?
A)Tanzania
B)Angola
C)Gabon
D)Zimbabwe
Answer: Zimbabwe
- Q. A source of renewable minimum cost is power which can be developed with
A)Wind mills
B)Geothermal power
C)Tidal power
D)Biomass power
Answer: Biomass power
- 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
- Q. Which of the following characterises the Foehn? I. It is warm II. It is humid III. It is common in the valleys of the northern Alps IV. It blows in winter
A)I, III and IV
B)I, II and IV
C)I, II and III
D)I, II, III and IV
Answer: I, III and IV
- Q. Which of the following are true regarding Jhum cultivation in India? I. It is largely practiced in Assam II. It is referred to as ‘slash and burn’ technique III. In it, the fertility is exhausted in a few years
A)I and II
B)I, II and III
C)II and III
D)I and III
Answer: I, II and III
- Q. The United Kingdom’ consists of England and ________
A)Scotland, Wales and Faeroe Island
B)Northern Ireland, Palma and Iceland
C)Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
D)Scotland, Sardinia and Wales
Answer: Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
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