More Questions on Geography

  • Q. The scale on which the intensity of an earth quake is measured is named after:
    A)Curie
    B)Newton
    C)Einstein
    D)Mercalli
    Answer: Mercalli
  • Q. Equinox occurs when the Sun is vertically above
    A)Poles
    B)Tropic of Capricorn
    C)Tropic of Cancer
    D)Equator
    Answer: Equator
  • Q. Which of the following is a block mountain?
    A)Rockies
    B)Andes
    C)Alps
    D)Vosges
    Answer: Vosges
  • Q. A large loop like bend in a river is called
    A)Meander
    B)River cliff
    C)Spur
    D)Spit
    Answer: Meander
  • Q. “Golan Heights” belonging to a country A were captured by a country B. The countries A and B are ________
    A)Syria and Israel
    B)Tibet and China
    C)Russia and Japan
    D)Iran and Iraq
    Answer: Syria and Israel
  • Q. The duration of the day and night is always equal at the
    A)Poles
    B)Equator
    C)Greenwhich Line
    D)Tropics
    Answer: Equator
  • Q. The river which joins Ganga from southern side is
    A)Son
    B)Betwa
    C)Chambal
    D)Ken
    Answer: Son
  • Q. Which of the following is not an important condition for growth of coral?
    A)Warm seas
    B)Wave-free salt water
    C)Clean salt water
    D)Plenty of sunlight
    Answer: Wave-free salt water
  • Q. Which of the following statements regarding literacy in India are correct ? 1. A person who can only read but cannot write is not defined literate 2. Children below 7 years of age are not taken into consideration even if they are able to read and write 3. For the purpose of census, a person is deemed literate if he or she can read and write with understanding in any of the 22 languages mentioned in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution 4. The fact that a district has attained hundred percent literacy does not mean that the entire population in the district is literate
    A)1, 2 and 3
    B)1, 3 and 4
    C)2, 3 and 4
    D)1, 2 and 4
    Answer: 2, 3 and 4
  • Q. Which of the following has a potential for harnessing of tidal energy in India?
    A)Backwaters of Kerala
    B)Gulf of Cambay
    C)Gulf of Mannar
    D)Chilka lake
    Answer: Gulf of Cambay
  • Q. Railways are best suited for
    A)Urban commuters
    B)Passenger traffic for distances upto 1000 km
    C)Freight traffic for bulky commodities
    D)Fast passenger movement
    Answer: Freight traffic for bulky commodities
  • Q. Which of the following types of soils have a marked capacity to retain water?
    A)Red soil
    B)Desert soil
    C)Laterite soil
    D)Regur soil
    Answer: Regur soil
  • Q. West Bengal shares boundaries with how many foreign countries?
    A)Three
    B)One
    C)Two
    D)Four
    Answer: Three
  • Q. The Konkan Coast stretches between ________
    A)Goa and Daman
    B)Goa and Cochin
    C)Goa and Mumbai
    D)Goa and Diu
    Answer: Goa and Daman
  • Q. The Khasi and Jaintia Hills are located in ________.
    A)Manipur
    B)Arunachal Pradesh
    C)Meghalaya
    D)Nagaland
    Answer: Meghalaya
  • Q. “Reserved Forests” are forests
    A)Reserved for local use
    B)Reserved for hunting
    C)Reserved for commercial exploitation and prohibited for grazing
    D)Reserved for growing medicinal herbs
    Answer: Reserved for commercial exploitation and prohibited for grazing
  • Q. Which of the following instrument is used to measure humidity?
    A)Sling Psychrometer
    B)Kata Thermometer
    C)Anemometer
    D)Medical thermometer
    Answer: Sling Psychrometer
  • Q. Maoris are the inhabitants of ________
    A)Brazil
    B)Nigeria
    C)Egypt
    D)New Zealand
    Answer: New Zealand
  • Q. Tides in the sea have stored in them ________
    A)Gravitational potential energy
    B)Hydraulic energy
    C)Kinetic energy
    D)A combination of all the above three forms of energy
    Answer: A combination of all the above three forms of energy
  • Q. Japan’s total land is about ________ that of India.
    A)One-ninth
    B)One-sixth
    C)One-fifth
    D)One-tenth
    Answer: One-ninth

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