More Questions on Geography
- Q. International date line is a/an
A)Zigzag line
B)Straight line
C)Curved line
D)Elliptical line
Answer: Zigzag line
- Q. Which of the following ocean current is not found in Atlantic ocean?
A)Peru Current
B)Gulf Stream
C)Brazilian Stream
D)Canary Current
Answer: Peru Current
- Q. Amritsar and Shimla have the same latitude yet Shimla is cooler than Amritsar because it ________
A)Is at a higher elevation
B)Lies north of Amritsar
C)Comes under the influence of cold winds
D)Receives a lot of snow
Answer: Is at a higher elevation
- Q. The inequality between day and night becomes greater or more marked as one travels from ________ to ________.
A)Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn
B)Poles, Equator
C)Equator, Poles
D)Tropic of Capricorn, Tropic of Cancer
Answer: Equator, Poles
- Q. Durand line is the border common to which two countries?
A)India and Tibet
B)India and China
C)China and Afghanistan
D)Pakistan and Afghanistan
Answer: Pakistan and Afghanistan
- Q. What is the International Date Line?
A)Region within 5º of the Equator
B)An imaginary line connecting places of the same altitude
C)It is 180º Meridian from Greenwich
D)None of these
Answer: It is 180º Meridian from Greenwich
- Q. Which city is located on the banks of the river Mula-Mutha?
A)Nagpur
B)Surat
C)Ahmedabad
D)Pune
Answer: Pune
- Q. The Rajasthan Canal (now called the Indira Gandhi Canal) draws its water from the
A)Sutlej
B)Yamuna
C)Chambal
D)Sutlej and Beas
Answer: Sutlej and Beas
- Q. Which of the following is a non-metallic mineral?
A)Gypsum
B)Bauxite
C)Magnesium
D)Manganese
Answer: Gypsum
- Q. The cold and dense air blowing down the mountain slope during the night is known as ________
A)Katabatic wind
B)Anabatic wind
C)Khamsin
D)Harmattan
Answer: Katabatic wind
- Q. In which one of the following Islands of India is an active volcano found?
A)Barren Island
B)Car Nicobar Island
C)Nancowry lsland
D)Maya Bunder Island
Answer: Barren Island
- Q. The highest dam from the following in India is
A)Hirakud
B)Maithan
C)Bhakra
D)Machkund
Answer: Bhakra
- Q. The latitudes that pass through Sikkim also pass through
A)Himachal Pradesh
B)Rajasthan
C)Punjab
D)Jammu & Kashmir
Answer: Rajasthan
- Q. The sun reaches its maximum angular distance from the equator at the ________
A)Equinox
B)Zenith
C)Solstice
D)Noontime
Answer: Solstice
- Q. Which of the following rivers lies in a rift valley?
A)Son
B)Luni
C)Chambal
D)Tapi
Answer: Tapi
- Q. The Earth is an oblate spheroid and not a perfect sphere. This is because 1. the Earth has a rotational motion and the rotational speed increases as one goes from the Poles towards the Equator. 2. the Equator experiences greater gravitational pull from the Sun. 3. the intensity of sunlight received at the Equator is greater than that at the Poles.
A)3 only
B)1 only
C)1 and 2
D)1, 2 and 3
Answer: 1 and 2
- Q. Where is ‘Ninety East Ridge’situated?
A)Atlantic Ocean
B)Pacific Ocean
C)Indian Ocean
D)Arctic Ocean
Answer: Indian Ocean
- Q. The flower bud which is used as spice, is obtained from?
A)Clove
B)Cinnamon
C)Cardamom
D)Coriander
Answer: Clove
- Q. Where is pearl fishing well developed in India?
A)Off the coast at Rameshwaram
B)Off the Bengal coast
C)Off Kerala coast
D)Nowhere
Answer: Off the coast at Rameshwaram
- Q. Soil can best be conserved on the hills by which of the cultivating methods?
A)Contour ploughing
B)Strip cropping
C)Crop rotation
D)Terracing
Answer: Contour ploughing
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