More Questions on Geography
- Q. Dry farming in India is extensively practised in
A)Coromandal Plains
B)Kanara Plains
C)Deccan Plateau
D)Ganga Plains
Answer: Deccan Plateau
- Q. Beas flows through the State of
A)Punjab and Himachal Pradesh
B)Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan
C)Punjab, Haryana, and Jammu
D)Punjab and Haryana
Answer: Punjab and Himachal Pradesh
- Q. Which state has the highest percentage of forest?
A)Arunachal Pradesh
B)Uttar Pradesh
C)Mizoram
D)Assam
Answer: Mizoram
- Q. The chemically inactive gas present in the atmosphere is ________
A)Water vapour
B)Nitrogen
C)Argon
D)Oxygen
Answer: Argon
- Q. The formation of Extrusive rocks takes place ________
A)By deposition of magma at a great depth
B)By solidification of magma above the earth's surface
C)Due to excessive pressure at great depths
D)At an intermediate depth by transformation
Answer: By solidification of magma above the earth's surface
- Q. The Mountain Peak located where the Tsangpo-Brahmaputra river takes a hairpin bend from West-East trend to North-South trend is
A)Namcha Barwa
B)Saramati
C)Shillong
D)Karbi
Answer: Namcha Barwa
- Q. In which one of the following States, Mangla, Bhagyam and Aishwarya oil fields are located?
A)A.P.
B)Assam
C)Gujarat
D)Rajasthan
Answer: Rajasthan
- Q. The first Alumina plant in India is situated at
A)Sirpur (Andhra Pradesh)
B)Kiriburu (Jharkhand
C)Ratnagiri (Maharashtra)
D)Korba (Madhya Pradesh)
Answer: Korba (Madhya Pradesh)
- Q. Of Indian tea production comes from Assam, West Bengal, Kerala and Tamil Nadu
A)98
B)50
C)75
D)30
Answer: 98
- Q. Which of the following is least likely to be an effect of global warming?
A)Decreased rate of photosynthesis in vegetation
B)Increased frequency of hurricanes
C)Loss of fertile delta region as for agriculture
D)Shrinking of the polar ice regions
Answer: Decreased rate of photosynthesis in vegetation
- Q. Which country ranks top in the mining of gold?
A)China
B)Canada
C)U.S.A.
D)South Africa
Answer: China
- Q. The distance of the nearest star besides the sun from the earth is ________
A)4.3 light years
B)4.9 × 1111 m
C)95 × 1015 m
D)4.2 light years
Answer: 4.2 light years
- Q. What is meant by ‘energy crisis’?
A)Shortage of the thermal power
B)Shortage of hydro-electricity
C)Malnutrition leading to short supply of energy in the human body
D)Impending danger of total exhaustion of fossil fuels like coal and petroleum
Answer: Impending danger of total exhaustion of fossil fuels like coal and petroleum
- Q. The gap between birth rate and death rate per 1000 mid-year population of a given region is known as
A)Birth and death rate of population
B)Population rate
C)Natural growth rate of population
D)Population increamental ratio
Answer: Natural growth rate of population
- Q. Which of the statements given are correct? 1. Korba is west to Rourkela. 2. Rourkela is south to Ranchi.
A)Both 1 and 2
B)1 only
C)2 only
D)Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: Both 1 and 2
- Q. The “Valley of Flowers” is located in which state?
A)Kerala
B)Uttarakhand
C)Jammu and Kashmir
D)Himachal Pradesh
Answer: Uttarakhand
- Q. The winter snow-house or Eskimos is known as
A)Igloo
B)Yurt
C)Tupic
D)Tent
Answer: Igloo
- Q. The coral reefs are most characteristic of
A)Atlantic Ocean
B)Indian Ocean
C)Pacific Ocean
D)Mediterranean Sea
Answer: Pacific Ocean
- Q. Instrument for measuring rainfall is called
A)Hyetometer
B)Lucimeter
C)Galactometer
D)Hygrometer
Answer: Hyetometer
- Q. A heavenly body which takes nearly the same time to complete one rotation and one revolution is
A)Moon
B)An asteroid
C)A comet
D)Mars
Answer: Moon
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