More Questions on Geography
- Q. What is a cloudburst?
A)It is caused by rapid condensation of very high clouds
B)It refers to sudden and copious rainfall over a small area which often lasts for only a few minutes
C)It refers to 50mm rain over a period of time
D)It refers to a thunderstorm with little rain
Answer: It refers to sudden and copious rainfall over a small area which often lasts for only a few minutes
- Q. Which of the following river does not relate with Punjab?
A)Beas
B)Sutlej
C)Ravi
D)Tapti
Answer: Tapti
- Q. Which of the following States is least developed in rail routes?
A)Manipur
B)Chhattisgarh
C)Jharkhand
D)Uttaranchal
Answer: Manipur
- Q. The zone of Earth’s atmosphere immediately above its surface up to a height of about 16kms above equator and 8kms over the poles is known as
A)Troposphere
B)Mesosphere
C)Thermosphere
D)Stratosphere
Answer: Troposphere
- Q. Natural Vegetation’ refers to ________
A)A protected area created by using contour bunding
B)A plant community that has been left undisturbed over a long time
C)Plant species which live and grow together
D)All of the above
Answer: A plant community that has been left undisturbed over a long time
- Q. Nights are cooler in the deserts than in the plains because ________
A)Sand absorbs heat more quickly than the earth
B)Sand radiates heat more quickly than the earth
C)The sky remains clear most of the time
D)None of the above reasons
Answer: Sand radiates heat more quickly than the earth
- Q. The Vindhyas belong to which class of mountains?
A)Volcanic mountains
B)Block mountains
C)Fold mountains
D)Residual mountains
Answer: Block mountains
- Q. In 1610, Galileo Galilei discovered four moons of which planet?
A)Neptune
B)Saturn
C)Jupiter
D)None of these
Answer: Jupiter
- Q. Fog is an Example of
A)Gas in dispersed solid
B)Gas in dispersed gas
C)Gas in dispersed liquid
D)Liquid in dispersed solid
Answer: Gas in dispersed liquid
- Q. Consider the following statements: 1. The variation in an average annual range of temperature at 15° latitude of Southern Hemisphere is much less than that at 15° latitude of Northern Hemisphere. 2. At latitudes poleward of 35° the incoming radiation exceeds the outgoing radiation in. Northern Hemisphere, whereas in Southern Hemisphere the outgoing radiation exceeds the incoming radiation. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A)Both 1 and 2
B)1 only
C)2 only
D)Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: 1 only
- Q. Due to gravity, acceleration at the Equator is
A)Equal to acceleration on poles
B)Less than acceleration on poles
C)More than acceleration on poles
D)Not dependant on the centrifugal acceleration of Earth
Answer: Less than acceleration on poles
- Q. The leading producer of tea which accounts for about 28% of total production in the world is:
A)Srilanka
B)Kenya
C)India
D)Turkey
Answer: India
- Q. Panama Canal connects ________ and ________.
A)Panama and Colon
B)San Jose and Colon
C)Panama and San Jose
D)Cartagena and Colon
Answer: Panama and Colon
- Q. Which of the following is not a tributary of the Krishna?
A)Ghataprabha
B)Tungabhadra
C)Malaprabha
D)Amravati
Answer: Amravati
- Q. The Indian river of the Indus Basin are
A)Betwa, Sone and Kosi
B)Sutlej, Beas and Ravi
C)Ganga, Beas and Sutlej
D)Gomati, Kosi, Gandak
Answer: Sutlej, Beas and Ravi
- Q. Who proposed Continental drift theory?
A)Alfred Hanks
B)Alfred Wegener
C)Alfred Worwick
D)Alfred Mane
Answer: Alfred Wegener
- Q. “Limnology” refers to the study of
A)Lakes and ponds
B)Limestone
C)Lignite of brown coal
D)Laterites
Answer: Lakes and ponds
- Q. Lunar eclipse is caused when the ________
A)Sun comes between the earth and moon
B)Moon comes between the sun and the earth
C)Earth comes between the sun and the moon
D)None of these
Answer: Earth comes between the sun and the moon
- Q. Consider the following statements: 1. Either of the two belts over the oceans at about 30° to 35° N and S Latitudes is known as Horse Latitude. 2. Horse latitudes are low pressure belts. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A)Both 1 and 2
B)1 only
C)2 only
D)Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: 1 only
- Q. Which one of the following climates is found in coastal areas of Californian North America, Central Chile in South America and South-West tip of West Australia?
A)Humid Continental
B)Tropical savanna
C)Mediterranean
D)Low-latitude steppe
Answer: Mediterranean
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