More Questions on Geography

  • Q. Which of the followings is not correctly matched?
    A)North Korea - Seoul
    B)Indonesia - Jakarta
    C)Maldives - male
    D)Zimbabwe - Harare
    Answer: North Korea - Seoul
  • Q. Shwedagon pagoda is located in
    A)Mandalay
    B)Mahabalipuram
    C)Rangoon
    D)Jakarta
    Answer: Rangoon
  • Q. The mean thickness of oceanic crust is:
    A)5 kilometer
    B)10 kilometer
    C)8 kilometer
    D)4 kilometer
    Answer: 5 kilometer
  • Q. Equator is
    A)The girdle around the Saturn
    B)Line which connects north and south poles
    C)Imaginary line which rotates around the Earth in the centre of north and south poles
    D)Axis of the rotation of the Earth
    Answer: Imaginary line which rotates around the Earth in the centre of north and south poles
  • Q. Asteroids have their orbits between the planets ________
    A)Mars and Jupiter
    B)Mercury and Venus
    C)Earth and Mars
    D)Jupiter and Saturn
    Answer: Mars and Jupiter
  • Q. Panama Canal has locks alone its path in order to
    A)Control the level of water
    B)Regulate traffic
    C)Permit check by customs staff
    D)Collect canal dues
    Answer: Control the level of water
  • Q. Which of the following groups of rivers fall in the Bay of Bengal?
    A)Ganga, Yamuna, Brahmaputra
    B)Ganga, Brahmaputra, Hooghly
    C)Ganga, Yamuna, Godavari
    D)Ganga, Yamuna, Gandak
    Answer: Ganga, Brahmaputra, Hooghly
  • Q. When does solar eclipse take place?
    A)When the Moon is between the Sun and Earth
    B)When the Sun is between the Moon and Earth
    C)When the Earth is between the Moon and Sun
    D)When the Moon does not lie on the line joining the Sun and Earth
    Answer: When the Moon is between the Sun and Earth
  • Q. River Indus originates from
    A)Karakoram range
    B)Hindukush range
    C)Himalayan range
    D)Kailash range
    Answer: Kailash range
  • Q. Which of the following groups of rivers have their source of origin in Tibet?
    A)Brahmaputra, Ganga & Sutlej
    B)Brahmaputra, Indus & Sutlej
    C)Ganga, Sutlej & Yamuna
    D)Chenab, Ravi & Sutlej
    Answer: Brahmaputra, Indus & Sutlej
  • Q. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the given towns of Pakistan while moving from the North towards the South ?
    A)Peshawar - Islamabad - Gujranwala - Multan
    B)Islamabad - Gujranwala - Peshawar - Multan
    C)Peshawar - Gujranwala - Multan - Islamabad
    D)Islamabad - Multan - Peshawar - Gujranwala
    Answer: Peshawar - Islamabad - Gujranwala - Multan
  • Q. The latitude which passes through Sikkim also passes through
    A)Uttarakhand
    B)Haryana
    C)Rajasthan
    D)Himachal Pradesh
    Answer: Rajasthan
  • 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 altitudes of heavenly bodies appear to be greater than they actually are. This is due to ________
    A)Atmospheric refraction
    B)Vertical motion of these heavenly bodies
    C)Motions of the earth
    D)These are visible because of light of the sun reflected from their surface
    Answer: Atmospheric refraction
  • Q. Between which one of the following pairs of islands is Duncan Passage located?
    A)Car Nicobar Island and Little Nicobar Island
    B)South Andaman and Little Andaman
    C)Little Andaman and Car Nicobar Island
    D)Little Nicobar Island and Great Nicobar Island
    Answer: Little Andaman and Car Nicobar Island
  • Q. Which one of the following is not a landform which results due to rejuvenation of a river?
    A)Oxbow lake
    B)Incised meander
    C)Knick point
    D)Rive terrace
    Answer: Oxbow lake
  • Q. The temperature decreases towards poles, because ________
    A)The movement of cold wind is towards poles
    B)At poles the snow does not melt
    C)The cold regions do not absorb sun rays
    D)The sun rays falling per unit area are less at poles
    Answer: The sun rays falling per unit area are less at poles
  • Q. The Great Barrier Reef is ________
    A)Salt hills of Afghanistan
    B)Conglomeration of corals in Australian waters
    C)Mountains range in Utah, U.S.A.
    D)Sub-Oceanic mountain in South China Sea
    Answer: Conglomeration of corals in Australian waters
  • Q. Name the Continents that form a mirror image of each other
    A)Africa and South America
    B)North America and South America
    C)Asia and Africa
    D)Europe and Asia
    Answer: Africa and South America
  • Q. The world’s largest lake is ________
    A)Caspian Sea
    B)Lake Victoria
    C)Lake Superior
    D)Black Sea
    Answer: Caspian Sea

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