More Questions on Geography
- Q. 28.38 N. and 77.12 E are the respective latitude and longitude of which one of the following places?
A)Lucknow
B)Jaipur
C)Delhi
D)Allahabad
Answer: Delhi
- Q. India is particularly poor in reserves of
A)Non-ferrous metals
B)Coal
C)Iron ore
D)Limestone
Answer: Non-ferrous metals
- 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. Milan, Turin and Genoa industrial triangle is in
A)Former USSR
B)USA
C)France
D)Italy
Answer: Italy
- Q. The Brahmaputra, Irrawady and Mekong rivers originate in Tibet and flow through narrow and parallel mountain ranges in their upper reaches: Of these rivers, Brahmaputra makes a “U” turn in its course to flow into India. This “U” turn is due to
A)Geo-tectonic disturbance in the tertiary folded mountain chains
B)Uplift of folded Himalayan series
C)Syntaxial bending of geologically young Himalayas
D)Both A and B above
Answer: Both A and B above
- Q. Which of the following state has become India’s first carbon free state?
A)Uttar Pradesh
B)Himachal Pradesh
C)Madhya Pradesh
D)Maharashtra
Answer: Himachal Pradesh
- Q. What is the correct sequence of the following layers of the Earth as one moves from the surface to the interior: 1. Mantle 2. Crust 3. Core Select the correct answer by using the codes given below
A)2, 1, 2003
B)1, 2, 2003
C)1, 3, 2002
D)3, 1, 2002
Answer: 2, 1, 2003
- Q. The Pacific terminal of Trans-Siberian Railway is
A)Leningrad
B)Okhotsk
C)Vladivostok
D)Moscow
Answer: Vladivostok
- Q. “Indira Gandhi Canal”, which is around 450 km long, provides irrigation facility mainly to which of the following states?
A)Madhya Pradesh
B)Rajasthan
C)Haryana
D)Gujarat
Answer: Rajasthan
- Q. Which State of India has the largest reserves of monazite, with a high thorium content?
A)Gujarat
B)Kerala
C)Karnataka
D)Maharashtra
Answer: Kerala
- Q. Colorado in U.S.A is famous for this landform ________
A)Great Valleys
B)Grand Canyon
C)Grand Crators
D)Great Basins
Answer: Grand Canyon
- Q. Why are winters more severe in Southern Hemisphere than in the Northern Hemisphere?
A)Because of more iceberg activity in Southern Hemisphere
B)Earth is tilted towards the Sun in the Northern Hemisphere
C)Northern Hemisphere receives more sunlight
D)Southern Hemisphere is less inhabited
Answer: Because of more iceberg activity in Southern Hemisphere
- Q. The revelations of a satellite photograph of the earth are as follows: 1. the Southern hemisphere bulges slightly more than the Northern hemisphere 2. it is slightly pear shaped ellipsoid of rotation 3. the polar axis of the earth is slightly shorter than the equatorial axis 4. the equatorial circumference is about 40,000km Which of the above statements are correct ?
A)1, 2 and 4
B)1, 2 and 3
C)1, 2, 3 and 4
D)2, 3 and 4
Answer: 2, 3 and 4
- Q. Perspiration is maximum when temperature is ________
A)High and air is dry
B)Low and air is dry
C)Low and air is humid
D)High and air is humid
Answer: High and air is humid
- Q. The youngest rivers in India originate from
A)Himalayas
B)Eastern Ghats
C)Western Ghats
D)Deccan Plateau
Answer: Himalayas
- Q. The Green Revolution was most successful in
A)Haryana
B)Punjab and Tamil Nadu
C)Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh
D)Uttar Pradesh and MaHarasthra
Answer: Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh
- Q. Which of the following types of soils is found throughout India in all climatic zones?
A)Laterite soils
B)Saline and Alkaline soils
C)Red soils
D)Alluvial soils
Answer: Saline and Alkaline soils
- Q. Coir, Copra, Coconut, Cashew are mainly exported from
A)Tuticorin
B)Mumbai
C)Cochin
D)Chennai
Answer: Cochin
- Q. The Farakka Project is mainly aimed towards
A)Preserving the port of Kolkata
B)Irrigating more land in West Bengal
C)Utilizing maximum of Ganga water
D)Production of electricity
Answer: Preserving the port of Kolkata
- Q. The Mediterranean lands are’ often called the World’s ________
A)Orchard lands
B)Grazing lands
C)Forest lands
D)Paddy lands
Answer: Orchard lands
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