More Questions on Geography
- Q. The Patkai hills belong to which mountain ranges?
A)Himgiri
B)Himachal
C)Purvanchal
D)Hindu Kush
Answer: Purvanchal
- Q. Tibet, the highest plateau in the world, is a
A)Continental plateau
B)Piedmont plateau
C)Intermontane plateau
D)Volcanic plateau
Answer: Intermontane plateau
- Q. The lake Ontario and St. Lawrence of USA and Canada lie to the south-east of
A)Atlantic Ocean
B)Hudson Bay
C)Labrador Sea
D)New Found land
Answer: Hudson Bay
- Q. What is the percentage of Indian population engaged in agriculture?
A)70
B)60
C)50
D)80
Answer: 60
- Q. Which of the following states has the largest number of salt lakes in India?
A)Gujarat
B)West Bengal
C)Rajasthan
D)Maharashtra
Answer: Rajasthan
- Q. Compared to other slopes in the northern hemisphere which is the warmest?
A)North facing
B)East facing
C)South facing
D)West facing
Answer: South facing
- Q. World Water Day is observed on:
A)18 April
B)22 December
C)22 March
D)10 May
Answer: 22 March
- Q. The gentle ‘seaward sloping’ surface from the coasts is called
A)Continental rise
B)Continental shelf
C)Abyssal plains
D)Submarine ridges
Answer: Continental shelf
- Q. The diesel locomotive works engaged in producing diesel locos is located in:
A)Durgapur
B)Varanasi
C)Vizag
D)Tuticorin
Answer: Varanasi
- Q. Maximum amount of herring fish is obtained from ________
A)The Sea of Japan
B)The North Sea around the Netherlands
C)The coastal areas from Alaska to California
D)The Gulf of Mexico
Answer: The North Sea around the Netherlands
- Q. Which or the following is known as the lifelines of a country?
A)Energy resources
B)Natural growth rate of population
C)Food supplies
D)Modem means of transport and communication
Answer: Modem means of transport and communication
- Q. The Proposed Sea way “Sethusamudram” is the canal passes through which sea-lanes?
A)Gulf of Kutch
B)Gulf of Mannar
C)Malacca Strait
D)Andaman and Nicobar islands
Answer: Gulf of Mannar
- Q. What is the term used for the day on 23 September when day and night are equal throughout the world?
A)Winter Solstice
B)Autumnal Equinox
C)Astronomical Equinox
D)Spring Equinox
Answer: Autumnal Equinox
- Q. Which is the largest reservoir of sweet water?
A)Lakes
B)Underground Water
C)Pond
D)Glacier
Answer: Glacier
- Q. Which one of the following layers of the atmosphere is responsible for the deflection of radio waves?
A)Mesosphere
B)Troposphere
C)Stratosphere
D)Ionosphere
Answer: Ionosphere
- Q. The Himalayan region is poor in mineral resources because ________
A)The climatic conditions are not suitable for exploitation of minerals
B)It is made of crystalline rocks
C)The displacement of rock strata has disturbed the arrangement of rock and made it complex
D)The terrain makes exploitation of minerals difficult and very costly due to transport difficulties
Answer: The displacement of rock strata has disturbed the arrangement of rock and made it complex
- Q. Which of the following rivers flowing through Pakistan has its source of origin in that country itself?
A)Chenab
B)Ravi
C)Jhelum
D)None of these
Answer: None of these
- Q. The dispute over Siachen Glacier is between
A)India and Pakistan
B)India and China
C)India and Afghanistan
D)India and Nepal
Answer: India and Pakistan
- Q. Why is crop rotation necessary?
A)To reduce the quantity of proteins
B)To increase the fertility of soil
C)To increase the quantity of minerals
D)To plough various types of crops
Answer: To increase the fertility of soil
- Q. The oldest oil refinery in India is at
A)Koyali, near Baroda
B)Digboi, Assam
C)Haldia, near Kolkata
D)Noonmati, Assam
Answer: Digboi, Assam
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