More Questions on Geography

  • Q. The weather office predicts “depression” over a certain area. It means
    A)Heavy weather causing a feeling of depression
    B)Cloudy skies
    C)Atmospheric pressure in that area is lower than that in the surrounding areas
    D)Low atmospheric pressure over a large area
    Answer: Atmospheric pressure in that area is lower than that in the surrounding areas
  • Q. A radio broadcast from Delhi on Monday at 7.30 p.m. is heard at New York on ________
    A)The same day at 7:30 AM
    B)Tuesday at 8.35 PM
    C)The same day at 7.30 PM
    D)The same day at 10:00AM
    Answer: The same day at 10:00AM
  • Q. One degree of the circumference of the earth measures(approx.) ________
    A)151 km
    B)100 km
    C)111 km
    D)175 km
    Answer: 111 km
  • Q. Most of the weather phenomena take place in the
    A)Troposphere
    B)Ionosphere
    C)Stratosphere
    D)Mesosphere
    Answer: Troposphere
  • Q. Which of the following grades of coal has the highest carbon content?
    A)Lignite
    B)Anthracite
    C)Bituminous coal
    D)Peat
    Answer: Anthracite
  • Q. What is the main reason behind the faster population growth in India
    A)Faster Birth Rate and Faster Mortality Rate
    B)Low Birth Rate and Low Mortality Rate
    C)High Birth Rate and Low Mortality Rate
    D)High Birth Rate and High Mortality Rate
    Answer: High Birth Rate and Low Mortality Rate
  • Q. Which country started the cultivation of potatoes in Europe?
    A)Dutch
    B)German
    C)Spanish
    D)Portuguese
    Answer: Spanish
  • Q. There are two types of crusts – the continental and the oceanic. The continental crust is
    A)Almost same all over
    B)Thicker below the plains than below mountains
    C)Thicker below the mountains than below the plains
    D)Thicker under the oceans than under the seas
    Answer: Thicker below the mountains than below the plains
  • Q. Which one of the following gives the two largest Union Territories of India (in terms of geographical area) in the correct descending order?
    A)Delhi, Puducherry
    B)Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Delhi
    C)Chandigarh, Lakshadweep
    D)Delhi, Chandigarh
    Answer: Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Delhi
  • Q. The amount and intensity of monsoon rainfall is determined by the frequency of
    A)Cyclones
    B)Western disturbances
    C)Dust storms
    D)Tropical depressions
    Answer: Tropical depressions
  • Q. Mayurakshi Project is an undertaking of the Government of
    A)Andhra Pradesh
    B)Maharashtra
    C)West Bengal
    D)Uttar Pradesh
    Answer: West Bengal
  • Q. Social forestry is
    A)Growing plants of same species on public land
    B)Growing plants of various species on private land
    C)Management of forests by cooperative council
    D)Growing and managing useful plants on public land
    Answer: Growing and managing useful plants on public land
  • Q. The planets are kept in motion in their respective orbits by ________
    A)Gravitation and centrifugal force
    B)Their great size and spherical shape
    C)The rotation and density
    D)Rotation of the sun on its axis
    Answer: Gravitation and centrifugal force
  • Q. Who of the following discovered the laws of planetary orbits?
    A)Johannes Kepler
    B)Galileo Galilei
    C)Nicholas Copernicus
    D)Isaac Newton
    Answer: Johannes Kepler
  • Q. The deflection of the winds to the right in the northern hemisphere is caused by
    A)Uneven heating of the Earth
    B)Revolution of the Earth
    C)Rotation of the Earth
    D)All the above
    Answer: Rotation of the Earth
  • Q. Which of the following Peninsular Indian river does not meet the Arabian Sea
    A)Narmada
    B)Periyar
    C)Cauvery
    D)Tapti
    Answer: Cauvery
  • Q. A hinterland is
    A)An elevated area
    B)An area behind a seaport that supplies the bulk of the exports
    C)The interior of a valley
    D)An area occupied by backward community
    Answer: An area behind a seaport that supplies the bulk of the exports
  • Q. What percentage of insolation is received by the earth’s surface?
    A)0.66
    B)0.47
    C)0.51
    D)0.87
    Answer: 0.47
  • Q. Geostationary orbit is at a height of ________
    A)3600 km
    B)6 km
    C)1000 km
    D)36,000 km
    Answer: 36,000 km
  • Q. Instrument for measuring rainfall is called
    A)Hyetometer
    B)Lucimeter
    C)Galactometer
    D)Hygrometer
    Answer: Hyetometer

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