More Questions on Geography
- Q. The Birth rate measures the birth during an year per
A)10000 populace
B)100 populace
C)1000 populace
D)100000 populace
Answer: 1000 populace
- Q. The Nilgiris are part of the
A)Vindhyachal
B)Eastern Ghats
C)Western Ghats
D)Tamil Nadu Hills
Answer: Western Ghats
- Q. Which central government agency is responsible for the mapping and exploration of minerals?
A)National Mineral Development Corporation Ltd
B)The Geological Survey of India
C)Surveyor General of India
D)Indian Bureau of Mines
Answer: The Geological Survey of India
- Q. Which of the following is the deepest landlocked protected port?
A)Haldia
B)Kandla
C)Vishakhapatnam
D)Tuticorin
Answer: Vishakhapatnam
- Q. In which river is “Grand canyon”?
A)Columbia
B)Mississippi
C)Colorado
D)Ohara
Answer: Colorado
- Q. Loktak Lake, a big lake of North East India, is located in
A)Manipur
B)Assam
C)Arunachal Pradesh
D)Tripura
Answer: Manipur
- Q. The originating point of river Godavari is
A)Mumbai
B)Nasik
C)Pune
D)Sholapur
Answer: Nasik
- Q. The Cape Route has recently assumed some importance in the shipping world because ________
A)Large oil tankers cannot be accommodated in the narrow and comparatively shallow Suez Canal
B)The trade through this route has greatly increased with the development of South African States
C)The canal tolls on the Suez Canal are heavy
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- Q. Punjab has a large number of inundation canals drawing water from
A)Beas river
B)Jhelum river
C)Chenab river
D)Sutlej river
Answer: Sutlej river
- Q. A weathering process in which layers of rocks peel off as expansion alternates with contraction, is known as ________
A)Granular disintegration
B)Shattering
C)Block separation
D)Exfoliation
Answer: Exfoliation
- Q. The crust and the upper-most part of the mantle up to a depth of 200 km from the surface of the earth is called:
A)Cyrosphere
B)Pyrosphere
C)Osophere
D)Lithosphere
Answer: Lithosphere
- Q. The longest river of Europe is
A)Danube
B)Rhine
C)Rhone
D)Volga
Answer: Volga
- Q. Mid-latitude forests have: I. deciduous forests II. coniferous forests III. evergreen forests
A)I and II
B)I and II
C)II and III
D)Only II
Answer: I and II
- Q. The Jog Falls are situated on the
A)Cauvery river
B)Tapi river
C)Saravathi river
D)Bhima river
Answer: Saravathi river
- Q. Which country assisted India in the launching of her first satellite ‘Aryabhatta’?
A)Former USSR
B)USA
C)United Kingdom
D)Germany
Answer: Former USSR
- Q. Which of the following countries has the greatest length of inland waterways?
A)Germany
B)The United States
C)The Former USSR
D)France
Answer: The Former USSR
- Q. The gigantic tidal waves produced by earthquakes are called
A)Currents
B)Breakers
C)Tsunamis
D)Drift
Answer: Tsunamis
- Q. The oldest oil field in India is the ________ field, in ________
A)Nawagam, Gujarat
B)Anleshwar, Gujarat
C)Bombay High, Maharashtra
D)Digboi, Assam
Answer: Digboi, Assam
- Q. The mapping of which of the following is most difficult ?
A)Interior of the Earth
B)Mountains
C)Plateaus and Plains
D)Oceans and their depth
Answer: Interior of the Earth
- Q. If news is broadcast from London at 10:30 AM, at what time it will be heard at Baghdad (45°E)?
A)1:30 PM
B)7:30 AM
C)9:00 AM
D)12:00 Noon
Answer: 1:30 PM
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