More Questions on Geography

  • Q. The age of a tree can be estimated by
    A)The number and size of its branches
    B)Its height
    C)The girth of its trunk
    D)The number of concentric rings on a cross-section of its trunk
    Answer: The number of concentric rings on a cross-section of its trunk
  • Q. Which one of the following minerals occurs abundantly in the Earth’s crust?
    A)Manganese
    B)Bauxite
    C)Silica
    D)Iron
    Answer: Silica
  • Q. Venice in Italy and Vienna in Austria are famous for ________
    A)Chemical industry
    B)Pottery
    C)Glass industry
    D)Textile industry
    Answer: Glass industry
  • Q. Most of the floods in the lowlands of north India, the Bihar plateau and Orissa are associated with ________
    A)South-West Monsoon
    B)Easterly depression
    C)Orographic rainfall
    D)Thunderstorm
    Answer: Orographic rainfall
  • Q. The Lakshadweep are an example of
    A)Coral Islands
    B)Islands resulting from submarine earthquakes
    C)Volcanic Islands
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Coral Islands
  • Q. Heat gain through insolation and heat loss through terrestrial radiation are equal approximately at which latitude?
    A)90° North and South
    B)22° W North and South
    C)40° North and South
    D)66° W North and South
    Answer: 40° North and South
  • Q. Agents of fog formation do not include ________
    A)Winter season
    B)High relative humidity
    C)Diurnal temperatures of short ranges
    D)Rapid radiation
    Answer: Diurnal temperatures of short ranges
  • Q. Which country produces the maximum amount of timber?
    A)Nigeria
    B)United States of America
    C)Brazil
    D)Sweden
    Answer: United States of America
  • Q. Which one of the following is the cloud that is dark-grey or black, found at very low height and brings the real rain?
    A)Cirrostratus
    B)Altocumulus
    C)Cirrus
    D)Nimbostratus
    Answer: Nimbostratus
  • Q. The world’s major fishing grounds are located along the eastern shores of continents between 40º N and 50º N latitudes where cool and warm currents converge. An example or such area is
    A)The coastal region of Norway
    B)The Grand Banks off Newfoundland
    C)The Dogger Bank in the North Sea
    D)Fisheries off the coast of Peru
    Answer: The Grand Banks off Newfoundland
  • Q. Why does a farmer plough his fields in summer?
    A)To prevent the surface from becoming hard
    B)To prevent alkalinity of soil
    C)To prevent acidity of soil
    D)To fertilize the soil
    Answer: To prevent the surface from becoming hard
  • Q. What do you understand by the term ‘Doab’ ?
    A)Land between two separate river systems
    B)Where the delta of river begins
    C)Where two or more rivers meet
    D)Land between two tributaries of a river
    Answer: Land between two tributaries of a river
  • Q. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched? 1. Narmada ________ Jabalpur 2. Godavari ________ Nasik 3. Mahanadi ________ Cuttack Select the correct answer using the codes given below ________
    A)1 and 2
    B)2 and 3
    C)1 and 3
    D)1, 2 and 3
    Answer: 1, 2 and 3
  • Q. Suez Canal route handles more traffic than the Panama Canal route mainly because
    A)Suez Canal is older
    B)Suez Canal has no locks
    C)Suez Canal links developing nations of Asia with the developed nations of Europe and North America
    D)Panama Canal has limited capacity
    Answer: Suez Canal links developing nations of Asia with the developed nations of Europe and North America
  • Q. Which river crosses the Equator twice?
    A)Nile
    B)Amazon
    C)Congo
    D)Orinoco
    Answer: Congo
  • Q. Where are most or the Earth’s active volcanoes concentrated at present?
    A)Pacific Ocean
    B)South America
    C)Africa
    D)Europe
    Answer: Pacific Ocean
  • Q. The Srnith-tuttle comet will crash with Earth in ________
    A)2126 AD
    B)2106 AD
    C)2116 AD
    D)2136 AD
    Answer: 2126 AD
  • Q. Which of the following organisations prepares topographical maps of India?
    A)Geological Survey of India
    B)Geographical Survey of India
    C)Survey of India
    D)Archaeological Survey of India
    Answer: Geographical Survey of India
  • Q. The climate of a place is decided by ________
    A)Latitude
    B)Proximity to the sea
    C)Altitude
    D)All the above
    Answer: All the above
  • Q. Which one of the following towns is not situated along the Grand Trunk Road?
    A)Agra
    B)Allahabad
    C)Lucknow
    D)Kanpur
    Answer: Lucknow

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