More Questions on Geography

  • Q. With reference to Ocean currents consider the following statements: 1. West Australian current is a warm current. 2. North East Monsoon Drift flows in the Indian Ocean during winter season. 3. Equatorial counter current does not flow in the Indian Ocean during winter season. 4. Kuroshic current in the Pacific Ocean is like Gulf Stream in the Atlantic Ocean.
    A)2 and 3
    B)1 and 2
    C)1 and 4
    D)2 and 4
    Answer: 2 and 4
  • Q. The mountain building in Himalayas began
    A)Both A and B
    B)About 45 million years ago
    C)When the continental plates of India and Eurasia converged on each other
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Both A and B
  • Q. Which of the following countries leads in the production of aluminium and its products in the world?
    A)India
    B)Australia
    C)France
    D)USA
    Answer: USA
  • Q. The biggest producer of Uranium in the world is ________
    A)U.S.A.
    B)France
    C)India
    D)Zaire
    Answer: U.S.A.
  • Q. Pochampat irrigation project lies on:
    A)Krishna
    B)Narmada
    C)Godavari
    D)Kaveri
    Answer: Godavari
  • Q. Imaginary lines connecting places in oceans having equal salinity are called
    A)Isohalines
    B)Isotherms
    C)Isobars
    D)Isohyets
    Answer: Isohalines
  • Q. The core of the Earth is made up of ________
    A)Both iron and silica in the liquid form
    B)Mainly of iron in the liquid form
    C)Mainly of nickel in the liquid form
    D)Both iron and magnesium in the plastic state
    Answer: Both iron and magnesium in the plastic state
  • Q. Red Indians called this local wind Ice Eater?
    A)Foehn
    B)Mistral
    C)Chinook
    D)Haramattan
    Answer: Chinook
  • Q. The only South American nation through which both the Equator and the Tropic of Capricorn pass through?
    A)Peru
    B)Brazil
    C)Ecuador
    D)Guyana
    Answer: Brazil
  • Q. On which or the following African riven is the Kariba Dam one of the world’s largest hydel power systems located?
    A)The Congo
    B)The Nile
    C)The Niger
    D)The Zambezi
    Answer: The Zambezi
  • Q. In which of the following ways can soil be conserved? I. Contour ploughing II. Terracing III. Shifting cultivation IV. Crop rotation
    A)II and IV
    B)I, II and IV
    C)II, III and IV
    D)I and III
    Answer: I, II and IV
  • Q. About 50% of the world population is concentrated between the latitudes of ________
    A)40°N and 60°N
    B)5°N and 20°N
    C)20°N and 40°N
    D)20°S and 40°S
    Answer: 20°N and 40°N
  • 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. Fold mountains are formed due to forces born out of
    A)Expansion
    B)Tension
    C)Compression
    D)Volcanoes
    Answer: Compression
  • Q. Strait of Florida runs in between ________
    A)Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico
    B)Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea
    C)Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea
    D)Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean
    Answer: Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico
  • Q. The fog that commonly occurs along the sea-coasts is of the ________ type.
    A)Frontal
    B)Radiation
    C)Advection
    D)Convection
    Answer: Advection
  • Q. The river which rises in the Kamarpet hill in Chhotanagpur Plateau of Bihar and called “The River of Sorrow” is
    A)Krishna
    B)Mahanadi
    C)Damodar
    D)Godavari
    Answer: Damodar
  • Q. Of the following, which capital city is not situated on the banks of the river Danube?
    A)Budapest
    B)Vienna
    C)Rome
    D)Belgrade
    Answer: Rome
  • Q. By which name does the Brahmaputra enter into India?
    A)Dihang
    B)Manas
    C)Dhansiri
    D)Tsangpo
    Answer: Dihang
  • Q. ________ is the wearing away of the landscape by different agents like water, wind and ice.
    A)Erosion
    B)Weathering
    C)Attrition
    D)Abrasion
    Answer: Erosion

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