More Questions on Geography
- Q. Which of the following is called the “Gateway to the Pacific” ?
A)Bering Sea
B)Suez Canal
C)Panama Canal
D)Gulf of Alaska
Answer: Panama Canal
- Q. Which one of the following sequences of the oil refineries of India as they occur from south to north is correct?
A)Kochi - Mumbai - Mangalore - Koyali
B)Kochi - Mangalore - Mumbai - Koyali
C)Koyali - Mumbai - Mangalore - Kochi
D)Mangalore - Kochi - Mumbai - Koyali
Answer: Kochi - Mangalore - Mumbai - Koyali
- 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. Which of the following is/are wrong? 1. Bhadravati steel plant – not located near coal deposits 2. First modern steel plant in India – Burnpur 3. Bokaro and Bhilai steel plants – German collaboration 4. Durgapur steel plant – British help
A)1, 2 and 3
B)1 and 2
C)2, 3 and 4
D)2 and 3
Answer: 2 and 3
- Q. The tropical cyclones – Hurricanes and Typhoons – develop and mature ________
A)Over the water bodies only
B)At the same place
C)Over the land masses only
D)Anywhere in the tropical zone
Answer: Anywhere in the tropical zone
- Q. The Chennai – Bengaluru – Coimbatore – Madurai region is ________.
A)Mangrove forest region
B)A major industrial region
C)A major agricultural region
D)Dry Mountainous (Hilly) region
Answer: A major industrial region
- Q. The Richter scale is used to measure which of the following?
A)Magnitude of Earthquake
B)Humidity of Air
C)Velocity of Air
D)Density of Liquid
Answer: Magnitude of Earthquake
- Q. The places Alwaye, Koyna and Korba have
A)Oil Refineries
B)Aluminium Industries
C)Thermal Power Plants
D)Nuclear Power Plants
Answer: Aluminium Industries
- Q. Exfoliation is a type of:
A)Physical Weathering
B)Chemical Weathering
C)Soil Erosion
D)None of Above
Answer: Physical Weathering
- Q. What is the shape of the Earth?
A)Sphere
B)Geoid
C)Circle
D)Hemi-sphere
Answer: Geoid
- Q. What is a “shaft mine”?
A)Amine dug deep into the earth
B)Aquery
C)An open pit mine
D)Amine for descending into which a shaft is generally used
Answer: Amine dug deep into the earth
- Q. There is no Scheduled Caste population in
A)Gujarat
B)Punjab
C)Nagaland
D)Manipur
Answer: Nagaland
- Q. The soils of the plains have not been derived
A)Only from the rocks existing locally
B)From the Himalayan rocks
C)From the Peninsular rocks
D)From material brought by the rivers
Answer: Only from the rocks existing locally
- Q. Where was the first Bio-reserve established in India?
A)Nilgiris
B)Nokrek
C)Kanha
D)Periyal
Answer: Nilgiris
- Q. Which one of the following east flowing rivers of India forms rift valley due to down warping?
A)Son
B)Damodar
C)Mahanadi
D)Yamuna
Answer: Damodar
- Q. Which of the following is untraditional sources of Energy?
A)Petroleum
B)Coal
C)Fuel
D)Biogas
Answer: Biogas
- Q. Mixed farming involves
A)Specialised cultivation of vegetables and fruits
B)Both crops and livestock
C)Growing a series of different crops
D)Pooling land voluntarily and managing it jointly under a democratic constitution
Answer: Both crops and livestock
- Q. The canal that connects the upper Hudson at Albany with the Great Lakes at Buffalo is
A)North Sea canal
B)Erie canal
C)Kiel canal
D)Trent and Mersey canal
Answer: Erie canal
- Q. The portion of the atmosphere which extends from the earth’s surface upto 6-8 miles and experiences decrease in temperature at constant rate is ________
A)Troposphere
B)Stratosphere
C)Tropopause
D)Ionosphere
Answer: Troposphere
- Q. In which area are Zoroastrians concentrated?
A)Maharashtra
B)Tamil Nadu
C)Andhra Pradesh
D)Madhya Pradesh
Answer: Maharashtra
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