More Questions on Geography
- Q. The Umiam Hydro Power Project Dam is located few kilometres north to which of the following
A)Guwahati
B)Kohima
C)Imphal
D)Shillong
Answer: Shillong
- Q. Which one of the following pairs of sea ports and states is not correctly matched?
A)Quilon : Kerala
B)Kandla : Gujarat
C)Paradip : Orissa
D)Kakinada : Maharashtra
Answer: Kakinada : Maharashtra
- Q. On account of which one of the following reasons, we can say that Asia and Australia at one time were joined together?
A)Climate is quite similar
B)Fossils of Marsupials are found in Asia
C)Culture of both places has many similarities
D)The big green fields found in Australia are very much like those in Asia
Answer: Fossils of Marsupials are found in Asia
- Q. What is the International Date Line?
A)Region within 5º of the Equator
B)An imaginary line connecting places of the same altitude
C)It is 180º Meridian from Greenwich
D)None of these
Answer: It is 180º Meridian from Greenwich
- Q. Zozila Pass connects ________
A)Leh and Kargil
B)Kashmir and Tibet
C)Nepal and Tibet
D)Leh and Srinagar
Answer: Leh and Srinagar
- Q. The phenomenon of ‘trade winds’ takes place due to
A)Radiation
B)Conduction of heat
C)Convection of heat
D)None of the above
Answer: Convection of heat
- Q. The mountain range which stretches from Gujarat in west to Delhi in the north is the ________
A)Satpuras
B)Aravallis
C)Vindhyas
D)Kaimur range
Answer: Aravallis
- Q. Who among the following was first to measure the circumference of the Earth?
A)Hecataeus
B)Eratosthenes
C)Aristotle
D)Herodotus
Answer: Eratosthenes
- Q. Peaty soil is found in ________
A)Assam
B)Kerala
C)Kashmir
D)Gujarat
Answer: Kerala
- Q. In the context of exports, which one of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched ?
A)Perth : Rice and corn
B)Cape Town : Wool and wine
C)Adelaide : Wheat and wool
D)San Francisco : Fruits and wine
Answer: Perth : Rice and corn
- Q. The most common igneous rock is
A)Limestone
B)Basalt
C)Granite
D)Cobalt
Answer: Granite
- Q. Which of the following winds changes its direction with the change of season?
A)Polar Winds
B)Recurring trapped Winds
C)Monsoon Winds
D)Cyclonic Winds
Answer: Monsoon Winds
- Q. What is the correct sequence of hill stations according to height above mean sea level in descending order?
A)Kodaikanal, Shimla, Mahabaleshwar and Darjeeling
B)Kodaikanal, Darjeeling, Shimla and Mahabaleshwar
C)Shimla, Kodaikanal, Darjeeling and Mahabaleshwar
D)Mahabaleshwar, Shimla, Darjeeling and Kodaikanal
Answer: Shimla, Kodaikanal, Darjeeling and Mahabaleshwar
- Q. The tropical rain forests are dense and varied because of ________
A)An abundance of moisture and warm temperature throughout the year
B)Their remote and inaccessible locations
C)Very little interference from man
D)Poor economic development
Answer: An abundance of moisture and warm temperature throughout the year
- Q. The large States of India in the order of area are
A)Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh
B)Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra
C)Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra
D)Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan
Answer: Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra
- Q. The Mohorovicic (Moho) Discontinuity separates
A)Sima and Nife
B)Outer core and Mantle
C)Inner and Outer core
D)Crust and Mantle
Answer: Crust and Mantle
- Q. What is the average salt content in a litre of seawater?
A)35 gm.
B)39 gm.
C)37 gm.
D)32 gm.
Answer: 35 gm.
- Q. Indian sovereignity in sea extends upto ________ nautical miles.
A)12
B)8
C)10
D)14
Answer: 12
- Q. In the Himalayas the melting or the snow is more on the
A)Eastern slopes
B)Southern slopes
C)Northern slopes
D)Western slopes
Answer: Southern slopes
- Q. Increase in carbon dioxide in atmosphere causes ________
A)Uniform earth temperature
B)Rise in earth temperature
C)Fall in earth temperature
D)Increase in Ultraviolet rays
Answer: Rise in earth temperature
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