More Questions on Geography

  • Q. Which one of the following pairs of states and tribes is not correctly matched?
    A)Arunachal Pradesh : Apatani
    B)Assam: Miri
    C)Nagaland : Konyak
    D)Madhya Pradesh : Lambada
    Answer: Madhya Pradesh : Lambada
  • Q. Which of the following receive, heavy rainfall in the month of October and November?
    A)Coromandel Coast
    B)Hills of Garo, Khasi and Jaintia
    C)Plateau of Chota Nagpur
    D)Malwa Plateau
    Answer: Coromandel Coast
  • Q. The earth revolves round the sun in its orbit by approximately ________
    A)3° per day
    B)1° per day
    C)2° per day
    D)5° per day
    Answer: 1° per day
  • Q. Majuli, the World’s largest river Island is located in which state?
    A)Tripura
    B)Arunachal Pradesh
    C)Assam
    D)Mizoram
    Answer: Assam
  • Q. What is the biggest source of pollution in the world?
    A)Herbicide and Insecticide
    B)Sewage and Garbage
    C)Automobile Laxity
    D)Industrial Tributaries
    Answer: Sewage and Garbage
  • Q. River Damodar is called ‘Sorrow of Bengal’ because it ________
    A)Forms number of dangerous waterfalls
    B)Gets flooded often causing havoc
    C)Causes maximum soil erosion
    D)Is not a perennial river
    Answer: Gets flooded often causing havoc
  • Q. With reference to a fresh water lake, consider the following characteristics: 1. Richness in nutrients 2. Rapid turnover of phytoplankton 3. Depletion of dissolved oxygen Which of the above is/are observed in a lake after its eutrophication?
    A)3 only
    B)1 only
    C)1 and 2 only
    D)1, 2 and 3
    Answer: 1, 2 and 3
  • Q. Naga, Khasi and Garo hills are located in
    A)Zanskar range
    B)Eastern range
    C)Karakoram range
    D)Himalayan range
    Answer: Eastern range
  • Q. Which one of the following is not the port town of Gujarat ?
    A)Porbandar
    B)Jamnagar
    C)Okha
    D)Verval
    Answer: Jamnagar
  • Q. The Contour line is those imaginary line which show?
    A)Areas of similar height
    B)Areas of similar atmospheric pressure
    C)Areas of similar temperature
    D)Equal Sunning areas
    Answer: Areas of similar height
  • Q. Mumbai High refers to the
    A)Slopes of Western Ghats
    B)Greater Mumbai area
    C)Highest place in Mumbai
    D)Oil field below seabed off Mumbai island
    Answer: Oil field below seabed off Mumbai island
  • 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. A passenger, on his transcontinental railway journey in Europe comes across the cities. What is the sequence in which he touches these cities in his east to west journey? 1. Belgrade 2. Vienna 3. Sophia 4. Prague
    A)2, 3, 4, 1
    B)1, 3, 4, 2
    C)4, 2, 1, 3
    D)3, 1, 2, 4
    Answer: 3, 1, 2, 4
  • Q. Which of the following planets of the solar system has the longest day?
    A)Venus
    B)Mercury
    C)Jupiter
    D)Earth
    Answer: Venus
  • Q. Railway passenger coaches are manufactured at
    A)Perambur
    B)Varanasi
    C)Chittaranjan
    D)Kolkata
    Answer: Perambur
  • Q. The column of atmosphere is divided into five different layers namely:
    A)Troposphere, Stratosphere, Lithosphere, Ionosphere, Pyrosphers
    B)Troposphere, Lithosphere, Mesosphere, Ionosphere, Exosphere
    C)Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Pyrosphers, Exosphere
    D)Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Ionosphere, Exosphere
    Answer: Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Ionosphere, Exosphere
  • Q. Which planet of the solar system spins on its axis at the fastest rate?
    A)Jupiter
    B)Mercury
    C)Earth
    D)Saturn
    Answer: Jupiter
  • Q. Which of these statements are correct regarding the atmosphere of the earth: 1. It is enveloping the earth because of gravity. 2. Its density decreases with increasing height from the surface of the earth. 3. Its characteristic composition is same throughout its height. 4. Amount of pressure it exerts on earth’s surface at sea level is called one atm sphere.
    A)2, 3 and 4
    B)1 and 4
    C)2 and 4
    D)1, 2 and 4
    Answer: 1, 2 and 4
  • Q. An important gas in the atmosphere that absorbs sun’s ultraviolet rays is
    A)Ozone
    B)Oxygen
    C)Nitrogen
    D)Hydrogen
    Answer: Ozone
  • Q. Through which one of the following Indian states the Tropic of Cancer does not pass?
    A)Gujarat
    B)Manipur
    C)Tripura
    D)Rajasthan
    Answer: Manipur

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