More Questions on Geography

  • Q. Science dealing with study of soil is called
    A)Ecology
    B)Pedology
    C)Pedagogy
    D)Pomology
    Answer: Pedology
  • Q. Which of the following is a new bio-fertilizers?
    A)Compost
    B)Green Blue Algae
    C)Nitrates
    D)Farmyard manure
    Answer: Green Blue Algae
  • Q. What was Norway’s rank in 2016 Human Development Index published by the United Nations Development Programme?
    A)100
    B)1
    C)10
    D)200
    Answer: 1
  • Q. Which one of the following is the most possible solution for planning improvement of a metropolitan city in India?
    A)Building up suburbs and satellite towns around the main city
    B)Constructing high rise building and sky scrapers
    C)Dispersing the factories & industries to the neighbouring but independent location.
    D)Preventing immigration of people into the metropolitan city
    Answer: Dispersing the factories & industries to the neighbouring but independent location.
  • Q. The hot dry local winds that blow on the eastern side of the Alps Mountain are known as ________
    A)Khamsin
    B)Chinook
    C)Foehn
    D)Sirocco
    Answer: Foehn
  • Q. The fertile land between two rivers is called
    A)Doab
    B)Drainage basin
    C)Watershed
    D)Lowland or terrain
    Answer: Doab
  • Q. The moat abundant element in sea water is
    A)Magnesium
    B)Sodium
    C)Chlorine
    D)Sulphur
    Answer: Chlorine
  • Q. Which of the following tribe performs animal husbandry?
    A)Pygmy
    B)Bodo
    C)Maasai
    D)Eskimo
    Answer: Maasai
  • Q. Which one of the following reflects back more sunlight as compared to other three?
    A)Land covered with fresh snow
    B)Sand desert
    C)Paddy crop land
    D)Prairie land
    Answer: Land covered with fresh snow
  • Q. Scandinavia is a suitable country for exploiting hydroelectricity because of the presence of
    A)Great rivers
    B)Lakes
    C)Steep slopes
    D)Waterfalls
    Answer: Lakes
  • Q. Shallow-rooted trees are associated with ________
    A)Tropical climate
    B)Savanna climate
    C)Temperate climate
    D)Equatorial climate
    Answer: Equatorial climate
  • Q. All the watches of a country are set according to ________
    A)Greenwich mean time
    B)Local time
    C)Standard time of the country
    D)Time of sunrise and sunset
    Answer: Standard time of the country
  • Q. The major oil producing area in U.S.A. is ________
    A)Ohio-Indiana belt
    B)Texas-Louisiana belt
    C)California-Colorado belt
    D)Appalachian region
    Answer: Texas-Louisiana belt
  • Q. Which one of the following countries is situated, geographically in America’ but politically a part of Europe?
    A)Green Land
    B)Iceland
    C)Canary Islands
    D)Cuba
    Answer: Green Land
  • Q. Which of the following relates to the formation of the Himalayas?
    A)Folding of the geosyncline
    B)Folding of the earth's crust
    C)Accumulation of loess deposits
    D)Faulting of the earth's crust
    Answer: Folding of the geosyncline
  • Q. The country with the highest density of population in Europe is ________
    A)Belgium
    B)France
    C)Italy
    D)Netherlands
    Answer: Netherlands
  • Q. Which of the following soils is most suitable for cultivation of cereals?
    A)Laterite soils
    B)Alluvial soils
    C)Red soils
    D)None of these
    Answer: Alluvial soils
  • Q. India is developing Chabahar Port in which of the following countries?
    A)Iran
    B)Iraq
    C)Oman
    D)Afghanistan
    Answer: Iran
  • Q. The driest part of India is
    A)Gandhinagar (Gujarat)
    B)Darbhanga (Bihar)
    C)Bhatinda (Punjab)
    D)Jaisalmer (Rajasthan)
    Answer: Jaisalmer (Rajasthan)
  • Q. If it is 4 P.M. on Monday at 150°W, what will be the time at 150°E ?
    A)4 p.m. on Sunday
    B)4 a.m. on Tuesday
    C)4 p.m. on Tuesday
    D)12 Noon on Tuesday
    Answer: 12 Noon on Tuesday

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