More Questions on Geography
- Q. Which of the following is not a product of the ‘Monsoon Forests’?
A)Olive
B)Teak
C)Sal
D)Bamboo
Answer: Olive
- Q. In India, how many States share the coastline?
A)9
B)7
C)8
D)10
Answer: 9
- Q. Why is it that the Himalayan region is poor in mineral resources?
A)The terrain makes exploitation of minerals difficult
B)Displacement of rock strata has disturbed the arrangement of rocks and made it complex
C)It is made up of crystalline rock
D)The climatic conditions are not suitable, for exploitation of minerals
Answer: Displacement of rock strata has disturbed the arrangement of rocks and made it complex
- Q. Operation Flood refers to
A)White revolution
B)Blue revolution
C)Green revolution
D)All the three
Answer: White revolution
- Q. Green Index has been developed by:
A)United Nations Environment Programme
B)WWF
C)UNESCO
D)None of Above
Answer: United Nations Environment Programme
- Q. The outer most range of Himalayas is called ________.
A)Dehradun
B)Kali
C)Shiwaliks
D)Kumaon
Answer: Shiwaliks
- Q. The red colour of red soil is due to
A)Iron
B)Nitrogen
C)Humus
D)Copper
Answer: Iron
- Q. The revelations of a satellite photograph of the earth are as follows: 1. the Southern hemisphere bulges slightly more than the Northern hemisphere 2. it is slightly pear shaped ellipsoid of rotation 3. the polar axis of the earth is slightly shorter than the equatorial axis 4. the equatorial circumference is about 40,000km Which of the above statements are correct ?
A)1, 2 and 4
B)1, 2 and 3
C)1, 2, 3 and 4
D)2, 3 and 4
Answer: 2, 3 and 4
- Q. The Palk Bay lies between
A)Lakshadweep and Maldive Islands
B)Gulf of Kachchh and Gulf of Khambhat
C)Gulf of Mannar and Bay of Bengal
D)Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Answer: Gulf of Mannar and Bay of Bengal
- Q. The scale on which the intensity of an earth quake is measured is named after:
A)Curie
B)Newton
C)Einstein
D)Mercalli
Answer: Mercalli
- Q. The Moon is showing its same face to the Earth because
A)Its periods of rotation and revolution are the same
B)It is not rotating about its own axis
C)Its rotation and revolution are opposite
D)Its rotation is faster than its revolution
Answer: Its periods of rotation and revolution are the same
- Q. Which of the following Railway zones and their Headquarters is not correct?
A)Eastern-Kolkata
B)North-Eastern-Gorakhpur
C)South-Central-Hyderabad
D)Western-Mumbai
Answer: South-Central-Hyderabad
- Q. Which of the following planets is known as Earth’s twin?
A)Uranus
B)Mars
C)Saturn
D)Venus
Answer: Venus
- Q. The jet aircrafts fly very easily and smoothly in the lower stratosphere. What could be the appropriate explanation? 1. There are no clouds or water vapour in the lower stratosphere. 2. There are no vertical winds in the lower stratosphere. Which of the statements given above is/are correct in this context?
A)Both 1 and 2
B)1 only
C)2 only
D)Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: Both 1 and 2
- Q. The zone of Earth’s atmosphere immediately above its surface up to a height of about 16kms above equator and 8kms over the poles is known as
A)Troposphere
B)Mesosphere
C)Thermosphere
D)Stratosphere
Answer: Troposphere
- Q. The Regur soil is:
A)Black Soil
B)Red Soil
C)Clay Soil
D)Sand Soil
Answer: Black Soil
- Q. Which states of India have a common border with Pakistan? I. Jammu and Kashmir II. Himachal Pradesh III. Punjab IV. Gujarat V. Rajasthan
A)I, III, IV
B)I, II, III, V
C)I, II, III, IV
D)I, III, IV, V
Answer: I, III, IV, V
- Q. Which of the following is a major sugarcane-producing state in India?
A)Kerala
B)Odisha
C)Arunachal Pradesh
D)Maharashtra
Answer: Maharashtra
- Q. The State in India which produces the largest quantity of common salt is
A)Maharashtra
B)Rajasthan
C)Kerala
D)Gujarat
Answer: Gujarat
- Q. What is the cause of ‘Green house effect’?
A)Carbon Monoxide
B)Nitrogen
C)Carbon Dioxide
D)Nitrogen Dioxide
Answer: Carbon Dioxide
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