More Questions on Geography

  • Q. Consider the following percentages regarding the world’s water resources: 1. Oceans and lakes – 95% 2. Frozen as ice – 4% 3. For man’s use – 1% Which of the above are correct percentages?
    A)2 and 3
    B)1, 2 and 3
    C)1 and 3
    D)1 and 2
    Answer: 1, 2 and 3
  • Q. Dogger Bank, Rockfall Bank, Wales Bank and Sand Bank are located in
    A)North East Atlantic
    B)North West Atlantic
    C)North East Pacific
    D)North West Pacific
    Answer: North East Atlantic
  • Q. The deepest land locked and protected port in India is
    A)Mumbai
    B)Marmugoa
    C)Visakhaptanam
    D)Cochin
    Answer: Visakhaptanam
  • Q. Sunspots generally wax and wane over a/an
    A)3-year cycle
    B)11-year cycle
    C)25-year cycle
    D)15-year cycle
    Answer: 11-year cycle
  • Q. Collective Farm of Ukraine is also known as
    A)Ryckay Eezik
    B)Kolkhoz
    C)Dom
    D)Sovkhoz
    Answer: Kolkhoz
  • Q. Palghat joins which of the following states?
    A)Kerala and Tamil Nadu
    B)Sikkim and West Bengal
    C)Maharashtra and Gujarat
    D)Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim
    Answer: Kerala and Tamil Nadu
  • Q. Deciduous trees
    A)Do not lose their leaves
    B)Depend on others for its food
    C)Lose their leaves every year
    D)Do synthesis of their food
    Answer: Lose their leaves every year
  • Q. Which of the following regions are regarded as areas of high density of population?
    A)Congo Basin and Indonesia, Central and Southern Europe, European Russia
    B)East Asia, Central and Southern Europe, Tropical deserts
    C)Amazon and Congo Basins, South-East Asia, European Russia
    D)East Asia, Southern Asia, North Western Europe
    Answer: East Asia, Southern Asia, North Western Europe
  • Q. The hottest planet is ________
    A)Jupiter
    B)Mercury
    C)Venus
    D)Saturn
    Answer: Venus
  • Q. The nature of the winter rainfall in north western India is ________
    A)Monsoonal
    B)Convectional
    C)Orographic
    D)Cyclonic
    Answer: Cyclonic
  • Q. The main mineral found in upper Brahmaputra valley is
    A)Petroleum
    B)Coal
    C)Iron are
    D)Manganese
    Answer: Petroleum
  • Q. At present biosphere reserves that are included in world Heritage:
    A)Simlipol and Pachmarhi
    B)Nilgiri and Nanda Devi
    C)Nokrek, Gulf of Mannar and Sunderban
    D)Above all
    Answer: Above all
  • Q. Lac is secreted by
    A)Some animals
    B)Trees like rubber
    C)Certain kinds of birds
    D)A certain type of insect which feeds on the saps of trees such as Palas, Ber and Kusum
    Answer: A certain type of insect which feeds on the saps of trees such as Palas, Ber and Kusum
  • Q. Which of the following countries has the greatest length of inland waterways?
    A)Germany
    B)The United States
    C)The Former USSR
    D)France
    Answer: The Former USSR
  • Q. Correct pair of the state and its capital is
    A)Uttarakhand - Nainital
    B)Nagaland - Shillong
    C)Jharkhand - Ranchi
    D)Chattisgarh - Bilaspur
    Answer: Jharkhand - Ranchi
  • Q. When dew point is reached it is said that at that temperature
    A)The atmosphere can hold no more water vapour
    B)The atmosphere is said to be saturated with water vapour
    C)The relative humidity of the atmosphere is 100%
    D)All the above
    Answer: All the above
  • Q. The Buckingham Canal, which has been declared a National Waterway of India recently, is a canal running from
    A)Vijayawada to Villupuram
    B)Punjab to Haryana
    C)Mumbai to Goa
    D)Cochin to Kozhikode
    Answer: Vijayawada to Villupuram
  • Q. Which one of the following statements on biosphere reserves is not correct?
    A)Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve is located in Madhya Pradesh
    B)In 1973, UNESCO launched a worldwide programme on man and biosphere
    C)Biosphere reserves promote research on ecological conservation
    D)Biosphere reserves are multipurpose protected areas to preserve the genetic diversity in ecosystems
    Answer: Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve is located in Madhya Pradesh
  • Q. The Salal Project is on the river
    A)Ravi
    B)Chenab
    C)Jhelum
    D)Sutlej
    Answer: Chenab
  • Q. The instrument used for measuring relative humidity in air is ________
    A)Pantograph
    B)Hygrometer
    C)Hydrograph
    D)Barograph
    Answer: Hygrometer

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