More Questions on Geography

  • Q. As per the data released in July 2011, what is the percentage of population living in Indian villages?
    A)70%
    B)80%
    C)75%
    D)60%
    Answer: 70%
  • Q. What are ‘Igloos’?
    A)Mammoth mammals found in the Pacific Ocean
    B)A kind of animal hunted by Kalahari Bushmen
    C)A kind of animal domesticated by aboriginal inhabitants of Australia
    D)A dome-shaped house or a hut, built of blocks of hard snow, in which the Eskimos live
    Answer: A dome-shaped house or a hut, built of blocks of hard snow, in which the Eskimos live
  • Q. Forest Research Institute is at
    A)Dehradun
    B)Mumbai
    C)Cambay
    D)Simla
    Answer: Dehradun
  • Q. “Haneda” is the name of the international airport in
    A)Tokyo
    B)Hong Kong
    C)Dacca
    D)Singapore
    Answer: Tokyo
  • Q. What is multiple cropping?
    A)Raising in succession only one type of crop in the same piece of land
    B)When seeds are sown on a piece of land and then seedings are transplanted in different fields
    C)Dividing a field in two or more parts and then sowing different crops in each part
    D)Raising two or more crops in succession in a year on the same land
    Answer: Dividing a field in two or more parts and then sowing different crops in each part
  • Q. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the four stages of water movement in a hydrological cycle?
    A)Infiltration – Evaporation – Condensation – Infiltration
    B)Evaporation – Condensation – Precipitation – Infiltration
    C)Evaporation – Precipitation – Condensation – Infiltration
    D)Condensation – Precipitation – Evaporation – Infiltration
    Answer: Evaporation – Condensation – Precipitation – Infiltration
  • Q. The monsoon has well-developed cycle in ________
    A)East United States
    B)South and South East Asia
    C)North Australia
    D)Africa
    Answer: South and South East Asia
  • Q. The southernmost point of India is located in ________
    A)Little Andaman
    B)Kerala
    C)Tamil Nadu
    D)Great Nicobar
    Answer: Great Nicobar
  • Q. With which of its neighbouring country India has Kalapani territorial dispute?
    A)Pakistan
    B)Nepal
    C)Bangladesh
    D)Sri Lanka
    Answer: Nepal
  • Q. The Practice of shifting cultivation is used in
    A)Coastal Tamil Nadu
    B)Himachal Pradesh
    C)Central Highlands
    D)Nagaland
    Answer: Nagaland
  • Q. Consider the following statements about rocks: 1. Shale becomes slate through metamorphosis. 2. Shale is converted to slate when it is subjected to tremendous pressure and high temperature. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
    A)Both 1 and 2
    B)1 only
    C)2 only
    D)Neither 1 nor 2
    Answer: Both 1 and 2
  • Q. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? National Park : State
    A)Ranthambore National Park : Gujarat
    B)Kanha National Park : Madhya Pradesh
    C)Sultanpur National Park : Haryana
    D)Bandipur National Park : Karnataka
    Answer: Ranthambore National Park : Gujarat
  • Q. Which is the first national park of India?
    A)Dachigam National Park
    B)Jim Corbett National Park
    C)Similipal National Park
    D)Hazaribagh National Park
    Answer: Jim Corbett National Park
  • Q. The term used for the zone at low pressure and light and variable winds in the oceanic equatorial regions is ________
    A)Horse-latitudes
    B)Depression
    C)Doldrums
    D)Inter-tropical convergence
    Answer: Depression
  • Q. What do you understand by the term ‘Doab’ ?
    A)Land between two separate river systems
    B)Where the delta of river begins
    C)Where two or more rivers meet
    D)Land between two tributaries of a river
    Answer: Land between two tributaries of a river
  • Q. The highest water fall in the world is
    A)Angel
    B)Tugela
    C)Jog
    D)Yosemite
    Answer: Angel
  • Q. Narmada river originates from Amarkantak in ________
    A)Madhya Pradesh
    B)Gujarat
    C)Maharashtra
    D)Chhattisgarh
    Answer: Madhya Pradesh
  • Q. The position of the sun is annually twice overhead at Singapore because of the ________
    A)Elliptical path of the earth's orbit
    B)Rotation of the earth
    C)Revolution of the earth
    D)Parallelism of inclined axis of the earth
    Answer: Parallelism of inclined axis of the earth
  • Q. Merino sheep rearing is the predominant pastoral activity in ________
    A)Denmark
    B)Australia
    C)Argentina
    D)Sweden
    Answer: Australia
  • Q. The weather office predicts “depression” over a certain area. It means
    A)Heavy weather causing a feeling of depression
    B)Cloudy skies
    C)Atmospheric pressure in that area is lower than that in the surrounding areas
    D)Low atmospheric pressure over a large area
    Answer: Atmospheric pressure in that area is lower than that in the surrounding areas

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