More Questions on Geography
- Q. ________ is not situated on the banks of the Ganga.
A)Allahabad
B)Agra
C)Kanpur
D)Varanasi
Answer: Agra
- Q. ICF (Integral Coach Factory) is at
A)Chennai
B)Alwaye
C)Coimbatore
D)Bhadravati
Answer: Chennai
- Q. The large natural ecosystem comprised of abiotic (land, air , water and soils of the concerned habitat) and biotic (plants, animals and micro-organisms) is called:
A)Agenome
B)Genome
C)Abiome
D)Biome
Answer: Biome
- Q. In the earliest days when life originated on earth, the atmosphere contained ________
A)Oxygen in fixed form
B)Free oxygen
C)No oxygen
D)Oxygen bound to carbon
Answer: Oxygen bound to carbon
- Q. The Planets that have no natural satellites are ________.
A)Jupiter and Saturn
B)Mercury and Venus
C)Earth and Mars
D)Uranus and Neptune
Answer: Mercury and Venus
- Q. The temperature at the core of the earth is about
A)200000º C
B)20000º C
C)5200º C
D)26000º C
Answer: 5200º C
- Q. Which type of lake is formed by volcanic activities?
A)Lagoon
B)Caldera lake
C)Karst lake
D)Freshwater lake
Answer: Caldera lake
- Q. Lake Manasarovar is in
A)Kashmir
B)Sikkim
C)Tibet
D)Himachal Pradesh
Answer: Tibet
- Q. The deflection of the wind to the right in the northern hemisphere and to Its left in the southern hemisphere is caused by the
A)Uneven heating of the Earth
B)Rotation of the Earth
C)Revolution of the Earth
D)All the above
Answer: Rotation of the Earth
- Q. The movement inside the Earth’s crust is studied by which of the following?
A)Plate Tectonics
B)Geology
C)Seismology
D)Pantograph
Answer: Seismology
- Q. Tropical deciduous or monsoonal forests occur in ________
A)Netherlands, Russia, Norway, U.K.
B)Siberia, Alaska, U.S.A., Canada
C)New Zealand, Spain, Portugal, France
D)Burma, India, Thailand, Brazil
Answer: Burma, India, Thailand, Brazil
- Q. Which of the following soils is very hard to cultivate?
A)Red
B)Alluvial
C)Black
D)Sandy
Answer: Sandy
- Q. The world’s largest river is
A)Mississippi
B)Amazon
C)Nile
D)Brahmaputra
Answer: Amazon
- Q. Which of the following has been declared as the marine park by Indian government for the conservation of Coral Reef?
A)Andaman Islands
B)Gulf of Kutch
C)Lakshadweep Island
D)Gulf of Mannar
Answer: Gulf of Kutch
- Q. Which or the following is a rift valley?
A)The Rhine Valley
B)The Amazon Valley
C)The Thames Valley
D)The Mississippi Valley
Answer: The Rhine Valley
- Q. Where do river Bhagirathi and Alaknanda meet?
A)Rudraprayag
B)Karnprayag
C)Devprayag
D)Gangotri
Answer: Devprayag
- Q. Equator represents
A)A belt (ring) around the planet Saturn
B)Line joining North and South poles
C)Imaginary line passing round the Earth midway between North & South poles
D)Axis of rotation of Earth
Answer: Imaginary line passing round the Earth midway between North & South poles
- Q. Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary is located in:
A)Kerala
B)Karnataka
C)Assam
D)Tamil Nadu
Answer: Tamil Nadu
- Q. Which of the following can be used to correct acidic soil?
A)Vegetable compost
B)Gypsum
C)Lime
D)Calcium superphosphate
Answer: Lime
- Q. Which of the following measures are effective for soil conservation in India? I. Avoiding crop rotation II. Afforestation III. Encouraging the use of chemical fertilizers IV. Limiting shifting cultivation
A)III and IV
B)I and II
C)II and IV
D)I, II and III
Answer: II and IV
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