More Questions on Geography

  • Q. Consider the following statements: 1. The south-west monsoon causes heavy rainfall in the Shillong plateau. 2. The north-east monsoon causes the rainfall over Orissa coast during winter. Which of these statements is/are correct ?
    A)Both 1 and 2
    B)1 only
    C)2 only
    D)Neither 1 nor 2
    Answer: 1 only
  • Q. ________ affect the rate of humus formation of soil.
    A)Temperature
    B)Flora & Fauna
    C)Time
    D)Parent rock
    Answer: Flora & Fauna
  • Q. The ‘Old Faithful’ in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming is a/an
    A)Geyser
    B)Hot spring
    C)Extinct volcano
    D)Oak tree
    Answer: Geyser
  • Q. Which one of the following towns is not situated along the Grand Trunk Road?
    A)Agra
    B)Allahabad
    C)Lucknow
    D)Kanpur
    Answer: Lucknow
  • Q. A drainage pattern where a river is joined by its tributaries approximately at right angles is
    A)Rectangular
    B)Dendritic
    C)Trellis
    D)Radial
    Answer: Trellis
  • Q. What is the incident of movement of landmass and rockfalls?
    A)Scaling off
    B)Landslide
    C)Earth progression
    D)Weathering
    Answer: Landslide
  • Q. The Plantation agriculture produces?
    A)Cash Crops
    B)Only Food Crops
    C)Plantation Crops
    D)Four Crops
    Answer: Plantation Crops
  • Q. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? Railway : Zone Headquarters
    A)Eastern Railway : Kolkata
    B)North Eastern Railway : Gorakhpur
    C)South Eastern Railway : Bhubhaneswar
    D)South East Central Railway : Bilaspur
    Answer: South Eastern Railway : Bhubhaneswar
  • Q. Doldrums is/are
    A)The north-east and south-east winds
    B)Mount of sand blown and formed on beaches and in deserts
    C)Low pressure belt of calm and light surface winds near the Equator
    D)Planetary winds
    Answer: Low pressure belt of calm and light surface winds near the Equator
  • Q. Farakka Barrage was commissioned to ________
    A)Supply drinking water to Kolkata
    B)Save Kolkata port
    C)Link North and South Bengal
    D)Divert water to Bangladesh
    Answer: Save Kolkata port
  • Q. Of the total volume of the earth, which layer forms the major part ?
    A)Mantle
    B)Sial
    C)Sima
    D)Core
    Answer: Core
  • Q. The mangrove forests are present in
    A)The Western Ghats
    B)The Eastern Ghats
    C)The Sunderbans
    D)The Aravallis
    Answer: The Sunderbans
  • Q. The Ghatampur thermal power plant recently approved by Cabinet is to be setup in?
    A)Karnataka
    B)Rajasthan
    C)Uttar Pradesh
    D)Madhya Pradesh
    Answer: Uttar Pradesh
  • Q. Dry farming in India is extensively practised in
    A)Coromandal Plains
    B)Kanara Plains
    C)Deccan Plateau
    D)Ganga Plains
    Answer: Deccan Plateau
  • Q. With which one of the following rivers is the Omkareshwar Project associated ?
    A)Tapi
    B)Chambal
    C)Narmada
    D)Bhima
    Answer: Narmada
  • Q. Who of the following discovered the laws of planetary orbits?
    A)Johannes Kepler
    B)Galileo Galilei
    C)Nicholas Copernicus
    D)Isaac Newton
    Answer: Johannes Kepler
  • Q. Ten Degree Channel is between ________
    A)Little Andaman and Car Nicobar
    B)Dover and Calais
    C)Alaska and Russia
    D)North Korea and South Korea
    Answer: Little Andaman and Car Nicobar
  • Q. Which one of the following hydroelectric projects does not belog to Tamil Nadu?
    A)Periyar
    B)Idukki
    C)Aliyar
    D)Kundah
    Answer: Idukki
  • Q. A level of atmosphere which is composed partly of Electrons and Positive Ions is called
    A)Stratosphere
    B)Troposphere
    C)Ionosphere
    D)Mesosphere
    Answer: Ionosphere
  • Q. Which of the following types of soils is found throughout India in all climatic zones?
    A)Laterite soils
    B)Saline and Alkaline soils
    C)Red soils
    D)Alluvial soils
    Answer: Saline and Alkaline soils

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