More Questions on Geography
- Q. What is the difference between a geyser and a hot spring?
A)Geysers are found on volcanic mountains
B)Water is ejected explosively in a geyser
C)Water from the geyser may be cold
D)Geysers are more common in cold countries
Answer: Water is ejected explosively in a geyser
- Q. Which one of the following countries does not border the Caspian sea?
A)Kazakhstan
B)Armenia
C)Azerbaijan
D)Turkmenistan
Answer: Armenia
- Q. Which is the highest quality of hard coal?
A)Lignite
B)Anthracite
C)Bituminous
D)Peat
Answer: Anthracite
- Q. Where is Anaimudi peak located?
A)Nilgiri mountain range
B)Sahyadri
C)Eastern Ghats
D)Palani range
Answer: Sahyadri
- Q. The longest circle which can be drawn on the earth’s surface passes through ________
A)Arctic Circle
B)Equator
C)Tropic of Cancer
D)Tropic of Capricorn
Answer: Equator
- 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. The ‘ring of fire’ : 1. is associated with earthquakes 2. is associated with volcanoes 3. goes round the Pacific Ocean 4. is associated with forest fires
A)2 and 4
B)1, 2 and 3
C)2 and 3
D)1, 2, 3 and 4
Answer: 1, 2 and 3
- Q. A short cut sea route between the European and-Asian countries was provided by
A)Panama Canal
B)Cape of Good Hope route
C)Seuz Canal
D)North Atlantic route
Answer: Seuz Canal
- Q. Which of the following is not a species of tropical moist deciduous forests?
A)Shisham
B)Mahagony
C)Sal
D)Teak
Answer: Mahagony
- Q. ________ is called “the land of thousand lakes”.
A)Finland
B)Switzerland
C)Canada
D)Sweden
Answer: Finland
- Q. Crude oil is generally found in
A)Metamorphic rocks
B)Igneous rocks
C)Sedimentary rocks
D)Sandy desert soils
Answer: Sedimentary rocks
- Q. Which of the following lake is known as “Honeymoon Lake”?
A)Titicaca
B)Nyasa
C)Chad
D)Toba
Answer: Titicaca
- Q. Consider the following statements: 1. The Benguela current had its influence in the formation of Kalahari Desert. 2. The Agulhas current has its influence in the formation of Thar Desert. 3. The currents of Northern Indian Ocean change their course of flow twice a year. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A)1 and 3 only
B)1 only
C)2 and 3 only
D)1, 2 and 3
Answer: 1 and 3 only
- Q. Identify the correct descending order of production of wood pulp of the following countries: 1. USA 2. Sweden 3. Japan 4. Canada
A)1, 4, 2, 3
B)1, 3, 2, 4
C)2, 4, 1, 3
D)2, 3, 1, 4
Answer: 2, 4, 1, 3
- Q. Where was the world’s first oil-well drilled in the nineteenth century ?
A)Digboi in Assam, India
B)Baku in Russia.
C)Titusville in Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
D)Dhahran in Saudi Arabia
Answer: Titusville in Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
- Q. Consider the following statements: 1. A hurricane acquires its spin from the Coriolis effect. 2. The diameter of the hurricane decreases as it moves away from low latitudes. 3. The diameter of a hurricane is never below 150 km. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A)1 and 3 only
B)1 only
C)2 and 3 only
D)1, 2 and 3
Answer: 1 and 3 only
- Q. What is the similarity between Milwaukee Deep, Java Trench and Challenger Deep?
A)They all are trenches in the Indian Ocean
B)They all are trenches in the Pacific Ocean
C)They are the deepest points of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, respectively
D)They all are deeps of the Atlantic Ocean
Answer: They are the deepest points of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, respectively
- Q. The Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) were created in:
A)1989
B)1985
C)1987
D)1990
Answer: 1987
- Q. What is meant by ‘energy crisis’?
A)Shortage of the thermal power
B)Shortage of hydro-electricity
C)Malnutrition leading to short supply of energy in the human body
D)Impending danger of total exhaustion of fossil fuels like coal and petroleum
Answer: Impending danger of total exhaustion of fossil fuels like coal and petroleum
- Q. Which one of the following States in India has the broadest continental shelf?
A)Karnataka
B)Andhra Pradesh
C)Gujarat
D)Tamil Nadu
Answer: Tamil Nadu
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