More Questions on Geography
- Q. Which of the following is a cash crop in India?
A)Onion
B)Maize
C)Gram
D)Wheat
Answer: Gram
- Q. Venice in Italy and Vienna in Austria are famous for ________
A)Chemical industry
B)Pottery
C)Glass industry
D)Textile industry
Answer: Glass industry
- Q. The only private sector refinery set up by Reliance Petroleum Ltd. is located at
A)Mumbai
B)Guwahati
C)Jamnagar
D)Chennai
Answer: Jamnagar
- Q. The sunlight is available 24 hours on the longest day at which of the following latitudes of the Earth?
A)63°
B)49°
C)66.5°
D)69.51°
Answer: 66.5°
- Q. In the northern hemisphere, currents are deflected to their right due to ________
A)Cyclonic storms
B)Centrifugal force
C)Coriolis force
D)None of these
Answer: Coriolis force
- Q. Which one of the following gives the correct sequence of Himalayan peaks in the direction east to west?
A)Makalu, Dhaulagiri, Kumaun, Namcha Barwa
B)Dhaulagiri, Kanchenjunga, Makalu, Mt. Everest
C)Kanchenjunga, Makalu, Dhaulagiri, Mt. Everest
D)Namcha Barwa, Kanchenjunga, Mt. Everest, Nanda Devi
Answer: Namcha Barwa, Kanchenjunga, Mt. Everest, Nanda Devi
- Q. The ‘Water table’ refers to ________
A)The contact zone of permeable and impermeable rocks
B)The lower limit of the zone of saturation
C)The upper limit of the zone of saturation
D)Seepage of water into fissures lying below the earth's surface
Answer: The upper limit of the zone of saturation
- Q. Rihand Valley Project is located in the state of
A)Odisha
B)Uttar Pradesh
C)Jharkhand
D)Madhya Pradesh
Answer: Uttar Pradesh
- Q. Which of the following Isohels are the isopleths of
A)Rain
B)Sunshine
C)Flowering time
D)Clouds
Answer: Sunshine
- Q. The leading states in the production of cotton in India are ________
A)Maharashtra and Punjab
B)Maharashtra and Gujarat
C)Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh
D)Gujarat and Punjab
Answer: Maharashtra and Gujarat
- Q. Which one of the following shows the correct sequence of occurrence of the following towns/cities as one proceeds from west to east?
A)Pandharpur, Gulbarga, Kottagudem, Vishakhapatnam
B)Ajmer, Darbhanga, Kohima, Sikhar
C)Surat, Wardha, Rourkela, Bharuch
D)Anand, Rajkot, Dhanbad, Aizawl
Answer: Pandharpur, Gulbarga, Kottagudem, Vishakhapatnam
- Q. Which of the following peninsular rivers is westward flowing?
A)Tapti
B)Mahanadi
C)Godavari
D)Cauvery
Answer: Tapti
- Q. Which country is not a member of Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)?
A)India
B)Thailand
C)Myanmar
D)Pakistan
Answer: Pakistan
- Q. The circulation and movement of soluble inorganic matter (nutrients) derived from sedimentary and atmospheric phases and reservoirs through organic phase of various biotic components and finally their return to inorganic phase is collectively called:
A)Physical Cycles
B)Chemical Cycles
C)Biogeochemical Cycles
D)Biological Cycles
Answer: Biogeochemical Cycles
- Q. Why is it that the Himalayan region is poor in mineral resources?
A)The terrain makes exploitation of minerals difficult
B)Displacement of rock strata has disturbed the arrangement of rocks and made it complex
C)It is made up of crystalline rock
D)The climatic conditions are not suitable, for exploitation of minerals
Answer: Displacement of rock strata has disturbed the arrangement of rocks and made it complex
- Q. Which plateau lies between the Aravalli and the Vindhya ranges?
A)Chota Nagpur Plateau
B)Malwa Plateau
C)Deccan Plateau
D)None of Above
Answer: Malwa Plateau
- Q. The river Brahmaputra is known as ________ as it enters Arunachal Pradesh
A)Subansiri
B)Dibang
C)Dihang
D)Dhansiri
Answer: Dihang
- Q. Which strait divides Europe from Africa?
A)Bering
B)Bosporus
C)Gibraltar
D)Dover
Answer: Gibraltar
- Q. India’s population growth is characterized by
A)An increase in the birth rate and declining death rate
B)An increase in rate of death
C)An increase in ratio of females
D)Increasing number of old people
Answer: An increase in the birth rate and declining death rate
- Q. Peshawar is nearer to which of the following?
A)Namika La Pass
B)Karakoram Pass
C)Zojila Pass
D)Khybar Pass
Answer: Khybar Pass
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