More Questions on Geography
- Q. Consider the following crops: 1. Cotton 2. Groundnut 3. Maize 4. Mustard Which of the above are the Kharif crops?
A)3 and 4
B)1 and 2
C)1, 2 and 3
D)1, 2, 3, and 4
Answer: 1, 2 and 3
- Q. Although hot deserts have a very low annual rainfall, occasional heavy rain storms do occur and these sometimes produce steep-sided, flat-floored valleys called ________
A)Canyons
B)Gorges
C)Wadi
D)Barchans
Answer: Wadi
- Q. The world’s largest delta system is the ________.
A)The Mississippi, USA
B)The Nile, Egypt
C)Ganges-Brahmaputra, India/Bangladesh
D)The Amazon, Brazil
Answer: Ganges-Brahmaputra, India/Bangladesh
- Q. What is the average salt content in a litre of seawater?
A)35 gm.
B)39 gm.
C)37 gm.
D)32 gm.
Answer: 35 gm.
- Q. Which of the following crops is regarded as a plantation crop?
A)Sugarcane
B)Coconut
C)Cotton
D)Rice
Answer: Coconut
- Q. Riparian forest is found ________
A)On the foot hills of Eastern slope of Western Ghats
B)Along the banks of rivers and other wetland
C)The tarai region, on the foot hills of Himalayas
D)On the foot hills of Eastern slope of Eastern Ghats
Answer: Along the banks of rivers and other wetland
- Q. Consider the following problems being faced by the Indian Coal Industry : I. Poor quality of coal and bottlenecks in the coal movement II. Low utilisation capacity of washeries III. Growing dependence on the import of coking coal IV. Administered prices
A)I, III and IV
B)II, III and IV
C)I, II, III and IV
D)I, II and III
Answer: I, II, III and IV
- Q. In Britain the Grand Union Canal is running from
A)Glasgow to Edinburgh
B)Liverpool to Hull
C)Cardiff to Birmingham
D)West Midlands to the London area
Answer: West Midlands to the London area
- Q. Diamond mines are found in
A)Waltair, Andhra Pradesh
B)Panna, Madhya Pradesh
C)Mysore, Karnataka
D)Ajmer, Rajasthan
Answer: Panna, Madhya Pradesh
- Q. Cloud burst means ________
A)Presence of scattered flakes of cloud in the sky
B)Abnormally heavy downpour of rain, associated with a thunderstorm
C)Formation of artificial rain
D)Sowing of seeds of a crop in a cloudy weather
Answer: Abnormally heavy downpour of rain, associated with a thunderstorm
- Q. Brazil has become the world’s largest producer of coffee mainly because ________
A)The "terra-rosa" soil is very fertile
B)The Brazilian plateau is well drained land
C)The climatic conditions are suitable
D)The coffee plant is native of Brazil
Answer: The "terra-rosa" soil is very fertile
- 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 second largest basin in Peninsular India is ________
A)Narmada Basin
B)Cauvery Basin
C)Godavari Basin
D)Krishna Basin
Answer: Godavari Basin
- Q. Sunda Trench lies in ________
A)Indian Ocean
B)Atlantic Ocean
C)Pacific Ocean
D)Antarctic Ocean
Answer: Indian Ocean
- Q. Over 90% of the world’s biomass is in
A)Top soils
B)Tropical rain forests
C)Freshwater wetlands
D)Oceans
Answer: Tropical rain forests
- Q. Of the floating iceberg in the sea, the portion remaining above the sea level is ________
A)1/6th
B)1/10th
C)1/9th
D)1/5th
Answer: 1/10th
- Q. Which state irrigation is done by Rihand Dam project?
A)Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
B)Gujarat and Maharashtra
C)Orissa and West Bengal
D)Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
Answer: Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
- Q. Which of the following regions of the world is most thickly populated?
A)North-West Europe
B)East Asia
C)South Asia
D)North and South America
Answer: East Asia
- Q. The Indo-Gangetic Plains of India are fertile due to
A)Hard labour of the farmers over the generations
B)The heavy and timely rains and forests
C)Alluvial soils brought by the rivers from the mountains
D)Better irrigation facilities
Answer: Alluvial soils brought by the rivers from the mountains
- Q. The Atlantic Ocean routes are busier than the Pacific Ocean routes because Atlantic Ocean ________
A)Is surrounded on both sides by industrialised nations
B)Routes are shorter
C)Routes are not so dangerous
D)Has better shipping facilities
Answer: Is surrounded on both sides by industrialised nations
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