More Questions on Geography
- Q. Climate change resulting in the rise of temperature may benefit which of the countries/regions?
A)The western coasts of South America
B)South Africa
C)East Indies islands comprising of Java, Sumatra and Borneo
D)Russia and Northern Europe
Answer: Russia and Northern Europe
- Q. Three European cities viz, Belgrade, Budapest and Vienna, are located on the banks of the river
A)Rhone
B)Danube
C)Rhine
D)Volga
Answer: Danube
- Q. Lapse rate is related to the decrease of ________
A)Temperature at 1°F for an ascent of 330 feet
B)Wind velocity with an ascent of 300 feet
C)Humidity with an ascent of 450 feet
D)Pressure with an ascent of 500 feet
Answer: Temperature at 1°F for an ascent of 330 feet
- Q. Loktak Lake, a big lake of North East India, is located in
A)Manipur
B)Assam
C)Arunachal Pradesh
D)Tripura
Answer: Manipur
- Q. Which of the following statements are true with respect to iron ore? I. Limestone and coal are important for smelting iron ore II. More than 20% of the world iron ore deposits are in India III. Odisha and Jharkhand top in the production of iron ore IV. Iran is the largest buyer of Indian iron ore
A)III and IV
B)I, II and III
C)II and III
D)II, III and IV
Answer: I, II and III
- Q. Given below are names of four oceans smallest to the biggest in terms of area is: 1. Atlantic 2. Arctic 3. Indian 4. Pacific
A)3, 4, 1, 2
B)1, 2, 3, 4
C)4, 1, 3, 2
D)2, 3, 1, 4
Answer: 2, 3, 1, 4
- Q. Where is Jawaharlal Nehru Port?
A)Mumbai
B)Paradip
C)Kochin
D)Kolkata
Answer: Mumbai
- Q. The narrow strip of land joining two land masses is called as
A)Strait
B)Cape
C)Isthmus
D)Peninsula
Answer: Isthmus
- Q. The original home of the gypsies was
A)India
B)Egypt
C)Russia
D)Persia
Answer: India
- 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. Grasses are almost absent in ________
A)Tropical semi-evergreen forest
B)Tropical moist deciduous forest
C)Tropical dry evergreen forest
D)Tropical wet-evergreen forest
Answer: Tropical wet-evergreen forest
- Q. Major source of oceanic salinity is
A)Wind
B)Rivers
C)Land
D)Ash from volcanoes
Answer: Rivers
- Q. Which one among the following forces is most powerful in determining movement of wind including its velocity ?
A)Frictional force
B)Gravitational force
C)Centrifugal force
D)Pressure gradient force
Answer: Pressure gradient force
- Q. In which one of the following States, Mangla, Bhagyam and Aishwarya oil fields are located?
A)A.P.
B)Assam
C)Gujarat
D)Rajasthan
Answer: Rajasthan
- Q. One degree of the circumference of the earth measures(approx.) ________
A)151 km
B)100 km
C)111 km
D)175 km
Answer: 111 km
- Q. Dry winds (Harmattan) blows in Sahara Desert from
A)West to East
B)South to North
C)East to West
D)North to South
Answer: East to West
- Q. Po river flows through
A)Yugoslavia
B)Austria
C)Italy
D)France
Answer: Italy
- Q. The planets are kept in motion in their respective orbits by ________
A)Gravitation and centrifugal force
B)Their great size and spherical shape
C)The rotation and density
D)Rotation of the sun on its axis
Answer: Gravitation and centrifugal force
- Q. Longitude is geographically significant to India because ________
A)It divides India into eastern and western zones
B)It determines the Indian standard time
C)It has a bearing on the tropical climate of India
D)It enables determining local time in eastern India
Answer: It determines the Indian standard time
- Q. Greenland is the largest island of the world. It is an integral part of
A)Denmark
B)Norway
C)North America
D)Canada
Answer: Denmark
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