More Questions on Geography
- Q. Khetri is famous for
A)Copper
B)Aluminium
C)Fertilizers
D)Gold
Answer: Copper
- Q. The lowest winter temperature in the northern hemisphere is of ________
A)Moscow
B)Ottawa
C)Mexico city
D)Verkhoyansk
Answer: Verkhoyansk
- Q. Which of the following is India’s north station?
A)Himadri
B)Dakshin Gangotri
C)Maitri
D)None of These
Answer: Himadri
- Q. Where in India is the rift valley to be found?
A)Cauvery Valley
B)Brahmaputra Valley
C)Godavari Valley
D)Narmada Valley
Answer: Narmada Valley
- Q. Cloudy nights are warmer compared to clear cloudless nights, because clouds
A)Produce heat and radiate it towards earth
B)Prevent cold waves from the sky from descending on earth
C)Reflect back the heat given off by earth
D)Absorb heat from the atmosphere and send it towards earth
Answer: Reflect back the heat given off by earth
- Q. Between which one of the following pairs of islands is Duncan Passage located?
A)Car Nicobar Island and Little Nicobar Island
B)South Andaman and Little Andaman
C)Little Andaman and Car Nicobar Island
D)Little Nicobar Island and Great Nicobar Island
Answer: Little Andaman and Car Nicobar Island
- Q. From north towards South, which one of the following is the correct sequence of the given rivers in India?
A)Zaskar - Shyok - Sutlej - Spiti
B)Shyok - Spiti - Zaskar - Sutlej
C)Shyok - Zaskar - Spiti - Sutlej
D)Zaskar - Sutlej - Shyok – Spiti
Answer: Shyok - Zaskar - Spiti - Sutlej
- Q. Which of the following statement is correct?
A)Relative humidity is denoted in gram per cubic meter of air.
B)Air capacity of vaporization reduces with the rise in the temperature of air.
C)Atmospheric pressure reduces due to rise in temperature.
D)Temperature decreases 10°C at every 165 height
Answer: Atmospheric pressure reduces due to rise in temperature.
- Q. Which of the following dams has generations of power more than irrigation as its main purpose?
A)Periyar
B)Gandhi Sagar
C)Hirakud
D)Tungabhadra
Answer: Gandhi Sagar
- Q. The primary purpose of constructing the Farakka barrage is to ________
A)Meet the chronic power shortage
B)Preserve and maintain navigation
C)Supply drinking water
D)Bring additional areas into irrigation
Answer: Preserve and maintain navigation
- Q. Why is crop rotation necessary?
A)To reduce the quantity of proteins
B)To increase the fertility of soil
C)To increase the quantity of minerals
D)To plough various types of crops
Answer: To increase the fertility of soil
- Q. If the original day sediments are subjected to high temperature and pressure, they successively change into rocks, the correct order of which is ________
A)Slate, Schist, Shale
B)Slate, Shale, Schist
C)Shale, Schist, Slate
D)Shale, Slate, Schist
Answer: Shale, Slate, Schist
- Q. Erosion of soil by a river mainly depends upon ________
A)Its speed at which it flows
B)Its depth
C)Its length
D)Its width
Answer: Its speed at which it flows
- 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 of the following celestial bodies is located farthermost to the Earth?
A)Neptune
B)Saturn
C)Uranus
D)Pluto
Answer: Pluto
- Q. Which of the following city is the centre for manufacturing of Penicillin?
A)Pimpari
B)Sindri
C)Delhi
D)Alwaye
Answer: Pimpari
- Q. With reference to a fresh water lake, consider the following characteristics: 1. Richness in nutrients 2. Rapid turnover of phytoplankton 3. Depletion of dissolved oxygen Which of the above is/are observed in a lake after its eutrophication?
A)3 only
B)1 only
C)1 and 2 only
D)1, 2 and 3
Answer: 1, 2 and 3
- Q. The majority of Earth’s crust is composed of which rock?
A)Sedimetary
B)Igneous
C)Metamorphic
D)Carbonate
Answer: Igneous
- Q. Which planet is known as the Earth’s Twin?
A)Uranus
B)Venus
C)Mars
D)Neptune
Answer: Venus
- Q. Which of the following arrangements is correct according to their locations from north to south mountain ranges of Jammu and Kashmir: 1. Karakoram 2. Ladakh 3. Zanskar 4. Pir Panjal
A)1, 2, 3, 4
B)2, 3, 1, 4
C)1, 4, 3, 2
D)2, 4, 1, 3
Answer: 1, 2, 3, 4
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