More Questions on Geography

  • Q. The distance between two consecutive longitudes (91° E and 92° E) at the Poles is
    A)25 km
    B)0 km
    C)18 km
    D)111 km
    Answer: 0 km
  • Q. What is Bailadila famous for?
    A)Copper
    B)Bauxite
    C)Iron ore
    D)Coal
    Answer: Iron ore
  • Q. Which one of th following coasts of India is most affected by violent tropical cyclones?
    A)Konkan
    B)Malabar
    C)Andhra Pradesh
    D)Gujarat
    Answer: Andhra Pradesh
  • Q. The majority of the coal reserves found in India are of
    A)Quaternary formation
    B)Tertiary formation
    C)Gondwana formation
    D)Jurassic formation
    Answer: Gondwana formation
  • Q. The mode or life or people living in Monsoon regions is
    A)Intensive subsistence cultivation
    B)Commercial grainfarming
    C)Cattle rearing
    D)Plantation agriculture
    Answer: Intensive subsistence cultivation
  • Q. Anticline is a type of which of the following?
    A)Eroded Landmass
    B)Riverine
    C)Fold Structure
    D)Delta
    Answer: Fold Structure
  • Q. Forest Research Institute is at
    A)Dehradun
    B)Mumbai
    C)Cambay
    D)Simla
    Answer: Dehradun
  • Q. What are the imaginary lines touching both the poles of Earth called?
    A)Isobars
    B)Latitudes
    C)Longitudes
    D)Isotherms
    Answer: Longitudes
  • Q. For short-term climatic predictions, which one of the following events, detected in the last decade, is associated with occasional weak monsoon rains in the Indian subcontinent?
    A)El Nino and southern oscillations
    B)La Nina
    C)Movement of jet streams
    D)Green-house effect on global level
    Answer: El Nino and southern oscillations
  • Q. What is the other name of Sahyadri Range?
    A)Western Ghats
    B)Lesser Himalayas
    C)Shivaliks
    D)Eastern Ghats
    Answer: Western Ghats
  • Q. The Huge deposit of uranium are found recently in
    A)Kerala
    B)Andhra Pradesh
    C)Kanrataka
    D)Tamil Nadu
    Answer: Andhra Pradesh
  • Q. The term “epicentre” is associated with
    A)Earthquakes
    B)The inner core of the earth
    C)The outer core of the Earth
    D)Volcanoes
    Answer: Earthquakes
  • Q. Temperature generally decreases towards the poles because ________
    A)Cold surfaces do not absorb solar energy as readily as warm surfaces
    B)Air movement is generally towards the. equator
    C)Cold polar air masses prevent surface heating of the land
    D)Progressively lesser solar energy per unit area falls on the earth's surface as we move to polar regions
    Answer: Progressively lesser solar energy per unit area falls on the earth's surface as we move to polar regions
  • Q. The headquarters of North Eastern Railway is:
    A)Kolkata
    B)Lucknow
    C)Patna
    D)Gorakhpur
    Answer: Gorakhpur
  • Q. The Tropical Rain forest type of climate is characterised by ________
    A)Hot dry summer and mild wet winters
    B)Average rainfall of about 300 cm
    C)Heavy rain and high temperatures throughout the year
    D)Hot summer and cool winters with about 100 cm of annual rainfall
    Answer: Heavy rain and high temperatures throughout the year
  • Q. The method of soil conservation in which bare ground between plants is covered with layer of organic matter like straw is called?
    A)Rockdam
    B)Mulching
    C)Contour barriers
    D)Terrace farming
    Answer: Mulching
  • 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. After which one of the following tribes of India has a supercontinent of ancient geological history of the world been named?
    A)Bhils
    B)Santhals
    C)Khonds
    D)Gonds
    Answer: Gonds
  • Q. The hot dry local winds that blow on the eastern side of the Alps Mountain are known as ________
    A)Khamsin
    B)Chinook
    C)Foehn
    D)Sirocco
    Answer: Foehn
  • Q. Niagara Falls are in ________
    A)South Africa
    B)Australia
    C)U.K.
    D)U.S.A.
    Answer: U.S.A.

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