More Questions on Geography
- Q. The age of the Earth is approximately
A)3000 million years
B)1000 million years
C)4600 million years
D)100 million years
Answer: 4600 million years
- Q. The soils which have supported agriculture for centuries without much manuring or fallowing are
A)Black and alluvial soils
B)Alluvial and late rite soils
C)Red and laterite soils
D)Laterite and black soils
Answer: Black and alluvial soils
- Q. Light from the nearest star reaches the earth in
A)4.3 minutes
B)43 minutes
C)4.3 seconds
D)4.3 years
Answer: 4.3 years
- Q. Which mountain is not the part of Himalayan range?
A)Karakoram
B)Aravalli
C)Kunlun
D)Hindukush
Answer: Aravalli
- Q. Isolines are lines Joining places having
A)Equal salinity
B)Equal temperature
C)Equal diurnal range of temperature
D)Equal cloud cover
Answer: Equal salinity
- Q. Where do Birhors live?
A)Nagaland
B)Chhattishgrah
C)Assam
D)Tamil Nadu
Answer: Chhattishgrah
- Q. Consider the following statements: 1. Tamil Nadu is the only area which receives about half of its rainfall from north-east monsoon winds. 2. Kerala is the only state receiving very heavy rainfall from the south-west monsoon winds. 3. In India, the south-west monsoon is stronger than the north-east monsoon. Which of these are correct statements?
A)1 and 3
B)1, 2 and 3
C)1 and 2
D)2 and 3
Answer: 1, 2 and 3
- Q. Choose the incorrect statement ________
A)Absolute humidity is expressed in grams per cubic metre of air
B)Capacity of air to hold moisture decreases with a rise in temperature of the air
C)The air pressure decreases with an increase in temperature
D)With an ascent of every 165 metres, the temperature is reduced by 1°C
Answer: Absolute humidity is expressed in grams per cubic metre of air
- Q. What is known as High Pressure Subtropical Latitude?
A)Screaming sixties
B)Roaring forties
C)Furious fifties
D)Horse latitudes
Answer: Horse latitudes
- Q. Corsica Island is related to
A)Napoleon Bonaparte
B)Mussolini
C)Hitler
D)Churchill
Answer: Napoleon Bonaparte
- Q. According to census 2001, the average annual growth rate during 1991 – 2001 is almost
A)2.13%
B)1.22%
C)1.93%
D)2.24%
Answer: 1.93%
- Q. Japan’s total land is about ________ that of India.
A)One-ninth
B)One-sixth
C)One-fifth
D)One-tenth
Answer: One-ninth
- Q. Bhutan is surrounded by which of the following Indian States?
A)Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, West Bengal, Bihar
B)Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Sikkim
C)Assam, Mizoram, West Bengal, Bihar
D)Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Bihar, Meghalaya
Answer: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Sikkim
- Q. Which of the following regions gets no rainfall throughout the year?
A)The Himalayan Region
B)The Equatorial Region
C)The Tundra Region
D)The Mediterranean Region
Answer: The Tundra Region
- Q. The full name of OTEC
A)Oil and Thermal Energy Conservation
B)Offshore Thermal Energy Conservation
C)Ocean Terminal Energy Conservation
D)Ocean Thermal Energy Conservation
Answer: Ocean Thermal Energy Conservation
- Q. Among the following countries, the only one to have about half of its area under cultivation is ________
A)Japan
B)China
C)India
D)US
Answer: India
- Q. Which of the following is not one of the important steps in processing tea leaves?
A)Fermenting
B)Withering
C)Rolling
D)Drying
Answer: Fermenting
- Q. Which of the following pairs of metals are supposed to constitute the internal core of the earth?
A)Iron and Copper
B)Chromium and Iron
C)Magnesium and Lead
D)Nickel and Iron
Answer: Nickel and Iron
- Q. What is the Stage in the population cycle in which India is classified on the basic of its demographic characteristics?
A)Late expanding stage
B)Early expanding stage
C)High stationary stage
D)Declinning Stage
Answer: Late expanding stage
- Q. Consider the following cities: 1. Bhatinda 2. Jamnagar 3. Mangalore Which of the above has/have oil refineries?
A)2 and 3
B)1 and 2
C)3 only
D)1, 2 and 3
Answer: 2 and 3
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