More Questions on Geography

  • Q. A landscape which is caused due to the fissure in the earth along which one side has moved down with reference to the other is known as?
    A)V Shaped Valley
    B)Rift Valley
    C)U Shaped Valley
    D)Hanging Valley
    Answer: Rift Valley
  • Q. Which of the following regions has almost all prevalent types of natural vegetation in India?
    A)The Himalayas
    B)The Coastal Plains
    C)The Deccan Plateau
    D)The Ganga Plain
    Answer: The Himalayas
  • 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. What is the difference between the Indian Standard time and Greenwich Standard Time?
    A)5 Hour and 30 minutes
    B)5 Hour
    C)15 Hour and 30 minutes
    D)6 Hour and 30 minutes
    Answer: 5 Hour and 30 minutes
  • Q. Among the following States, which one has the highest amount of Nickel Ore resources?
    A)Karnataka
    B)Chhattisgarh
    C)Jharkhand
    D)Orissa
    Answer: Orissa
  • Q. Lake Sambhar is nearest to which one of the following cities of Rajasthan?
    A)Jodhpur
    B)Bharatpur
    C)Jaipur
    D)Udaipur
    Answer: Jaipur
  • Q. Owing to the equatorial bulge and the polar flattening, the polar radius of the earth falls short of the equatorial radius by about ________
    A)41 km
    B)22 km
    C)36 km
    D)53 km
    Answer: 22 km
  • Q. Which one of the following has geographical position of 0° latitude and 0° longitude?
    A)In Ghana, a West African-country
    B)In the South Atlantic Ocean
    C)In the Mediterranean Sea
    D)At Greenwich Observatory in England
    Answer: In the South Atlantic Ocean
  • Q. Which of the following is not one of the reasons for concentration of jute mills in Kolkata?
    A)A large supply of cheap labour and water required for industry
    B)Cheap and abundant power supply
    C)Availability of coal
    D)The port of Kolkata can easily export all the jute goods
    Answer: Cheap and abundant power supply
  • Q. “Haneda” is the name of the international airport in
    A)Tokyo
    B)Hong Kong
    C)Dacca
    D)Singapore
    Answer: Tokyo
  • Q. World forestry Day is observed on:
    A)June 5 Every Year
    B)April 20 Every Year
    C)May 10 Every Year
    D)March 21 Every Year
    Answer: March 21 Every Year
  • Q. The Balkan Peninsula is separated from the rest of Europe by the river.
    A)Elbe
    B)Danube
    C)Rhine
    D)Weser
    Answer: Danube
  • Q. Fjords abound the coast of
    A)Norway
    B)Sweden
    C)France
    D)Germany
    Answer: Norway
  • Q. In which one of the following cities can one never have the sunshine directly overhead at noon?
    A)Visakhapatnam
    B)Bengaluru
    C)Mumbai
    D)Delhi
    Answer: Delhi
  • Q. Katchatheevu Island was ceded by India to which country in 1974?
    A)Indonesia
    B)Sri Lanka
    C)Maldives
    D)Myanmar
    Answer: Sri Lanka
  • Q. Which of the following statements is/are correct with regard to Milky Way? 1. It is a spiral galaxy. 2. The solar system resides in one of its spiral arms. Select the correct answer using the codes given below
    A)Both 1 and 2
    B)1 only
    C)2 only
    D)Neither 1 nor 2
    Answer: Both 1 and 2
  • Q. Which of the following country is not a member of BRICS association?
    A)Iceland
    B)Brazil
    C)Russia
    D)China
    Answer: Iceland
  • Q. What will be the difference in time of two cities situated on the same longitude but one in northern and the other in southern hemisphere?
    A)Four minutes difference
    B)No difference
    C)Four hours difference
    D)There are no such cities
    Answer: No difference
  • Q. Among the following states, in which one is the percentage of forest area to total geographical area the highest?
    A)Sikkim
    B)Arunachal Pradesh
    C)Himachal Pradesh
    D)Uttarakhand
    Answer: Arunachal Pradesh
  • Q. Chemical weathering is a name given to
    A)Removal of soil by chemical action
    B)Disintegration of rocks without any change in their chemical composition
    C)Chemical interaction of oxygen, carbon dioxide or water with the minerals in the rocks
    D)Artificial breaking up of rocks for man's use
    Answer: Chemical interaction of oxygen, carbon dioxide or water with the minerals in the rocks

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