More Questions on Geography
- Q. Which of the following types of soil are mostly confined to river basins and coastal plains of India?
A)Laterite soils
B)Alluvial soils
C)Black soils
D)Red soils
Answer: Alluvial soils
- Q. Lucerene is a
A)Foliage crop
B)Cereal crop
C)Cash crop
D)Fibre crop
Answer: Foliage crop
- Q. An active volcano was reported at ________ India in 1991.
A)Rameshwaram Island, Tamil Nadu
B)Barren Island, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
C)Aliabet Island, Gujarat
D)Mumbai Island, Maharashtra
Answer: Barren Island, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Q. Which of the following sequence is correct in their declining productivity?
A)Ocean, Mangrove, Lakes, Grassland
B)Mangrove, Ocean, Grassland, Lakes
C)Ocean, Lake, Grassland, Mangrove
D)Mangrove, Grassland, Lake, Ocean
Answer: Ocean, Mangrove, Lakes, Grassland
- Q. The Tropical Grasslands of Brazil are known as
A)Selvas
B)Llanos
C)Campos
D)Savanna
Answer: Campos
- Q. Which one of the following countries is not land-locked?
A)Nepal
B)Afghanistan
C)Myanmar
D)Switzerland
Answer: Myanmar
- Q. The acceleration due to gravity at the equator
A)Is equal to that at the poles
B)Is less than that at the poles
C)Is greater than that at the poles
D)Does not depend on the Earth centripetal acceleration
Answer: Is less than that at the poles
- Q. Which of the following is the leading producer of rice?
A)China
B)Australia
C)Argentina
D)Cuba
Answer: China
- Q. The chief coal bearing formation in India is known as the
A)Vindhyans
B)Siwaliks
C)Gondwanas
D)Cuddappahs
Answer: Gondwanas
- Q. The temperature at the core of the earth is about
A)200000º C
B)20000º C
C)5200º C
D)26000º C
Answer: 5200º C
- Q. Which of the following passes and locations is/are wrongly matched? 1. Zojila and Burzil – Jammu & Kashmir 2. Bara Lapcha La and Shipki La – Uttar Pradesh 3. Thaga La, Niti Pass and Lipu Lekh – Himachal Pradesh 4. Nathu La and Jelep La – Sikkim
A)3 and 4
B)1 and 2
C)2 and 3
D)1, 2 and 3
Answer: 2 and 3
- 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 one of the following is the correct sequence of the age of formation-from the youngest to the oldest-of the given mountain ranges?
A)Himalayas, Western Ghats, Vindhayas, Deccan Traps
B)Himalayas, Vindhyas, Western Ghats, Deccan Traps
C)Deccan Traps, Western Ghats, Vindhyas, Himalayas
D)Vindhyas, Himalayas, Deccan Traps, Western Ghats
Answer: Himalayas, Vindhyas, Western Ghats, Deccan Traps
- Q. In which one of the following districts, have large reserves of diamond-bearing kimberlite been discovered in the recent past?
A)Sambalpur
B)Hoshangabad
C)Raipur
D)Warangal
Answer: Raipur
- Q. The first cotton mill was set up at Fort Gloaster in Kolkata in
A)1818
B)1919
C)1926
D)1854
Answer: 1818
- Q. The only port in erstwhile Soviet Union that is ice free throughout the year is
A)Murmansk
B)Leningrad
C)Odessa
D)Vladivostok
Answer: Murmansk
- Q. Winter temperature ranging from -29° C to -40° C, summer temperature about 10° C, total annual precipitation about 25 cm. and low humidity. These characterise the climate.
A)Mountain
B)Taiga
C)Tundra
D)West European
Answer: Tundra
- Q. What is the narrow strip which connects two water bodies or Sea or Ocean?
A)Peninsula
B)Gulf
C)Strait
D)Isthmus
Answer: Strait
- Q. Tides are caused by the gravitational pull of the
A)Sun and Moon on the Earth
B)Earth on the Moon
C)Earth on the Sun
D)Moon on the Earth
Answer: Sun and Moon on the Earth
- Q. If it is 4 P.M. on Monday at 150°W, what will be the time at 150°E ?
A)4 p.m. on Sunday
B)4 a.m. on Tuesday
C)4 p.m. on Tuesday
D)12 Noon on Tuesday
Answer: 12 Noon on Tuesday
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