More Questions on Geography

  • Q. Tibet, the highest plateau in the world, is a
    A)Continental plateau
    B)Piedmont plateau
    C)Intermontane plateau
    D)Volcanic plateau
    Answer: Intermontane plateau
  • Q. Which one of the following is a Sedimentary Rock?
    A)Basalt
    B)Granite
    C)Charnockite
    D)Arkose
    Answer: Arkose
  • Q. The Yarlung Zangbo river, in India, is known as
    A)Brahmaputra
    B)Ganga
    C)Indus
    D)Mahanadi
    Answer: Brahmaputra
  • Q. In which of the following states, Teesta Urja hydro-power project is proposed to be set up?
    A)West Bengal
    B)Sikkim
    C)Andhra Pradesh
    D)Arunachal Pradesh
    Answer: Sikkim
  • Q. The northern part of the west coast in India is known as
    A)Malabar coast
    B)Konkan coast
    C)Coromandel coast
    D)Godavari Coast
    Answer: Konkan coast
  • 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. A Hydro Power Project on Lake Loktak is situated in which state
    A)Meghalaya
    B)Madhya Pradesh
    C)Manipur
    D)Himachal Pradesh
    Answer: Manipur
  • Q. Equinox occurs when the Sun is vertically above
    A)Poles
    B)Tropic of Capricorn
    C)Tropic of Cancer
    D)Equator
    Answer: Equator
  • Q. Which National Highway connects Delhi and Kolkata via Varanasi
    A)NH2
    B)NH4
    C)NH10
    D)NH6
    Answer: NH2
  • Q. The World’s largest island is
    A)New Guinea
    B)Greenland
    C)Iceland
    D)Madagascar
    Answer: Greenland
  • Q. Sea water is saltier than rain water because ________
    A)River wash away salts from earth and pour them into the sea
    B)Sea animals are salt producing
    C)The air around the sea is saltish
    D)Sea beds have salt producing mines
    Answer: River wash away salts from earth and pour them into the sea
  • Q. The orbit in which of the following planet is nearest to the Sun?
    A)Mars
    B)Saturn
    C)Jupiter
    D)Uranus
    Answer: Mars
  • 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. Wild asses are found in
    A)Manas, Barpeta (Assam)
    B)Parkal, Warangal (Andhra Pradesh
    C)Rann of Kutch, Gujarat
    D)Chandraprabha, Varanasi
    Answer: Rann of Kutch, Gujarat
  • Q. Which of the following represents the southernmost geographical unit of India?
    A)Lakshadweep
    B)Cape Comorin (Kanyakumari)
    C)Rameshwaram
    D)Great Nicobar Island
    Answer: Great Nicobar Island
  • Q. Which of the following statements about forests is not correct?
    A)Forests in equatorial regions of India are less dense than the monsoon forests
    B)Coniferous forests of high latitudes yield soft wood
    C)Between 2000 m and 3000 m elevation on the Himalayas grow deodar, chinar and walnut
    D)Large-scale exploitation of forests has caused soil erosion and repeated floods
    Answer: Forests in equatorial regions of India are less dense than the monsoon forests
  • Q. Some people in Manipur live in houses bunt on floating islands of weeds and decaying vegetation held together by suspended slit. These islands are called
    A)Phoomdis
    B)Tipis
    C)Barkhans
    D)Izba
    Answer: Phoomdis
  • Q. One astronomical unit is the average distance between which of the following?
    A)Jupiter and Sun
    B)Earth and Sun
    C)Earth and Moon
    D)Pluto and Sun
    Answer: Earth and Sun
  • Q. Among the following cities, which one is at the highest altitude above mean sea level?
    A)Jodhpur
    B)Bangalore
    C)Delhi
    D)Nagpur
    Answer: Bangalore
  • Q. In which river is “Grand canyon”?
    A)Columbia
    B)Mississippi
    C)Colorado
    D)Ohara
    Answer: Colorado

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