More Questions on Geography
- Q. The Tropical grasslands are called
A)Savanna
B)Pampas
C)Llanos
D)Veld
Answer: Savanna
- 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. The zone of low atmospheric pressure and ascending air located at or near the equator is called:
A)Intera-Tropical Convergence Zone
B)Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ)
C)Outer-Tropical Convergence Zone
D)None of Above
Answer: Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ)
- Q. Which of the following natural regions is not found in the Torrid Zone?
A)Temperate deserts
B)Equatorial forests
C)Monsoon regions
D)Tropical grasslands
Answer: Temperate deserts
- Q. Maoris are the inhabitants of ________
A)Brazil
B)Nigeria
C)Egypt
D)New Zealand
Answer: New Zealand
- Q. Why does the mercury column in the barometer fall rapidly before a severe storm? It is due to
A)Severe heat energy from the sun
B)Increase in the humidity of air
C)Fall in the atmospheric pressure
D)Rise in the atmospheric pressure
Answer: Fall in the atmospheric pressure
- Q. The primary purpose of constructing the Farakka barrage is to ________
A)Meet the chronic power shortage
B)Preserve and maintain navigation
C)Supply drinking water
D)Bring additional areas into irrigation
Answer: Preserve and maintain navigation
- Q. Sea-cow is found in which of the following biosphere reserve of India
A)Manas
B)Nokrek
C)Gulf of Mannar
D)Sundarban
Answer: Gulf of Mannar
- Q. In which region China type climate is found?
A)Natalin Africa
B)South Japan
C)South West Korea
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. Which one of the following soil types of India is rendered infertile by the presence of excess iron?
A)Podzolic
B)Desert sand
C)Alluvial
D)Lateritic
Answer: Lateritic
- Q. Which is the first Asian country to reach the orbit of Mars
A)Pakistan
B)Japan
C)India
D)China
Answer: India
- Q. In which of the following ways can soil be conserved? I. Contour ploughing II. Terracing III. Shifting cultivation IV. Crop rotation
A)II and IV
B)I, II and IV
C)II, III and IV
D)I and III
Answer: I, II and IV
- Q. The place on the Earth’s surface above the focus is called the
A)Epicentre
B)Focus
C)Incentre
D)Circumcentre
Answer: Epicentre
- Q. Where was the first biosphere reserve established in India?
A)Hazaribagh
B)Nilgiri
C)Nanda Devi
D)Kanha
Answer: Nilgiri
- Q. The Contour line is those imaginary line which show?
A)Areas of similar height
B)Areas of similar atmospheric pressure
C)Areas of similar temperature
D)Equal Sunning areas
Answer: Areas of similar height
- Q. The Satpura Thermal Power Station is in
A)Madhya Pradesh
B)Uttar Pradesh
C)Jammu and Kashmir
D)Maharashtra
Answer: Madhya Pradesh
- Q. The largest volcano crater in the world is ________
A)Etna (Sicily)
B)Vesuvius (Italy)
C)Toba (Indonesia)
D)Stromboli (Sicily)
Answer: Toba (Indonesia)
- Q. Sargasso sea is located in ________
A)North Sea
B)North Pacific Ocean
C)North Atlantic Ocean
D)South Atlantic Ocean
Answer: North Atlantic Ocean
- Q. The Dogger Bank, the main fishing area of Europe, lies in
A)North Sea
B)Baltic Sea
C)English Channel
D)Norwegian Sea
Answer: North Sea
- Q. Halley’s comet appears once in a period of ________
A)76 years
B)24 years
C)32 years
D)84 years
Answer: 76 years
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