More Questions on Geography

  • Q. What is the main cause of Tsunami?
    A)Earthquake on Sea Surface
    B)Volcano
    C)Cyclone
    D)Gravitation of Moon
    Answer: Earthquake on Sea Surface
  • Q. Which type of forest belt supplies most of the world’s requirement of newsprint?
    A)Evergreen forest
    B)Coniferous forest
    C)Deciduous forest
    D)Mediterranear forest
    Answer: Coniferous forest
  • Q. Collective Farm of Ukraine is also known as
    A)Ryckay Eezik
    B)Kolkhoz
    C)Dom
    D)Sovkhoz
    Answer: Kolkhoz
  • Q. Which of the following is not one of the by-products of mineral oil?
    A)Aniline dyes
    B)Naphtha
    C)Sulphur
    D)Paraffin wax
    Answer: Sulphur
  • Q. Which of the following is the correct order of increasing size of the grains of soil particles? 1. Clay 2. Silt 3. Sand 4. Gravel
    A)4, 3, 2, 1
    B)2, 3, 4, 1
    C)1, 2, 3, 4
    D)1, 4, 3, 2
    Answer: 1, 2, 3, 4
  • Q. The Coral reefs are a specimen of
    A)Savannah
    B)Temperate Forests
    C)Tropical Rain Forest
    D)Coppice Land
    Answer: Tropical Rain Forest
  • Q. What was the primary purpose of constructing the Farakka Barrage?
    A)To bring additional area of West Bengal under irrigation
    B)Preservation and maintenance of Kolkata port for navigation
    C)To supply Ganga water to Bangladesh
    D)To meet the chronic power shortage in Kolkata
    Answer: Preservation and maintenance of Kolkata port for navigation
  • Q. Where are the Balearic Islands located?
    A)Baltic Sea
    B)Mediterranean Sea
    C)Black Sea
    D)North Sea
    Answer: Mediterranean Sea
  • Q. The heavier silicates named ‘Sima’ or silica + magnesium are most abundant in the ________
    A)Mantle
    B)Crust
    C)Core
    D)Ocean floors
    Answer: Ocean floors
  • Q. The river Damodar ends in
    A)The Bay of Bengal
    B)River Ganga
    C)River Hugli
    D)Salt Lake
    Answer: River Hugli
  • Q. The longest dam in India is
    A)Hirakund Dam
    B)Bhakra Dam
    C)Nagarjuna Sagar Dam
    D)Kosi Dam
    Answer: Hirakund Dam
  • 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. Tropical evergreen forests remain evergreen because ________
    A)Shedding of leaves and simultaneous growth of new ones takes place throughout the year
    B)There is a thick undergrowth of bushes
    C)They do not shed their leaves.
    D)While plants at one level shed their leaves, those at a higher level retain their leaves
    Answer: Shedding of leaves and simultaneous growth of new ones takes place throughout the year
  • Q. Which one of the following is the southern-most city ?
    A)Raipur
    B)Bhopal
    C)Kolkata
    D)Udaipur
    Answer: Raipur
  • Q. The largest ocean is
    A)Arctic Ocean
    B)Atlantic Ocean
    C)Indian Ocean
    D)Pacific Ocean
    Answer: Pacific Ocean
  • Q. Which of the following celestial bodies is located farthermost to the Earth?
    A)Neptune
    B)Saturn
    C)Uranus
    D)Pluto
    Answer: Pluto
  • Q. Which one of the following is the most possible solution for planning improvement of a metropolitan city in India?
    A)Building up suburbs and satellite towns around the main city
    B)Constructing high rise building and sky scrapers
    C)Dispersing the factories & industries to the neighbouring but independent location.
    D)Preventing immigration of people into the metropolitan city
    Answer: Dispersing the factories & industries to the neighbouring but independent location.
  • Q. Which of the planets is nearest to the earth?
    A)Mercury
    B)Jupiter
    C)Venus
    D)Mars
    Answer: Venus
  • Q. Where is the secretariat of the Conference on Biological Diversity?
    A)Montreal
    B)London
    C)Italy
    D)Toronto
    Answer: Montreal
  • Q. The Mediterranean type of climate is found in mid-latitudes on the
    A)Eastern side of the continents
    B)Western side of the continents in northern hemisphere and on the eastern side of the continents in the southern hemisphere
    C)Eastern side of the continents in northern hemisphere and on the western side of the continents in the southern hemisphere
    D)Western side of the continents
    Answer: Western side of the continents

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