More Questions on Geography

  • Q. What helps to maintain the heat budget on the surface of the earth?
    A)Incoming solar radiation is reflected
    B)Incoming insolation in short waves and terrestrial radiation in long waves
    C)The atmosphere absorbs heat
    D)The earth absorbs heat
    Answer: Incoming insolation in short waves and terrestrial radiation in long waves
  • Q. Which among the following statements about the earth is not true?
    A)The Earth revolves in its orbit round the Sun at a speed of 66,000 miles per hour
    B)The Earth makes one complete revolution round the Sun every 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 46 seconds
    C)The Earth makes one complete revolution on its axis in 48 hours
    D)The Earth rotates on its axis at an equatorial speed of more than 1000 miles per hour
    Answer: The Earth makes one complete revolution on its axis in 48 hours
  • Q. Which one of the following is not conducive to the formation of deltas?
    A)Absence of large lakes along the course of the river
    B)Currents and Tides
    C)Calm winds
    D)Sheltered coastline
    Answer: Currents and Tides
  • Q. The Palk Bay lies between
    A)Lakshadweep and Maldive Islands
    B)Gulf of Kachchh and Gulf of Khambhat
    C)Gulf of Mannar and Bay of Bengal
    D)Andaman and Nicobar Islands
    Answer: Gulf of Mannar and Bay of Bengal
  • Q. The Earth is an oblate spheroid and not a perfect sphere. This is because 1. the Earth has a rotational motion and the rotational speed increases as one goes from the Poles towards the Equator. 2. the Equator experiences greater gravitational pull from the Sun. 3. the intensity of sunlight received at the Equator is greater than that at the Poles.
    A)3 only
    B)1 only
    C)1 and 2
    D)1, 2 and 3
    Answer: 1 and 2
  • Q. Total number of biosphere reserves in India are
    A)15
    B)11
    C)10
    D)18
    Answer: 18
  • Q. The number of major ports in India is
    A)13
    B)5
    C)8
    D)15
    Answer: 13
  • Q. Instrument for measuring rainfall is called
    A)Hyetometer
    B)Lucimeter
    C)Galactometer
    D)Hygrometer
    Answer: Hyetometer
  • Q. Which of the following drainage systems fall into Bay of Bengal?
    A)Luni, Narmada and Tapti
    B)Ganga, Brahmaputra and Godavari
    C)Mahanadi, Krishna and Cauvery
    D)Both A and B
    Answer: Both A and B
  • Q. Willandra Lakes Region a UNESCO Heritage site is located in:
    A)The UK
    B)The USA
    C)Australia
    D)Germany
    Answer: Australia
  • Q. “Mohs’ Scale” is used to indicate the ________
    A)Degree of viscosity of a liquid
    B)Degree of brittleness of a substance
    C)Degree of hardness of minerals.
    D)Degree of elasticity of a material
    Answer: Degree of hardness of minerals.
  • Q. National Waterway-I is on which water system?
    A)Ganga, Bhagirathi, Hoogli river
    B)West Coast Canal
    C)River Brahamputra
    D)Sundarbans Waterways
    Answer: Ganga, Bhagirathi, Hoogli river
  • Q. Which of these is the longest?
    A)90° E
    B)0° Meridian
    C)180° E-W
    D)All are equal
    Answer: All are equal
  • Q. Which is the largest Gulf in the World?
    A)The Persian Gulf
    B)The Gulf of Cambay
    C)The Gulf of Mexico
    D)The Strait of Hormuz
    Answer: The Gulf of Mexico
  • Q. Cyclone is a system of wind blowing ________
    A)In a straight line from high to low pressure region
    B)Spirally outwards from a high pressure region
    C)Spirally towards low pressure region
    D)From Ball of Bengal towards Bangladesh annually
    Answer: Spirally towards low pressure region
  • Q. For transporting large quantities of crude oil on land, over long distances the most economical mode is
    A)By road tankers
    B)By pipelines
    C)By rail tankers
    D)By river barges
    Answer: By pipelines
  • Q. Which is the largest forest covering 25% of world’s land?
    A)Monsoon forest
    B)Tropical rain forest
    C)Taiga forest of Siberia
    D)Temperate forest of Europe
    Answer: Taiga forest of Siberia
  • Q. Which one of the following countries is situated, geographically in America’ but politically a part of Europe?
    A)Green Land
    B)Iceland
    C)Canary Islands
    D)Cuba
    Answer: Green Land
  • Q. The correct sequence of the eastward flowing rivers of the peninsular India from north to south is ________
    A)Mahanadi, Subarnarekha, Godavari, Krishna, Cauvery, Pennar and Vagai
    B)Subarnarekha, Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna, Pennar, Cauvery and Vagai
    C)Subarnarekha, Mahanadi, Krishna, Godavari, Cauvery, Vagai and Pennar
    D)Mahanadi, Subarnarekha, Krishna, Godavari, Cauvery, Vagai and Pennar
    Answer: Subarnarekha, Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna, Pennar, Cauvery and Vagai
  • Q. Which is the destination of the slurry brought by pipeline from Kudremukh?
    A)Mangalore
    B)Koyali
    C)Jagdishpur
    D)Udaipur
    Answer: Mangalore

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