More Questions on Geography
- Q. Yercaud, a hill station of South India, is situated on the
A)Shevaroy Hills
B)Cardamom Hills
C)Nilgiris
D)Javadi Hills
Answer: Shevaroy Hills
- Q. The movement inside the Earth’s crust is studied by which of the following?
A)Plate Tectonics
B)Geology
C)Seismology
D)Pantograph
Answer: Seismology
- Q. Sextant is an instrument used in which of the following?
A)Birth control
B)Gynaecology
C)Navigation
D)Medical treatment
Answer: Navigation
- Q. Which one of the following statements regarding Shooting Stars is incorrect ?
A)They emit light due to extremely high temperature caused by friction while they are passing through earth's atmosphere
B)They are meteors
C)They are the debris which got separated from a comet
D)They are a kind of a star
Answer: They are a kind of a star
- Q. Where in India is mica mined?
A)Nellore (Andhra Pradesh)
B)Nasirabad (Rajasthan)
C)Gaya (Bihar)
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- Q. What is the approximate circumference of Earth?
A)80,000 Km
B)40,000 Km
C)60,000 Km
D)1,00,000 Km
Answer: 40,000 Km
- Q. The deepest land locked and protected port in India is
A)Mumbai
B)Marmugoa
C)Visakhaptanam
D)Cochin
Answer: Visakhaptanam
- Q. The Srnith-tuttle comet will crash with Earth in ________
A)2126 AD
B)2106 AD
C)2116 AD
D)2136 AD
Answer: 2126 AD
- Q. Which Himalayan peak is also called as Sagarmatha
A)Mt. Everest
B)Nanga Parvat
C)Dhaulagiri
D)Kanchenjunga
Answer: Mt. Everest
- Q. What is the difference between asteroids and comets? 1. Asteroids are small rocky planetoids, while comets are formed of frozen gases held together by rocky and metallic material. 2. Asteroids are found mostly between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars, while comets are found mostly between Venus and Mercury. 3. Comets show a perceptible glowing tail, while asteroids do not. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A)3 only
B)1 and 2 only
C)1 and 3 only
D)1, 2 and 3
Answer: 1 and 3 only
- Q. A landform composed of sediments brought by a river and found where it enters a main valley or emerges from a mountain on to a plain is called a/an
A)Oxbow lake
B)Meander
C)Alluvial fan
D)Levee
Answer: Alluvial fan
- Q. Which of the following layers of the Earth’s atmosphere provide ideal flying conditions for Jet aircraft?
A)Stratosphere
B)Mesosphere
C)Thermosphere
D)Troposphere
Answer: Stratosphere
- 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. The first coal mine in India
A)Raniganj
B)Dhanbad
C)Jharia
D)Asansol
Answer: Raniganj
- Q. The retreating monsoon withdraws from the ________
A)North-east India to the west coast
B)West coast to the east coast
C)North to the south
D)North-west India to Bengal
Answer: North-west India to Bengal
- Q. Which one of the following is the largest country area-wise?
A)Kazakhastan
B)Argentina
C)India
D)Sudan
Answer: India
- Q. In which of the following country, the first iron bridge was constructed?
A)Greece
B)England
C)Italy
D)France
Answer: England
- Q. Which of the following statements is not true?
A)Andhra Pradesh is not much affected by retreating south-west monsoon
B)The intensity of monsoons is determined by tropical depressions
C)Tamil Nadu receives rainfall from north-east monsoon
D)All are correct
Answer: All are correct
- Q. A place having an average annual temperature of 27°C and an annual rainfall of over 200 cm. could be ________
A)Nagpur
B)Tehran
C)Singapore
D)Moscow
Answer: Singapore
- Q. The radiant energy received by the Earth from the sun is
A)Reflection
B)Radiation
C)Insolation
D)Refraction
Answer: Insolation
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