More Questions on Geography
- Q. Critical criteria for the location of an aluminium plant in India are the availability of bauxite and ________
A)Labour
B)Coal
C)Electricity
D)Ready market
Answer: Electricity
- Q. In Germany the Mittle Land Canal runs from the
A)Rhine to the Wesser
B)Elbe to the Wesser
C)Oder to the Elbe
D)Rhine to the Oder
Answer: Rhine to the Oder
- Q. Trans-continental railways have played an Important role in
A)Providing employment to people
B)International trade
C)Development of resources in the interior of continents
D)Deportation of prisoners to the interior
Answer: Development of resources in the interior of continents
- Q. Which one of the following gives the correct sequence of places going from the east to the west of India?
A)Jorhat, Bhopal, Ahmedabad, Rajkot
B)Sikhar, Tinsukhia, lndore, Vadodara
C)Tinsukhia, Phulpur, Udaipur, Kota
D)Guwahati, Silchar, Bhopal, Rajkot
Answer: Jorhat, Bhopal, Ahmedabad, Rajkot
- Q. Which of the following tributaries of the Ganga System flows northwards?
A)Gandak
B)Kosi
C)Ghaghara
D)Son
Answer: Son
- Q. The deepest trench of the Indian Ocean is
A)Atacama Trench
B)Java Trench
C)Aleutian Trench
D)Tizard Trench
Answer: Java Trench
- Q. Which one of the following straits is nearest to the International Date Line?
A)Strait of Florida
B)Malacca Strait
C)Bering Strait
D)Strait of Gibraltar
Answer: Bering Strait
- Q. The velocity of wind is related to
A)Temperature
B)Revolution of the Earth
C)Rotation of the Earth
D)Pressure gradient
Answer: Pressure gradient
- Q. A person of mixed European and Indian blood in Latin America is called a ________
A)Meiji
B)Mulatto
C)Mestizo
D)Mau Mau
Answer: Mestizo
- Q. Which of the following city has the largest number of registered vehicles?
A)Delhi
B)Mumbai
C)Kolkata
D)Chennai
Answer: Delhi
- Q. Farakka barrage is a major reason for contention between India and ________.
A)China
B)Bangladesh
C)Pakistan
D)Nepal
Answer: Bangladesh
- Q. Which city is served by Diamond Harbour?
A)Kolkata
B)Mumbai
C)Visakhapatnam
D)Rangoon
Answer: Kolkata
- Q. The formation of laterite soil is mainly due to ________
A)Leaching
B)Weathering
C)Erosion
D)Deposition
Answer: Leaching
- Q. Which one of the following is a global biodiversity hotspot in India?
A)Eastern Ghats
B)Western Ghats
C)Western Himalayas
D)Northern Himalayas
Answer: Western Ghats
- Q. The darkest part of the shadow during eclipse is
A)Penumbra
B)Halo
C)Umbra
D)Black Hole
Answer: Umbra
- Q. Which one of the following statements is correct?
A)Kandla and Kolkata are tidal ports
B)India ranks 9th in the world's shipping tonnage
C)Mumbai port handles half of the country's foreign trade
D)India has 14 major ports and 129 minor ports
Answer: Mumbai port handles half of the country's foreign trade
- Q. What are the imaginary lines touching both the poles of Earth called?
A)Isobars
B)Latitudes
C)Longitudes
D)Isotherms
Answer: Longitudes
- Q. Which continent has the highest density of population?
A)Europe
B)Asia
C)Africa
D)North America
Answer: Europe
- Q. Which of the following is/are considered a Renewable Source of Energy? 1. Wind Energy 2. Solar Energy 3. Nuclear Energy
A)Only 3
B)Only 1
C)Only 2
D)Only 1 and 2
Answer: Only 1 and 2
- Q. What are ‘Igloos’?
A)Mammoth mammals found in the Pacific Ocean
B)A kind of animal hunted by Kalahari Bushmen
C)A kind of animal domesticated by aboriginal inhabitants of Australia
D)A dome-shaped house or a hut, built of blocks of hard snow, in which the Eskimos live
Answer: A dome-shaped house or a hut, built of blocks of hard snow, in which the Eskimos live
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