More Questions on Geography
- Q. The world’s highest rail bridge being constructed in the State of Jammu & Kashmir will be on which of the following rivers?
A)Indus
B)Jhelum
C)Chenab
D)Ravi
Answer: Chenab
- Q. Seasonal contrast in temperature are minimum in the equatorial region because ________
A)Forests prevent sunlight from reaching the ground
B)Sky is always overcast
C)Sun is almost vertically overhead throughout the year
D)Rainfall cool the atmosphere
Answer: Sun is almost vertically overhead throughout the year
- Q. The instrument used for measuring relative humidity in air is ________
A)Pantograph
B)Hygrometer
C)Hydrograph
D)Barograph
Answer: Hygrometer
- Q. Which of the following hill stations is not located in Himachal Pradesh?
A)Shimla
B)Kulu
C)Manali
D)Ranikhet
Answer: Ranikhet
- Q. The oldest oil-field in India is in
A)Neyveli
B)Haldia
C)Bombay High
D)Digboi
Answer: Digboi
- Q. The Talcher Thermal Power Station is in
A)West Bengal
B)Odisha
C)Maharashtra
D)Meghalaya
Answer: Odisha
- Q. The rainfall due to upward movement of air caused by convergence of cold air masses against warm air masses is called ________.
A)Frontal rainfall
B)Cyclonic rainfall
C)Orographic rainfall
D)Convectional rainfall
Answer: Frontal rainfall
- Q. Where is famous “GIR” forest located?
A)Gujarat
B)Mysore
C)Kashmir
D)Kerala
Answer: Gujarat
- Q. Arrange the following countries of southAsia in their descending order of literacy of people- 1. Bangladesh 2. India 3. Pakistan 4. Srilanka
A)4, 2, 3, 1
B)1, 4, 3, 2
C)3, 2, 4, 1
D)4, 3, 2, 1
Answer: 4, 2, 3, 1
- Q. Which is the first National Park established in India?
A)Bandipur National Park
B)Velvadna National Park
C)Periyar National Park
D)Corbett National Park
Answer: Corbett National Park
- Q. The mean radius of the earth is approximately ________
A)9600 km
B)3200 km
C)6400 km
D)12800 km
Answer: 6400 km
- Q. The flood plain along river banks formed by newer alluvium is called:
A)Delta
B)Meander
C)River Valley
D)Khaddar
Answer: Khaddar
- Q. Bauxite is the ore of
A)Zinc
B)Aluminium
C)Copper
D)Mica
Answer: Aluminium
- Q. In which of the following grouping of states of India is rubber grown on a commercial scale?
A)Sikkim-Arunachal Pradesh-Nagaland
B)Maharashtra-Gujarat-Madhya Pradesh
C)Kerala-Tamil Nadu-Karnataka
D)Odisha-Madhya Pradesh-Maharashtra
Answer: Kerala-Tamil Nadu-Karnataka
- Q. The Bhutia group of languages does not include
A)Lepcha
B)Laddakhi
C)Tibetan
D)Sherpa
Answer: Lepcha
- Q. The role of spines in the desert plants is ________
A)To save the moisture from evaporation.
B)To protect themselves from the herbivores.
C)To provide more surface for photosynthesis
D)None of the above
Answer: To save the moisture from evaporation.
- Q. Which one of the following rivers thrice forks into two streams and reunites a few miles farther on, thus forming the islands of Srirangapatanam, Sivasamudram and Srirangam?
A)Krishna
B)Cauvery
C)Tungabhadra
D)Godavari
Answer: Cauvery
- Q. ________ islands are the “cross roads of the Pacific”.
A)Windward
B)Fiji
C)Falkland
D)Hawaiian
Answer: Hawaiian
- Q. A narrow strip of land bordered on both sides by water, connecting two large bodies of land is known as ________
A)A peninsula
B)An isthmus
C)A lagoon
D)A strait
Answer: An isthmus
- Q. Loess is ________ soil.
A)Volcanic
B)Wind-deposited
C)Water-deposited
D)Black cotton
Answer: Wind-deposited
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