More Questions on Geography
- Q. How much part of Earth’s surface is desert?
A)1/3rd
B)10th
C)5th
D)6th
Answer: 1/3rd
- Q. The wet hill forest are found in the ________
A)Nilgiris
B)Aravallis
C)Mahadev Hills
D)Satpura Hills
Answer: Nilgiris
- Q. ________ is a natural electrical phenomenon characterized by the appearance of streams of reddish or greenish light in the sky, especially near the northern or southern magnetic pole
A)Albopictus
B)Acaulis
C)Matus
D)Aurora
Answer: Aurora
- Q. Which of the following trees shed their leaves once in a year?
A)Evergreen trees
B)Deciduous trees
C)Coniferous trees
D)Both deciduous and coniferous trees
Answer: Deciduous trees
- Q. What is a graticule?
A)The intersection of roads
B)The network of intersecting parallels and meridians on a map
C)The network of intersections of Equator and Prime Meridian
D)The intersection of Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn
Answer: The network of intersecting parallels and meridians on a map
- Q. Which one of the following continents has the lowest birth and death rates?
A)North America
B)Europe
C)Australia
D)South America
Answer: Australia
- Q. The outermost layer of Sun is called ________
A)Chromosphere
B)Convection zone
C)Photosphere
D)Corona
Answer: Corona
- Q. Who gave the idea that originally there was only one continent called Pangea ?
A)Darwin
B)Wegener
C)Marshall
D)Ptolemy
Answer: Wegener
- Q. The first large scale modern machine tool factory set up in public sector is :
A)1957
B)1953
C)1955
D)1959
Answer: 1953
- Q. Commercial sources of energy purely consist of
A)Power, coal, animal dung and firewood
B)Power, coal, oil, gas, hydro-electricity and uranium
C)Coal, oil, firewood, vegetable waste and agricultural waste
D)Coal, gas, oil and firewood
Answer: Power, coal, oil, gas, hydro-electricity and uranium
- Q. Mongoloid races are characterised by
A)Dolico cephalic head
B)Prognathism
C)Epicanthic fold
D)None of these
Answer: Epicanthic fold
- Q. Consider the following statements: 1. Nearly 99% of the total mass of the atmosphere lies within 30 km of the Earth’s surface. 2. The proportion of ozone in the atmosphere increases to a maximum at about 60 km from Earth’s surface. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A)Both 1 and 2
B)1 only
C)2 only
D)Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: 1 only
- Q. Which is the world’s largest desert?
A)Thar
B)Sahara
C)Gobi
D)Takala Makan
Answer: Sahara
- Q. Which one of the following groups comprises of States sharing borders with Chhattisgarh ?
A)Bihar, Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Orissa
B)Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Orissa
C)Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh
D)Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal
Answer: Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Orissa
- Q. Which of the following Planets is the brightest?
A)Jupiter
B)Mercury
C)Mars
D)Venus
Answer: Venus
- Q. Black soils are ideal for cultivation of cotton as
A)They are made of lava
B)Their colour is black
C)They can retain moisture
D)They are found on plateau regions
Answer: They can retain moisture
- Q. What is the other name of Sahyadri Range?
A)Western Ghats
B)Lesser Himalayas
C)Shivaliks
D)Eastern Ghats
Answer: Western Ghats
- Q. Hurricanes or typhoons (tropical cyclones) develop and mature
A)Anywhere in the tropical zone
B)Over land bodies only
C)In a belt 35°-65° N and S latitudes
D)Over water bodies only
Answer: Over water bodies only
- Q. Which of the following geomorphic pairs is not correct?
A)Delta - River
B)Cirque - Glacier
C)Coral - Ocean
D)Pores - Air
Answer: Pores - Air
- Q. Where was the first Nuclear Power Plant constructed in India?
A)Narora
B)Kaiga
C)Tarapur
D)Kota
Answer: Tarapur
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