More Questions on Geography
- Q. The low flat central area of a basin of inland drainage is called:
A)Afet
B)Playa
C)Affusion
D)Aquifer
Answer: Playa
- Q. Coniferous forests are in the region of ________
A)Low mean annual temperature throughout the year and very cold winter
B)High humidity and high temperature
C)Low rainfall and very low temperature throughout the year
D)Heavy rainfall and high temperature during summer
Answer: Low rainfall and very low temperature throughout the year
- Q. The Talcher Thermal Power Station is in
A)West Bengal
B)Odisha
C)Maharashtra
D)Meghalaya
Answer: Odisha
- Q. Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve is located in:
A)Meghalaya
B)West Bengal
C)Tamil Nadu
D)Uttarakhand
Answer: Uttarakhand
- Q. What is the meaning of Willy-Willy?
A)High Tide
B)Tropical Cyclone near Australia
C)Earthquake
D)Tropical Cyclone near India
Answer: Tropical Cyclone near Australia
- Q. The gentle ‘seaward sloping’ surface from the coasts is called
A)Continental rise
B)Continental shelf
C)Abyssal plains
D)Submarine ridges
Answer: Continental shelf
- Q. The most plausible explanation for the location of the Thar desert in western India is
A)the absence of mountains to the north of Rajasthan to cause orographic rainfall in it
B)the obstruction caused by the Aravalis to the rain-bearing wind that proceeds to the Ganga Valley
C)the evaporation of moisture by heat
D)that the moisture carried by the South-west monsoon is driven away by the dry upper air current
Answer: the absence of mountains to the north of Rajasthan to cause orographic rainfall in it
- Q. Which one among the following is the type of the Comoros Islands which lie in the Indian Ocean between Northern Madagascar and the African Coast?
A)Eolian deposited
B)Volcanic
C)Glacial eroded
D)Folded
Answer: Volcanic
- Q. Wind erosion is common in
A)Areas where there is thick vegetation
B)Desert
C)Cold areas
D)Areas of heavy rainfall
Answer: Desert
- Q. Consider the following statements: 1. The variation in an average annual range of temperature at 15° latitude of Southern Hemisphere is much less than that at 15° latitude of Northern Hemisphere. 2. At latitudes poleward of 35° the incoming radiation exceeds the outgoing radiation in. Northern Hemisphere, whereas in Southern Hemisphere the outgoing radiation exceeds the incoming radiation. 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. World’s largest solar power plant is located in ________
A)Thar Desert India
B)Kalahari Desert, Africa
C)Sahara Desert, Libya
D)Mojava Desert USA
Answer: Mojava Desert USA
- Q. The Sun shines vertically on the equator ________
A)Twice a year
B)Throughout the year
C)For six months
D)Once a year
Answer: Twice a year
- Q. Which one of the following is not an astronomical object?
A)Black Hole
B)Pulsar
C)Brittle Star
D)Quasar
Answer: Brittle Star
- Q. If the earth’s axis had not been inclined: I. temperature distribution would have been uniform II. days and nights would not have occurred III. seasons would not have occurred IV. poles would not have a continuous day
A)III and IV
B)I, III and IV
C)II and IV
D)II, III and IV
Answer: III and IV
- Q. The “Central India Teak” is an Example of
A)Dry Deciduous Forest
B)Tropical Evergreen Forest
C)Moist Deciduous Forest
D)Montane Forest
Answer: Moist Deciduous Forest
- Q. The correct sequence of the different sections of the Himalayas in terms of their stretch (in kilometre) in the descending order is ________
A)Kumaon, Hlm., Nepal Him., Assam Him., Punjab Him.
B)Punjab Him., Kumaon Him., Nepal Him., Assam Him.
C)Nepal Him., Assam Him., Punjab Him., Kumaon Him.
D)Nepal Him., Assam Him., Kumaon Him., Punjab Him.
Answer: Nepal Him., Assam Him., Punjab Him., Kumaon Him.
- Q. The tropical rain forests in the Amazon basin is known as
A)Selvas
B)Savanna
C)Prairies
D)Pampas
Answer: Selvas
- Q. Jharkhand does not share boundary with ________
A)Chhattisgarh
B)West Bengal
C)Orissa
D)Madhya Pradesh
Answer: Madhya Pradesh
- Q. Which of the following is an Example of Abyssal Igneous Rock?
A)Slate
B)Basalt
C)Granite
D)Dolomite
Answer: Granite
- Q. When was the World Wildlife Fund founded?
A)1961
B)1969
C)1992
D)1965
Answer: 1961
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