More Questions on Geography
- Q. Which state has the largest area in India?
A)Maharashtra
B)Uttar Pradesh
C)Madhya Pradesh
D)Rajasthan
Answer: Rajasthan
- Q. The only port in erstwhile Soviet Union that is ice free throughout the year is
A)Murmansk
B)Leningrad
C)Odessa
D)Vladivostok
Answer: Murmansk
- Q. Which of the following sequence is correct in their declining productivity?
A)Ocean, Mangrove, Lakes, Grassland
B)Mangrove, Ocean, Grassland, Lakes
C)Ocean, Lake, Grassland, Mangrove
D)Mangrove, Grassland, Lake, Ocean
Answer: Ocean, Mangrove, Lakes, Grassland
- Q. The second highest peak in the world is ________
A)Nandadevi
B)Kanchenjunga
C)K-2 (Godwin Austin)
D)Lhotse
Answer: K-2 (Godwin Austin)
- Q. When it is noon IST at Allahabad in India, the time at Greenwich, London, will be
A)0630 hours
B)midnight, GMT
C)1730 hours
D)None of the above
Answer: 0630 hours
- Q. Suez Canal joins ________
A)Arabian Sea and Mediterranean Sea
B)Red Sea and Arabian Sea
C)Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea
D)North Sea and Baltic Sea
Answer: Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea
- Q. The pass located at the southern end of the Nilgiri Hills in south India is called
A)the Thalgat pass
B)the Palghat gap
C)the Bhorghat pass
D)the Bolan pass
Answer: the Palghat gap
- Q. The tropical deciduous trees shed their leaves in summer because
A)It prevents loss of moisture through transpiration
B)Of the heat of the summer
C)The rainfall is inadequate
D)Deciduous trees shed leaves
Answer: It prevents loss of moisture through transpiration
- Q. The full name of OTEC
A)Oil and Thermal Energy Conservation
B)Offshore Thermal Energy Conservation
C)Ocean Terminal Energy Conservation
D)Ocean Thermal Energy Conservation
Answer: Ocean Thermal Energy Conservation
- Q. In which type of topography, water recharge pores are found?
A)Desert
B)Karst
C)Terrain
D)Tundra
Answer: Karst
- Q. Winter temperature ranging from -29° C to -40° C, summer temperature about 10° C, total annual precipitation about 25 cm. and low humidity. These characterise the climate.
A)Mountain
B)Taiga
C)Tundra
D)West European
Answer: Tundra
- Q. The smallest Union Territory is ________
A)Lakshadweep
B)Chandigarh
C)Pondicherry
D)Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Answer: Lakshadweep
- Q. Which is the highest quality of hard coal?
A)Lignite
B)Anthracite
C)Bituminous
D)Peat
Answer: Anthracite
- Q. India’s first Atomic power plant is:
A)Narora
B)Kalpakkam
C)Tarapur
D)Cossipore
Answer: Tarapur
- Q. Albedo is defined as ________
A)Celestial bodies in earth's atmosphere which add to the greenhouse effect
B)UV radiations sent out by the SUN
C)A substance contained in the upper atmospheric layers of the earth, which is responsible for the reflection of/a part of solar radiations
D)The amount of insolation reflected back to the space by the top of atmosphere, by clouds and ice-covered areas of the Earth's surface
Answer: The amount of insolation reflected back to the space by the top of atmosphere, by clouds and ice-covered areas of the Earth's surface
- Q. Where are the coaches of trains manufactured in India?
A)Hyderabad and Perambur
B)Jamshedpur and Perambur
C)Kapurthala and Perambur
D)Varanasi and Perambur
Answer: Kapurthala and Perambur
- Q. If the usual rule of calculation of time were applied for the extremes of Gujrat and Arunachal Pradesh, then approximately time ________
A)At Arunachal Pradesh would be ahead of that at Gujarat by about 3 hours
B)At Gujarat would be ahead of that at Arunachal Pradesh by about 3 hours
C)At Gujarat would be ahead of that at Arunachal Pradesh by about 2 hours
D)At Arunachal Pradesh would be ahead of that at Gujarat by about 2 hours
Answer: At Arunachal Pradesh would be ahead of that at Gujarat by about 2 hours
- Q. Which of the following was not a purpose for building Farakka Barrage?
A)Preventing erosion of Kolkata Port
B)Checking water flowing into Bangladesh
C)Checking silting of Kolkata Port
D)Facilitating navigation in Ganga river
Answer: Facilitating navigation in Ganga river
- Q. Excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere due to pollution will cause
A)No change in earth's temperature
B)Earth's temperature to rise
C)Earth's temperature to fall
D)Increase in ultra-violet radiation reaching the earth
Answer: Earth's temperature to rise
- Q. The South African River draining into Atlantic Ocean is
A)Limpopo
B)Orange
C)Zambezi
D)Nile
Answer: Orange
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