More Questions on Geography
- Q. A Hydro Power Project on Lake Loktak is situated in which state
A)Meghalaya
B)Madhya Pradesh
C)Manipur
D)Himachal Pradesh
Answer: Manipur
- 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. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the age of formation-from the youngest to the oldest-of the given mountain ranges?
A)Himalayas, Western Ghats, Vindhayas, Deccan Traps
B)Himalayas, Vindhyas, Western Ghats, Deccan Traps
C)Deccan Traps, Western Ghats, Vindhyas, Himalayas
D)Vindhyas, Himalayas, Deccan Traps, Western Ghats
Answer: Himalayas, Vindhyas, Western Ghats, Deccan Traps
- Q. Japan’s total land is about ________ that of India.
A)One-ninth
B)One-sixth
C)One-fifth
D)One-tenth
Answer: One-ninth
- Q. Which of the following instrument is used to measure humidity?
A)Sling Psychrometer
B)Kata Thermometer
C)Anemometer
D)Medical thermometer
Answer: Sling Psychrometer
- Q. The percentage of irrigated land in India is about
A)35%
B)45%
C)65%
D)25%
Answer: 35%
- Q. The first Hydroelectric Power Plant in India was set up at
A)Ramagundam
B)Nizam Sagar
C)Shivasamudram
D)Mettur
Answer: Shivasamudram
- Q. Power minerals are
A)Coal, oil, natural gas
B)Manganese, platinum, tungsten
C)Mica, potash, sulphur
D)Lead, zinc, bauxite
Answer: Coal, oil, natural gas
- Q. Which of the following receives rainfall by north-eastern monsoon?
A)Kerala
B)Tamil Nadu
C)Assam
D)West Bengal
Answer: Tamil Nadu
- Q. On which date is India likely to experience the shortest day?
A)3rd January
B)22nd December
C)21st June
D)23rd March
Answer: 22nd December
- Q. Which of the following is not a characteristic of Peninsular rivers?
A)Flow through shallow valleys
B)Seasonal flow
C)Meandering tendency often shifting their beds
D)Little erosional activity
Answer: Meandering tendency often shifting their beds
- Q. Caucasian people account for ________ per cent of world population.
A)29
B)33
C)39
D)43
Answer: 33
- Q. The oldest mountains in India are
A)Satpuras
B)Aravalis
C)Vindhyas
D)Nilgiri hills
Answer: Aravalis
- Q. “Tin Bigha” corridor connects
A)Bangladesh and Pakistan
B)India and Pakistan
C)India and China
D)Bangladesh and India
Answer: Bangladesh and India
- Q. Some large lakes in temperate latitudes have a moderating influence upon the climate of adjacent land surfaces. Such an influence may develop when ________
A)Prevailing out-blowing winds cross the lake in winter
B)The water is shallow
C)The lake is high above sea level
D)The lake is a basin of inland drainage
Answer: Prevailing out-blowing winds cross the lake in winter
- Q. Among the following regions of India, which one receives comparatively least amount of annual rainfall?
A)North-eastern Rajasthan
B)An 80 km wide coastal belt from Nellore to Point Calimere
C)The middle and lower Asom valley
D)The coastal plains of Gujarat south of Narmada
Answer: North-eastern Rajasthan
- Q. EL-Nino is
A)Tropical Disturbance
B)Warm Ocean Current
C)Sea Storm
D)Another name of Typhoon
Answer: Warm Ocean Current
- Q. Which of the following organisations prepares topographical maps of India?
A)Geological Survey of India
B)Geographical Survey of India
C)Survey of India
D)Archaeological Survey of India
Answer: Geographical Survey of India
- Q. Which of the following belts are associated with seismic activity? 1. Circum-Pacific Belt 2. Circum-Atlantic Belt 3. Mid-Continental Belt 4. Mid-Atlantic Belt
A)1, 2 and 3
B)1, 2 and 4
C)1, 3 and 4
D)2, 3 and 4
Answer: 1, 3 and 4
- Q. Which among these is a form of precipitation?
A)Mist
B)Dew
C)Fog
D)Hail
Answer: Hail
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