More Questions on Geography
- Q. What is the most important edible crop of Australia?
A)Wheat
B)Maize
C)Barley
D)Rice
Answer: Wheat
- Q. In which of the following states the first synagogue is built in India?
A)Tamil Nadu
B)Maharashtra
C)West Bengal
D)Kerala
Answer: Kerala
- Q. Which of the following is especially true of anticyclones in the southern hemisphere?
A)They often form over continents
B)The air moves in a circular manner
C)Pressure increases from the outside to the centre
D)The air moves in an anti-clockwise direction
Answer: The air moves in an anti-clockwise direction
- Q. Chemical weathering is a name given to
A)Removal of soil by chemical action
B)Disintegration of rocks without any change in their chemical composition
C)Chemical interaction of oxygen, carbon dioxide or water with the minerals in the rocks
D)Artificial breaking up of rocks for man's use
Answer: Chemical interaction of oxygen, carbon dioxide or water with the minerals in the rocks
- Q. Which one of the following States shares boundaries with the maximum number of other States of India ?
A)Assam
B)Madhya Pradesh
C)Maharashtra
D)Bihar
Answer: Assam
- Q. The fog that commonly occurs along the sea-coasts is of the ________ type.
A)Frontal
B)Radiation
C)Advection
D)Convection
Answer: Advection
- Q. The January isotherm taken as a basis for dividing India into tropical and subtropical zones is ________
A)12° C
B)21° C
C)18° C
D)15° C
Answer: 15° C
- Q. The Yarlung Zangbo river, in India, is known as
A)Brahmaputra
B)Ganga
C)Indus
D)Mahanadi
Answer: Brahmaputra
- Q. The biggest railway Junction in the United States is
A)St Louis
B)New York
C)Chicago
D)Washington DC
Answer: Chicago
- Q. For the cultivation of which crop is black soil most suitable?
A)Jute
B)Cotton
C)Rice
D)Wheat
Answer: Cotton
- Q. Which of the following is not one of the three processes involved in the transfer of water between the atmosphere and the surface of the Earth?
A)Condensation
B)Insolation
C)Evaporation
D)Precipitation
Answer: Insolation
- Q. The largest coal reserves of India are found in ________
A)Madhya Pradesh
B)Chhattisgarh
C)Jharkhand
D)Orissa
Answer: Jharkhand
- Q. The igneous rocks are formed due to ________
A)Disintegration of magma
B)Accumulation of sediments at the bottom of sea
C)Granitisation
D)Altering of metamorphic rocks
Answer: Granitisation
- Q. The sunspots cause ________
A)Polar auroras
B)Aurora borealis and aurora australis
C)Magnetic storms on the surface of the sun
D)All of these
Answer: All of these
- Q. The Laterite soil is found in
A)Tropical areas
B)High rainfall states
C)In deserts
D)Dry and humid tropical areas
Answer: Dry and humid tropical areas
- Q. Rajiv Gandhi Environment Award is given for outstanding contribution to:
A)Agriculture
B)Health
C)Tourism
D)Contribution in the development of Neat technology
Answer: Contribution in the development of Neat technology
- Q. The most abundant element in the Earth’s atmosphere is
A)Oxygen
B)Argon
C)Nitrogen
D)Krypton
Answer: Nitrogen
- Q. The 90º East Ridge lies in the ________ Ocean.
A)Indian
B)Pacific
C)Atlantic
D)Arctic
Answer: Indian
- Q. Edible crops include
A)Foodgrains, Pulses, Oilseeds
B)Cotton, Tobacco, Sugarcane
C)Linseed, Castor, Turmeric
D)Jute, Cotton, Chilli
Answer: Foodgrains, Pulses, Oilseeds
- Q. World’s largest manufacturers of Motor Vehicles are ________
A)U.S.A. and Japan
B)Russia and Japan
C)U.K. and France
D)U.S.A. and Germany
Answer: U.S.A. and Japan
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