More Questions on Geography
- Q. Which of the following types of soil are mostly confined to river basins and coastal plains of India?
A)Laterite soils
B)Alluvial soils
C)Black soils
D)Red soils
Answer: Alluvial soils
- Q. Which of the following types of coal represents the first stage of formation of coal?
A)Peat
B)Anthracite
C)Lignite
D)Bituminous
Answer: Peat
- Q. Which of the following was not one of the consequences of the policy of exporting raw materials and food grains from India to Britain?
A)It led to agricultural shortage and famines
B)It raised the prices of raw materials
C)It brought enormous profits to unscrupulous businessman
D)It denuded the country of her agricultural surplus
Answer: It led to agricultural shortage and famines
- Q. Which of the following is/are true of world time zones? I. The world is divided into thirty time zones II. All time zones of the world are described in term of the number of hours difference between the standard meridian of that zone and the Greenwich Meridian III. All countries have more than one time zone IV. The time for all places east of Greenwich is designated slow, and time for all places left of Greenwich is designated fast
A)I, III and IV
B)I, II, III and IV
C)II and IV
D)II only
Answer: II only
- Q. Iron ore mines are located in
A)Monghyr, Balaghat, Hazaribagh
B)Salem, Bhadravati, Raniganj
C)Hazaribagh, Jharia, Kudremukh
D)Singhbhum, Mayurbhanj, Bastar
Answer: Singhbhum, Mayurbhanj, Bastar
- Q. What is the main activity of Eskimos during the short period of summer season?
A)Lumbering
B)Hunting
C)Fishing
D)Animal Grazing
Answer: Hunting
- Q. The area marked by internal drainage is
A)Desert
B)Plateau
C)Plains
D)Mountain
Answer: Desert
- Q. India has the world’s highest road which connects
A)Srinagar and Jammu
B)Leh and Srinagar
C)Leh and Manali
D)Sikkim and Darjeeling
Answer: Leh and Manali
- Q. Which of the following is called “Blue Planet”?
A)Jupiter
B)Saturn
C)Earth
D)Mars
Answer: Earth
- Q. Lava solidifies to form ________.
A)Marble
B)Pumice
C)Basalt
D)Sandstone
Answer: Basalt
- Q. Which of the following river does not relate with Punjab?
A)Beas
B)Sutlej
C)Ravi
D)Tapti
Answer: Tapti
- Q. At 12 noon of December 21, you observe that you cast no shadow as you stand in bright sunlight. So you must be, somewhere near ________
A)The Tropic of Capricorn
B)The Arctic Circle
C)The Tropic of Cancer
D)The South Pole
Answer: The Tropic of Capricorn
- Q. Pyranees form a the boundary between
A)Poland and Russia
B)Spain and Portugal
C)France and Spain
D)Hungary and Rumania
Answer: France and Spain
- Q. The problem of arsenic in India is due to
A)Overexploitation of coal in Bihar and Bengal
B)Overexploitation of surface water inaffected areas
C)Overexploitation of arsenopyrite in land
D)Overexploitation of ground water in affected areas
Answer: Overexploitation of ground water in affected areas
- Q. The Naharkatiya oil field is located in:
A)Assam
B)Gujrat
C)Bihar
D)Madhya Pradesh
Answer: Assam
- Q. The lake Ontario and St. Lawrence of USA and Canada lie to the south-east of
A)Atlantic Ocean
B)Hudson Bay
C)Labrador Sea
D)New Found land
Answer: Hudson Bay
- Q. Winds blow ________
A)From a region of low pressure to a region of high pressure
B)In regions of low pressure
C)From a region of high pressure to a region of low pressure
D)In regions of high pressure
Answer: From a region of high pressure to a region of low pressure
- Q. Cyclones are called as hurricanes in
A)Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea
B)Bangladesh
C)China
D)Japan
Answer: Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea
- Q. Which one of the following regions of the world is called “the bread basket of the world”?
A)Mediterranean region
B)Temperate grassland
C)Tropical monsoonal region
D)Savana grassland
Answer: Temperate grassland
- Q. The radiant energy of the sun is transmitted in the form of ________
A)Particles
B)Short waves
C)Long waves
D)None of these
Answer: Short waves
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