More Questions on Geography
- Q. Which one of the following statements is correct?
A)Kandla and Kolkata are tidal ports
B)India ranks 9th in the world's shipping tonnage
C)Mumbai port handles half of the country's foreign trade
D)India has 14 major ports and 129 minor ports
Answer: Mumbai port handles half of the country's foreign trade
- Q. Arable lands refer to
A)Woodland
B)Pasture land
C)Fallow land
D)Cultivable land
Answer: Cultivable land
- Q. In due course of time the meander loop cuts off from the river and forms a cutoff lake, also called an ________ lake.
A)Lagoon
B)Ox-bow
C)Oasis
D)Tectonic
Answer: Ox-bow
- Q. Deserts such as Sahara are generally found between 20° and 30° latitudes in western parts of the continents. This is because these regions ________
A)Have warm offshore currents
B)Are very hot throughout the year
C)Have offshore winds throughout the year
D)Lie in the belt of the doldrums
Answer: Have offshore winds throughout the year
- Q. Hyderabad (in Telangana) is located on the bank:
A)Mahanadi
B)Luni River
C)Gandak River
D)Musi River
Answer: Musi River
- Q. The States involved In the Dandakaranya Project are
A)Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, and Andhra Pradesh
B)Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka
C)Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
D)Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh
Answer: Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, and Andhra Pradesh
- Q. The Northern plain of India has been formed by the interplay of the three major river systems, namely the Indus, the Ganga and the ________.
A)Kaveri
B)Brahmaputra
C)Krishna
D)Mahanadi
Answer: Brahmaputra
- Q. Which from the following rivers does not originate in Indian territory?
A)Ravi
B)Mahanadi
C)Brahmaputra
D)Chenab
Answer: Brahmaputra
- Q. Umiam Multipurpose Power Project is located in:
A)Sikkim
B)Himachal Pradesh
C)Meghalya
D)Nagaland
Answer: Meghalya
- Q. What is the nature of monsoon rain from Guwahati to Chandigarh?
A)Diminishing Nature
B)Irregular Nature
C)Crescent or Growing Nature
D)Cyclic Nature
Answer: Diminishing Nature
- Q. In which of the following areas is Konkani spoken as the local language?
A)Odisha and West Bengal
B)Kerala and Karnataka
C)Maharashtra and Goa
D)Andhra Pradesh
Answer: Maharashtra and Goa
- Q. Which one of the following provides the correct sequence of occurrence of four towns/cities as one proceeds from west to east?
A)Indore, Rourkela, Agartala, Jamshedpur
B)Rajkot, Baroda, Kharagpur, Bilaspur
C)Bikaner, Aligarh, Darbhanga, Nowgong
D)Nasik, Aurangabad, Berhampur, Nanded
Answer: Bikaner, Aligarh, Darbhanga, Nowgong
- Q. Consider the following statements: 1. The monsoon climate is found in Northern Australia. 2. The China type climate is found in Argentina. 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: Both 1 and 2
- Q. Which State Possesses biggest coal reserve?
A)Madhya Pradesh
B)Bihar
C)Jharkhand
D)Odisha
Answer: Jharkhand
- Q. When rain falls through a cold layer of air near the Earth’s surface, raindrops get frozen into ice. This type of precipitation is called
A)Snowstorm
B)Hail
C)Snowfall
D)Sleet
Answer: Sleet
- Q. Which is the correct order of ocean currents in the northern part of Pacific ocean in clockwise direction?
A)North equatorial - Kuroshio - Pacific drift - North equatorial
B)North equatorial - California Kuroshio - North equatorial
C)North equatorial – California – Kuroshio - Pacific drift-North equatorial
D)North equatorial - Pacific drift – Kuroshio – California - North equatorial
Answer: North equatorial - Kuroshio - Pacific drift - North equatorial
- Q. Why are major fishing areas of the world confined to the temperate zone? I. Cold and warm currents meet, creating conditions favourable for plankton growth II. The fish of these waters are highly palatable as human food III. There is a ready mark, in the land masses of the zone IV. The existence of submarine plateaus help in growth of fish population
A)I, III and IV
B)I, II and IV
C)II, III and IV
D)I, II, III and IV
Answer: I, II, III and IV
- Q. Sea water is saltier than rain water because ________
A)River wash away salts from earth and pour them into the sea
B)Sea animals are salt producing
C)The air around the sea is saltish
D)Sea beds have salt producing mines
Answer: River wash away salts from earth and pour them into the sea
- Q. Tokyo, the capital of Japan is situated in the island of
A)Shikoku
B)Hokkaido
C)Honshu
D)Kyushu
Answer: Honshu
- Q. A hinterland is
A)An elevated area
B)An area behind a seaport that supplies the bulk of the exports
C)The interior of a valley
D)An area occupied by backward community
Answer: An area behind a seaport that supplies the bulk of the exports
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