More Questions on Geography
- Q. On the basis of the process of their formation, which’ of the following soils is formed differently from the other three?
A)Bhabar
B)Khadar
C)Bhangar
D)Regur
Answer: Regur
- Q. Decaying vegetation produces organic acids which causes a breakdown of minerals. This is ________
A)Both A and B
B)Physical weathering
C)Chemical weathering
D)Chemical erosion
Answer: Chemical weathering
- Q. The percentage of literates in India is ________
A)Higher among males than females
B)Almost equal among males and females
C)Lower among males than females
D)Lower in urban areas than in rural areas
Answer: Higher among males than females
- Q. In which form can the cultivable land be defined?
A)Old fallow land + new follow land
B)The land which can grow the crops
C)Waste land + fallow land
D)Total fallow land + net sown land
Answer: Total fallow land + net sown land
- Q. What will be the effect of global warming on Mangrove forests?
A)Their role as carbon sinks will become more important
B)They will growin large number
C)Big area of mangrove forest will be submerged
D)Both A and B
Answer: Big area of mangrove forest will be submerged
- Q. Why does the mercury column in the barometer fall rapidly before a severe storm? It is due to
A)Severe heat energy from the sun
B)Increase in the humidity of air
C)Fall in the atmospheric pressure
D)Rise in the atmospheric pressure
Answer: Fall in the atmospheric pressure
- Q. Yercaud, a hill station of South India, is situated on the
A)Shevaroy Hills
B)Cardamom Hills
C)Nilgiris
D)Javadi Hills
Answer: Shevaroy Hills
- Q. The Ruhr-Westphalia region is a famous industrial region of ________
A)North America
B)Scandinavia
C)Russia
D)Germany
Answer: Germany
- Q. Which of the following countries have achieved a negative growth rate of population?
A)France, Italy and Ireland
B)Australia, Canada and Sweden
C)U.K., Sweden and Germany
D)Japan, U.S.A. and Russia
Answer: Australia, Canada and Sweden
- Q. How many major ports are there on the east coast of India?
A)3
B)7
C)4
D)5
Answer: 7
- Q. Growing agricultural crops between rows of planted trees is known as
A)Taungya system
B)Social forestry
C)Jhum
D)Agro forestry
Answer: Taungya system
- Q. Llanos are the grassland of
A)Argentina
B)Guyana highland
C)Brazilian highland
D)Chile
Answer: Chile
- Q. Which of the following physiographic features of India is ‘geologically the oldest’?
A)The Peninsular Plateau
B)Himalayan Mountain Chain
C)Indus-Ganga Brahmaputra Plain
D)The Coastal Plains
Answer: The Peninsular Plateau
- Q. The core of the Earth is also known as
A)Barysphere
B)Lithosphere
C)Mesosphere
D)Centrosphere
Answer: Barysphere
- Q. Which of the following is not commercial source of energy?
A)Natural Gas
B)Coal
C)Petroleum
D)Firewood
Answer: Firewood
- Q. Golden Fibre refers to
A)Jute
B)Hemp
C)Cotton
D)Nylon
Answer: Jute
- Q. What is the total number of planets move around the Sun?
A)Seven
B)Five
C)Eight
D)Six
Answer: Eight
- Q. In which of the following States is Dampa Tiger Reserve situated?
A)Mizoram
B)Assam
C)Karnataka
D)Orissa
Answer: Mizoram
- 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. During the early period of Industrial Revolution industries were located primarily
A)Near coal fields
B)Near major ports
C)On the banks of navigable rivers
D)Near nodal centres
Answer: Near coal fields
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