More Questions on Geography
- Q. The northeastern hills that block the South West Monsoon winds and cause heavy rains in Assam are
A)Barail and Patkai hills
B)Arakan Yoma and Pegu Yoma
C)Garo, Khasi and Jaintia hills
D)Khasi and Pegu Yoma
Answer: Garo, Khasi and Jaintia hills
- Q. The Yamuna and the Sone are the tributaries of the river
A)Ravi
B)Jhelam
C)Beas
D)Ganga
Answer: Ganga
- Q. Which of the following is not one of the important steps in processing tea leaves?
A)Fermenting
B)Withering
C)Rolling
D)Drying
Answer: Fermenting
- Q. The difference in the duration of day and night increases as one moves from ________
A)Poles to equator
B)West to east
C)East and west of the prime meridian
D)Equator to poles
Answer: Equator to poles
- Q. In which country, slash and burn agriculture is known as “Milpa”?
A)Central America
B)Venezuela
C)Brazil
D)Mexico and Central America
Answer: Mexico and Central America
- Q. Many Savanna regions are unable to support good crops because ________
A)The climate is too hot for the crops to grow
B)They have large tall grasses which form a canopy over the good crops and do not allow them to grow
C)There are large number of animals in this region, which eat up the crops
D)They have poor lateritic soil
Answer: They have large tall grasses which form a canopy over the good crops and do not allow them to grow
- Q. When it is 12 noon at Greenwich, what is the time at New York (74° W) ?
A)7.04 p.m.
B)4.56 p.m.
C)4.56 a.m.
D)7.04 a.m.
Answer: 7.04 a.m.
- Q. The sun is never overhead at any time in : I. North Temperate Zone II. South Temperate Zone III. North Frigid Zone IV. Torrid Zone
A)II and III
B)III only
C)I, II and III
D)I, II, III and IV
Answer: I, II and III
- Q. Which one of the following is a north flowing river?
A)Chambal
B)Cauvery
C)Narmada
D)Brahmaputra
Answer: Chambal
- Q. Which one of the following plate movements is responsible for the formation of midocean ridge?
A)Transform fault movement
B)Divergent movement
C)Convergent movement
D)Parallel movement
Answer: Divergent movement
- Q. The approximate representation of land use classification in India is
A)Net area sown 43%; forests 29%; other areas 28%
B)Net area sown 25%; forests 33%; other areas 42%
C)Net area sown 58%; forests 17%; other areas 25%
D)Net area sown 47%; forests 23%; other areas 30%
Answer: Net area sown 47%; forests 23%; other areas 30%
- 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 is the correct sequence of the given hills starting from the north and going towards the south?
A)Nallamalai Hills - Javadi Hills - Nilgiri Hills - Anaimalai Hills
B)Nallamalai Hills - Nilgiri Hills - Javadi Hilis - Anaimalai Hills
C)Anaimalai Hills - Javadi Hills - Nilgiri Hills - Nallamalai Hills
D)Anaimalai Hills - Nilgiri Hills - Javadi Hills - Nallamalai Hills
Answer: Nallamalai Hills - Javadi Hills - Nilgiri Hills - Anaimalai Hills
- Q. Which of the following countries is known as the ‘Sugar bowl of the World’ ?
A)Brazil
B)India
C)Cuba
D)U.S.A.
Answer: Cuba
- Q. The Grand Trunk road between Mumbai and Chennai passes through ________ and ________.
A)Ahmednagar and Hyderabad
B)Pune and Bengaluru
C)Sholapur and Hubli
D)Barsi and Guntur
Answer: Pune and Bengaluru
- Q. When can one record the lowest temperature of air?
A)At 3 a.m.
B)Just before sunrise
C)At midnight
D)No fixed time
Answer: Just before sunrise
- Q. Which one of the following shows the correct sequence of places in descending order of the average summer rainfall ?
A)Allahabad, Pune, Jaisalmer, Cherapunji
B)Jaisalmer, Pune, Allahabad, Cherapunji
C)Cherapunji, Jaisalmer, Pune, Allahabad
D)Cherapunji, Allahabad, Pune, Jaisalmer
Answer: Cherapunji, Allahabad, Pune, Jaisalmer
- Q. There is no Scheduled Caste population in
A)Gujarat
B)Punjab
C)Nagaland
D)Manipur
Answer: Nagaland
- Q. The type of rainfall shown in figure is ________
A)Cyclonic
B)Orographic
C)Convectional
D)Relief
Answer: Convectional
- Q. Which one the following is a correct sequence of rivers in terms of their total basin area, in the descending order?
A)Brahmaputra, Indus, Ganga, Godavari
B)Ganga, Indus, Brahmaputra, Godavari
C)Indus, Ganga, Brahmaputra, Godavari
D)Indus, Ganga Godavari, Brahmaputra
Answer: Brahmaputra, Indus, Ganga, Godavari
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