More Questions on Geography
- Q. Which one of the following pairs is not correct?
A)Doldrums - The equator
B)New Moore Island - India
C)Hurricane - China Sea
D)Trade winds - Winds which blow towards the equator
Answer: Hurricane - China Sea
- Q. With reference to the area devoted to its cultivation pulses hold the third place in India. Which crops occupy the first and second places respectively?
A)Jowar and Cotton
B)Rice and Wheat
C)Rice and Cotton
D)Jowar and Bajara
Answer: Rice and Wheat
- Q. According to the census 2001,which was the largest state of India demographically?
A)Uttar Pradesh
B)Maharashtra
C)Bihar
D)West Bengal
Answer: Uttar Pradesh
- Q. The transfer of minerals from top soil to subsoil through soil water is called ________
A)Leaching
B)Percolation
C)Conduction
D)Transpiration
Answer: Leaching
- Q. Which of the following is the most fertile soil in India?
A)Red soil
B)Black soil
C)Alluvial soil
D)Laterite soil
Answer: Alluvial soil
- Q. The Lakshadweep are an example of
A)Coral Islands
B)Islands resulting from submarine earthquakes
C)Volcanic Islands
D)None of the above
Answer: Coral Islands
- Q. The Narmada river originate in
A)Satpura Range
B)Vindhyan Range
C)Maikal Range
D)Mahadeo Range
Answer: Maikal Range
- Q. Mumbai receives more rainfall than Pune because ________
A)Mumbai is a coastal city
B)Mumbai is on the windward side
C)Pune is at a-greater elevation
D)Pune has greater vegetation than Mumbai
Answer: Mumbai is on the windward side
- Q. Seasonal contrast in temperature are minimum in the equatorial region because ________
A)Forests prevent sunlight from reaching the ground
B)Sky is always overcast
C)Sun is almost vertically overhead throughout the year
D)Rainfall cool the atmosphere
Answer: Sun is almost vertically overhead throughout the year
- Q. Loess is ________ soil.
A)Volcanic
B)Wind-deposited
C)Water-deposited
D)Black cotton
Answer: Wind-deposited
- Q. The Himalayas are formed of parallel fold ranges. Among them which is the oldest range?
A)The Great Himalayan Range
B)The Shiwalik Range
C)The Lesser Himalayas
D)The Dhaula Dhar Range
Answer: The Great Himalayan Range
- Q. The Rift Valley is created
A)Erosion of synclinal basin
B)Between two anticlines
C)Between two rifts
D)Due to volcanic eruption
Answer: Between two rifts
- Q. Which state has the highest percentage of forest?
A)Arunachal Pradesh
B)Uttar Pradesh
C)Mizoram
D)Assam
Answer: Mizoram
- Q. The Strait connecting Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal is ________
A)Palk Strait
B)Bering Strait
C)Dover Strait
D)Vermosa Strait
Answer: Palk Strait
- Q. In India the State with the largest area under very dense forests is
A)Maharashtra
B)Arunachal Pradesh
C)Madhya Pradesh
D)Orissa
Answer: Arunachal Pradesh
- Q. Japan experiences frequent earth-quakes because it is located ________
A)Amidst the ocean
B)On the eastern coast of Asia
C)On the meeting point of two plates of the earth's crust
D)In the volcanic belt
Answer: In the volcanic belt
- Q. In India, which type of forest among the following occupies the largest area?
A)Tropical Moist Deciduous Forest
B)Montane Wet Temperate Forest
C)Sub- tropical Dry Evergreen Forest
D)Tropical Wet Evergreen Forest
Answer: Tropical Moist Deciduous Forest
- Q. Bowl shaped depression created as a result of glacial erosion high on a mountain side is called ________
A)Hanging Valley
B)Glacial trough
C)Hum
D)Cirque
Answer: Cirque
- Q. The Hawaiian Islands specialise in the cultivation of
A)Sugarcane
B)Cotton
C)Rice
D)Tobacco
Answer: Sugarcane
- Q. Because of which one of the following factors, clouds do not precipitate in deserts?
A)High wind velocity
B)Low pressure
C)Low humidity
D)High temperature
Answer: Low humidity
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