More Questions on Geography
- Q. ________ is not situated on the banks of the Ganga.
A)Allahabad
B)Agra
C)Kanpur
D)Varanasi
Answer: Agra
- Q. The only cereal crop which originated in America is
A)Oats
B)Rye
C)Barley
D)Corn
Answer: Corn
- Q. The Asian and North American continents almost meet at the narrow and shallow Bering Strait, only ________ kilometres across.
A)22
B)4
C)10
D)45
Answer: 4
- Q. In which of the following places, steel and iron industry was set up with the help of Germany?
A)Rourkela
B)Durgapur
C)Bhilai
D)Bhadravati
Answer: Rourkela
- Q. Grand Bank, Sable Bank, Middle Bank and Jeffery Bank are the major fishing grounds of
A)North East Atlantic
B)North West Atlantic
C)North East Pacific
D)North West Pacific
Answer: North West Atlantic
- Q. The cause of Earthquake is
A)Destruction in shell system
B)Disturbances in Earth surface
C)Adjustment in the layers of Earth's crust
D)Rise in plates
Answer: Disturbances in Earth surface
- Q. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the four stages of water movement in a hydrological cycle?
A)Infiltration – Evaporation – Condensation – Infiltration
B)Evaporation – Condensation – Precipitation – Infiltration
C)Evaporation – Precipitation – Condensation – Infiltration
D)Condensation – Precipitation – Evaporation – Infiltration
Answer: Evaporation – Condensation – Precipitation – Infiltration
- Q. Which of the following is not a member of SAARC
A)Singapore
B)Bhutan
C)Nepal
D)Maldives
Answer: Singapore
- Q. Power minerals are
A)Coal, oil, natural gas
B)Manganese, platinum, tungsten
C)Mica, potash, sulphur
D)Lead, zinc, bauxite
Answer: Coal, oil, natural gas
- Q. The land mass of lndia has an area of ________ million square km.
A)3.28
B)1.28
C)2.28
D)4.28
Answer: 3.28
- Q. The national highway from Amritsar to Kolkata via Delhi is numbered
A)4
B)1
C)2
D)8
Answer: 2
- Q. In the context of ‘time’ GMT means
A)Global Mean Time
B)General Meridian Time
C)Greenwich Mean Time
D)None of these
Answer: Greenwich Mean Time
- Q. Pits, formed by the deflating action of wind are called
A)Blowouts
B)Playa
C)Yardang
D)Sand dune
Answer: Blowouts
- Q. The Synchronous satellite moves around the Earth from
A)North to South
B)East to West
C)West to East
D)South to North
Answer: West to East
- Q. Which of the following rivers is known as ‘Vridha Ganga’?
A)Mahanadi
B)Godavari
C)Krishna
D)Cauvery
Answer: Godavari
- Q. The retreating monsoon withdraws itself from
A)The north to the south
B)The west coast to the east coast
C)North-East India to the west coast
D)North-West India to Bengal and then to Kerala
Answer: North-West India to Bengal and then to Kerala
- Q. The Savannas or Orinoco Basin are termed as
A)Prairies
B)Pampas
C)Steppes
D)Llanos
Answer: Llanos
- Q. The place to receive annual rainfall below 50cm is
A)Coromandal Coast
B)Meghalaya
C)Leh in Kashmir
D)Konkan Coast
Answer: Leh in Kashmir
- Q. A landform composed of sediments brought by a river and found where it enters a main valley or emerges from a mountain on to a plain is called a/an
A)Oxbow lake
B)Meander
C)Alluvial fan
D)Levee
Answer: Alluvial fan
- Q. As per the data released in July 2011, what is the percentage of population living in Indian villages?
A)70%
B)80%
C)75%
D)60%
Answer: 70%
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