More Questions on Geography
- Q. The industrial region of India which has the predominance of metal industries is:
A)Delta Region
B)Penisular Region
C)Chotanagpur Region
D)Brahmputra Region
Answer: Chotanagpur Region
- Q. Identify the correct descending order of production of wood pulp of the following countries: 1. USA 2. Sweden 3. Japan 4. Canada
A)1, 4, 2, 3
B)1, 3, 2, 4
C)2, 4, 1, 3
D)2, 3, 1, 4
Answer: 2, 4, 1, 3
- Q. What is the “cloud burst”? It is
A)An abnormal heavy downpour of rain
B)The states of sky with respect to clouds
C)The disintergration of a huge cloud mass
D)Breaking up of clouds by high mountain ranges
Answer: An abnormal heavy downpour of rain
- Q. Which of the following are true with respect to the Indian Peninsular Plateau? I. The southern plateau block is formed mainly of granites and gneiss II. The Deccan lava plateau is an elevated tableland consisting of horizontally arranged lava sheets III. The Malwa plateau dominates the Vindhyan scarps forming the northern flank of the plateau IV. The troughs of the Narmada and the Tapti are interposed between the Vindhyan and the Satpura ranges.
A)I, II, III and IV
B)I, II and III
C)I and II
D)I, III and IV
Answer: I, II, III and IV
- Q. ________ is a natural electrical phenomenon characterized by the appearance of streams of reddish or greenish light in the sky, especially near the northern or southern magnetic pole
A)Albopictus
B)Acaulis
C)Matus
D)Aurora
Answer: Aurora
- Q. Which among the following pairs of places have most marked difference in total rainfall per annum even though located approximately along the same latitude?
A)Ajmer and Shillong
B)Bengaluru and Chennai
C)Mumbai and Visakhapatnam
D)Nagpur and Kolkata
Answer: Ajmer and Shillong
- Q. In the world production of natural rubber, India ranks ________
A)Fourth
B)Second
C)Third
D)Fifth
Answer: Fourth
- Q. “Golan Heights” belonging to a country A were captured by a country B. The countries A and B are ________
A)Syria and Israel
B)Tibet and China
C)Russia and Japan
D)Iran and Iraq
Answer: Syria and Israel
- Q. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
A)Pretoria : South Africa
B)Abuja : Nigeria
C)Ashkhabad : Turkmenistan
D)Rabat : Yemen
Answer: Pretoria : South Africa
- Q. Due to gravity, acceleration at the Equator is
A)Equal to acceleration on poles
B)Less than acceleration on poles
C)More than acceleration on poles
D)Not dependant on the centrifugal acceleration of Earth
Answer: Less than acceleration on poles
- Q. Nights are cooler in the deserts than in the plains because ________
A)Sand absorbs heat more quickly than the earth
B)Sand radiates heat more quickly than the earth
C)The sky remains clear most of the time
D)None of the above reasons
Answer: Sand radiates heat more quickly than the earth
- Q. Which of the following is the highest peak in undisputed Indian territory
A)Nanada Devi
B)Mount Everest
C)Kanchenjunga
D)Nanga parbat
Answer: Kanchenjunga
- Q. In which one of the following States, Mangla, Bhagyam and Aishwarya oil fields are located?
A)A.P.
B)Assam
C)Gujarat
D)Rajasthan
Answer: Rajasthan
- Q. Which one of the following countries is land locked?
A)Suriname
B)Bolivia
C)Peru
D)Uruguay
Answer: Bolivia
- Q. Which city is served by Diamond Harbour?
A)Kolkata
B)Mumbai
C)Visakhapatnam
D)Rangoon
Answer: Kolkata
- Q. The word used to describe the shape of earth is ________
A)Sphere
B)Flat
C)Circle
D)Oblate spheroid
Answer: Oblate spheroid
- Q. Iron ore produced from the mines of Kudremukh is exported from which of the following?
A)Mangalore
B)Marmagao
C)Kochin
D)Chennai
Answer: Mangalore
- Q. What causes earthquakes?
A)Occurrence of cracks and fissures in rocks
B)Occurrence of underground water
C)Volcanic eruptions
D)No definite cause has been found so far
Answer: Volcanic eruptions
- Q. Variation in duration of day and night is due to: 1. rotation of earth on its axis 2. revolution of earth around the sun 3. inclination of earth at an angle of 66%.
A)1 and 3
B)1and 2
C)2 and 3
D)1, 2 and 3
Answer: 2 and 3
- Q. Which of the following factor affects the agriculture in India?
A)Wind
B)Temperature
C)Humidity
D)Rain
Answer: Rain
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