More Questions on Geography
- Q. Which or the following Indian islands lies between India and Sri Lanka?
A)Nicobar
B)Elephanta
C)Rameshwaram
D)Salsette
Answer: Rameshwaram
- Q. What is the correct decreasing order of the share of different salts in sea water?
A)Sodium chloride, magnesium sulphate, potassium sulphate, magnesium chloride
B)Sodium chloride, magnesium chloride, magnesium sulphate, potassium sulphate
C)Sodium chloride, magnesium chloride, potassium sulphate, magnesium sulphate
D)Sodium chloride, magnesium chloride, potassium sulphate, magnesium sulphate
Answer: Sodium chloride, magnesium chloride, magnesium sulphate, potassium sulphate
- Q. During Lunar eclipse, which of the following is at the centre?
A)Sun
B)Earth
C)Moon
D)Any other planet
Answer: Earth
- Q. Indian state known as garden spice is:
A)Kerala
B)Karnataka
C)West Bengal
D)Sikkim
Answer: Kerala
- Q. The most ideal region for the cultivation of cotton in India is
A)the Deccan plateau
B)the Brahmaputra valley
C)the Indo-Gangetic valley
D)the Rann of Kutch
Answer: the Deccan plateau
- Q. Pochampat irrigation project lies on:
A)Krishna
B)Narmada
C)Godavari
D)Kaveri
Answer: Godavari
- Q. Owing to the equatorial bulge and the polar flattening, the polar radius of the earth falls short of the equatorial radius by about ________
A)41 km
B)22 km
C)36 km
D)53 km
Answer: 22 km
- Q. India mainly exports iron ore to which country?
A)Indonesia
B)Japan
C)Bhutan
D)Russia
Answer: Japan
- Q. Which planet is considered as the Dwarf planet?
A)Pluto
B)Earth
C)Jupiter
D)Saturn
Answer: Pluto
- Q. Suez Canal links
A)Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea
B)Mediterranean Sea and Caribbean Sea
C)Black Sea and Baltic Sea
D)Arabian Sea and Red Sea
Answer: Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea
- Q. Which one of the following is not conducive to the formation of deltas?
A)Absence of large lakes along the course of the river
B)Currents and Tides
C)Calm winds
D)Sheltered coastline
Answer: Currents and Tides
- Q. Precipitation in the form of a mixture of rain and snow is called
A)Sleet
B)Drizzle
C)Hail
D)Snow
Answer: Sleet
- Q. The autumnal equinox occurs on:
A)October 23
B)August 23
C)September 23
D)November 23
Answer: September 23
- Q. For short-term climatic perdictions, which one of the following events is associated with occasional weak monsoon rains in the Indian sub-continent?
A)El Nino and Southern Oscillations
B)La Nina
C)Movement of Jet Streams
D)Greenhouse effect on global level
Answer: El Nino and Southern Oscillations
- Q. Which of the following city has the largest number of registered vehicles?
A)Delhi
B)Mumbai
C)Kolkata
D)Chennai
Answer: Delhi
- Q. Which of the following river stages and features is/are wrongly matched? 1. Mountain stage : waterfalls 2. Plain stage : oxbow lake 3. Plain stage : delta 4. Mountain stage : deposition
A)1, 3 and 4
B)1 and 2
C)3 and 4
D)None
Answer: 3 and 4
- Q. The continent through which the Equator, Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn pass, is
A)Africa
B)Asia
C)South America
D)Australia
Answer: Africa
- Q. In an artesian well, in what order the rock-layer are generally found? (from bottom to surface)
A)Permeable and non- permeable
B)Permeable, non-permeable and permeable
C)Non-permeable and permeable
D)Non-permeable, permeable and non-permeable
Answer: Non-permeable, permeable and non-permeable
- 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. How much part of Earth’s surface is desert?
A)1/3rd
B)10th
C)5th
D)6th
Answer: 1/3rd
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