More Questions on Geography
- Q. Which of the following is not primarily a kharif crop in India?
A)Maize
B)Wheat
C)Rice
D)Cotton
Answer: Wheat
- Q. Which industry provides jobs to the maximum number of people?
A)Sugar industry
B)Iron textiles
C)Cotton textiles
D)Tea processing
Answer: Cotton textiles
- Q. Iron ore mining in the former Soviet Union are in
A)Krivoi Rog and Kerch basin
B)Kiruna
C)Mesabi and Gegobic
D)Lorraine field
Answer: Krivoi Rog and Kerch basin
- Q. You find some local people living in log cabins in
A)Deserts
B)Tropical rainforest
C)Taiga regions
D)Mediterranean regions
Answer: Taiga regions
- Q. Which one of the following organisations is responsible for publishing topographical sheets?
A)Indian Meteorological Department (I.M.D.)
B)Geological Survey of India (G.S.I.)
C)National Atlas & Thematic Mapping Organisation (N.A.T.M.O.)
D)Survey of India (S.O.I.)
Answer: Survey of India (S.O.I.)
- Q. Which of the following States is called the “Garden of Spices”?
A)Andhra Pradesh
B)Karnataka
C)Kerala
D)Tamil Nadu
Answer: Kerala
- Q. Which of the following peninsular rivers is westward flowing?
A)Tapti
B)Mahanadi
C)Godavari
D)Cauvery
Answer: Tapti
- Q. Where do river Bhagirathi and Alaknanda meet?
A)Rudraprayag
B)Karnprayag
C)Devprayag
D)Gangotri
Answer: Devprayag
- Q. When the Moon completely covers the Sun, it is known as?
A)The Penumbra
B)The Antumbra
C)The Umbra
D)None of these
Answer: The Umbra
- Q. The ‘Todas’ are one of the major tribes found in
A)Nilgiris
B)Sikkim
C)Assam
D)The Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Answer: Nilgiris
- Q. The roadways linking Mumbai and Agra passes through
A)Badodara and Jhansi
B)Nasik and Gwalior
C)Pune and Bhopal
D)Jaipur and Kanpur
Answer: Nasik and Gwalior
- Q. Tides are complied and they vary from place to place because of ________
A)Irregularities in the configuration of oceans
B)The movement of Moon in relation to Earth
C)Uneven distribution of water over the globe
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar which has the distinction of being the largest man-made lake in Asia, forms part of
A)Tehri Dam
B)Damodar Valley Project
C)Chambal Project
D)Kosi Project
Answer: Chambal Project
- Q. Which river crosses the Equator twice?
A)Nile
B)Amazon
C)Congo
D)Orinoco
Answer: Congo
- Q. What are ‘Igloos’?
A)Mammoth mammals found in the Pacific Ocean
B)A kind of animal hunted by Kalahari Bushmen
C)A kind of animal domesticated by aboriginal inhabitants of Australia
D)A dome-shaped house or a hut, built of blocks of hard snow, in which the Eskimos live
Answer: A dome-shaped house or a hut, built of blocks of hard snow, in which the Eskimos live
- Q. When a ship crosses Date line from west to east ________
A)It loses half a day
B)It loses one day
C)It gains one day
D)It gains half a day
Answer: It gains one day
- Q. Through which one of the following Indian states the Tropic of Cancer does not pass?
A)Gujarat
B)Manipur
C)Tripura
D)Rajasthan
Answer: Manipur
- Q. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?
A)China Type region - Tea and Sugarbeet
B)Tundra region - Lichens and Mosses
C)Mediterranean region - Groundnut and Potato
D)West-European region - Corn and Wheat
Answer: Tundra region - Lichens and Mosses
- Q. In 1990 India ratified the world Heritage Convention of 1977 identifying four natural sites of outstanding universal value namely:
A)Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve (West Bengal)
B)Kaziranga National park (Assam)
C)Keoladeo National Park (Rajasthan)
D)Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve (Uttarakhand)
Answer: E
- Q. Smog is likely to occur ________
A)On calm, clear and cool nights
B)Around valleys
C)Near lakes
D)Near the industrial areas
Answer: Near the industrial areas
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