More Questions on Geography
- Q. The term used for the zone at low pressure and light and variable winds in the oceanic equatorial regions is ________
A)Horse-latitudes
B)Depression
C)Doldrums
D)Inter-tropical convergence
Answer: Depression
- Q. Which of the following passes lies in the Sutlej valley?
A)Shipki La
B)Nathu La
C)Jelep La
D)Sharabathanga
Answer: Shipki La
- Q. Which of the following was not a purpose for building Farakka Barrage?
A)Preventing erosion of Kolkata Port
B)Checking water flowing into Bangladesh
C)Checking silting of Kolkata Port
D)Facilitating navigation in Ganga river
Answer: Facilitating navigation in Ganga river
- Q. Where are most or the Earth’s active volcanoes concentrated at present?
A)Pacific Ocean
B)South America
C)Africa
D)Europe
Answer: Pacific Ocean
- Q. Longitude is geographically significant to India because ________
A)It divides India into eastern and western zones
B)It determines the Indian standard time
C)It has a bearing on the tropical climate of India
D)It enables determining local time in eastern India
Answer: It determines the Indian standard time
- Q. Which is the greatest archipelago on the globe?
A)Indonesia
B)Japan
C)West Indies
D)Philippines
Answer: Indonesia
- Q. Through which of the following States the Ganga does not pass?
A)West Bengal
B)Madhya Pradesh
C)Bihar
D)Uttar Pradesh
Answer: Madhya Pradesh
- Q. The chief industry of Afghanistan is ________
A)Sugar refining
B)Cotton textiles
C)Carpet making
D)Automobile manufacturing
Answer: Carpet making
- Q. Which of the following is largest planet?
A)Saturn
B)Jupiter
C)Neptune
D)Mars
Answer: Jupiter
- Q. Which of the following is the largest river in the world?
A)Ganges
B)Nile
C)Congo
D)Amazon
Answer: Nile
- Q. Which one of the following Indian States is the largest producer of natural rubber?
A)Kerala
B)Tamil Nadu
C)Assam
D)Andhra Pradesh
Answer: Kerala
- Q. Arakan Yoma is the extension of the Himalayas located in ________
A)Baluchistan
B)Kashmir
C)Nepal
D)Myanmar
Answer: Myanmar
- Q. Plains formed by the deposits brought by glacier are
A)Drift plains
B)Lacustrine plains
C)Flood plains
D)Coastal plains
Answer: Drift plains
- Q. India has eight coastal states but more than half the sea salt is made along the Gujarat coast because
A)Kandla port exports salt
B)Gandhiji started the salt movement in Gujarat
C)Low rainfall and relative humidity are ideal for the production of salt through evaporation of sea water
D)The salinity of sea water is very high near the Gujarat coast
Answer: Low rainfall and relative humidity are ideal for the production of salt through evaporation of sea water
- Q. Which one of the following cities will never get the vertical rays of the sun?
A)Kolkata
B)Srinagar
C)Mumbai
D)Thiruvananthapuram
Answer: Srinagar
- Q. Uranus takes ________ years to orbit the Sun.
A)50
B)48
C)84
D)60
Answer: 84
- Q. The Density of population in any region is measured by numbers of
A)Families
B)People
C)Children
D)Houses
Answer: People
- Q. Which one of the following pairs of states and tribes is not correctly matched?
A)Arunachal Pradesh : Apatani
B)Assam: Miri
C)Nagaland : Konyak
D)Madhya Pradesh : Lambada
Answer: Madhya Pradesh : Lambada
- Q. Which of the following rivers flows through a rift valley?
A)Kosi
B)Cauvery
C)Narmada
D)Godavari
Answer: Narmada
- Q. The cauliflower shape is associated with which of the following cloud formations?
A)Nimbus
B)Stratus
C)Cumulus
D)Cirrus
Answer: Cumulus
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