More Questions on Geography
- Q. Nanda Devi peak forms a part of ________
A)Nepal Himalayas
B)Assam Himalayas
C)Kumaon Himalayas
D)Punjab Himalayas
Answer: Kumaon Himalayas
- Q. The acceleration due to gravity at the equator
A)Is equal to that at the poles
B)Is less than that at the poles
C)Is greater than that at the poles
D)Does not depend on the Earth centripetal acceleration
Answer: Is less than that at the poles
- Q. The Buckincham Canal is an inland water way in
A)India
B)United Kingdom
C)Australia
D)New Zealand
Answer: India
- Q. The Huge deposit of uranium are found recently in
A)Kerala
B)Andhra Pradesh
C)Kanrataka
D)Tamil Nadu
Answer: Andhra Pradesh
- Q. In which of the following states, Teesta Urja hydro-power project is proposed to be set up?
A)West Bengal
B)Sikkim
C)Andhra Pradesh
D)Arunachal Pradesh
Answer: Sikkim
- Q. Wind in the Southern hemisphere is deflected towards left due to ________
A)Difference in pressure
B)Temperature variations
C)Rotation of the earth
D)Difference in water content
Answer: Rotation of the earth
- Q. Which of the following groups of states produce rubber on commercial scale?
A)Sikkim-Madhya Pradesh-Nagaland
B)Maharashtra-Gujarat-Madhya Pradesh
C)Kerala-Tamil Nadu-Karnataka
D)Orissa-Madhya Pradesh-Maharashtra
Answer: Kerala-Tamil Nadu-Karnataka
- Q. Which one of the following is not an astronomical object?
A)Black Hole
B)Pulsar
C)Brittle Star
D)Quasar
Answer: Brittle Star
- Q. Where is Sunda Trench?
A)Atlantic Ocean
B)Indian Ocean
C)Pacific Ocean
D)Gulf of Mexico
Answer: Indian Ocean
- Q. The difference in the duration of day and night increases as one moves from ________
A)Poles to equator
B)West to east
C)East and west of the prime meridian
D)Equator to poles
Answer: Equator to poles
- Q. Tides in the sea have stored in them ________
A)Gravitational potential energy
B)Hydraulic energy
C)Kinetic energy
D)A combination of all the above three forms of energy
Answer: A combination of all the above three forms of energy
- Q. What are the imaginary lines encircling the Earth horizontally called?
A)Isobars
B)Latitudes
C)Longitudes
D)Isotherms
Answer: Latitudes
- Q. Growing agricultural crops between rows of planted trees is known as
A)Taungya system
B)Social forestry
C)Jhum
D)Agro forestry
Answer: Taungya system
- Q. The most dangerous effect of excessive deforestation is
A)Destruction of habitat of wild animals
B)Loss of forest
C)Loss of other plants
D)Soil erosion
Answer: Destruction of habitat of wild animals
- Q. Which of the following crops is regarded as a plantation crop?
A)Sugarcane
B)Coconut
C)Cotton
D)Rice
Answer: Coconut
- Q. The Standard Meridian of India is
A)90.5 E longitude
B)75.5 E longitude
C)82.5 E longitude
D)0 E longitude
Answer: 82.5 E longitude
- 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. The approximate radius of the Earth is
A)6400 km
B)25000 km
C)12500 km
D)4500 km
Answer: 6400 km
- Q. The total area of the Republic of India is of the order of ________.
A)4.3 million sq km
B)2.3 million sq km
C)3.3 million sq km
D)5.3 million sq km
Answer: 3.3 million sq km
- Q. The Hirakud Project harnesses the water of the ________ river.
A)Mahanadi
B)Ganga
C)Sutlej
D)Tapi
Answer: Mahanadi
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