More Questions on Geography
- Q. The radius of earth is:
A)6,224 Km
B)6,500 km
C)6,370 km
D)5,553 Km
Answer: 6,370 km
- Q. The Jog Falls are situated on the
A)Cauvery river
B)Tapi river
C)Saravathi river
D)Bhima river
Answer: Saravathi river
- Q. People of North Africa are generally
A)Mongoloid
B)Negroid
C)Berbers
D)None of these
Answer: Berbers
- Q. Which one of the following railway zones has the maximum route length in kilometres?
A)Central
B)Northern
C)Southern
D)Western
Answer: Northern
- Q. Which has the maximum rate of deforestation?
A)Temperate Zone
B)Tropical Zone
C)Desert Zone
D)Northern Forest
Answer: Tropical Zone
- Q. Which of the following is/are characteristic of a depression in the southern hemisphere? I. It is a mass of air whose isobars form an oval or circular shape II. Pressure is high in the centre and decreases towards the outside III. Air moves anti-clockwise
A)I and III
B)I only
C)II only
D)All three
Answer: I only
- Q. Which of the following Railway zones and their Headquarters is not correct?
A)Eastern-Kolkata
B)North-Eastern-Gorakhpur
C)South-Central-Hyderabad
D)Western-Mumbai
Answer: South-Central-Hyderabad
- Q. What are Sun spots?
A)Dark patches on the surface of the sun which are cooler areas
B)Regions on earth without winter climate
C)Desert areas on the sun
D)Dark patches on the surface of the Sun resulting from a localised fall in the temperature to about 4000 K
Answer: Dark patches on the surface of the Sun resulting from a localised fall in the temperature to about 4000 K
- Q. The Govt. of India has decided to increase the export of cashewnut. Which of the following is not a major cashewnut growing State?
A)Kerala
B)Goa
C)Uttar Pradesh
D)Andhra Pradesh
Answer: Uttar Pradesh
- Q. What was the primary purpose of constructing the Farakka Barrage?
A)To bring additional area of West Bengal under irrigation
B)Preservation and maintenance of Kolkata port for navigation
C)To supply Ganga water to Bangladesh
D)To meet the chronic power shortage in Kolkata
Answer: Preservation and maintenance of Kolkata port for navigation
- Q. Blizzards are more frequent in
A)Arctic region
B)Tropical region
C)Temperate region
D)Antarctic region
Answer: Antarctic region
- Q. Which of the following minerals and their ores are correctly matched? 1. Zinc-calamine 2. Platinum-iridium 3. Tin-cassiterite 4. Copper-carnolite
A)2, 3 and 4
B)1, 2 and 3
C)1 and 4
D)1 and 3
Answer: 1 and 3
- Q. The most important commercial forests of India are
A)Tropical deciduous
B)Tropical evergreen
C)Mangrove
D)Coniferous
Answer: Tropical deciduous
- Q. The distance between the Earth and the Sun (in million kms) is ________
A)168
B)111
C)149
D)193
Answer: 149
- Q. The yield or food grain per man is high under
A)Mono cultivation
B)Intensive cultivation
C)Extensive cultivation
D)Farm cultivation
Answer: Extensive cultivation
- Q. Which gas is found in maximum quantity in lower atmosphere?
A)Oxygen
B)Hydrogen
C)Carbon dioxide
D)Nitrogen
Answer: Nitrogen
- Q. Which of the following is a correct sequence of increasing depth?
A)Continental shelf, Continental slope, Ocean depths, Deep sea plains
B)Continental shelf, Continental slope, Deep sea plains, Ocean depths
C)Continental slope, Continental shelf, Deep sea plains, Ocean depths
D)Continental slope, Continental shelf, Ocean depths, Deep sea plains
Answer: Continental shelf, Continental slope, Ocean depths, Deep sea plains
- Q. The Institute of Petroleum Reservoir Studies is located in
A)Kolkata
B)Ahmedabad
C)Badodara
D)Lucknow
Answer: Ahmedabad
- Q. The composition of laterite soil in higher areas is
A)Acidic
B)Alkaline
C)Saline
D)Balanced
Answer: Acidic
- 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
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