More Questions on Geography
- Q. Choose the incorrect statement ________
A)Absolute humidity is expressed in grams per cubic metre of air
B)Capacity of air to hold moisture decreases with a rise in temperature of the air
C)The air pressure decreases with an increase in temperature
D)With an ascent of every 165 metres, the temperature is reduced by 1°C
Answer: Absolute humidity is expressed in grams per cubic metre of air
- Q. Given here are four places situated on the banks of the Narmada : 1. Jabalpur 2. Mandla 3. Amarkantak 4. Bharuch In which order do these places occur from the source of the river to its mouth?
A)2, 1, 4, 3
B)3, 2, 1, 4
C)4, 3, 2, 1
D)1, 4, 3, 2
Answer: 3, 2, 1, 4
- Q. Which one of the following is not essentially a species of the Himalaya vegetation?
A)Silver fir
B)Juniper
C)Mahogany
D)Spruce
Answer: Mahogany
- Q. The only land-locked country in South-East Asia is
A)Malaysia
B)Laos
C)Thailand
D)Kampuchea
Answer: Laos
- Q. The place to receive annual rainfall below 50cm is
A)Coromandal Coast
B)Meghalaya
C)Leh in Kashmir
D)Konkan Coast
Answer: Leh in Kashmir
- Q. The time required by moonlight to reach the earth is ________
A)2 sec
B)1 sec
C)1.3 sec
D)2.3 sec
Answer: 1.3 sec
- Q. Berlin is situated on the river canal
A)Spree
B)Danube
C)Elbe
D)Nile
Answer: Spree
- Q. Which of the following receive, heavy rainfall in the month of October and November?
A)Coromandel Coast
B)Hills of Garo, Khasi and Jaintia
C)Plateau of Chota Nagpur
D)Malwa Plateau
Answer: Coromandel Coast
- Q. The highest annual precipitation occurs in ________
A)Siberian Plains
B)Canadian Shield
C)Ganga basin
D)Amazon basin
Answer: Amazon basin
- Q. The most ideal region for cultivation of cotton in India is
A)The Indo Gangetic Valley
B)The Brahmaputra Valley
C)The Deccan Plateau
D)The Rann of Kutch
Answer: The Deccan Plateau
- Q. The method of soil conservation in the coastal and dry regions where rows of trees are planted to check the wind movement to protect soil cover is called
A)Rock dam
B)Mulching
C)Contour barriers
D)Shelter belts
Answer: Shelter belts
- Q. Where do the Western and Eastern Ghats meet?
A)Palani hills
B)Nilgiri hills
C)Cardamom hills
D)Annamalai hills
Answer: Nilgiri hills
- Q. The busiest inland water-way of Europe is the Rhine. Its preeminence as a waterway rests on the fact that
A)Its course is never frozen
B)It flows through the most industrialised part of Europe
C)It follows a rift valley
D)It falls in the North Sea
Answer: Its course is never frozen
- Q. Eskimos belong to
A)Negroid race
B)Mongoloid race
C)White race
D)None of these
Answer: Mongoloid race
- Q. Which one among the following is the largest temperate desert of the world?
A)Iranian desert
B)Patagonian desert
C)Taklamakan desert
D)Turkmen desert
Answer: Patagonian desert
- Q. Which pair is not twin-cities?
A)Kolkata - Howrah
B)Durgapur - Asansol
C)Hyderabad - Secunderabad
D)Delhi - New Delhi
Answer: Delhi - New Delhi
- Q. Contours’ are lines connecting places having ________
A)Equal rainfall
B)Equal temperature
C)Equal pressure
D)Equal height
Answer: Equal height
- Q. Which of the following soils is very hard to cultivate?
A)Red
B)Alluvial
C)Black
D)Sandy
Answer: Sandy
- Q. The Savannas or Orinoco Basin are termed as
A)Prairies
B)Pampas
C)Steppes
D)Llanos
Answer: Llanos
- Q. If a solar eclipse occurs when the moon is quite far from the earth, the eclipse would likely to be ________
A)Annular
B)Total
C)Partial
D)None of these
Answer: Annular
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