Q. What is the name of India’s permanent research station in southern hemisphere Antarctica

Correct Answer

Dakshin Gangotri

More Questions on Geography

  • Q. Which one of the following deserts is famous for its deposits of nitrates?
    A)Gobi
    B)Atacama
    C)Kalahari
    D)Sahara
    Answer: Atacama
  • Q. Palk Strait separates India from
    A)Andaman Island
    B)Pakistan
    C)China
    D)Sri Lanka
    Answer: Sri Lanka
  • Q. The Himalayan mountain system belongs to which one of the following?
    A)Block mountains
    B)Fold mountains
    C)Volcanic mountains
    D)None of these
    Answer: Fold mountains
  • Q. Which of the following is a cash crop in India?
    A)Onion
    B)Maize
    C)Gram
    D)Wheat
    Answer: Gram
  • Q. When almost all the elevated portions are worn down by river erosion reducing an area to almost a plain region, it is termed as
    A)Pediplain
    B)Fanplain
    C)Panplain
    D)Peneplain
    Answer: Peneplain
  • 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. The full name of OTEC
    A)Oil and Thermal Energy Conservation
    B)Offshore Thermal Energy Conservation
    C)Ocean Terminal Energy Conservation
    D)Ocean Thermal Energy Conservation
    Answer: Ocean Thermal Energy Conservation
  • Q. Which of the following state has become India’s first carbon free state?
    A)Uttar Pradesh
    B)Himachal Pradesh
    C)Madhya Pradesh
    D)Maharashtra
    Answer: Himachal Pradesh
  • Q. Titagarh, Amlai and Nepanagar are known for:
    A)Iron and Steel Industry
    B)Sugar Industry
    C)Ship Building
    D)Paper Industry
    Answer: Paper Industry
  • Q. One of the following is not the result of underground water action
    A)Sink holes
    B)Stalactities
    C)Stalagmites
    D)Fiords
    Answer: Fiords
  • Q. Chandra and Bhaga the two streams join to form ________ river.
    A)Ravi
    B)Jhelum
    C)Indus
    D)Chenab
    Answer: Chenab
  • Q. Rayalaseema is a region of which one of the following States?
    A)Andhra Pradesh
    B)Karnataka
    C)Maharashtra
    D)Tamil Nadu
    Answer: Andhra Pradesh
  • Q. Consider the following: 1. Mahadeo Hills 2. Sahyadri Parvat 3. Satpura Range What is the correct sequence of the above from the north of the south?
    A)1, 3, 2002
    B)1, 2, 2003
    C)2, 1, 2003
    D)2, 3, 2001
    Answer: 1, 3, 2002
  • Q. Latitude of a point on the earth is measured by the distance in ________
    A)Angles from the poles
    B)Kilometers from the poles
    C)Kilometers from the equator
    D)Angles from the equator
    Answer: Angles from the equator
  • Q. The energy of Sun is vested in which of the following process?
    A)Nuclear Fusion
    B)Photoelectric Emission
    C)Nuclear Fission
    D)Temperate Emission
    Answer: Nuclear Fusion
  • Q. Which of the following arrangements is correct according to their locations from north to south mountain ranges of Jammu and Kashmir: 1. Karakoram 2. Ladakh 3. Zanskar 4. Pir Panjal
    A)1, 2, 3, 4
    B)2, 3, 1, 4
    C)1, 4, 3, 2
    D)2, 4, 1, 3
    Answer: 1, 2, 3, 4
  • Q. The Ghatampur thermal power plant recently approved by Cabinet is to be setup in?
    A)Karnataka
    B)Rajasthan
    C)Uttar Pradesh
    D)Madhya Pradesh
    Answer: Uttar Pradesh
  • Q. “Great Barrier Reef, the world’s largest Coral reef is located in
    A)Philippines
    B)Caribbean Islands
    C)Australia
    D)Indonesia
    Answer: Australia
  • Q. The only planet whose period of rotation is longer than the period of revolution around the Sun?
    A)Venus
    B)Mercury
    C)Jupiter
    D)Neptune
    Answer: Venus
  • Q. What is the correct sequence of the following zonal pressure belts? 1. Subpolar low 2. Equatorial low 3. Polar high 4. Subtropical high
    A)2, 4, 1, 3
    B)2, 3, 1, 4
    C)1, 4, 2, 3
    D)1, 3, 2, 4
    Answer: 2, 4, 1, 3

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