More Questions on Geography
- Q. Postaz are temperate grassland in ________
A)Hungary
B)Australia
C)South Africa
D)Egypt
Answer: Hungary
- Q. What is the best source of pure cellulose?
A)Jute fibre
B)Coir
C)Cotton fibre
D)Hemp
Answer: Cotton fibre
- Q. Under normal conditions, which one of the following is the correct sequential developments of features made by fluvial action?
A)Waterfalls - River terraces – Meander bars - Oxbow lakes
B)Waterfalls - Meander bars - River terraces - Oxbow lakes
C)Meander bars - River terraces – Waterfalls - Oxbow lakes
D)River terraces - Meander – Waterfalls - Oxbow lakes
Answer: Waterfalls - River terraces – Meander bars - Oxbow lakes
- Q. In which of the following region, it rains throughout the year?
A)Tropical
B)Mediterranean
C)Equatorial
D)Temperate
Answer: Equatorial
- Q. What is the date of summer solstice in Northern Hemisphere?
A)22nd December
B)21st June
C)21st March
D)23rd September
Answer: 21st June
- Q. The world’s largest delta system is the ________.
A)The Mississippi, USA
B)The Nile, Egypt
C)Ganges-Brahmaputra, India/Bangladesh
D)The Amazon, Brazil
Answer: Ganges-Brahmaputra, India/Bangladesh
- Q. Which of the following is a reason for the increase in population of the developing countries?
A)Both of these
B)Increase in birth rate due to reluctance to accept family planning measures
C)Increase in life expectancy and decrease of death rate due to medical facilities
D)None of these
Answer: Increase in life expectancy and decrease of death rate due to medical facilities
- Q. Which of these statements are correct? 1. Prime Meridian passes through Greenwich and is at 0° Longitude. 2. International Date Line, on the map appears as a straight line along 180° Longitude. 3. While crossing International Date Line from east to west, one gains a day. 4. Tropic of Cancer lies at Latitude.
A)1 and 3
B)1, 2, 3 and 4
C)1, 2 and 4
D)1 and 4
Answer: 1 and 4
- Q. What percentage of Indian population is below poverty line?
A)More than 35% but less than 40%
B)Less than 30
C)30% to 35%
D)40% to 45%
Answer: Less than 30
- Q. Soil factors are also known as
A)Ecological factors
B)Biological factors
C)Geo Morphological factors
D)Edaphic factors
Answer: Edaphic factors
- Q. The ‘Mahe region’ located on the western coast of India is politically a part of the Union Territory of ________
A)Lakshadweep
B)Dadra and Nagar Haveli
C)Diu and Daman
D)Pondicherry
Answer: Pondicherry
- Q. The world’s largest reserves of petroleum are located in
A)Saudi Arabia
B)The USA
C)Russia
D)Kuwait
Answer: Saudi Arabia
- Q. Maoris are the inhabitants of ________
A)Brazil
B)Nigeria
C)Egypt
D)New Zealand
Answer: New Zealand
- Q. Israel has common borders with ________
A)Cyprus, Turkey, Jordan and Egypt
B)Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Egypt
C)Lebanon, Syria, Turkey and Jordan
D)Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Yemen
Answer: Lebanon, Syria, Turkey and Jordan
- Q. The first protocol to ban the emissions of choloro fluorocarbons in the atmosphere was made in
A)Geneva
B)Montreal
C)Osaka
D)Florida
Answer: Montreal
- Q. The Australian state which is an island is ________
A)Tasmania
B)Queensland
C)Java
D)New Guinea
Answer: Tasmania
- Q. Which one of the following regions has Mediterranean type of climate?
A)North-Eastern Australia
B)Cape Town region of South Africa
C)Great Plains of North America
D)Southern Algeria
Answer: Cape Town region of South Africa
- Q. Which one of the following is a Sedimentary Rock?
A)Basalt
B)Granite
C)Charnockite
D)Arkose
Answer: Arkose
- Q. Consider the following statements: 1. Gondwana coal is a laminated, bituminous coal. 2. Gondwana coal is completely free from moisture, sulphur and phosphorus. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A)Both 1 and 2
B)1 only
C)2 only
D)Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: 1 only
- Q. Which of the following States of India do not lie entirely in the Tropical Zone of the Earth?
A)Karnataka
B)Kerala and Tamil Nadu
C)Gujarat
D)Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh
Answer: Gujarat
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