More Questions on Geography

  • Q. Where is Lonar Lake situated?
    A)Maharashtra
    B)Tamil Nadu
    C)Kerala
    D)Gujarat
    Answer: Maharashtra
  • Q. The hot dry local winds that blow on the eastern side of the Alps Mountain are known as ________
    A)Khamsin
    B)Chinook
    C)Foehn
    D)Sirocco
    Answer: Foehn
  • Q. Maharashtrian Plateau is made up of ________
    A)Sandstone
    B)Alluvial soil
    C)Coral reef
    D)Lava
    Answer: Lava
  • Q. Which of the following countries have achieved a negative growth rate of population?
    A)France, Italy and Ireland
    B)Australia, Canada and Sweden
    C)U.K., Sweden and Germany
    D)Japan, U.S.A. and Russia
    Answer: Australia, Canada and Sweden
  • Q. Which one the following condition is not favourable for the formation of delta?
    A)Sea adjoining the delta should be shallow
    B)Active vertical and lateral erosion in the lower course of the rivers
    C)Coast should be preferably tideless
    D)There should be no strong current running at right angles to the river mouths
    Answer: Active vertical and lateral erosion in the lower course of the rivers
  • Q. The principal cause of soil damage in Punjab and Haryana is
    A)Excessive cultivation
    B)Deforestation
    C)Soil erosion
    D)Salinity and water logging
    Answer: Salinity and water logging
  • Q. The ________ route is the busiest ocean route of the world.
    A)North Atlantic
    B)Suez
    C)Panama
    D)South Atlantic
    Answer: North Atlantic
  • Q. ________ stands at the head of Chesapeake Bay which is known for oysters.
    A)New Orleans
    B)Baltimore
    C)Boston
    D)Philadelphia
    Answer: Baltimore
  • Q. The earth revolves round the sun in its orbit by approximately ________
    A)3° per day
    B)1° per day
    C)2° per day
    D)5° per day
    Answer: 1° per day
  • Q. Where was India’s rocket launching station set up?
    A)Thumba
    B)Sriharikota
    C)Arvi
    D)Port Blair
    Answer: Thumba
  • Q. Which of the following is a tropical monsoon crop?
    A)Cotton
    B)Wheat
    C)Rice
    D)Maize
    Answer: Rice
  • Q. In which form can the cultivable land be defined?
    A)Old fallow land + new follow land
    B)The land which can grow the crops
    C)Waste land + fallow land
    D)Total fallow land + net sown land
    Answer: Total fallow land + net sown land
  • Q. Which of the following river does not relate with Punjab?
    A)Beas
    B)Sutlej
    C)Ravi
    D)Tapti
    Answer: Tapti
  • Q. The hottest place in the world is ________
    A)Dallol, Ethiopia
    B)Tehran, Iran
    C)Jaisalmer, India
    D)Azizia, Libya
    Answer: Azizia, Libya
  • Q. Longitude is geographically significant to India because ________
    A)It divides India into eastern and western zones
    B)It determines the Indian standard time
    C)It has a bearing on the tropical climate of India
    D)It enables determining local time in eastern India
    Answer: It determines the Indian standard time
  • Q. The International Date Line passes through ________
    A)Florida strait
    B)Bering strait
    C)Gibraltar strait
    D)Malacca strait
    Answer: Bering strait
  • Q. Which planet looks reddish in the night sky?
    A)Mars
    B)Jupiter
    C)Saturn
    D)Mercury
    Answer: Mars
  • Q. Green Index has been developed by:
    A)United Nations Environment Programme
    B)WWF
    C)UNESCO
    D)None of Above
    Answer: United Nations Environment Programme
  • Q. Indian state known as garden spice is:
    A)Kerala
    B)Karnataka
    C)West Bengal
    D)Sikkim
    Answer: Kerala
  • Q. Hampi is in
    A)Karnataka
    B)Andhra Pradesh
    C)Tamil Nadu
    D)Sri Lanka
    Answer: Karnataka

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