More Questions on Geography

  • Q. Arrange the following hills of southern India from north to south ________ 1. Nilgiri 2. Cardamom 3. Nallamala 4. Anaimalai Select the correct answer using the code given below ________
    A)1-3-4-2
    B)3-1-4-2
    C)4-3-1-2
    D)1-2-3-4
    Answer: 3-1-4-2
  • Q. The port commanding the largest hinterland in India is
    A)Kolkata
    B)Mumbai
    C)Kandla
    D)Chennai
    Answer: Kolkata
  • Q. The most important item of export among marine products from India is ________
    A)Shrimp
    B)Crabs
    C)Lobsters
    D)None of these
    Answer: Shrimp
  • Q. Loktak Lake, a big lake of North East India, is located in
    A)Manipur
    B)Assam
    C)Arunachal Pradesh
    D)Tripura
    Answer: Manipur
  • Q. Vembanad Lake is located in:
    A)Karnataka
    B)Maharastra
    C)Madhya Pradesh
    D)Kerala
    Answer: Kerala
  • Q. The surface temperature of the Sun is measured
    A)18000°C
    B)6000°C
    C)12000°C
    D)24000°C
    Answer: 6000°C
  • Q. When rain falls through a cold layer of air near the Earth’s surface, raindrops get frozen into ice. This type of precipitation is called
    A)Snowstorm
    B)Hail
    C)Snowfall
    D)Sleet
    Answer: Sleet
  • Q. What is the name of the layer closest to the Earth?
    A)Troposphere
    B)Ionosphere
    C)Stratosphere
    D)Exosphere
    Answer: Troposphere
  • Q. In which of the following states would you not find Bhils?
    A)Madhya Pradesh
    B)Gujarat
    C)Karnataka
    D)Uttar Pradesh
    Answer: Uttar Pradesh
  • Q. The phenomenon of ‘trade winds’ takes place due to
    A)Radiation
    B)Conduction of heat
    C)Convection of heat
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Convection of heat
  • Q. Most of the people in the world live in lowland areas except those in ________
    A)Southern and South - eastern Asia
    B)Central and Western Africa
    C)Southern and South - eastern Europe
    D)Central America and North - western South America
    Answer: Central and Western Africa
  • Q. Which of the following celestial bodies bear, ‘The Sea of Tranquility’ and ‘The Ocean of Storms’ ?
    A)Moon
    B)Mars
    C)Venus
    D)Sun
    Answer: Moon
  • Q. Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world, is located in ________
    A)India
    B)Bhutan
    C)China
    D)Nepal
    Answer: Nepal
  • Q. When does solar eclipse take place?
    A)When the Moon is between the Sun and Earth
    B)When the Sun is between the Moon and Earth
    C)When the Earth is between the Moon and Sun
    D)When the Moon does not lie on the line joining the Sun and Earth
    Answer: When the Moon is between the Sun and Earth
  • Q. The tropical grasslands of Africa are known as ________
    A)Pampas
    B)Steppes
    C)Savannas
    D)Downs
    Answer: Savannas
  • Q. Which of the following is the International Date line?
    A)90° eastern longitude
    B)Equator
    C)0° longitude
    D)180° longitude
    Answer: 180° longitude
  • Q. National Waterway-I is on which water system?
    A)Ganga, Bhagirathi, Hoogli river
    B)West Coast Canal
    C)River Brahamputra
    D)Sundarbans Waterways
    Answer: Ganga, Bhagirathi, Hoogli river
  • Q. What is the shape of the Earth?
    A)Sphere
    B)Geoid
    C)Circle
    D)Hemi-sphere
    Answer: Geoid
  • Q. Which of the following is NOT a cash crop?
    A)Coffee
    B)Tobacco
    C)Cotton
    D)Bajara
    Answer: Bajara
  • 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

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