More Questions on Geography
- Q. Which of the following areas or regions is most prone to earthquakes?
A)Plains of northern India
B)Deccan Plateau
C)Ganga Brahmaputra Valley
D)Western Ghats
Answer: Ganga Brahmaputra Valley
- Q. A sierra is a/an
A)Unit of electrical conductance
B)Mountain range
C)A midday or afternoon nap
D)Holiday resort in the Mediterranean Sea
Answer: Mountain range
- Q. The method of soil conservation in which stones grass, soil are used to build barriers along contours and trenches are made in front of the barriers to collect water is called?
A)Rock dam
B)Mulching
C)Contour barriers
D)Terrace farming
Answer: Contour barriers
- Q. Savanna is a
A)Grassland
B)Desert
C)Forest
D)Snowclad mountain
Answer: Grassland
- Q. Consider the following statements: 1. Troposphere varies in its thickness between equator and poles. 2. Stratosphere does not experience Normal Lapse Rate. 3. Ozone layer occurs in the Mesosphere. 4. Ionosphere lies between Stratosphere and Mesosphere Which of these statements are correct?
A)3 and 4
B)1 and 2
C)2 and 3
D)1, 2 and 4
Answer: 1 and 2
- Q. The ‘Old Faithful’ in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming is a/an
A)Geyser
B)Hot spring
C)Extinct volcano
D)Oak tree
Answer: Geyser
- Q. Prince, Victoria and Alexandria are the three important and busy docks at
A)Chennai
B)Cochin
C)Visakhapatnam
D)Mumbai
Answer: Mumbai
- Q. The highest annual precipitation occurs in ________
A)Siberian Plains
B)Canadian Shield
C)Ganga basin
D)Amazon basin
Answer: Amazon basin
- Q. Where is Ozone layer found?
A)Stratosphere
B)Troposphere
C)Ionosphere
D)Exosphere
Answer: Stratosphere
- Q. The construction of Tehri dam is done across which river
A)Bhagirathi
B)Ganga
C)Brahmaputra
D)Yamuna
Answer: Bhagirathi
- Q. The Radcliff Line demarcates the boundary between
A)Pakistan and Afghanistan
B)India and China
C)India and Pakistan
D)India and Afghanistan
Answer: India and Pakistan
- Q. The Trade winds are caused by ________
A)Inflowing movement of air along the earth's surface towards the equator
B)Rotation of the earth
C)Revolution of the earth
D)None of these
Answer: Inflowing movement of air along the earth's surface towards the equator
- Q. Which planet in our solar system is nearly as big as the Earth?
A)Venus
B)Mercury
C)Mars
D)Pluto
Answer: Venus
- Q. Which of the following are true with regard to coal in India? I. Coal is found in sedimentary rocks II. The best quality of coal is lignite III. The largest and oldest coalfied in india is known as the ruhr of india IV. The Damodar river valley is popularly known as the ‘Ruhr of India’
A)I, II and IV
B)I and IV
C)I, II and III
D)II, III and IV
Answer: I, II and IV
- Q. The distance between Earth and Sun is maximum on?
A)22 December
B)21 June
C)3 January
D)4 July
Answer: 4 July
- Q. The following statements are made about ocean currents: 1. They are warm off the west coast of continents within the tropics 2. They move clockwise in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere 3. They move clockwise in the oceans of the Northern Hemisphere Which of the above are correct?
A)1, 2 and 3
B)1 and 2
C)2 and 3
D)1 and 3
Answer: 1 and 3
- Q. Deserts such as Sahara are generally found between 20° and 30° latitudes in western parts of the continents. This is because these regions ________
A)Have warm offshore currents
B)Are very hot throughout the year
C)Have offshore winds throughout the year
D)Lie in the belt of the doldrums
Answer: Have offshore winds throughout the year
- Q. The Mountain Peak located where the Tsangpo-Brahmaputra river takes a hairpin bend from West-East trend to North-South trend is
A)Namcha Barwa
B)Saramati
C)Shillong
D)Karbi
Answer: Namcha Barwa
- Q. Formation of a rift valley is due to ________
A)The subsidence of the floor of a river valley
B)The formation of fold mountains
C)The forces of tension in the earth's crust
D)The over-deepening of a valley by ice action
Answer: The subsidence of the floor of a river valley
- Q. Palk Strait separates
A)Sunda and Sumatra
B)Malaysia and Sumatra
C)India and Sri Lanka
D)Borneo and Celebes
Answer: India and Sri Lanka
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