More Questions on Geography

  • Q. How many Indian states share their boundaries with Nepal?
    A)8
    B)3
    C)4
    D)5
    Answer: 5
  • Q. Which of the following state is not part of Narmada valley?
    A)Gujarat
    B)Madhya Pradesh
    C)Rajasthan
    D)Maharashtra
    Answer: Rajasthan
  • Q. Which of the following statements regarding the International Date line are correct? 1. It is a longitude of 180° 2. It is determined by 180° longitude but is not a straight line 3. It is a Greenwich meridian helping in fixing time and date 4. It solves the problem of time and date among the World’s nations
    A)2 Only
    B)1 and 4
    C)3 and 4
    D)3, 2 and 4
    Answer: E
  • Q. In the coastal lowland of Kerala two crops of rice is grown per year because of: 1. high temperature in winter 2. adequate rain throughout the year 3. adequate irrigation facility 4. presence of water retentive clayey loam soil
    A)1 and 2
    B)Only 1
    C)2 and 3
    D)1, 3, and 4
    Answer: 1 and 2
  • Q. The plantation in a huge manner to prevent soil erosion is called
    A)Strip Farming
    B)Shelter Belts
    C)Contour Farming
    D)Forestation
    Answer: Shelter Belts
  • Q. Lakes formed due to marine deposits are
    A)Ox-bow lakes
    B)Crater lakes
    C)Cirque lakes
    D)Lagoons
    Answer: Lagoons
  • Q. Choose the crops which were cropped by using high yielding seeds in India during Green Revolution?
    A)Rice, wheat, jowar, millet and maize
    B)Rice, wheat, pulses, oilseeds and sugarcane
    C)Maize, gram, jowar, coffee and tea
    D)Wheat, rice, sugarcane, pulses and maize
    Answer: Rice, wheat, jowar, millet and maize
  • 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. The Volcanic activities are found more in
    A)Columbia
    B)Hawaii
    C)Japan
    D)New Zealand
    Answer: Hawaii
  • Q. Turpentine oil is obtained from
    A)Eucalyptus tree
    B)Cashew nut shell
    C)Pine tree
    D)Cinchona tree
    Answer: Pine tree
  • Q. The smallest Union Territory is ________
    A)Lakshadweep
    B)Chandigarh
    C)Pondicherry
    D)Andaman and Nicobar Islands
    Answer: Lakshadweep
  • Q. The tide at its maximum height is known as ________
    A)Spring tide
    B)Equinox
    C)Neap tide
    D)Tsunami
    Answer: Spring tide
  • Q. The south west monsoon engulfs the entire India by
    A)1st July
    B)5th June
    C)15th June
    D)15th July
    Answer: 15th July
  • Q. Which city is located on the banks of the river Brahmaputra?
    A)Dibrugarh
    B)Kanpur
    C)Srinagar
    D)Lucknow
    Answer: Dibrugarh
  • Q. Which of the following layers of the Earth’s atmosphere provide ideal flying conditions for Jet aircraft?
    A)Stratosphere
    B)Mesosphere
    C)Thermosphere
    D)Troposphere
    Answer: Stratosphere
  • Q. The Zaskar range, the Ladakh range, the Kailas and the Karakoram Range are the main ranges of:
    A)The Himalayan system
    B)The Western Ghat
    C)The Aravali
    D)The Eastern Ghat
    Answer: The Himalayan system
  • Q. Which one among the following statements relating to an anticyclone is correct?
    A)The contribution of an anticyclone towards determining weather of an area is quite significant
    B)Anticyclone is a wind system with a high pressure centre
    C)In anticyclone the movement of wind is inward
    D)The movement of wind is clockwise in an anticyclone of southern hemisphere
    Answer: Anticyclone is a wind system with a high pressure centre
  • Q. In geography who propounded the theory of convectional current hypothesis?
    A)Arnaldo Faustini
    B)Arthur Holmes
    C)Carl Ritter
    D)Immanuel Kant
    Answer: Arthur Holmes
  • Q. As per 2011 census data lowest decadal growth rate (state) has been registered in :
    A)Andhra Pradesh
    B)Kerala
    C)West Bengal
    D)Maharashtra
    Answer: Kerala
  • Q. The highest peak of peninsular India is:
    A)K2
    B)Dodabeta
    C)Anaimudi
    D)Kanchanjangha
    Answer: Anaimudi

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