More Questions on Geography
- Q. Critical criteria for the location of an aluminium plant in India are the availability of bauxite and ________
A)Labour
B)Coal
C)Electricity
D)Ready market
Answer: Electricity
- Q. Why does the mercury column in the barometer fall rapidly before a severe storm? It is due to
A)Severe heat energy from the sun
B)Increase in the humidity of air
C)Fall in the atmospheric pressure
D)Rise in the atmospheric pressure
Answer: Fall in the atmospheric pressure
- Q. To which group do the tribals of central and southern India belong?
A)Mongoloids
B)Proto-Australoids
C)Negritos
D)Brachycephals
Answer: Proto-Australoids
- Q. What is the approximate equatorial circumference of the earth?
A)40,000 Km
B)30,000 Km
C)35,000 Km
D)45,000 Km
Answer: 40,000 Km
- Q. Which of the following is a wrong combination of location and hydroelectric projects undertaken by the NHPC?
A)Loktak-Sikkim
B)Baira Siul-Himachal Pradesh
C)Salal-Jammu and Kashmir
D)Devi Ghat-Nepal
Answer: Loktak-Sikkim
- Q. In which month are the kharif crops sown?
A)September
B)April
C)June
D)November
Answer: June
- Q. Where was India’s rocket launching station set up?
A)Thumba
B)Sriharikota
C)Arvi
D)Port Blair
Answer: Thumba
- Q. The rainfall due to upward movement of air caused by convergence of cold air masses against warm air masses is called ________.
A)Frontal rainfall
B)Cyclonic rainfall
C)Orographic rainfall
D)Convectional rainfall
Answer: Frontal rainfall
- Q. Which of the following is the most important factor in soil formation?
A)Natural vegetation
B)Relief
C)Climate
D)Rock cover
Answer: Climate
- Q. One will not have to pass through the Suez Canal while going from Mumbai to
A)Port Said
B)Alexandria
C)Suez
D)Benghazi
Answer: Suez
- Q. Which of the following is not a food-grain?
A)Cotton
B)Wheat
C)Rice
D)Jowar
Answer: Cotton
- Q. The most valuable cash crop of Brazil is
A)Cardamom
B)Tea
C)Coffee
D)Spices
Answer: Coffee
- Q. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the four stages of water movement in a hydrological cycle?
A)Infiltration – Evaporation – Condensation – Infiltration
B)Evaporation – Condensation – Precipitation – Infiltration
C)Evaporation – Precipitation – Condensation – Infiltration
D)Condensation – Precipitation – Evaporation – Infiltration
Answer: Evaporation – Condensation – Precipitation – Infiltration
- Q. The plateau rich in minerals in India is
A)Deccan Plateau
B)Malwa Plateau
C)Chhotanagpur Plateau
D)Mysuru Plateau
Answer: Chhotanagpur Plateau
- Q. The region which does not receive most of its rainfall during winter, is ________
A)South West Australia
B)Central California
C)Central North America
D)South West Africa
Answer: Central North America
- Q. Which one of the following gives the correct sequence of ports down the western coast of India?
A)Veraval, Okha, Marmagao, Mangalore
B)Kandla, Mumbai, Kochi, Mangalore
C)Porbandar, Marmagao, Mangalore, Kochi
D)Mangalore, Marmagao, Kochi, Negercoil
Answer: Porbandar, Marmagao, Mangalore, Kochi
- Q. The winter snow-house or Eskimos is known as
A)Igloo
B)Yurt
C)Tupic
D)Tent
Answer: Igloo
- Q. Which of the following rivers of India carries the most water
A)Yamuna
B)Ganga
C)Brahmaputra
D)Godavari
Answer: Brahmaputra
- Q. The clouds extending from one side of horizon to other as 3 dark grey sheet having uniform base are called ________
A)Cirrus clouds
B)Stratus clouds
C)Cumulus clouds
D)Nimbus clouds
Answer: Stratus clouds
- Q. Which of the following has maximum diurnal temperature difference?
A)Plateau
B)Desert
C)Mountains
D)Ocean
Answer: Desert
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