More Questions on Geography
- Q. Which one of the following regions of India is now regarded as an ‘ecological hot spot’?
A)Western Ghats
B)Western Himalayas
C)Eastern Himalayas
D)Eastern Ghats
Answer: Western Ghats
- Q. A person of mixed European and Indian blood in Latin America is called a ________
A)Meiji
B)Mulatto
C)Mestizo
D)Mau Mau
Answer: Mestizo
- Q. Insolation heats up the land masses more quickly than the water bodies because ________
A)Water needs more energy to get warm
B)Water is liquid
C)Landmasses are solid
D)Rocks are bad conductors of heat
Answer: Water needs more energy to get warm
- Q. Which of the following separates Asia and North America?
A)Bering Strait
B)Bass Strait
C)Dover Strait
D)Cook Strait
Answer: Bering Strait
- Q. Among the following countries, the only one to have about half of its area under cultivation is ________
A)Japan
B)China
C)India
D)US
Answer: India
- Q. The driest part in India is in
A)Darbhanga (Bihar)
B)Jaisalmer (Western Rajasthan)
C)Bhatinda (Punjab)
D)Gandhinagar (Gujarat)
Answer: Jaisalmer (Western Rajasthan)
- Q. The Indian sub-continent lies
A)Wholly in the northern hemisphere
B)Mostly in the southern hemisphere and partly in the northern hemisphere
C)Mostly in the northern hemisphere and partly in the southern hemisphere
D)Wholly in the southern hemisphere
Answer: Wholly in the northern hemisphere
- Q. The circulation and movement of soluble inorganic matter (nutrients) derived from sedimentary and atmospheric phases and reservoirs through organic phase of various biotic components and finally their return to inorganic phase is collectively called:
A)Physical Cycles
B)Chemical Cycles
C)Biogeochemical Cycles
D)Biological Cycles
Answer: Biogeochemical Cycles
- Q. Which of the following is the most fertile soil in India?
A)Red soil
B)Black soil
C)Alluvial soil
D)Laterite soil
Answer: Alluvial soil
- Q. Which among the following statements about the earth is not true?
A)The Earth revolves in its orbit round the Sun at a speed of 66,000 miles per hour
B)The Earth makes one complete revolution round the Sun every 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 46 seconds
C)The Earth makes one complete revolution on its axis in 48 hours
D)The Earth rotates on its axis at an equatorial speed of more than 1000 miles per hour
Answer: The Earth makes one complete revolution on its axis in 48 hours
- Q. The water of the Luni river is
A)Salty
B)Fresh
C)Fresh in upper reaches and salty in the lower reaches
D)Fresh in rainy season and salty in other seasons
Answer: Fresh in upper reaches and salty in the lower reaches
- Q. Out of the following geomorphic processes which one is associated with the work of glaciers?
A)Corrasion
B)Corrosion
C)Attrition
D)Plucking
Answer: Plucking
- Q. Which among the following is the smallest state area wise?
A)Meghalaya
B)Nagaland
C)Mizoram
D)Manipur
Answer: Nagaland
- Q. No trees are found in Tundra biome near polar region of northern hemisphere. This is due to ________
A)Less wind movement and inadequate sunlight
B)Snowfall inhibits plant respiration
C)Frozen ice beneath the surface soil (permafrost) restricts root growth
D)Low temperature which restricts development of reproductive organs
Answer: Frozen ice beneath the surface soil (permafrost) restricts root growth
- Q. Which of the following is not a food crop?
A)Paddy
B)Maize
C)Bajra
D)Cotton
Answer: Cotton
- Q. Amongst the following Indian States which one has the minimum total forest cover?
A)Haryana
B)Sikkim
C)Goa
D)Kerala
Answer: Haryana
- Q. The oldest oil-field in India is in
A)Neyveli
B)Haldia
C)Bombay High
D)Digboi
Answer: Digboi
- 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
- Q. Which or the following is known as the lifelines of a country?
A)Energy resources
B)Natural growth rate of population
C)Food supplies
D)Modem means of transport and communication
Answer: Modem means of transport and communication
- Q. The lake created by Aswan Dam in Africa is
A)Nasser
B)Chad
C)Victoria
D)Tanganyika
Answer: Nasser
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