More Questions on Geography

  • Q. Which of the following sources has the largest share in power generation in India?
    A)Hydro power
    B)Atomic power
    C)Thermal power
    D)Wind power
    Answer: Thermal power
  • Q. Saar is a famous field in:
    A)USA
    B)The Netherlands
    C)Australia
    D)Germany
    Answer: Germany
  • Q. Which of the following represents the southernmost geographical unit of India?
    A)Lakshadweep
    B)Cape Comorin (Kanyakumari)
    C)Rameshwaram
    D)Great Nicobar Island
    Answer: Great Nicobar Island
  • Q. As we move from the Pole to the Equator along the longitude, what is true of the variety of crops and animals?
    A)Variety of crops increases but that of animals decreases
    B)Both increase
    C)Both decrease
    D)Variety of animals increases but that of crops decreases
    Answer: Both increase
  • Q. What is ‘Sidereal Day’?
    A)The time during which the earth makes a complete rotation on its axis in respect of the fixed stars
    B)The day on which the duration of sunshine is the maximum
    C)The day on which the duration of sunshine and darkness are equal
    D)The day on which the sun reaches its maximum distance from the equator
    Answer: The time during which the earth makes a complete rotation on its axis in respect of the fixed stars
  • Q. For which of the following reason, it is necessary to secure a large area for forest?
    A)More rain
    B)Absorption of carbon dioxide
    C)Conservation of wild
    D)Ecological balance
    Answer: Ecological balance
  • Q. Wular lake of Kashmir is a ________
    A)Lake formed by terminal morainic dam
    B)Ox- bow lake
    C)Lake formed by blocking of ice
    D)Lake formed by deposition of silt
    Answer: Lake formed by terminal morainic dam
  • Q. Nautical mile is a unit of distance used in
    A)Aviation
    B)Space travel
    C)Navigation
    D)Communication
    Answer: Navigation
  • Q. Which one of the following is not a landform which results due to rejuvenation of a river?
    A)Oxbow lake
    B)Incised meander
    C)Knick point
    D)Rive terrace
    Answer: Oxbow lake
  • Q. The revelations of a satellite photograph of the earth are as follows: 1. the Southern hemisphere bulges slightly more than the Northern hemisphere 2. it is slightly pear shaped ellipsoid of rotation 3. the polar axis of the earth is slightly shorter than the equatorial axis 4. the equatorial circumference is about 40,000km Which of the above statements are correct ?
    A)1, 2 and 4
    B)1, 2 and 3
    C)1, 2, 3 and 4
    D)2, 3 and 4
    Answer: 2, 3 and 4
  • Q. Who of the following discovered the laws of planetary orbits?
    A)Johannes Kepler
    B)Galileo Galilei
    C)Nicholas Copernicus
    D)Isaac Newton
    Answer: Johannes Kepler
  • Q. Hindustan Machine Tools has its factories at
    A)Pinjore (Haryana)
    B)Bengaluru (Karnataka)
    C)Kalamassery (Kerala)
    D)All the three places above
    Answer: All the three places above
  • Q. Farakka Barrage was commissioned to ________
    A)Supply drinking water to Kolkata
    B)Save Kolkata port
    C)Link North and South Bengal
    D)Divert water to Bangladesh
    Answer: Save Kolkata port
  • Q. Which of the following pairs is incorrect ?
    A)Manchester-Cotton Textiles
    B)Buenos Aires-Dairy Products
    C)Bangkok-Aircrafts
    D)Plymouth-Ship building
    Answer: Bangkok-Aircrafts
  • Q. Which of the following crops are grown mainly in the irrigated areas during Zaid ?
    A)Rice and Millets
    B)Arhar and Gram
    C)Moong and Urad
    D)Maize and Groundnut
    Answer: Moong and Urad
  • Q. The distance between two consecutive longitudes (91° E and 92° E) at the Poles is
    A)25 km
    B)0 km
    C)18 km
    D)111 km
    Answer: 0 km
  • Q. Sedimentary rocks are formed by the process of ________
    A)Deposition
    B)Metamorphism
    C)Weathering
    D)Both B and C
    Answer: Both B and C
  • Q. ________ canal is gateway to the Pacific.
    A)Kiel
    B)Suez
    C)Panama
    D)Grand Union
    Answer: Panama
  • Q. What does the 17th parallel separate?
    A)South and North Vietnam
    B)South and North America
    C)North and South Korea
    D)South and North Yemen
    Answer: South and North Vietnam
  • Q. The Indian States which have common borders with Pakistan are
    A)Jammu & Kashmir, Haryana, Rajasthan and Punjab
    B)Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Jammu & Kashmir
    C)Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab and Rajasthan,
    D)Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Rajasthan
    Answer: Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab and Rajasthan,

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