More Questions on Geography
- Q. La Nina is suspected to have caused recent floods in Australia. How is La Nina different from El Nino ? 1. La Nina is characterised by un-usually cold ocean temperature in equatorial Indian Ocean whereas El Nino IS characterised by unusually warm ocean temperature in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. 2. El Nino has adverse effect on south-west monsoon of India, but La Nina has no effect on monsoon climate. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A)Both 1 and 2
B)1 only
C)2 only
D)Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: Neither 1 nor 2
- Q. Agriculture involving both crops and livestock is known as
A)Dry farming
B)Dairy farming
C)Mixed farming
D)Truck farming
Answer: Mixed farming
- Q. Which of the following city is known as the “Eternal City”?
A)Athens
B)London
C)Rome
D)Berlin
Answer: Rome
- Q. What is the name of the soil, rich in Calcium?
A)Podzol
B)Pedocal
C)Pedalfer
D)Laterite
Answer: Pedocal
- 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. Which of the following factor affects the agriculture in India?
A)Wind
B)Temperature
C)Humidity
D)Rain
Answer: Rain
- Q. The flower bud which is used as spice, is obtained from?
A)Clove
B)Cinnamon
C)Cardamom
D)Coriander
Answer: Clove
- Q. Nanda Devi peak forms a part of ________
A)Nepal Himalayas
B)Assam Himalayas
C)Kumaon Himalayas
D)Punjab Himalayas
Answer: Kumaon Himalayas
- Q. The country worst affected by cyclones and accompanying floods is ________.
A)Pakistan
B)Indonesia
C)Sri Lanka
D)Bangladesh
Answer: Bangladesh
- Q. The percentage of irrigated land in India is about
A)35%
B)45%
C)65%
D)25%
Answer: 35%
- Q. Which of the following countries are located on the Greenwich Meridian? 1. Algeria 2. Germany 3. Guinea 4. Iceland
A)1, 2 and 3
B)1 only
C)2 only
D)1, 3 and 4
Answer: 1 only
- Q. What is the official language of Nagaland?
A)Assamese
B)Nagali
C)English
D)Chinese
Answer: English
- Q. The number of women per thousand men is called
A)Relative density
B)Men-women ratio
C)Sex ratio
D)Manage ratio
Answer: Sex ratio
- Q. The first fertilizer plant was set up at
A)Alwaye (Kerala)
B)Nangal (Punjab)
C)Sindri (Bihar)
D)Trombay (Maharashtra)
Answer: Sindri (Bihar)
- 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. In 1610, Galileo Galilei discovered four moons of which planet?
A)Neptune
B)Saturn
C)Jupiter
D)None of these
Answer: Jupiter
- Q. Ladang refers to
A)Subsistence type of agriculture
B)Shifting cultivation
C)Plantation agriculture
D)Dry farming
Answer: Shifting cultivation
- Q. What percentage of Indian population is below poverty line?
A)More than 35% but less than 40%
B)Less than 30
C)30% to 35%
D)40% to 45%
Answer: Less than 30
- Q. The Portuguese possessions Goa, Daman and Diu were liberated in ________.
A)1981
B)1961
C)1971
D)1951
Answer: 1961
- Q. Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is constructed on which river
A)Godavari
B)Kaveri
C)Krishna
D)Indus
Answer: Krishna
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