More Questions on Geography
- Q. Among the following regions of India, which one receives comparatively least amount of annual rainfall?
A)North-eastern Rajasthan
B)An 80 km wide coastal belt from Nellore to Point Calimere
C)The middle and lower Asom valley
D)The coastal plains of Gujarat south of Narmada
Answer: North-eastern Rajasthan
- Q. The South African River draining into Atlantic Ocean is
A)Limpopo
B)Orange
C)Zambezi
D)Nile
Answer: Orange
- Q. Which of the following is/are wrong? 1. Bhadravati steel plant – not located near coal deposits 2. First modern steel plant in India – Burnpur 3. Bokaro and Bhilai steel plants – German collaboration 4. Durgapur steel plant – British help
A)1, 2 and 3
B)1 and 2
C)2, 3 and 4
D)2 and 3
Answer: 2 and 3
- Q. Which one of the following deserts is famous for its deposits of nitrates?
A)Gobi
B)Atacama
C)Kalahari
D)Sahara
Answer: Atacama
- Q. When the clock strikes 12:00 noon at Greenwich, it strikes 5:30 p.m. at place X on the same day. What is the meridian of longitude of place X ?
A)82°30' E
B)97°30' E
C)97°30' W
D)82°30' W
Answer: 82°30' E
- Q. Chennai receives less rainfall by South-West Monsoon than other places, because
A)These winds are off shore monsoon winds
B)Monsoon travels parallel to Coromandel Coast
C)Chennai is very hot place and do not allow humidity to evaporate
D)Above all
Answer: Above all
- Q. Cherapunji receives more rainfall than Shillong because ________
A)Cherapunji is located on the windward side
B)The former is nearer to the sea
C)The air of different densities and temperature tends to converge towards Cherapunji from different direction during the rainy season
D)Convective precipitation brings more rain at Cherapunji
Answer: The air of different densities and temperature tends to converge towards Cherapunji from different direction during the rainy season
- Q. Selves are dense tropical rain forest of:
A)South Africa
B)South America
C)North America
D)Australia
Answer: South America
- Q. Which one of the following is not a HYV of wheat?
A)Kalyan Sona
B)Sonalika
C)Ratna
D)Girija
Answer: Ratna
- Q. Which of the following is a block mountain?
A)Rockies
B)Andes
C)Alps
D)Vosges
Answer: Vosges
- Q. Which of the following towns is located at easternmost?
A)Patna
B)Bokaro
C)Jamshedpur
D)Ranchi
Answer: Jamshedpur
- Q. The largest lake in Africa is ________
A)Lake Tanganyika
B)Lake Victoria
C)Lake Malawi
D)Lake Chad
Answer: Lake Victoria
- Q. Which one of the following cities does not have the same clock time as that of the other three cities at any given instant?
A)Accra (Ghana)
B)London (UK)
C)Lisbon (Portugal)
D)Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)
Answer: Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)
- Q. How do the western disturbances affect the crops in north India?
A)They are beneficial to the crops by causing winter rain
B)They cause heavy damage to the standing crops
C)They bring in locusts which destroy the crops
D)They help in keeping the plants warm to some extent in winter
Answer: They are beneficial to the crops by causing winter rain
- Q. Which of the following statements regarding literacy in India are correct ? 1. A person who can only read but cannot write is not defined literate 2. Children below 7 years of age are not taken into consideration even if they are able to read and write 3. For the purpose of census, a person is deemed literate if he or she can read and write with understanding in any of the 22 languages mentioned in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution 4. The fact that a district has attained hundred percent literacy does not mean that the entire population in the district is literate
A)1, 2 and 3
B)1, 3 and 4
C)2, 3 and 4
D)1, 2 and 4
Answer: 2, 3 and 4
- Q. Put the following ores in descending order of their iron content: 1. Haemetite 2. Magnetite 3. Limonite 4. Siderite
A)2, 1, 4, 3
B)1, 2, 3, 4
C)2, 1, 3, 4
D)1, 2, 4, 3
Answer: 2, 1, 3, 4
- Q. Which of the following state is the member of “Seven Sisters”?
A)Orissa
B)West Bengal
C)Tripura
D)Bihar
Answer: Tripura
- Q. Taking into account the amount of rainfall occurring from June to September, which one of the following is the correct order of cities in terms of rainfall?
A)Allahabad > Kolkata > Ahmedabad
B)Kolkata > Ahmedabad > Allahabad
C)Kolkata > Allahabad > Ahmedabad
D)Ahmedabad > Kolkata > Allahabad
Answer: Kolkata > Allahabad > Ahmedabad
- Q. Erosion of soil by a river mainly depends upon ________
A)Its speed at which it flows
B)Its depth
C)Its length
D)Its width
Answer: Its speed at which it flows
- Q. A radio broadcast from Delhi on Monday at 7.30 p.m. is heard at New York on ________
A)The same day at 7:30 AM
B)Tuesday at 8.35 PM
C)The same day at 7.30 PM
D)The same day at 10:00AM
Answer: The same day at 10:00AM
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