More Questions on Geography
- Q. Which of the following was not one of the consequences of the policy of exporting raw materials and food grains from India to Britain?
A)It led to agricultural shortage and famines
B)It raised the prices of raw materials
C)It brought enormous profits to unscrupulous businessman
D)It denuded the country of her agricultural surplus
Answer: It led to agricultural shortage and famines
- Q. Which is the highest river basin of Peninsular India
A)Krishna
B)Mahanadi
C)Godavari
D)Narmada
Answer: Krishna
- Q. The area or the Indian Ocean is approximately ________.
A)64 million sq km
B)24 million sq km
C)44 million sq km
D)74 million sq km
Answer: 74 million sq km
- Q. The largest state of India(area wise) is:
A)Uttar Pradesh
B)Maharastra
C)Madhya Pradesh
D)Rajasthan
Answer: Rajasthan
- Q. The oil-gas fields Dighboi, Naharkatiya and Moran are located in:
A)Maharastra
B)Assam
C)Gujarat
D)Madhya Predesh
Answer: Assam
- Q. The Rocks of granite are changed into which of the following due to metamorphism?
A)Gneiss
B)Marble
C)Feldspar
D)Quartz
Answer: Gneiss
- Q. The largest ecosystem of earth is
A)Lithosphere
B)Biome
C)Hydrosphere
D)Biosphere
Answer: Biosphere
- Q. The correct sequence of the following planets in terms of gravity, in the descending order is ________
A)Uranus, Earth, Saturn, Neptune
B)Saturn, Earth, Neptune, Uranus
C)Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Earth
D)Neptune, Saturn, Earth, Uranus
Answer: Neptune, Saturn, Earth, Uranus
- Q. Which one of the following plate movements is responsible for the formation of midocean ridge?
A)Transform fault movement
B)Divergent movement
C)Convergent movement
D)Parallel movement
Answer: Divergent movement
- Q. The Manchester of South India is
A)Bengaluru
B)Chennai
C)Coimbatore
D)Madurai
Answer: Coimbatore
- Q. Shale is metamorphosed into which of the following rocks?
A)Marble
B)Graphite
C)Gneise
D)Slate
Answer: Slate
- Q. To a space traveller on moon, the lunar sky during day time appears ________
A)Black
B)White
C)Blue
D)Red
Answer: Black
- Q. “Loktak” is a
A)River
B)Valley
C)Lake
D)Mountain range
Answer: Lake
- Q. Synclines and anticlines are the terms associated with ________
A)Faulting
B)Earthquakes
C)Folding
D)Volcanoes
Answer: Folding
- Q. On the 21st June, the day light is seen at the North Pole for ________
A)18 hrs.
B)Zero hrs.
C)12 hrs.
D)24 hrs.
Answer: 24 hrs.
- Q. The Earth’s population has ________ since the turn of the century.
A)Trebled
B)Stayed the same
C)Doubled
D)Multiplied ten times
Answer: Trebled
- Q. How can soil erosion be controlled on hill slopes?
A)Strip cropping
B)Forestation
C)Step farming
D)Linear contour ploughing
Answer: Linear contour ploughing
- Q. Open stunted forests with bushes and having long roots and sharp thorns or spines are commonly found in
A)Shiwaliks and Terai regions
B)Eastern Odisha
C)North-Eastern Tamil Nadu
D)Western Andhra Pradesh
Answer: Western Andhra Pradesh
- Q. Unlike other parts of the Indian Coast, fishing industry has not developed along the Saurashtra coast because
A)the sea water is relatively more saline
B)there are few indentions suitable for fishing
C)of overwhelming dependence on agriculture and animal husbandary
D)of industrial development leading to widespread pollution of coastal area
Answer: of overwhelming dependence on agriculture and animal husbandary
- Q. The smallest amongst the following islands is ________.
A)Sumatra
B)Borneo
C)Greenland
D)New Guinea
Answer: Sumatra
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