More Questions on Geography
- Q. The river which rises in the Kamarpet hill in Chhotanagpur Plateau of Bihar and called “The River of Sorrow” is
A)Krishna
B)Mahanadi
C)Damodar
D)Godavari
Answer: Damodar
- Q. Mumbai High refers to the
A)Slopes of Western Ghats
B)Greater Mumbai area
C)Highest place in Mumbai
D)Oil field below seabed off Mumbai island
Answer: Oil field below seabed off Mumbai island
- Q. When it is noon IST at Allahabad in India, the time at Greenwich, London, will be
A)0630 hours
B)midnight, GMT
C)1730 hours
D)None of the above
Answer: 0630 hours
- Q. The tropical grasslands of Africa are known as ________
A)Pampas
B)Steppes
C)Savannas
D)Downs
Answer: Savannas
- Q. What is the meaning of Willy-Willy?
A)High Tide
B)Tropical Cyclone near Australia
C)Earthquake
D)Tropical Cyclone near India
Answer: Tropical Cyclone near Australia
- Q. Which of the following is a renewable source of energy?
A)Thermal power
B)Atomic power
C)Hydro electric power
D)Natural gas
Answer: Hydro electric power
- Q. Low tides are
A)Moderate
B)Strong
C)Weak
D)Very Weak
Answer: Weak
- Q. Guwahati is situated on the bank of the river
A)Hooghly
B)Teesta
C)Brahmaputra
D)Sone
Answer: Brahmaputra
- Q. The Hawaiian Islands specialise in the cultivation of
A)Sugarcane
B)Cotton
C)Rice
D)Tobacco
Answer: Sugarcane
- Q. What happens to tropical soils when the rain forest is cleared?
A)Clearing interrupts the critical nutrient cycle and leads to soil leaching
B)The soil improves to the extent that soluble nutrients are no longer depleted by the trees
C)There is little effect on the soil because of its depth of
D)The soils stabilise and become excellent for grain
Answer: Clearing interrupts the critical nutrient cycle and leads to soil leaching
- Q. Which of the following is untraditional sources of Energy?
A)Petroleum
B)Coal
C)Fuel
D)Biogas
Answer: Biogas
- Q. In India economically exploitable lignite deposits occur at
A)Talcher, Odisha
B)Neyveli, Tamil Nadu
C)Singareni, Andhra Pradesh
D)Jharia, Bihar
Answer: Neyveli, Tamil Nadu
- Q. Which of the following countries is well known for diamond cutting industry?
A)The Netherlands
B)Belgium
C)Norway
D)Switzerland
Answer: Belgium
- Q. Of the total water on the Earth, fresh water reserve a constitute approximately
A)10%
B)70%
C)3%
D)9%
Answer: 3%
- Q. Which one of the following cities is associated with the river Mekong ?
A)Shanghai
B)Hong Kong
C)Phnom-Penh
D)Yangon
Answer: Phnom-Penh
- Q. Muscovite, Phlogopite and Biotite are
A)Coal varieties
B)Iron ore varieties
C)Mica varieties
D)Manganese varieties
Answer: Mica varieties
- Q. Consider the following statements: 1. Mistral is a cold wind blowing in North America. 2. Sirocco is a hot dry wind blowing across the North African coast. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
A)Both 1 and 2
B)1 only
C)2 only
D)Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: 2 only
- Q. The well-defined zones of seismic activity in the world where the largest number of earthquakes originates is ________
A)Mid oceanic Rift Valley Zone
B)Mediterranean Zone
C)Circum Pacific Belt
D)African Rift Valley Zone
Answer: Circum Pacific Belt
- Q. India has one land-locked and protected port which is at
A)Kolkata
B)Paradeep
C)Chennai
D)Visakhapatnam
Answer: Visakhapatnam
- Q. Talcher is important for which of the following?
A)Atomic Reactor
B)Cable Industry
C)Hydro Power Generation
D)Heavy Water Plant
Answer: Heavy Water Plant
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