More Questions on Geography
- Q. Japan is called ‘land of the rising sun’ because ________
A)Japan being the Eastern most country in the World, it has the earliest sunrise
B)Sun rises there as soon as it sets
C)Sun always remains in the eastern part of the sky throughout the day in Japan
D)The rays of the sun get reflected from the waters of the sea and make the sunrise beautiful in Japan
Answer: Japan being the Eastern most country in the World, it has the earliest sunrise
- Q. The capacity of the Atmosphere to hold water vapour
A)Increases as the temperature decreases
B)Increases as the temperature increases
C)Decreases as the temperature increases
D)Decreases as the temperature decreases
Answer: Increases as the temperature increases
- Q. What is the main activity of Eskimos during the short period of summer season?
A)Lumbering
B)Hunting
C)Fishing
D)Animal Grazing
Answer: Hunting
- Q. Which one of the following cities will never get the vertical rays of the sun?
A)Kolkata
B)Srinagar
C)Mumbai
D)Thiruvananthapuram
Answer: Srinagar
- Q. The mountain building in Himalayas began
A)Both A and B
B)About 45 million years ago
C)When the continental plates of India and Eurasia converged on each other
D)None of the above
Answer: Both A and B
- Q. Mild and rainy winters, warm and dry summers are the characteristic features of ________
A)Tropical Grasslands
B)Monsoon Region
C)Mediterranean Region
D)Temperate Grasslands
Answer: Mediterranean Region
- Q. The hot dry local winds that blow on the eastern side of the Alps Mountain are known as ________
A)Khamsin
B)Chinook
C)Foehn
D)Sirocco
Answer: Foehn
- Q. Which of the following deserts does not lie in the Northern Hemisphere?
A)Sahara
B)Gobi
C)Kalahari
D)Thar
Answer: Kalahari
- Q. Which of the following two states are prone to cyclones during retreating Monsoon season?
A)Bihar and Assam
B)Kamataka and Kerala
C)Punjab and Haryana
D)Andhra Pradesh and Orissa
Answer: Andhra Pradesh and Orissa
- Q. The ports which function as the collection centres where the goods are brought from different countries to be sent to others besides their own country are called ________
A)Entreport ports
B)Out ports
C)Packet stations
D)Port of call
Answer: Entreport ports
- Q. The second most important agro based industry of India after textiles is:
A)Processed Food Industry
B)Dairy Industry
C)Pulp Industry
D)Sugar Industry
Answer: Sugar Industry
- Q. With reference to Ocean currents consider the following statements: 1. West Australian current is a warm current. 2. North East Monsoon Drift flows in the Indian Ocean during winter season. 3. Equatorial counter current does not flow in the Indian Ocean during winter season. 4. Kuroshic current in the Pacific Ocean is like Gulf Stream in the Atlantic Ocean.
A)2 and 3
B)1 and 2
C)1 and 4
D)2 and 4
Answer: 2 and 4
- Q. Haematite is an ore of
A)Iron
B)Copper
C)Lead
D)Zinc
Answer: Iron
- Q. Bhakra Nangal Project is constructed across which river?
A)Cauvery
B)Ganga
C)Sutlej
D)Brahmaputra
Answer: Sutlej
- Q. Which of the following regions and dominant crops is wrongly matched?
A)Temperate grassland-cereals
B)Tropical monsooon-rice
C)Tundra-market gardening
D)Cold Temperate-softwood
Answer: Tundra-market gardening
- Q. What is the percentage of Indian population engaged in agriculture?
A)70
B)60
C)50
D)80
Answer: 60
- Q. Which of the following gives the maximum Oxygen
A)Grassland
B)Green Forest
C)Desert
D)Phytoplankton
Answer: Phytoplankton
- Q. A type of rainfall which occurs when wind rises up along a hill or mountain barrier is called ________
A)Cyclonic
B)Anti-cyclonic
C)Convectional
D)Orographic
Answer: Orographic
- Q. A narrow passage of water that connects two large bodies or water is known as
A)Strait
B)Bay
C)Isthmus
D)Archipelago
Answer: Strait
- Q. The strait that separates Tasmania from the mainland of Australia is
A)Torres Strait
B)Cook Strait
C)Bass Strait
D)Palk Strait
Answer: Bass Strait
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