More Questions on Geography
- Q. The trans-continental railway in South America links
A)San Diego and Buenos Aires
B)Moscow and Vladivostok
C)Sao Paulo and Trinidad
D)Valparaiso and Buenos Aires
Answer: Valparaiso and Buenos Aires
- Q. Jharkhand does not share boundary with ________
A)Chhattisgarh
B)West Bengal
C)Orissa
D)Madhya Pradesh
Answer: Madhya Pradesh
- Q. Which is the river known as Tsangpo in Tibet?
A)Indus
B)Ganga
C)Brahmaputra
D)Tista
Answer: Brahmaputra
- Q. ________ canal is gateway to the Pacific.
A)Kiel
B)Suez
C)Panama
D)Grand Union
Answer: Panama
- Q. Which of the following sets of three ports is on the east coast of India?
A)Paradeep, Kakinada, Nagapattinam
B)Cochin, Goa, Mumbai
C)Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai
D)Machilipatnam, Kandla, Aleppey
Answer: Paradeep, Kakinada, Nagapattinam
- Q. The capacity of rock to allow water to pass through it is called
A)Porosity
B)Hardness
C)Jointing
D)Permeability
Answer: Permeability
- Q. The ‘Water table’ refers to ________
A)The contact zone of permeable and impermeable rocks
B)The lower limit of the zone of saturation
C)The upper limit of the zone of saturation
D)Seepage of water into fissures lying below the earth's surface
Answer: The upper limit of the zone of saturation
- Q. The Sahyadris commence in ________.
A)Karnataka
B)Maharashtra
C)Kerala
D)Delhi
Answer: Maharashtra
- Q. Which of the following minerals is needed for generation of nuclear power?
A)Cadmium
B)Potassium
C)Aluminium
D)Uranium
Answer: Uranium
- Q. Which of the following crops is regarded as a plantation crop?
A)Sugarcane
B)Coconut
C)Cotton
D)Rice
Answer: Coconut
- Q. Throughout the Ages the maximum number of streams of people came to India via
A)The sea
B)The western Himalayan passes
C)Tibet
D)The eastern Himalayan passes
Answer: The western Himalayan passes
- Q. Which of the following is the highest plateau in the world?
A)Patagonia Plateau
B)Colorado Plateau
C)Pamir Plateau
D)Potwar Plateau
Answer: Pamir Plateau
- Q. The gap between birth rate and death rate per 1000 mid-year population of a given region is known as
A)Birth and death rate of population
B)Population rate
C)Natural growth rate of population
D)Population increamental ratio
Answer: Natural growth rate of population
- Q. The instrument which records the seismic waves generated by the occurrence of earth-quakes is called:
A)Wavograph
B)Barometer
C)Gyrometer
D)Seismograph
Answer: Seismograph
- Q. An ox-bow lake is a ________
A)Lake formed due to cut off meander
B)Lake formed behind an off-shore bar
C)Lake occupying a volcanic crater
D)Lake occupying a hollow scooped by a glacier
Answer: Lake formed due to cut off meander
- Q. The total area of the Republic of India is of the order of ________.
A)4.3 million sq km
B)2.3 million sq km
C)3.3 million sq km
D)5.3 million sq km
Answer: 3.3 million sq km
- Q. Which one of the following lakes in India has the highest Water salinity?
A)Wular
B)Dal
C)Chilka
D)Sambhar
Answer: Sambhar
- Q. The western disturbances which cause winter rain in India originate in
A)West Asia
B)Pakistan
C)Bay of Bengal
D)Himalayas
Answer: West Asia
- Q. With which one of the following industries is Coimbatore associated?
A)Cotton Textile
B)Gold
C)Gujarat
D)Sericulture
Answer: Cotton Textile
- Q. Israel has common borders with ________
A)Cyprus, Turkey, Jordan and Egypt
B)Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Egypt
C)Lebanon, Syria, Turkey and Jordan
D)Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Yemen
Answer: Lebanon, Syria, Turkey and Jordan
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