More Questions on Geography
- Q. For short-term climatic predictions, which one of the following events, detected in the last decade, is associated with occasional weak monsoon rains in the Indian subcontinent?
A)El Nino and southern oscillations
B)La Nina
C)Movement of jet streams
D)Green-house effect on global level
Answer: El Nino and southern oscillations
- Q. The North Pole is always in the light
A)From June 21 to December 22
B)From September 23 to March 21
C)From March 21 to September 23
D)On June 21
Answer: From March 21 to September 23
- Q. The light coming from stars gives the idea of their ________
A)Mass
B)Size
C)Rotational speed
D)Temperature
Answer: Temperature
- Q. Which State of India is leading in solar energy generation?
A)Haryana
B)Gujarat
C)Rajasthan
D)Uttar Pradesh
Answer: Rajasthan
- Q. Which is the largest island of the world?
A)Greenland
B)New Guinea
C)Medagascar
D)Iceland
Answer: Greenland
- Q. Which of the following rivers In Europe has the largest volume of traffic?
A)The Danube
B)The Rhine
C)The Rhone
D)The Seine
Answer: The Rhine
- Q. The Balkan Peninsula is separated from the rest of Europe by the river.
A)Elbe
B)Danube
C)Rhine
D)Weser
Answer: Danube
- Q. Ankleshwar Basin (offshore) oil-fields is located in:
A)Madhya Pradesh
B)Gujarat
C)Assam
D)Maharashtra
Answer: Gujarat
- Q. The planet that is nearly comparable to Earth as regards its size and mass is
A)Venus
B)Pluto
C)Mars
D)Mercury
Answer: Venus
- Q. The commodity which accounts for the maximum volume of goods transported by the railways in India is
A)Mineral oil
B)Iron and steel
C)Coal
D)Metallic ores (other than iron ore)
Answer: Coal
- Q. The Amazon forests are a type of?
A)Temerate Evergreen Forest
B)Tropical Forest
C)Temperate Forest
D)Tropical Seasonal Forest
Answer: Tropical Forest
- Q. Which one of the following would have occurred if the earth had not been inclined on its own axis?
A)The summers would have been of longer duration
B)All the seasons would have been of same duration
C)The seasons would not have changed
D)The winters would have been of longer duration
Answer: The seasons would not have changed
- Q. The main difference between the Eastern Ghats and the Western Ghats is the matter of
A)Ending in Nilgiris
B)Continuity
C)Proximity of coast
D)Height
Answer: Continuity
- Q. Which one among the following types of forests exhibits highest bio-diversity ?
A)Moist deciduous forest
B)Dry deciduous forest
C)Tropical rain forest
D)Mangrove forest
Answer: Tropical rain forest
- Q. Suppose if we measure the time lapse between the two Sunsets by sitting in the beach, from this we can estimate
A)The radius of the Earth
B)The distance between the Sun and the Earth
C)The depth of the ocean
D)The radius of the Sun
Answer: The radius of the Earth
- Q. Arrange the following soil particle by size in the descending order: I. Gravel II. Clay III. Silt IV. Sand
A)I, IV, III, II
B)I, II, III, IV
C)IV, II, III, I
D)III, IV, I, II
Answer: I, IV, III, II
- Q. Which of the following absorbs the insolation from the sun and preserves the earth’s radiated heat, thus acting like a blanket allowing the earth neither to become too cold nor too hot?
A)Ozone
B)Dust
C)Water vapour
D)Nitrogen
Answer: Water vapour
- Q. Quartzite is metamorphosed from
A)Sandstone
B)Limestone
C)Obsidian
D)Shale
Answer: Sandstone
- Q. The highest percentage decadal growth rate of population as per 2011 Census was registered by:
A)Haryana
B)Maharastra
C)Punjab
D)Meghalaya
Answer: Meghalaya
- Q. To a space traveller on moon, the lunar sky during day time appears ________
A)Black
B)White
C)Blue
D)Red
Answer: Black
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