More Questions on Geography
- Q. Shyok is a tributary of ________
A)Chenab
B)Brahmaputra
C)Indus
D)Sutlej
Answer: Indus
- 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 relates to the formation of the Himalayas?
A)Folding of the geosyncline
B)Folding of the earth's crust
C)Accumulation of loess deposits
D)Faulting of the earth's crust
Answer: Folding of the geosyncline
- Q. ________ determines colour, texture, chemical properties, mineral content and permeability of soil.
A)Climate
B)Flora & Fauna
C)Time
D)Parent rock
Answer: Parent rock
- Q. In which part of India is Dogri spoken?
A)Jammu and Kashmir
B)West Bengal
C)Assam
D)Rajasthan
Answer: Jammu and Kashmir
- Q. The Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli lies between which of the following states of India?
A)Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra
B)Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh
C)Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh
D)Gujarat and Maharashtra
Answer: Gujarat and Maharashtra
- Q. Which of the statements as regards the consequences of the movement of the earth is not correct?
A)Rotation of the earth cause variation in the duration of days and nights
B)Revolution of the earth is the cause of the change of seasons
C)Rotation of the earth is the cause of days and nights
D)Rotation of the earth affects the movement of winds and ocean currents
Answer: Rotation of the earth cause variation in the duration of days and nights
- Q. A person of mixed European and Indian blood in Latin America is called a ________
A)Meiji
B)Mulatto
C)Mestizo
D)Mau Mau
Answer: Mestizo
- Q. The river on which the reservoir for Indira Gandhi Canal has been built is
A)Luni
B)Sutlej
C)Ravi
D)Jhelum
Answer: Sutlej
- Q. The earth revolves round the sun in its orbit by approximately ________
A)3° per day
B)1° per day
C)2° per day
D)5° per day
Answer: 1° per day
- Q. At present biosphere reserves that are included in world Heritage:
A)Simlipol and Pachmarhi
B)Nilgiri and Nanda Devi
C)Nokrek, Gulf of Mannar and Sunderban
D)Above all
Answer: Above all
- Q. Why does Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats both receive sufficient rainfall but Deccan Plateau receives scanty rainfall?
A)It is away from the coast
B)It is a rain shadow area
C)It is located parallel to wind direction
D)Rain bearing clouds are absent
Answer: It is a rain shadow area
- Q. Which of the following regions bear mainly the Coniferous forests?
A)Southern island of New Zealand
B)Southern part of India
C)South America
D)Central, Eastern and Western parts of North America
Answer: Central, Eastern and Western parts of North America
- Q. ________ Oilfield of India has the largest quantity of recoverable reserves.
A)Ankaleshwar Oilfield
B)Moran Oilfield
C)Mumbai High (off shore) Oilfield
D)Naharkatiya Oilfield
Answer: Mumbai High (off shore) Oilfield
- Q. What is the similarity between Milwaukee Deep, Java Trench and Challenger Deep?
A)They all are trenches in the Indian Ocean
B)They all are trenches in the Pacific Ocean
C)They are the deepest points of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, respectively
D)They all are deeps of the Atlantic Ocean
Answer: They are the deepest points of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, respectively
- Q. Arrange the following cities in decreasing order of the rainfall they receive from the south-west monsoons in summer months: 1. Allahabad 2. Kolkata 3. Delhi 4. Patna
A)1, 4, 3, 2
B)2, 4, 1, 3
C)3, 1, 4, 2
D)2, 4, 3, 1
Answer: 2, 4, 3, 1
- Q. Which planet is known as sister of earth?
A)Mercury
B)Mars
C)Venus
D)Saturn
Answer: Venus
- Q. The shortest air route from Moscow to San Francisco is
A)Over the North Pole
B)Over the Atlantic Ocean
C)Over the Pacific via Siberia
D)Through the latitude which passes through them
Answer: Over the Atlantic Ocean
- 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. In the northern hemisphere, currents are deflected to their right due to ________
A)Cyclonic storms
B)Centrifugal force
C)Coriolis force
D)None of these
Answer: Coriolis force
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