More Questions on Geography
- Q. When does the Sun shine vertically on the Equator?
A)Twice a year
B)Throughout the year
C)For six months
D)Once a year
Answer: Twice a year
- Q. Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary is located in which state?
A)Kerala
B)Karnataka
C)Orissa
D)Rajasthan
Answer: Rajasthan
- Q. Cloud burst means ________
A)Presence of scattered flakes of cloud in the sky
B)Abnormally heavy downpour of rain, associated with a thunderstorm
C)Formation of artificial rain
D)Sowing of seeds of a crop in a cloudy weather
Answer: Abnormally heavy downpour of rain, associated with a thunderstorm
- Q. The material that comes out of a volcano at the time of eruption is ________
A)Solid and gaseous
B)Solid, liquid, gaseous
C)Solid and liquid
D)Liquid and gaseous
Answer: Solid, liquid, gaseous
- Q. The Ruhr-Westphalia region is a famous industrial region of ________
A)North America
B)Scandinavia
C)Russia
D)Germany
Answer: Germany
- Q. Which one of the following is the junction point of the Eastern Ghats and Western Ghats?
A)Nilgiri Hills
B)Javadi Hills
C)Anaimalai Hills
D)Shevaroy Hills
Answer: Nilgiri Hills
- Q. Which of the following statements is not true of Trade Winds?
A)They are constant in strength and direction
B)They blow from the Horse Latitudes to the Doldrums
C)They are deflected to the right to become South-East Trades in the southern hemisphere
D)They sometimes contain intense depressions
Answer: They are deflected to the right to become South-East Trades in the southern hemisphere
- Q. The world’s largest delta system is the ________.
A)The Mississippi, USA
B)The Nile, Egypt
C)Ganges-Brahmaputra, India/Bangladesh
D)The Amazon, Brazil
Answer: Ganges-Brahmaputra, India/Bangladesh
- Q. The port especially developed for exporting iron ore to Japan is ________
A)Paradeep
B)Haldia
C)New Tuticorin
D)Vishakhapatnam
Answer: Paradeep
- Q. Maximum difference in the spacing of longitudes is ________
A)At tropics
B)At poles
C)At equator
D)At arctic circle
Answer: At equator
- Q. Rajasthan receives very little rain because
A)The monsoons fail to reach this area
B)It is too hot
C)There is no water available and thus the winds remain dry
D)The winds do not come across any barrier to cause the necessary uplift to cool the winds
Answer: The winds do not come across any barrier to cause the necessary uplift to cool the winds
- Q. Which of the following are true with regard to temperature control of the atmosphere of a given place? I. The major temperature contrasts on earth’s surface are between land masses and oceans II. During night, the water surface cools more rapidly than the land surface III. Temperature generally decreases with latitude on either side of the equator IV. Temperature rises to a maximum during summer and falls to a minimum during winter
A)I and II
B)I, III and IV
C)II, III and IV
D)II and IV
Answer: I, III and IV
- Q. Which of the following processes is responsible for producing the sand dunes in western Rajasthan?
A)Wind deposition
B)Wind erosion
C)Erosion by water
D)Mechanical weathering
Answer: Wind deposition
- Q. Among the following cities, which one is nearest to the Tropic of Cancer?
A)Jodhpur
B)Delhi
C)Kolkata
D)Nagpur
Answer: Kolkata
- Q. The country with the highest density is ________
A)India
B)China
C)Bangladesh
D)Singapore
Answer: Singapore
- Q. When dew point is reached it is said that at that temperature
A)The atmosphere can hold no more water vapour
B)The atmosphere is said to be saturated with water vapour
C)The relative humidity of the atmosphere is 100%
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- Q. The driest part of India is
A)Gandhinagar (Gujarat)
B)Darbhanga (Bihar)
C)Bhatinda (Punjab)
D)Jaisalmer (Rajasthan)
Answer: Jaisalmer (Rajasthan)
- Q. The Moon is showing its same face to the Earth because
A)Its periods of rotation and revolution are the same
B)It is not rotating about its own axis
C)Its rotation and revolution are opposite
D)Its rotation is faster than its revolution
Answer: Its periods of rotation and revolution are the same
- Q. The Laterite soil is found in
A)Tropical areas
B)High rainfall states
C)In deserts
D)Dry and humid tropical areas
Answer: Dry and humid tropical areas
- Q. Which of the following places does not lie on the banks of Godavari?
A)Rajhamundry
B)Nanded
C)Bhadrachalam
D)Kakinada
Answer: Kakinada
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