More Questions on Geography
- Q. Scandinavia is a suitable country for exploiting hydroelectricity because of the presence of
A)Great rivers
B)Lakes
C)Steep slopes
D)Waterfalls
Answer: Lakes
- Q. Which of the following physiographic features of India is ‘geologically the oldest’?
A)The Peninsular Plateau
B)Himalayan Mountain Chain
C)Indus-Ganga Brahmaputra Plain
D)The Coastal Plains
Answer: The Peninsular Plateau
- Q. A continuous belt of urban population progressively linking several cities is known as
A)Conurbation
B)Metropolis
C)Megalopolis
D)City sprawl
Answer: Conurbation
- Q. Which of the following statements about forests is not correct?
A)Forests in equatorial regions of India are less dense than the monsoon forests
B)Coniferous forests of high latitudes yield soft wood
C)Between 2000 m and 3000 m elevation on the Himalayas grow deodar, chinar and walnut
D)Large-scale exploitation of forests has caused soil erosion and repeated floods
Answer: Forests in equatorial regions of India are less dense than the monsoon forests
- Q. What percentage of Indian population is below poverty line?
A)More than 35% but less than 40%
B)Less than 30
C)30% to 35%
D)40% to 45%
Answer: Less than 30
- Q. What is the name of the temperate grassland of South America?
A)Veld
B)Pampas
C)Prairies
D)Savanna
Answer: Pampas
- Q. The Synchronous satellite moves around the Earth from
A)North to South
B)East to West
C)West to East
D)South to North
Answer: West to East
- Q. The least densely populated country among the following countries of Europe is ________
A)Germany
B)Poland
C)Norway
D)Belgium
Answer: Norway
- Q. Which of the following soils is formed under typical monsoonal conditions?
A)Laterite Soils
B)Black Soils
C)Red Soils
D)None of these
Answer: Laterite Soils
- Q. On the bank of which river is New York situated?
A)River Mississippi
B)River Colorado
C)River Hudson
D)River Amazon
Answer: River Hudson
- Q. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the following topographical features found from upper to lower course of a river?
A)Rapids- Ox-bow lake - Estuary
B)Ox-bow lake-Rapids-Estuary
C)Rapids-Estuary-Ox-bow lake
D)Estuary- Ox-bow lake-Rapids
Answer: Rapids- Ox-bow lake - Estuary
- Q. Savanna is a
A)Grassland
B)Desert
C)Forest
D)Snowclad mountain
Answer: Grassland
- Q. How much part of Earth’s surface is desert?
A)1/3rd
B)10th
C)5th
D)6th
Answer: 1/3rd
- Q. Which of the following is known as the ‘Pearl City’?
A)Kochi
B)Kandla
C)Tuticorin
D)Hyderabad
Answer: Hyderabad
- Q. The imaginary lines joining places of same height at equal intervals are
A)Spot-heights
B)Hachures
C)Contours
D)Isomers
Answer: Contours
- Q. Which of the following belts are associated with seismic activity? 1. Circum-Pacific Belt 2. Circum-Atlantic Belt 3. Mid-Continental Belt 4. Mid-Atlantic Belt
A)1, 2 and 3
B)1, 2 and 4
C)1, 3 and 4
D)2, 3 and 4
Answer: 1, 3 and 4
- Q. Why stars look more in west than east?
A)Earth is moving from east to west
B)Universe is moving from east to west
C)Earth is moving around the Sun
D)Earth is moving from west to east
Answer: Earth is moving from west to east
- Q. Which of the following river originates beyond Himalaya?
A)Ganga
B)Indus
C)Saraswati
D)Yamuna
Answer: Indus
- Q. The highest dam from the following in India is
A)Hirakud
B)Maithan
C)Bhakra
D)Machkund
Answer: Bhakra
- Q. Choose the crops which were cropped by using high yielding seeds in India during Green Revolution?
A)Rice, wheat, jowar, millet and maize
B)Rice, wheat, pulses, oilseeds and sugarcane
C)Maize, gram, jowar, coffee and tea
D)Wheat, rice, sugarcane, pulses and maize
Answer: Rice, wheat, jowar, millet and maize
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