More Questions on Geography

  • 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. 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. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the climatic regions while going from Zaire to Netherlands? 1. Equatorial climate 2. Mediterranean climate 3. Hot desert climate 4. West European climate
    A)2, 3, 4, 1
    B)1, 3, 2, 4
    C)1, 4, 2, 3
    D)3, 2, 1, 4
    Answer: 1, 3, 2, 4
  • Q. Which one of the following barrages supplies water to the Indira Gandhi Canal?
    A)Narora
    B)Bhakra
    C)Harika
    D)Pandoh
    Answer: Harika
  • Q. The Paddy fields of India are located in the areas of annual rainfall
    A)100 cm
    B)120 cm
    C)140 cm
    D)80 cm
    Answer: 100 cm
  • Q. Which one of the following is the characteristic vegetation of regions between the snow line and about 3000 meters above mean sea level of the Himalayan region?
    A)A few dwarf shrubs
    B)Thick forests of birch, fir, spruce and other trees
    C)Forests of oak, deodar, chestnut and maple trees
    D)Forests of khair, sandalwood, palas and other trees
    Answer: Forests of oak, deodar, chestnut and maple trees
  • Q. The northern part of the west coast is known as ________
    A)Malabar coast
    B)Konkan coast
    C)Coromandal coast
    D)None of these
    Answer: Konkan coast
  • Q. Why have the incidents of flood risen in India recently?
    A)Deforestation in drainage zone
    B)Rise in annual rain
    C)Deposition of silt in dams
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Deforestation in drainage zone
  • Q. The Vindhyan system of rocks is important for the production of
    A)Bauxite and mica
    B)Precious stones and building materials
    C)Iron ore and manganese
    D)Copper and uranium
    Answer: Precious stones and building materials
  • Q. Which of the following is the longest river in India?
    A)Brahmaputra
    B)Ganga
    C)Narmada
    D)Godavari
    Answer: Ganga
  • Q. Which of the following is not commercial source of energy?
    A)Natural Gas
    B)Coal
    C)Petroleum
    D)Firewood
    Answer: Firewood
  • Q. Latex is a name for
    A)Crude rubber
    B)A milk product
    C)Latent heat
    D)Refined honey
    Answer: Crude rubber
  • Q. The imaginary lines which connects the places of same temperature are called
    A)Isohaline
    B)Isobar
    C)Isohyet
    D)Isotherm
    Answer: Isotherm
  • Q. Which one of the following pairs of states and tribes is not correctly matched?
    A)Arunachal Pradesh : Apatani
    B)Assam: Miri
    C)Nagaland : Konyak
    D)Madhya Pradesh : Lambada
    Answer: Madhya Pradesh : Lambada
  • Q. Which one of the following statements regarding Shooting Stars is incorrect ?
    A)They emit light due to extremely high temperature caused by friction while they are passing through earth's atmosphere
    B)They are meteors
    C)They are the debris which got separated from a comet
    D)They are a kind of a star
    Answer: They are a kind of a star
  • Q. Pygmies are people living in
    A)Kenya
    B)Congo forests
    C)Namibia
    D)Cape Province
    Answer: Congo forests
  • Q. Milky Way Galaxy was first seen by
    A)Marconi
    B)Galileo
    C)Martin Schmidt
    D)Newton
    Answer: Galileo
  • Q. Two important rivers – one with its source in Jharkhand (and known by a different name in Odisha), and another, with its source in Odisha – merge at a place only a short distance from the coast of Bay of Bengal before flowing into the sea. This is an important site of wildlife and biodiversity and a protected area. Which one of the following could be this?
    A)Gopalpur-on-sea
    B)Bhitarkanika
    C)Chandipur-on-sea
    D)Simlipal
    Answer: Bhitarkanika
  • Q. If there is no Sun, the colour of the sky would be ________
    A)Yellow
    B)Orange
    C)Blue
    D)Black
    Answer: Black
  • Q. Which of the following rivers flows through a rift valley?
    A)Kosi
    B)Cauvery
    C)Narmada
    D)Godavari
    Answer: Narmada

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