More Questions on Geography
- Q. Extensive mechanized wheat cultivation is carried out in
A)Equatorial regions
B)Tropical Savannas
C)Temperate grasslands
D)Mediterranean lands
Answer: Temperate grasslands
- Q. The layers of the earth’s crust are distinguished by their
A)Metallic content and rocks
B)Thickness and depth
C)Density and temperature
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- 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. 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. The canal that connects the upper Hudson at Albany with the Great Lakes at Buffalo is
A)North Sea canal
B)Erie canal
C)Kiel canal
D)Trent and Mersey canal
Answer: Erie canal
- Q. The river Tsangpo flows through before entering India?
A)Tibet
B)Myanmar
C)Pakistan
D)China
Answer: Tibet
- Q. The ________ current is a cold water current.
A)Brazil
B)Gulf Stream
C)Kuroshio
D)Labrador
Answer: Labrador
- Q. Three European cities viz, Belgrade, Budapest and Vienna, are located on the banks of the river
A)Rhone
B)Danube
C)Rhine
D)Volga
Answer: Danube
- Q. The planet with the maximum number of satellites is ________.
A)Saturn
B)Uranus
C)Jupiter
D)Neptune
Answer: Jupiter
- Q. Equinox occurs when the Sun is vertically above
A)Poles
B)Tropic of Capricorn
C)Tropic of Cancer
D)Equator
Answer: Equator
- Q. The largest Inland Sea is the
A)Caspian Sea
B)Black Sea
C)Dead Sea
D)Aral Sea
Answer: Caspian Sea
- Q. How many Indian states share their boundaries with Nepal?
A)8
B)3
C)4
D)5
Answer: 5
- Q. If a truck has to carry goods from Delhi to Bhopal via Gwalior, by National Highways (NH) following the shortest route, which one of the following groups of National Highways it has to go by ?
A)NH 8, NH 3, NH 11
B)NH 2, NH 11, NH 12
C)NH 2, NH 3, NH 12
D)NH 2, NH 25, NH 11
Answer: NH 2, NH 3, NH 12
- Q. Which of the following are true with regard to fold mountains? I. They often act as climatic barriers II. They receive heavy rain or snow which give rise to rivers III. They are rich in minerals IV. They pose no problem, to communication as they contain many passes
A)I, II and III
B)I and II
C)III and IV
D)I, III and IV
Answer: I, II and III
- Q. Which one of the following types of volcanic eruptions is not usually explosive?
A)Strombolian
B)Pelean
C)Hawaiian
D)Vulcanian
Answer: Hawaiian
- Q. The Black soil is related to which of the following crop
A)Tea
B)Cotton
C)Sugarcane
D)Coffee
Answer: Cotton
- 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
- Q. Wood pulp comes from ________
A)Mediterranean region
B)Equatorial region
C)Temperate region
D)Coniferous forest region
Answer: Coniferous forest region
- Q. Consider the following statements: 1. The variation in an average annual range of temperature at 15° latitude of Southern Hemisphere is much less than that at 15° latitude of Northern Hemisphere. 2. At latitudes poleward of 35° the incoming radiation exceeds the outgoing radiation in. Northern Hemisphere, whereas in Southern Hemisphere the outgoing radiation exceeds the incoming radiation. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A)Both 1 and 2
B)1 only
C)2 only
D)Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: 1 only
- Q. Who demarcated the boundary line between India and Pakistan?
A)Cyril Radcliffe
B)Lord Curzon
C)Lord Canning
D)Stafford Cripps
Answer: Cyril Radcliffe
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