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Q. Which of the following winds are hot dust laden and blow from Sahara desert towards Mediterranean Region?

A
Foehn
B
Sirocco
C
Loo
D
Mistral

Correct Answer

Sirocco

More Questions on Geography

  • Q. What is the correct sequence of the following zonal pressure belts? 1. Subpolar low 2. Equatorial low 3. Polar high 4. Subtropical high
    A)2, 4, 1, 3
    B)2, 3, 1, 4
    C)1, 4, 2, 3
    D)1, 3, 2, 4
    Answer: 2, 4, 1, 3
  • Q. The highest Himalayan peak in India is ________
    A)Nandadevi
    B)Kanchenjunga
    C)K-2
    D)Nanga Parbat
    Answer: Kanchenjunga
  • Q. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? Important Location (Industry / Mining) : State
    A)Palana : Rajasthan
    B)Himgir : Uttar Pradesh
    C)Koraput : Orissa
    D)Nellore : Andhra Pradesh
    Answer: Himgir : Uttar Pradesh
  • Q. Where was the first biosphere reserve established in India?
    A)Hazaribagh
    B)Nilgiri
    C)Nanda Devi
    D)Kanha
    Answer: Nilgiri
  • Q. Which one of the following statements is wrong regarding the “Vale of Kashmir” ?
    A)It is drained by the river Jhelum
    B)It is a synclinal valley
    C)It is situated 'between the Pir Panjal Range and the Lesser Himalayas
    D)Previously it was a bed of a great lake, subsequently uplifted.
    Answer: It is situated 'between the Pir Panjal Range and the Lesser Himalayas
  • Q. Naga, Khasi and Garo hills are located in
    A)Zanskar range
    B)Eastern range
    C)Karakoram range
    D)Himalayan range
    Answer: Eastern range
  • Q. ________ is a cold desert lying in the Great Himalayas.
    A)Aravalli
    B)Ladakh
    C)Satpura
    D)Vindhya
    Answer: Ladakh
  • Q. How many days in one year on mercury?
    A)300
    B)56
    C)88
    D)36
    Answer: 88
  • Q. Which of the following is the major silk producing state in India?
    A)Assam
    B)Karnataka
    C)Andhra Pradesh
    D)Bihar
    Answer: Karnataka
  • Q. The finest natural harbour in India is
    A)Kolkata
    B)Chennai
    C)Mumbai
    D)Cochin
    Answer: Mumbai
  • Q. The northern plain of India is formed of ________.
    A)Alluvial soil
    B)Metamorphic soil
    C)Igneous rocks
    D)Old crystalline rocks
    Answer: Alluvial soil
  • Q. Nights are cooler in the deserts than in the plains because ________
    A)Sand absorbs heat more quickly than the earth
    B)Sand radiates heat more quickly than the earth
    C)The sky remains clear most of the time
    D)None of the above reasons
    Answer: Sand radiates heat more quickly than the earth
  • Q. Which of the following mountain passes lies outside India ?
    A)Bara Lacha La
    B)Khyber
    C)Bomdila
    D)Shipkila
    Answer: Khyber
  • Q. Which one of the following States of India is the largest producer of lignite coal?
    A)Madhya Pradesh
    B)Maharashtra
    C)Gujarat
    D)Tamil Nadu
    Answer: Tamil Nadu
  • Q. How much part of Earth’s surface is desert?
    A)1/3rd
    B)10th
    C)5th
    D)6th
    Answer: 1/3rd
  • Q. In which one of the following States, Mangla, Bhagyam and Aishwarya oil fields are located?
    A)A.P.
    B)Assam
    C)Gujarat
    D)Rajasthan
    Answer: Rajasthan
  • Q. Godwin Austin is a
    A)Telescope inventor
    B)Pass
    C)Peak
    D)Geologist
    Answer: Peak
  • Q. Iron ore mines are located in
    A)Monghyr, Balaghat, Hazaribagh
    B)Salem, Bhadravati, Raniganj
    C)Hazaribagh, Jharia, Kudremukh
    D)Singhbhum, Mayurbhanj, Bastar
    Answer: Singhbhum, Mayurbhanj, Bastar
  • Q. Wind in the Southern hemisphere is deflected towards left due to ________
    A)Difference in pressure
    B)Temperature variations
    C)Rotation of the earth
    D)Difference in water content
    Answer: Rotation of the earth
  • Q. NASA’s Deep Impact space mission was employed to take detailed pictures of which comet nucleus?
    A)Hyakutake
    B)Halley's Comet
    C)Hale-Bopp
    D)Tempel 1
    Answer: Tempel 1

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