More Questions on Geography
- Q. The Highest peak of the Karakoram Range is:
A)Dhawalagiri
B)Kanchanjhangha
C)Mt. K2 (Godvin Austin )
D)Anay Mudi
Answer: Mt. K2 (Godvin Austin )
- Q. Rice in Myanmar is cultivated along the deltas of ________ river.
A)Mekong
B)Salween
C)Menam
D)Irrawaddy
Answer: Irrawaddy
- Q. The planet Mercury is difficult to be observed most of the time because ________
A)It being too close to the Sun, gets hidden by the glare of the Sun
B)It gets hidden behind Venus
C)It goes too far away from the Earth
D)It cannot be seen at night as at that time no sunlight falls on it.
Answer: It being too close to the Sun, gets hidden by the glare of the Sun
- Q. The average rainfall in India is about:
A)110 cm
B)100 cm
C)125 cm
D)140 cm
Answer: 125 cm
- Q. The river basin which is called ‘Ruhr of India’ is ________
A)Godavari
B)Damodar
C)Hooghly
D)Swarnarekha
Answer: Damodar
- Q. Which of the following is not a navigable river in India?
A)Narmada
B)Brahmaputra
C)Godavari
D)Chenab
Answer: Chenab
- Q. First railway line in the world, was laid in ________
A)Federal Republic of Germany
B)Western U.S.A.
C)North-East England
D)Russia
Answer: North-East England
- Q. The highest peak of peninsular India is:
A)K2
B)Dodabeta
C)Anaimudi
D)Kanchanjangha
Answer: Anaimudi
- Q. According to census 2001, the highest density of population is in the state of
A)Chhattisgarh
B)Maharashtra
C)Karnataka
D)Delhi
Answer: Delhi
- Q. The Integral coach factory is in
A)Varanasi
B)Perambur (Chennai)
C)Bengaluru
D)Howrah (Kolkata)
Answer: Perambur (Chennai)
- Q. The name of India’s biggest irrigation canal is
A)Sirhind Canal
B)Yamuna Canal
C)Indira Gandhi Canal
D)Upper Doab River
Answer: Indira Gandhi Canal
- Q. Which one among the following statements relating to an anticyclone is correct?
A)The contribution of an anticyclone towards determining weather of an area is quite significant
B)Anticyclone is a wind system with a high pressure centre
C)In anticyclone the movement of wind is inward
D)The movement of wind is clockwise in an anticyclone of southern hemisphere
Answer: Anticyclone is a wind system with a high pressure centre
- Q. The intensity of insolation depends on
A)Wind
B)Altitude
C)Nature of terrain
D)Latitude
Answer: Latitude
- Q. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched? Waterfall : River 1 Kapildhara Falls : Godavari 2 Jog Falls : Sharavati 3 Sivasamudram Falls : Cauvery
A)1 and 3 only
B)1 and 2 only
C)2 and 3 only
D)1, 2 and 3
Answer: 2 and 3 only
- Q. The type of igneous rocks which are formed midway between volcanic and plutonic rocks, are known as ________
A)Laccolith
B)Basalt
C)Hypabyssal
D)Batholith
Answer: Hypabyssal
- Q. Soil erosion in desert area can be prevented
A)By forestation
B)By strip ploughing
C)By using manure
D)By shifting cultivation
Answer: By forestation
- Q. When rain falls through a cold layer of air near the Earth’s surface, raindrops get frozen into ice. This type of precipitation is called
A)Snowstorm
B)Hail
C)Snowfall
D)Sleet
Answer: Sleet
- Q. The second largest river basin in India is of the river ________
A)Krishna
B)Brahmaputra
C)Narmada
D)Godavari
Answer: Godavari
- Q. The planet which has maximum number of satellites is:
A)Jupiter
B)Saturn
C)Venus
D)Mars
Answer: Saturn
- Q. Lunar Sea refers to ________
A)A dark plain on the moon
B)A small sea on the moon
C)A sea on earth which experiences high tides due to gravitational attraction of the moon
D)A light water body illuminated by the moon-light
Answer: A dark plain on the moon
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