More Questions on Geography
- Q. The index which refers to moisture deficit or surplus in an area is called:
A)Moisture Number
B)Moisture Index
C)Humidity
D)Dew Point
Answer: Moisture Index
- Q. Which part of India receives rainfall from both the South-West and North-West monsoons?
A)Lakshadweep Islands
B)Tamilnadu
C)Odisha
D)Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Answer: Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Q. India’s latitudinal and longitudinal extent measured in degrees are almost the same, but its north-south extent measured in km is greater than its east-west extent. This is due to the fact that
A)All longitudes with their opposites form great circles
B)Longitudes are not parallel lines
C)The distance between latitudes remains the same but the distance between longitudes is greatest at the Equator and nil at the poles where all longitudes join
D)The earth is not a perfect sphere
Answer: The distance between latitudes remains the same but the distance between longitudes is greatest at the Equator and nil at the poles where all longitudes join
- Q. The Bhadravati Steel Plant is the only plant which is managed by a State Government. Which is that State Government?
A)Andhra Pradesh
B)Tamil Nadu
C)Odisha
D)Karnataka
Answer: Karnataka
- Q. All example of a mineral occurring as layers in sedimentary rocks is
A)Lead
B)Lignite
C)Gold
D)Tin
Answer: Lignite
- 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. The Radcliffe line is a boundary between
A)India and Myanmar
B)India and Pakistan
C)India and China
D)India and Afghanistan
Answer: India and Pakistan
- Q. The deflection of the winds to the right in the northern hemisphere is caused by
A)Uneven heating of the Earth
B)Revolution of the Earth
C)Rotation of the Earth
D)All the above
Answer: Rotation of the Earth
- Q. You are asked to import Ostrich, Platypus and Kaola Bear. To which country will you opt to go, to get all the three?
A)Canada
B)Australia
C)Japan
D)New Zealand
Answer: Australia
- Q. The predominant gases that constitute the sun are:
A)Methane and Helium
B)Hydrogen and Helium
C)Hydrogen and Methane
D)Methane and CO2
Answer: Hydrogen and Helium
- Q. The dry wind ‘Santa Ana’ blows in ________
A)Switzerland
B)Siberia
C)Argentina
D)California
Answer: California
- Q. The inequality between day and night becomes greater or more marked as one travels from ________ to ________.
A)Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn
B)Poles, Equator
C)Equator, Poles
D)Tropic of Capricorn, Tropic of Cancer
Answer: Equator, Poles
- Q. A person of mixed European and Indian blood in Latin America is called a ________
A)Meiji
B)Mulatto
C)Mestizo
D)Mau Mau
Answer: Mestizo
- Q. Which one of the following countries has the largest known reserves of oil ?
A)Iraq
B)Kuwait
C)Iran
D)Nigeria
Answer: Kuwait
- Q. Which city is served by Diamond Harbour?
A)Kolkata
B)Mumbai
C)Visakhapatnam
D)Rangoon
Answer: Kolkata
- Q. From where does the heat come in the environment?
A)Condensation
B)Insolation
C)Radiation
D)Convection
Answer: Insolation
- Q. In which of the following areas is Konkani spoken as the local language?
A)Odisha and West Bengal
B)Kerala and Karnataka
C)Maharashtra and Goa
D)Andhra Pradesh
Answer: Maharashtra and Goa
- Q. The reservoir Gobind Sagar is on which river in Punjab?
A)Rihand
B)Sutlej
C)Son
D)Narmada
Answer: Sutlej
- Q. In which of the following states is Rosa Power Plant located?
A)Odisha
B)Uttar Pradesh
C)Madhya Pradesh
D)Haryana
Answer: Uttar Pradesh
- Q. Where is the Port City of Cork located?
A)Greece
B)Italy
C)France
D)Ireland
Answer: Ireland
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