More Questions on Geography
- Q. In terms of area, which of the following Indian state has the largest forest cover?
A)Madhya Pradesh
B)Arunachal Pradesh
C)Chattisgarh
D)Orissa
Answer: Madhya Pradesh
- Q. The oldest oil field in India is the ________ field, in ________
A)Nawagam, Gujarat
B)Anleshwar, Gujarat
C)Bombay High, Maharashtra
D)Digboi, Assam
Answer: Digboi, Assam
- Q. The soil of northern plain of India is formed by
A)Weathering in situ
B)Degradation
C)Aggradation
D)Erosion
Answer: Aggradation
- Q. India shares its border with China along the Himalayan range. Which of the following states touches the border of China?
A)Arunachal Pradesh
B)Punjab
C)Bihar
D)Chhattisgarh
Answer: Arunachal Pradesh
- Q. Which of the following is not a tributary of the Ganga?
A)Gomti
B)Yamuna
C)Son
D)Sutlej
Answer: Sutlej
- Q. Which of the following is India’s military offensive against Pakistan in the Kargil war?
A)Operation Vijay
B)Operation Kargil
C)Operation LOC
D)Operation Success
Answer: Operation Vijay
- Q. The most plausible explanation for the location of the Thar desert in western India is
A)the absence of mountains to the north of Rajasthan to cause orographic rainfall in it
B)the obstruction caused by the Aravalis to the rain-bearing wind that proceeds to the Ganga Valley
C)the evaporation of moisture by heat
D)that the moisture carried by the South-west monsoon is driven away by the dry upper air current
Answer: the absence of mountains to the north of Rajasthan to cause orographic rainfall in it
- Q. A pass in Himachal Pradesh is
A)Nathula
B)Shipkila
C)Zoji la
D)Jelep la
Answer: Shipkila
- Q. The waterfall with the greatest meterage in the fall is
A)The Niagara Falls, North America
B)The Jog Falls, India
C)The Victoria Falls, Africa
D)The Salto Angel Falls, South America
Answer: The Salto Angel Falls, South America
- Q. Gujarat is noted for the cultivation of
A)Saffron
B)Cotton
C)Sugarcane
D)Jute
Answer: Cotton
- Q. The First port developed after independence was
A)Nhava Sheva
B)New Mangalore
C)Mumbai
D)Kandla
Answer: Kandla
- Q. The correct sequence of the following planets in terms of gravity, in the descending order is ________
A)Uranus, Earth, Saturn, Neptune
B)Saturn, Earth, Neptune, Uranus
C)Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Earth
D)Neptune, Saturn, Earth, Uranus
Answer: Neptune, Saturn, Earth, Uranus
- Q. Which one of the following states is a Ieading producer of woollen textiles?
A)Rajasthan
B)Jammu and Kashmir
C)Punjab
D)Himachal Pradesh
Answer: Punjab
- Q. Lunar eclipse does not occur every month because ________
A)The moon's orbit is not all the time in the same plane as the earth
B)The sun's orbit is not always in the same plane as the moon
C)The moon revolves at a slower speed than the earth
D)None of these
Answer: The moon's orbit is not all the time in the same plane as the earth
- Q. Which one of the following is the largest country area-wise?
A)Kazakhastan
B)Argentina
C)India
D)Sudan
Answer: India
- Q. The ‘ring of fire’ : 1. is associated with earthquakes 2. is associated with volcanoes 3. goes round the Pacific Ocean 4. is associated with forest fires
A)2 and 4
B)1, 2 and 3
C)2 and 3
D)1, 2, 3 and 4
Answer: 1, 2 and 3
- Q. The place/city located at the confluence of river Euphrates and Tigris is:
A)Doha
B)Sydeny
C)London
D)Baghdad
Answer: Baghdad
- Q. The principal copper deposits of India lie in which of the following places?
A)Anantapur in Andhra Pradesh
B)Hazaribagh and Singbhum of Bihar
C)Khetri and Daribo areas of Rajasthan
D)Siwaliks in Uttar Pradesh and in Karnataka
Answer: Hazaribagh and Singbhum of Bihar
- Q. Danube, Dneiper, Don, Volga and Ural rivers are flowing in
A)Africa
B)North America
C)Europe
D)Australia
Answer: Europe
- Q. The velocity of winds is related to ________
A)Pressure gradient in the direction of their flow
B)The amount of moisture they carry
C)The nearness to the sea
D)The direction in which they blow
Answer: Pressure gradient in the direction of their flow
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