More Questions on Geography
- Q. Which is the group of languages spoken by the largest number of people in India?
A)Austro-Asiatic
B)Indo-Aryan
C)Dravidian
D)Sino-Tibetan
Answer: Indo-Aryan
- Q. Which one of the following pairs of cities have the largest annual average rain difference as compared to the other three pairs?
A)Kolkata and Bhubaneshwar
B)Jabalpur and Nagpur
C)Mumbai and Pune
D)Guwahati and Shillong
Answer: Mumbai and Pune
- Q. Which one of the following countries is land locked?
A)Suriname
B)Bolivia
C)Peru
D)Uruguay
Answer: Bolivia
- Q. Arrange the following Himalayan peaks in order as they occur from west to east: I. Kanchenjunga II. Mt. Everest III. Nanda Devi IV. Dhaulagiri
A)III, II, I, IV
B)I, II, III, IV
C)I, II, IV, III
D)III, IV, II, I
Answer: III, IV, II, I
- Q. The first oil well in the world was drilled at
A)Pensylvania
B)Assam
C)Japan
D)Former USSR
Answer: Pensylvania
- Q. The location of a cement industry is mostly based on ________.
A)Where transportation facilities are available
B)Nearness to a port
C)Where demand is high
D)Availability of raw materials
Answer: Availability of raw materials
- Q. HBJ pipe line is being laid for a distance of 1730 km in order to
A)Provide feedstock for six large fertilisers
B)Provide cooking gas for villages
C)Provide employment for rural population
D)Serve the power requirements of many states
Answer: Provide feedstock for six large fertilisers
- Q. Which of the following is/are ‘rain cloud’? 1. Cirrus 2. Nimbostratus 3. Cumulonimbus 4. Altocumulus
A)3 and 4 only
B)1 and 2 only
C)2 and 3 only
D)1 and 4 only
Answer: 2 and 3 only
- Q. According to the census 2001,which was the largest state of India demographically?
A)Uttar Pradesh
B)Maharashtra
C)Bihar
D)West Bengal
Answer: Uttar Pradesh
- Q. The intensity of insolation depends on
A)Wind
B)Altitude
C)Nature of terrain
D)Latitude
Answer: Latitude
- Q. The earlier name of Surinam was ________
A)Medagascar
B)British Guyana
C)Dutch Guyana
D)Venezuela
Answer: Dutch Guyana
- Q. Put the following ores in descending order of their iron content: 1. Haemetite 2. Magnetite 3. Limonite 4. Siderite
A)2, 1, 4, 3
B)1, 2, 3, 4
C)2, 1, 3, 4
D)1, 2, 4, 3
Answer: 2, 1, 3, 4
- Q. Main hunting ground for blue whales is located in ________
A)Indian Ocean
B)Antarctic region
C)Arctic Ocean
D)Southern Atlantic Ocean
Answer: Antarctic region
- Q. Which border line separates India from Pakistan?
A)17th Parallel Line
B)McMohan Line
C)Radcliffe Line
D)Durand Line
Answer: Radcliffe Line
- Q. The Earth is tilted on its axis
A)21. 5°
B)23.5°
C)22.5°
D)20°
Answer: 23.5°
- Q. Which of the following pairs is correct ?
A)Granite-sometimes contains fossils
B)Shale-possesses laminations
C)Quartzite-soft rock
D)Basalt-coarse grained rock
Answer: Shale-possesses laminations
- Q. Which of the following is incorrect?
A)At the summer solstice the sun shines vertically over the Tropic of Capricorn
B)Within the Arctic and Antarctic Circles there is at least one day in the year during which the sun does not set and at least one day on which it never rises
C)At the North Pole there is darkness for half the year
D)The sun shines vertically over the Equator twice the year
Answer: At the summer solstice the sun shines vertically over the Tropic of Capricorn
- Q. The hill range that separates the state of Manipur from the state of Nagaland is known as ________
A)Barail hills
B)Arakan hills
C)Patkai hills
D)Manipu
Answer: Barail hills
- Q. Blue Mountain (peak) is located in ________.
A)Mizoram
B)Tamil Nadu
C)Kerala
D)Kamataka
Answer: Mizoram
- Q. The highest waterfall in India is ________
A)Courtallam
B)Sivasundaram
C)Jog
D)Hogenakal
Answer: E
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