More Questions on Geography

  • Q. Chemical weathering is a name given to
    A)Removal of soil by chemical action
    B)Disintegration of rocks without any change in their chemical composition
    C)Chemical interaction of oxygen, carbon dioxide or water with the minerals in the rocks
    D)Artificial breaking up of rocks for man's use
    Answer: Chemical interaction of oxygen, carbon dioxide or water with the minerals in the rocks
  • Q. Countries favourably influenced by Westerlies are ________
    A)New Zealand
    B)Western Europe, British Columbia and East of U.S.A.
    C)South-West Africa and South Chile
    D)All of these
    Answer: All of these
  • Q. What is the administrative capital of South Africa?
    A)Kimberley
    B)Cape Town
    C)Johannesburg
    D)Pretoria
    Answer: Pretoria
  • Q. In the agricultural resources, cereals comprise
    A)Tea, coffee, cocoa
    B)Rubber, oil seeds, groundnut
    C)Cotton, Jute, hemp
    D)Rice, wheat, millets
    Answer: Rice, wheat, millets
  • Q. What is the predominant type of Indian agriculture?
    A)Plantation agriculture
    B)Commercial agriculture
    C)Extensive agriculture
    D)Subsistence agriculture
    Answer: Subsistence agriculture
  • Q. Which of the following mountain range is located in India?
    A)Salt range
    B)Arakan yoma
    C)Sulaiman
    D)Pir Panjal
    Answer: Pir Panjal
  • Q. Which of the following are true with regard to coal in India? I. Coal is found in sedimentary rocks II. The best quality of coal is lignite III. The largest and oldest coalfied in india is known as the ruhr of india IV. The Damodar river valley is popularly known as the ‘Ruhr of India’
    A)I, II and IV
    B)I and IV
    C)I, II and III
    D)II, III and IV
    Answer: I, II and IV
  • Q. The biggest producer of Rice is
    A)China
    B)India
    C)Pakistan
    D)Burma
    Answer: China
  • Q. Through which of the following sets of states does Krishna river flow?
    A)Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh
    B)Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh
    C)Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh
    D)Maharashtra, Karnataka
    Answer: Maharashtra, Karnataka
  • Q. The Farakka Project is mainly aimed towards
    A)Preserving the port of Kolkata
    B)Irrigating more land in West Bengal
    C)Utilizing maximum of Ganga water
    D)Production of electricity
    Answer: Preserving the port of Kolkata
  • Q. The full name of OTEC
    A)Oil and Thermal Energy Conservation
    B)Offshore Thermal Energy Conservation
    C)Ocean Terminal Energy Conservation
    D)Ocean Thermal Energy Conservation
    Answer: Ocean Thermal Energy Conservation
  • Q. In an area with more than 200 cm annual rainfall and slopy hills, which of the following crops can be cultivated best?
    A)Tobacco
    B)Tea
    C)Jute
    D)Cotton
    Answer: Tea
  • Q. Chhota Nagpur plateau is called the heart of industrial India because it is ________
    A)Rich in minerals and power fuels
    B)Near to major iron and steel centres
    C)A big link of roads and railways
    D)Very fertile for industrial crops
    Answer: Rich in minerals and power fuels
  • Q. Which one of the following is the most possible solution for planning improvement of a metropolitan city in India?
    A)Building up suburbs and satellite towns around the main city
    B)Constructing high rise building and sky scrapers
    C)Dispersing the factories & industries to the neighbouring but independent location.
    D)Preventing immigration of people into the metropolitan city
    Answer: Dispersing the factories & industries to the neighbouring but independent location.
  • Q. Freely moving bodies are ________
    A)Deflected upwards at the equator
    B)Deflected to their right in the northern hemisphere
    C)Deflected to the right in the southern hemisphere
    D)Unaffected by the earth's movements
    Answer: Deflected to their right in the northern hemisphere
  • Q. What are Obsidian, Andesite, Gabbro and Peridotite?
    A)Extrusive rocks
    B)Intrusive rocks
    C)Sedimentary rocks
    D)Metamorphic rocks
    Answer: Intrusive rocks
  • Q. Comets are celestial bodies moving about the solar system in
    A)Hyperbolic orbit always accompanied by a shining head
    B)Elliptical or hyperbolic orbits, usually accompanied by a shining tail
    C)Elliptical orbits usually accompanied by a long shining tail
    D)Hyperbolic orbit without projecting any tail or head
    Answer: Elliptical orbits usually accompanied by a long shining tail
  • Q. Which one of the following countries is not land-locked?
    A)Nepal
    B)Afghanistan
    C)Myanmar
    D)Switzerland
    Answer: Myanmar
  • Q. The removal of rock, layer by layer due to weathering is called ________
    A)Exfoliation
    B)Block disintegration
    C)Dellation
    D)Granular disintegration
    Answer: Exfoliation
  • Q. “Mohs’ Scale” is used to indicate the ________
    A)Degree of viscosity of a liquid
    B)Degree of brittleness of a substance
    C)Degree of hardness of minerals.
    D)Degree of elasticity of a material
    Answer: Degree of hardness of minerals.

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