Geography Hydrosphere

Q. Which river has the largest drainage basin?

A
Congo
B
Nile
C
Mississippi
D
Amazon

Correct Answer

Amazon

More Questions on Geography

  • Q. What was the primary purpose of constructing the Farakka Barrage?
    A)To bring additional area of West Bengal under irrigation
    B)Preservation and maintenance of Kolkata port for navigation
    C)To supply Ganga water to Bangladesh
    D)To meet the chronic power shortage in Kolkata
    Answer: Preservation and maintenance of Kolkata port for navigation
  • Q. ________ canal is gateway to the Pacific.
    A)Kiel
    B)Suez
    C)Panama
    D)Grand Union
    Answer: Panama
  • Q. Which of the following climatic characteristic is related to tropical deserts?
    A)Very high daily range of temperature
    B)Low Pressure throughout the year
    C)Most of the rain falls in winter
    D)Very low daily range of temperature
    Answer: Very high daily range of temperature
  • Q. Lunar eclipse occurs on ________
    A)Half moon
    B)New moon
    C)Full moon
    D)Quarter moon
    Answer: Full moon
  • Q. On which of the following date/dates, Winter Solstice is observed in Northern Hemisphere? I. 21st December II. 5th August III. 10th January
    A)Only 3
    B)Only 1
    C)1 and 2 Both
    D)Only 2
    Answer: Only 1
  • 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. Shivasamudram falls is situated on the bank of which river
    A)Cauvery
    B)Krishna
    C)Godavari
    D)Mahanadi
    Answer: Cauvery
  • Q. The port commanding the largest hinterland in India is
    A)Kolkata
    B)Mumbai
    C)Kandla
    D)Chennai
    Answer: Kolkata
  • Q. The States of India having common border with Myanmar are ________
    A)Mizoram, Manipur, Tripura, Meghalaya
    B)Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh
    C)Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Assam
    D)Assam, Manipur, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh
    Answer: Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh
  • Q. What separates Daman and Diu?
    A)Gir Hills
    B)Narmada River
    C)Gulf of Khambat
    D)Tapti River
    Answer: Gulf of Khambat
  • Q. The percentage of earth surface covered by India is
    A)4.4
    B)2.4
    C)3.4
    D)5.4
    Answer: 2.4
  • Q. Cooperative farming is well-developed in: I. Denmark II. Belgium III. Russia IV. Sweden
    A)II, III and IV
    B)I and IV
    C)I, III and IV
    D)I, II and IV
    Answer: I, II and IV
  • Q. The Tropic of Cancer passes through the States of: 1. Gujarat 2. Jharkhand 3. Assam 4. Mizoram
    A)1, 3 and 4
    B)1, 2 and 4
    C)1 and 2
    D)1, 2, 3 and 4
    Answer: 1, 2 and 4
  • Q. India is the seventh largest country in the world and occupies:
    A)4% of world area
    B)7% of world area
    C)5% of world area
    D)2.4% of world area
    Answer: 2.4% of world area
  • 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. For short-term climatic perdictions, which one of the following events is associated with occasional weak monsoon rains in the Indian sub-continent?
    A)El Nino and Southern Oscillations
    B)La Nina
    C)Movement of Jet Streams
    D)Greenhouse effect on global level
    Answer: El Nino and Southern Oscillations
  • Q. The phenomenon of an opening occurring in the Earth’s surface through which a Jet of hot water and steam is forced out at irregular intervals is called
    A)Cyclone
    B)Hot spring
    C)Geyser
    D)Volcano
    Answer: Geyser
  • Q. Maximum difference in the spacing of longitudes is ________
    A)At tropics
    B)At poles
    C)At equator
    D)At arctic circle
    Answer: At equator
  • Q. The Lakshadweep are an example of
    A)Coral Islands
    B)Islands resulting from submarine earthquakes
    C)Volcanic Islands
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Coral Islands
  • Q. Which of the following is NOT a cash crop?
    A)Coffee
    B)Tobacco
    C)Cotton
    D)Bajara
    Answer: Bajara

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