More Questions on Geography

  • Q. Of the following statements about the major soil types, the incorrect one is ________
    A)Laterite is typically a soil of tropical regions which receive heavy seasonal rainfall
    B)Alluvial soils are easy to plough
    C)Red soils are rich in phosphorus, nitrogen and lime content
    D)Black soil is highly retentive of moisture and very productive
    Answer: Red soils are rich in phosphorus, nitrogen and lime content
  • 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. Black soil is favourable for cultivation of-
    A)Rice
    B)Cotton
    C)Coffee
    D)Tea
    Answer: Cotton
  • Q. The region which is a water divide between the Ganga and Indus river systems is
    A)Alakananda
    B)Haridwar
    C)Namchobarva
    D)Ambala
    Answer: Ambala
  • Q. The source of the Brahmaputra is
    A)Somewhere near Tibet
    B)Pindari glacier
    C)A glacier near the Mansarovar Lake
    D)Punjab
    Answer: A glacier near the Mansarovar Lake
  • Q. The advantage of micro-hydel projects is that they
    A)Save water
    B)Make use of water of the perennial hill streams and irrigation canals
    C)Prevent flash floods
    D)Involve less cost
    Answer: Involve less cost
  • Q. Which one of the following sequences of the oil refineries of India as they occur from south to north is correct?
    A)Kochi - Mumbai - Mangalore - Koyali
    B)Kochi - Mangalore - Mumbai - Koyali
    C)Koyali - Mumbai - Mangalore - Kochi
    D)Mangalore - Kochi - Mumbai - Koyali
    Answer: Kochi - Mangalore - Mumbai - Koyali
  • Q. The Silent valley of Kerala
    A)Is famous for picnic spot
    B)Is only Evergreen Forest in India
    C)Has trees of expensive construction wood
    D)Has rare species of Flora and Fauna.
    Answer: Has rare species of Flora and Fauna.
  • Q. Which of the following is not a tributary of the Krishna?
    A)Ghataprabha
    B)Tungabhadra
    C)Malaprabha
    D)Amravati
    Answer: Amravati
  • Q. Grasses are almost absent in ________
    A)Tropical semi-evergreen forest
    B)Tropical moist deciduous forest
    C)Tropical dry evergreen forest
    D)Tropical wet-evergreen forest
    Answer: Tropical wet-evergreen forest
  • Q. Which of the following best describes longitude?
    A)The angular distance east or west of the Greenwich meridian
    B)An imaginary line joining north and south poles
    C)The distance between a place east or west of the Greenwich Meridian
    D)The position of a place on earth's surface with reference to the Prime Meridian
    Answer: The angular distance east or west of the Greenwich meridian
  • Q. The outer Himalayas lie between
    A)the greater Himalayas and the lesser Himalayas
    B)the lease Himalayas and the Indo Gangetic plain
    C)the foot hills and the Indo Gangetic plain
    D)Indo-Gangetic plains and the peninsula
    Answer: the lease Himalayas and the Indo Gangetic plain
  • Q. Which type of forest belt supplies most of the world’s requirement of newsprint?
    A)Evergreen forest
    B)Coniferous forest
    C)Deciduous forest
    D)Mediterranear forest
    Answer: Coniferous forest
  • Q. A Hydro Power Project on Lake Loktak is situated in which state
    A)Meghalaya
    B)Madhya Pradesh
    C)Manipur
    D)Himachal Pradesh
    Answer: Manipur
  • Q. When it is 12 noon at Greenwich, what is the time at New York (74° W) ?
    A)7.04 p.m.
    B)4.56 p.m.
    C)4.56 a.m.
    D)7.04 a.m.
    Answer: 7.04 a.m.
  • Q. Amongst the following, which is the largest island?
    A)Borneo
    B)England
    C)Japan
    D)New Guinea
    Answer: New Guinea
  • Q. Who among the following was first to measure the circumference of the Earth?
    A)Hecataeus
    B)Eratosthenes
    C)Aristotle
    D)Herodotus
    Answer: Eratosthenes
  • Q. What separates Daman and Diu?
    A)Gir Hills
    B)Narmada River
    C)Gulf of Khambat
    D)Tapti River
    Answer: Gulf of Khambat
  • Q. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the age of formation-from the youngest to the oldest-of the given mountain ranges?
    A)Himalayas, Western Ghats, Vindhayas, Deccan Traps
    B)Himalayas, Vindhyas, Western Ghats, Deccan Traps
    C)Deccan Traps, Western Ghats, Vindhyas, Himalayas
    D)Vindhyas, Himalayas, Deccan Traps, Western Ghats
    Answer: Himalayas, Vindhyas, Western Ghats, Deccan Traps
  • Q. The tropical deciduous trees shed their leaves in summer because
    A)It prevents loss of moisture through transpiration
    B)Of the heat of the summer
    C)The rainfall is inadequate
    D)Deciduous trees shed leaves
    Answer: It prevents loss of moisture through transpiration

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