More Questions on Geography
- Q. Which one of the following is present in the largest amount in terms of percent by mass in the earth’s crust?
A)Carbon
B)Silicon
C)Oxygen
D)Calcium
Answer: Oxygen
- Q. Which among the following is the smallest state area wise?
A)Meghalaya
B)Nagaland
C)Mizoram
D)Manipur
Answer: Nagaland
- Q. Limestone changes into ________ due to metamorphism.
A)Gneiss
B)Marble
C)Quartzite
D)Schists
Answer: Marble
- Q. CGWB stands for:
A)Central Ground Welfare Board
B)Central Ground Water Board
C)Central Ground Water and irigation Board
D)None of Above
Answer: Central Ground Water Board
- Q. The world’s largest inland sea is ________.
A)The Caspian Sea
B)The Black Sea
C)The Dead Sea
D)The Aral Sea
Answer: The Caspian Sea
- Q. The orbits of planets around the Sun, or of satellites around the Earth, can be ________
A)Elliptic and parabolic
B)Circular and elliptic
C)Circular and hyperbolic
D)Parabolic and hyperbolic
Answer: Circular and elliptic
- Q. How can soil erosion be controlled on hill slopes?
A)Strip cropping
B)Forestation
C)Step farming
D)Linear contour ploughing
Answer: Linear contour ploughing
- Q. At neap tide: 1. the sun and moon exert their force at right angles 2. the tidal amplitude is high 3. the low tides are very low
A)1 and 2
B)1
C)2 and 3
D)1, 2 and 3
Answer: 1
- Q. The highest Himalayan peak in India is ________
A)Nandadevi
B)Kanchenjunga
C)K-2
D)Nanga Parbat
Answer: Kanchenjunga
- Q. Which of the following is the highest plateau in the world?
A)Patagonia Plateau
B)Colorado Plateau
C)Pamir Plateau
D)Potwar Plateau
Answer: Pamir Plateau
- Q. Which of the following is not a minor product derived from forests?
A)Pitch and Turpentine
B)Nuts and Gums
C)Tannin
D)Pulp
Answer: Pulp
- Q. India’s indigenous pigs generally give birth to ________ young ones at a time.
A)4 to 6
B)10 to 12
C)8 to 10
D)2 to 4
Answer: 4 to 6
- Q. Which of the following hydro-electric stations is situated in Uttar Pradesh?
A)Kangsabati
B)Mayurakshi
C)Rihand
D)Hirakud
Answer: Rihand
- Q. Which of the following is the most fertile soil in India?
A)Red soil
B)Black soil
C)Alluvial soil
D)Laterite soil
Answer: Alluvial soil
- Q. Which one among the following statements relating to an anticyclone is correct?
A)The contribution of an anticyclone towards determining weather of an area is quite significant
B)Anticyclone is a wind system with a high pressure centre
C)In anticyclone the movement of wind is inward
D)The movement of wind is clockwise in an anticyclone of southern hemisphere
Answer: Anticyclone is a wind system with a high pressure centre
- Q. Shivasamudram falls is situated on the bank of which river
A)Cauvery
B)Krishna
C)Godavari
D)Mahanadi
Answer: Cauvery
- Q. Siwaliks are ________
A)In Meghalaya
B)To the north of Himadri
C)Foothills of Himalayan ranges
D)The plateau between Pamirs and Myanmar
Answer: Foothills of Himalayan ranges
- Q. What is the name of the largest coffee producing state in India?
A)Karnataka
B)Andhra Pradesh
C)Goa
D)Tamil Nadu
Answer: Karnataka
- Q. How much part of Earth’s surface is desert?
A)1/3rd
B)10th
C)5th
D)6th
Answer: 1/3rd
- Q. Which of the following are true regarding the crust of the earth? I. It is the outer thin layer with a total thickness of about 100 km II. It forms around 0.5% of the earth’s volume III. The outer covering of the crust is of sedimentary material IV. The lower layer of the crust consists of basaltic and ultra-basic rocks
A)I, II and IV
B)I and II
C)I, II and III
D)I, II, III and IV
Answer: I, II and IV
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