More Questions on Geography
- Q. Shifting agriculture is most commonly practised in
A)Plain areas
B)Forests
C)Deserts
D)Grass lands
Answer: Forests
- Q. Wind power is employed prominently in ________
A)Saudi Arabia
B)France
C)Holland
D)Canada
Answer: Holland
- Q. The problem of leaching of the soil is more pronounced in the areas where the rainfall is ________
A)Average
B)Scanty
C)Less than average
D)Heavy
Answer: Heavy
- Q. River Godavari flows through ________
A)Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh
B)Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh
C)Maharashtra, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh
D)Maharashtra, Karnataka, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh
Answer: Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh
- Q. Which of the following is the annual precipitation of an area?
A)The total amount of rain per year, irrespective of snow, hail and sleet
B)All forms of precipitation converted to the quantity of liquid water
C)The total actual amount of rain, snow, hail and sleet
D)All forms of precipitation measured after conversion to equal quantity of ice
Answer: All forms of precipitation converted to the quantity of liquid water
- Q. Crop rotation refers to ________
A)Growing same crop in alternate years
B)Method of farming without irrigation in an area of limited rainfall
C)Farming done on the same land by different people turn-wise
D)Growing different crops in succession
Answer: Growing different crops in succession
- Q. Which of the following influence the erosion of soil by water? 1. Slope of the land 2. Management practice like terracing 3. Soil salinity
A)2 and 3
B)1, 2 and 3
C)1 and 2
D)1 and 3
Answer: 1 and 2
- Q. Where is the Forest Reserch Insititute located?
A)Lucknow
B)Dehradun
C)Bhopal
D)Delhi
Answer: Dehradun
- 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. Which one of the following regions of India is now regarded as an ‘ecological hot spot’?
A)Western Ghats
B)Western Himalayas
C)Eastern Himalayas
D)Eastern Ghats
Answer: Western Ghats
- Q. Which of the following is an ore of iron?
A)Dolomite
B)Bauxite
C)Haematite
D)Alunite
Answer: Haematite
- Q. ________ is called the ‘land of a thousand lakes’.
A)Sweden
B)Finland
C)Holland
D)Portugal
Answer: Finland
- Q. Find the odd
A)Black Sea
B)Dead Sea
C)Red Sea
D)Caspian Sea
Answer: Dead Sea
- Q. In spite of the very high temperature at the Earth’s centre, the inner core is not in a molten state because the
A)Great pressure at the centre raises the melting point of the rocks
B)Core has a very high melting point
C)Core is full of gases
D)Core is impervious to heat
Answer: Great pressure at the centre raises the melting point of the rocks
- Q. The Coromandel Coast of India receives good rains from cyclonic storms in the months of
A)November and December
B)February and March
C)July and August
D)None of the above
Answer: November and December
- Q. Which of the following best explain why the lower course of a river is sometimes choked with sediments? 1. The valley of a river is widest in its lower course. 2. The velocity of a river in its lower course is low. 3. The delta sometimes develops in a river’s lower course. 4. Much of the river water is drawn for irrigation in the lower course.
A)1, 2 and 3 only
B)1, 2, 3 and 4
C)1, 3 and 4 only
D)2 and 4 only
Answer: 1, 2 and 3 only
- Q. The Ghatampur thermal power plant recently approved by Cabinet is to be setup in?
A)Karnataka
B)Rajasthan
C)Uttar Pradesh
D)Madhya Pradesh
Answer: Uttar Pradesh
- Q. Assume that the moon takes exactly 30 days to complete the cycle and also assume that it rises in the east exactly at 6.48 p.m., on the first day. On the fourth day, at what time will it rise?
A)10.00 p.m
B)8.24 p.m
C)9. 12 p.m
D)11.48 p.m
Answer: 10.00 p.m
- Q. Which of the following statements are true with respect to iron ore? I. Limestone and coal are important for smelting iron ore II. More than 20% of the world iron ore deposits are in India III. Odisha and Jharkhand top in the production of iron ore IV. Iran is the largest buyer of Indian iron ore
A)III and IV
B)I, II and III
C)II and III
D)II, III and IV
Answer: I, II and III
- Q. Which one of the following is not an astronomical object?
A)Black Hole
B)Pulsar
C)Brittle Star
D)Quasar
Answer: Brittle Star
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