More Questions on Geography
- Q. Soil can best be conserved on the hills by which of the cultivating methods?
A)Contour ploughing
B)Strip cropping
C)Crop rotation
D)Terracing
Answer: Contour ploughing
- Q. Numerically the largest human race in the world is ________
A)Negroid
B)Caucasoid
C)Mongoloid
D)Austroloid
Answer: Caucasoid
- Q. ________ is the wearing away of the landscape by different agents like water, wind and ice.
A)Erosion
B)Weathering
C)Attrition
D)Abrasion
Answer: Erosion
- Q. In Thanjavur delta ________ crop is cultivated three times in a year.
A)Sugarcane
B)Wheat
C)Rice
D)Groundnut
Answer: Rice
- Q. Genoa is leading seaport of:
A)Italy
B)Spain
C)Brazil
D)Canada
Answer: Italy
- Q. Which is the world’s largest river?
A)The Brahmaputra
B)The Nile
C)The Amazon
D)The Mississippi and Missouri
Answer: The Amazon
- Q. The most dangerous effect of excessive deforestation is
A)Destruction of habitat of wild animals
B)Loss of forest
C)Loss of other plants
D)Soil erosion
Answer: Destruction of habitat of wild animals
- 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. Which of the following States is called the “Garden of Spices”?
A)Andhra Pradesh
B)Karnataka
C)Kerala
D)Tamil Nadu
Answer: Kerala
- Q. Peaty soil is found in ________
A)Assam
B)Kerala
C)Kashmir
D)Gujarat
Answer: Kerala
- Q. In India economically exploitable lignite deposits occur at
A)Talcher, Odisha
B)Neyveli, Tamil Nadu
C)Singareni, Andhra Pradesh
D)Jharia, Bihar
Answer: Neyveli, Tamil Nadu
- Q. The largest reserves of fresh water on the Earth’s surface is in ________
A)Russia
B)North America
C)South America
D)Africa
Answer: North America
- Q. The shortest air-route from Perth to London is ________
A)Perth, Aden, Paris, London
B)Perth, Mumbai, Rome, London
C)Perth, Ankara, Paris, London
D)Perth, Mombasa, Rome, London
Answer: Perth, Aden, Paris, London
- 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 largest quantities of bauxite is found in ________
A)High-latitudes
B)Tropical latitudes
C)Mid-latitudes
D)Temperate lands
Answer: Tropical latitudes
- Q. Which one of the following descriptions denotes the phenomenon of El Nino ?
A)The Anomalous widespread warming of the sea surface of the tropical east and central Pacific Ocean
B)A violent rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground
C)The deflection of the ocean currents in the northern and southern hemispheres due to the rotation of Earth
D)The revolving tropical storms of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico
Answer: The Anomalous widespread warming of the sea surface of the tropical east and central Pacific Ocean
- 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. The jet aircrafts fly very easily and smoothly in the lower stratosphere. What could be the appropriate explanation? 1. There are no clouds or water vapour in the lower stratosphere. 2. There are no vertical winds in the lower stratosphere. Which of the statements given above is/are correct in this context?
A)Both 1 and 2
B)1 only
C)2 only
D)Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: Both 1 and 2
- Q. The highest grade of coal whose surface is shining and has the highest calorific value, is ________
A)Lignite
B)Anthracite
C)Bituminous
D)Peat
Answer: Anthracite
- Q. The Koal Project is aimed towards
A)Power generation and load control
B)Irrigation
C)Drainage and power generation
D)Irrigation, flood control and power generation
Answer: Irrigation, flood control and power generation
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