More Questions on Geography
- Q. Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Orissa often face natural disasters due to ________
A)Landslides
B)Cyclones
C)Earthquakes
D)Tornadoes
Answer: Cyclones
- Q. Vijayawada is located on the bank of which river?
A)Mahanadi
B)Cauvery
C)Krishna
D)Yamuna
Answer: Krishna
- Q. The zonal soil type of peninsular India belongs to
A)black soils
B)red soils
C)yellow soils
D)older alluvium
Answer: red soils
- Q. Dogger Bank, Rockfall Bank, Wales Bank and Sand Bank are located in
A)North East Atlantic
B)North West Atlantic
C)North East Pacific
D)North West Pacific
Answer: North East Atlantic
- Q. The highest glacial lake of India located at the height of 17,745 feet in Garhwal Himalaya is:
A)Kedartal
B)Devtal
C)Roopkund
D)Homkund
Answer: Devtal
- Q. What is the meaning of Willy-Willy?
A)High Tide
B)Tropical Cyclone near Australia
C)Earthquake
D)Tropical Cyclone near India
Answer: Tropical Cyclone near Australia
- Q. The majority of the coal reserves found in India are of
A)Quaternary formation
B)Tertiary formation
C)Gondwana formation
D)Jurassic formation
Answer: Gondwana formation
- Q. Which of the following is the highest peak
A)Nangaparbat
B)Kamet
C)Kunlun
D)Nanda Devi
Answer: Nangaparbat
- Q. What do you understand by the term ‘Doab’ ?
A)Land between two separate river systems
B)Where the delta of river begins
C)Where two or more rivers meet
D)Land between two tributaries of a river
Answer: Land between two tributaries of a river
- Q. The boundary between India and China is known as
A)McMahan Line
B)Radcliffe Line
C)Durand Line
D)Maginot Line
Answer: McMahan Line
- Q. The Richter scale on which intensity/magnitude of a quake is measured was developed in:
A)1935
B)1933
C)1932
D)1939
Answer: 1935
- Q. Consider the following rivers: 1. Betwa 2. Kosi 3. Gandak Which of the above joint(s) Yamuna river?
A)1 and 3
B)1 only
C)1 and 2
D)2 and 3
Answer: 1 only
- Q. Which is the largest forest covering 25% of world’s land?
A)Monsoon forest
B)Tropical rain forest
C)Taiga forest of Siberia
D)Temperate forest of Europe
Answer: Taiga forest of Siberia
- Q. Soil erosion can be prevented by ________
A)Making the land sloppy
B)Allowing herbivorous animals to graze freely
C)Growing plants on a large scale to form soil cover
D)Adding chemicals to increase cohesion
Answer: Growing plants on a large scale to form soil cover
- Q. The formation of laterite soil is mainly due to ________
A)Leaching
B)Weathering
C)Erosion
D)Deposition
Answer: Leaching
- Q. Grasslands which not support any trees are called ________
A)Savanna
B)Lanos
C)Campos
D)Steppes
Answer: Steppes
- Q. The longest river of peninsular India is ________
A)Mahanadi
B)Narmada
C)Godavari
D)Cauveri
Answer: Godavari
- Q. The ‘Grand Trunk Road’ connects ________
A)Kolkata and Amritsar
B)Kolkata and Mumbai
C)Delhi and Chennai
D)Tirupati and Ludhiana
Answer: Kolkata and Amritsar
- Q. Krivoy Rog, Kerch Peninsula, Magnitogorsk are major producers of ________ in former Soviet Union.
A)Copper
B)Coal
C)Manganese
D)Iron ore
Answer: Iron ore
- Q. The Hawaiian Islands specialise in the cultivation of
A)Sugarcane
B)Cotton
C)Rice
D)Tobacco
Answer: Sugarcane
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