Geography MCQ Question Answers

Geography Gk (quiz) MCQ question and answers. Suitable for aspirants preparing for SSC-CGL and State Level Examinations of all states and also Bank, SSC, Railway, UPSC conducted NDA/ CDS/ IFS/ IES / CSE etc. examinations.

Geography Indian Geography

Q. What was the primary purpose of constructing the Farakka Barrage?

A.
To bring additional area of West Bengal under irrigation
B.
Preservation and maintenance of Kolkata port for navigation
C.
To supply Ganga water to Bangladesh
D.
To meet the chronic power shortage in Kolkata

Answer

Correct Answer : Preservation and maintenance of Kolkata port for navigation

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Geography Indian Geography

Q. What will be the difference in time of two cities situated on the same longitude but one in northern and the other in southern hemisphere?

A.
Four minutes difference
B.
No difference
C.
Four hours difference
D.
There are no such cities

Answer

Correct Answer : No difference

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Environment and Ecology in Indian Geography

Q. What will be the effect of global warming on Mangrove forests?

A.
Their role as carbon sinks will become more important
B.
They will growin large number
C.
Big area of mangrove forest will be submerged
D.
Both A and B

Answer

Correct Answer : Big area of mangrove forest will be submerged

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Geography World Geography

Q. Wheat and rice in China are cultivated in

A.
The Lower Si Basin
B.
Lower Yangtse Basin
C.
Hwang Ho Basin
D.
South East Coast

Answer

Correct Answer : Lower Yangtse Basin

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Atmosphere Geography

Q. When a descending air contracts and its volume decreases, what happens to its temperature?

A.
Its temperature remains constant
B.
Its temperature decreases
C.
Its temperature increases
D.
Its temperature first increases, then decreases

Answer

Correct Answer : Its temperature increases

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Earth Geography

Q. When a ship crosses Date line from west to east ________

A.
It loses half a day
B.
It loses one day
C.
It gains one day
D.
It gains half a day

Answer

Correct Answer : It gains one day

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Geography Lithosphere

Q. When almost all the elevated portions are worn down by river erosion reducing an area to almost a plain region, it is termed as

A.
Pediplain
B.
Fanplain
C.
Panplain
D.
Peneplain

Answer

Correct Answer : Peneplain

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Earth Geography

Q. When and where did the concept of the Earth Hour started?

A.
April, 2008 in Tokyo, Japan
B.
June, 2007 in Christchurch, New Zealand
C.
May, 2009 in Colombo, Srilanka
D.
March, 2007 in Sydney, Australia

Answer

Correct Answer : March, 2007 in Sydney, Australia

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Atmosphere Geography

Q. When can one record the lowest temperature of air?

A.
At 3 a.m.
B.
Just before sunrise
C.
At midnight
D.
No fixed time

Answer

Correct Answer : Just before sunrise

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