Geography: Objective Type Questions and Answers

1. The International date line deviates from 1800 meridian in the North Pacific Ocean due to

1 Aleutian Islands

2 Samoa Islands

3 Fuji Islands

4 Cook Islands

Ans:1

2. The world's highest hydel power project 'Rongtong' is located in

1 Rangoon

2 Kathmandu

3 Himachal Pradesh

4 Beijing

Ans:3

3. Artesian wells are found in

1 Sedimentary rocks

2 Igneous rocks

3 Metamorphic rocks

4 None of these

4. Which one of the following is the farthest from the centre of the earth?

1 Equator

2 Tropic of Capricorn

3 Antarctic Circle

4 South Pole

Ans:1

5. The multipurpose Sardar Sarovar Project is being built across which river ?

1 Tapti

2 Narmada

3 Sabarmati

4 Godavari

Ans:2

6. Which one of the following rivers orginates near Mahabaleshwar?

1 Godavari

2 Krishna

3 Kaveri

4 Tapi

Ans:2

7. Put in descending order of content of fixed carbon 1.Peat 2.Lignite 3.Bituminous Coal 4.Anthracite

1 4, 2, 3, 1

2 1, 2, 3, 4

3 3, 4, 2, 1

4 4, 3, 2, 1

Ans:4

8. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? (Lake --- Location)

1 Superior -- US-Canada

2 Baikal -- Russia

3 Great Bear -- Canada

4 Great Slave -- Russia

Ans:4

9. Which of the following has the minimum humus?

1 Gray-desert soil

2 Red-desert soil

3 Chestnut soil

4 Cher nozem

Ans:2

10. Choose incorrect statement

1 Capacity of air to hold moisture decreases with a rise in temperature of the air

2 The air pressure decreases with an increase in temperature

3 Absolute humidity is expressed in grams per cubic metre of air

4 With an ascent of every 165 metres, the temperature is reduced by 10C

Ans:1

11. Which of the following crops requires water logging?

1 Tea

2 Oil seeds

3 Cotton

4 Rice

Ans:1

12. Coal is found in

1 volcanic rocks

2 metamorphic rocks

3 igneous rocks

4 sedimentary rocks

Ans:1

13. Trade winds blow in the norhtern hemisphere from

1 North to south

2 South to north

3 Northwest to southwest

4 Northeast to southwest

14. "Namibia" was earlier known as

1 South- West Africa

2 New Guinea

3 British Guyana

4 British Columbia

Ans:1

15. Which one of the following gases is predominant in the atmosphere?

1 Argon

2 Nitrogen

3 Carbon Dioxide

4 Oxygen

Ans:2

16. Osaka (japan) is known as the

1 Queen of the Adriatic

2 Manchaster of the Orient

3 Land of Morning Calm

4 Land of Cakes

Ans:2

17. Most of the weather phenomena take place in the -

1 Stratosphere

2 Troposphere

3 Tropopause

4 Ionosphere

Ans:2

18. `Sakshat' is

1 A website

2 A missile

3 An artificial satellite

4 A railway project

Ans:1

19. Which one of the following nations has recently pushed back its time and synchronised with the Indian Standard Time?

1 Sri Lanka

2 Bangladesh

3 Bhutan

4 Nepal

Ans:1

20. The mainstream of river Ganga which flows beyond Farakka is known as

1 Bhagirathi

2 Hooghly

3 Padma

4 Subarnarekha

Ans:3

21. The collective farms in the steppes of Eurasia are termed as

1 Campos

2 Estancias

3 Kolkhoz

4 Corals

Ans:3

22. Duncan Pass is between

1 India and Sri Lanka

2 Andaman and Nicobar

3 North and South Andaman

4 North and East Andaman

Ans:3

23. Which type of rain is caused by ascent of moisture laden air along a mountain?

1 Convectional rainfall

2 Orographic rainfall

3 Cyclonic rainfall

4 All of the above

24. In India which of the following are the southernmost hills?

1 Annamalai hills

2 Cardamom hills

3 Nilgiri hills

4 Javadi hills

Ans:2

25. Which of the following is known as "Island of precipitation" ?

1 Fault Mountains

2 Fold Mountains

3 Dome Mountains

4 Block Mountains

Ans:3

26. A sudden fall in the barometric reading indicates

1 rain

2 storm

3 fine weather

4 extreme cold

Ans:2

27. Winds and air currents differ in the aspect that

1 air currents blow much faster than winds

2 air currents are always moisture laden while winds are usually dry

3 the winds blow on lands while air currents blow over seas and oceans

4 winds are horizontal movements of air while air currents are the vertical movements of air

Ans:4

28. The Chilka Lake region lies in between the deltas of

1 Mahanadi and Godavari

2 Krishna and Kaveri

3 Godavari and Krishna

4 Ganga and Mahanadi

Ans:1

29. Black Soil is best suited for -

1 Tea

2 Rice

3 Cotton

4 Coffee

Ans:3

30. The controversial Perambikulam-Aliyar project (PAP) which is built on the river Aliyar serves mainly for irrigation purpose involves which two states

1 Kerala & TN

2 Kerala & Karnataka

3 Kerala & Goa

4 Kerala & Maharashtra

Ans:1