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This section includes 1127 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Geography knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 501. |
*$_The Indian sub-continent lies? |
| A. | Mostly in the southern hemisphere and partly in the northern hemisphere |
| B. | Mostly in the northern hemisphere and partly in the southern hemisphere |
| C. | Wholly in the northern hemisphere |
| D. | Wholly in the southern hemisphere |
| Answer» D. Wholly in the southern hemisphere | |
| 502. |
*$_The leading producer of coal in former Soviet Union is? |
| A. | Donetz basin |
| B. | Kuzentsk basin |
| C. | Karaganda Basin |
| D. | Pechora basin |
| Answer» B. Kuzentsk basin | |
| 503. |
*$_One will not have to pass through the Suez Canal while going from Mumbai to? |
| A. | Alexandria |
| B. | Suez |
| C. | Port Said |
| D. | Benghazi |
| Answer» C. Port Said | |
| 504. |
*$_Sun's halo is produced by the refraction of light in? |
| A. | Water vapour in Stratus Clouds |
| B. | Ice crystals in Cirro-cumulus clouds |
| C. | Dust particles in stratus clouds |
| D. | Ice crystals in Cirrus clouds |
| Answer» E. | |
| 505. |
*$_Volcanic eruption does not occur in the? |
| A. | Black Sea |
| B. | Caspian Sea |
| C. | Baltic Sea |
| D. | Caribbean Sea |
| Answer» D. Caribbean Sea | |
| 506. |
*$_Which calendar is being universally followed?? |
| A. | Christian Era |
| B. | Julian Calendar |
| C. | Gregory Calendar |
| D. | Saka Era |
| Answer» D. Saka Era | |
| 507. |
*$_Which of the following is not concerned with increased production of a food item?? |
| A. | Green Revolution |
| B. | Blue Revolution |
| C. | White Revolution |
| D. | Orange Revolution |
| Answer» E. | |
| 508. |
*$_If I wanted to reach the South Atlantic from the South Pacific while touching South America, I would have to use? |
| A. | Florida Straits |
| B. | Dardanelles |
| C. | Magellan Straits |
| D. | Bosporus |
| Answer» D. Bosporus | |
| 509. |
*$_The area or the Indian Ocean is approximately ________.? |
| A. | 24 million sq km |
| B. | 44 million sq km |
| C. | 64 million sq km |
| D. | 74 million sq km |
| Answer» E. | |
| 510. |
*$_Strait of Florida runs in between ________? |
| A. | Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea |
| B. | Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea |
| C. | Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico |
| D. | Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean |
| Answer» D. Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean | |
| 511. |
*$_The world's most humid continent is? |
| A. | Asia |
| B. | Europe |
| C. | North America |
| D. | South America |
| Answer» E. | |
| 512. |
*$_Lines Joining places having equal height are? |
| A. | Contours |
| B. | Isobars |
| C. | Isohalines |
| D. | Isohyet |
| Answer» B. Isobars | |
| 513. |
*$_In the context of exports, which one of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched ?? |
| A. | Cape Town : Wool and wine |
| B. | Adelaide : Wheat and wool |
| C. | Perth : Rice and corn |
| D. | San Francisco : Fruits and wine |
| Answer» D. San Francisco : Fruits and wine | |
| 514. |
*$_The regions with the highest and lowest densities are respectively ________? |
| A. | Europe and Africa |
| B. | Asia and Oceania |
| C. | North America and Africa |
| D. | Europe and Oceania |
| Answer» E. | |
| 515. |
*$_The New name of Burma is Myanmar and its capital is? |
| A. | Naypyitaw |
| B. | Arakan |
| C. | Rangoon |
| D. | Ava |
| Answer» B. Arakan | |
| 516. |
*$_Spot the odd item in the following? |
| A. | Mt Fuji |
| B. | Mt Everest |
| C. | Mt Vesuvius |
| D. | Mt Pele |
| Answer» C. Mt Vesuvius | |
| 517. |
*$_Which, among the following countries, occupies the largest chunk of the Sunderban's Delta?? |
| A. | Bangladesh |
| B. | Myanmar |
| C. | India |
| D. | Thailand |
| Answer» B. Myanmar | |
| 518. |
*$_The Gutenburg discontinuity separates ________.? |
| A. | Sial and Sima |
| B. | Lithosphere and outer mantle |
| C. | Outer mantle and inner mantle |
| D. | Inner mantle and the core |
| Answer» E. | |
| 519. |
*$_In the transformation of vegetative matter to coal the first product is.? |
| A. | Peat |
| B. | Lignite |
| C. | Bituminous coal |
| D. | Anthracite |
| Answer» B. Lignite | |
| 520. |
*$_A country through which both Equator and Tropic of Capricorn pass is? |
| A. | Brazil |
| B. | Argentina |
| C. | Congo |
| D. | Indonesia |
| Answer» B. Argentina | |
| 521. |
*$_Which one among the following is not correct regarding Tsunami?? |
| A. | Tsunamis have a very long wavelength |
| B. | Tsunamis have a slight swell of about twelve inches about the normal sea surface |
| C. | Tsunamis grow in height when they reach shallower water |
| D. | Tide also play an important role in the generation of Tsunamis |
| Answer» E. | |
| 522. |
*$_Which of the following absorbs the insolation from the sun and preserves the earth's radiated heat, thus acting like a blanket allowing the earth neither to become too cold nor too hot?? |
| A. | Dust |
| B. | Water vapour |
| C. | Ozone |
| D. | Nitrogen |
| Answer» D. Nitrogen | |
| 523. |
*$_Cold currents have cooling effect on the shore of ________? |
| A. | Peru |
| B. | Japan |
| C. | Western Europe |
| D. | Alaska |
| Answer» B. Japan | |
| 524. |
Which one of the following is not an astronomical object? |
| A. | Pulsar |
| B. | Brittle Star |
| C. | Black Hole |
| D. | Quasar |
| Answer» C. Black Hole | |
| 525. |
*$_Cloudy nights are warmer compared to clear cloudless nights, because clouds? |
| A. | Prevent cold waves from the sky from descending on earth |
| B. | Reflect back the heat given off by earth |
| C. | Produce heat and radiate it towards earth |
| D. | Absorb heat from the atmosphere and send it towards earth |
| Answer» C. Produce heat and radiate it towards earth | |
| 526. |
*$_Which of the following is the busiest of ocean trade routes?? |
| A. | Suez Canal |
| B. | Cape of Good Hope |
| C. | North Atlantic |
| D. | Panama Canal |
| Answer» D. Panama Canal | |
| 527. |
*$_A stony desert is termed as ________ and sandy desert as ________.? |
| A. | Reg, erg |
| B. | Reg, loess |
| C. | Erg, loess |
| D. | Erg, reg |
| Answer» B. Reg, loess | |
| 528. |
*$_Selvas is a word denoting? |
| A. | Long narrow depression formed in the land sunk between two parallel faults |
| B. | A southerly region of the oceans located between 45°S and N |
| C. | The equatorial rain forest of the Amazon basin |
| D. | The grasslands of North America |
| Answer» D. The grasslands of North America | |
| 529. |
*$_The famous Matterhorn Peak is found in? |
| A. | Austria |
| B. | Switzerland |
| C. | France |
| D. | Sweden |
| Answer» C. France | |
| 530. |
*$_Which among the following statements about the earth is not true?? |
| A. | The Earth makes one complete revolution round the Sun every 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 46 seconds |
| B. | The Earth makes one complete revolution on its axis in 48 hours |
| C. | The Earth revolves in its orbit round the Sun at a speed of 66,000 miles per hour |
| D. | The Earth rotates on its axis at an equatorial speed of more than 1000 miles per hour |
| Answer» C. The Earth revolves in its orbit round the Sun at a speed of 66,000 miles per hour | |
| 531. |
*$_What is a "shaft mine"?? |
| A. | Aquery |
| B. | An open pit mine |
| C. | Amine dug deep into the earth |
| D. | Amine for descending into which a shaft is generally used |
| Answer» D. Amine for descending into which a shaft is generally used | |
| 532. |
*$_Which of the following is not a minor product derived from forests?? |
| A. | Nuts and Gums |
| B. | Tannin |
| C. | Pitch and Turpentine |
| D. | Pulp |
| Answer» E. | |
| 533. |
*$_The amount of dew is measured by? |
| A. | Pluviometer |
| B. | Drosometer |
| C. | Anemometer |
| D. | Hygrometer |
| Answer» C. Anemometer | |
| 534. |
*$_A geographical mile is a measure of length equal to one sixtieth of a degree or one minute (1') of latitude. It varies with latitudes, but is approximately equals? |
| A. | 7200 feet |
| B. | 6080 feet |
| C. | 4500 feet |
| D. | 6000 feet |
| Answer» C. 4500 feet | |
| 535. |
*$_The snowline is the line on mountain or hill slope which? |
| A. | Is the highest limit of perpetual snow . |
| B. | Is the lowest limit of perpetual snow |
| C. | Represents the highest amount of snowfall received |
| D. | Represents the lowest amount of snowfall received |
| Answer» C. Represents the highest amount of snowfall received | |
| 536. |
*$_The trees of spruce, fir, pine, etc are found in which of the following natural regions of the Earth?? |
| A. | Siberian Type |
| B. | Tundra Type |
| C. | Taiga Type |
| D. | Laurentian Type |
| Answer» D. Laurentian Type | |
| 537. |
*$_The Doctor is a wind which? |
| A. | Is enervating |
| B. | Withers plants |
| C. | Is injurious to health |
| D. | Is conducive to health |
| Answer» E. | |
| 538. |
*$_Ladang refers to? |
| A. | Shifting cultivation |
| B. | Plantation agriculture |
| C. | Subsistence type of agriculture |
| D. | Dry farming |
| Answer» B. Plantation agriculture | |
| 539. |
*$_Boll-Weevil is a pest that attack the ________ crop.? |
| A. | Jute |
| B. | Cotton |
| C. | Hemp |
| D. | Flax |
| Answer» C. Hemp | |
| 540. |
*$_Which one of the following descriptions denotes the phenomenon of El Nino ?? |
| A. | A violent rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground |
| B. | The deflection of the ocean currents in the northern and southern hemispheres due to the rotation of Earth |
| C. | The Anomalous widespread warming of the sea surface of the tropical east and central Pacific Ocean |
| D. | The revolving tropical storms of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico |
| Answer» D. The revolving tropical storms of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico | |
| 541. |
*$_The greatest diversity of animal and plant species occurs? |
| A. | Temperate deciduous forests |
| B. | Tropical moist forests |
| C. | Heavily polluted rivers |
| D. | Deserts and savannas |
| Answer» C. Heavily polluted rivers | |
| 542. |
*$_The countries with the lowest and worst economic conditions in the world referred to as the 'Pole of hunger' are? |
| A. | European Countries |
| B. | Middle East Countries |
| C. | Mid-West Countries |
| D. | South East Asian Countries |
| Answer» B. Middle East Countries | |
| 543. |
*/*_The term "epicentre" is associated with? |
| A. | The inner core of the earth |
| B. | The outer core of the Earth |
| C. | Earthquakes |
| D. | Volcanoes |
| Answer» D. Volcanoes | |
| 544. |
*/*_The river transports material in? |
| A. | Suspension |
| B. | Solution |
| C. | Traction |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 545. |
*/*_Which of the following is taken into consideration while deciding a shipping route?? |
| A. | Depth of the sea |
| B. | Availability of ports and harbours |
| C. | Climate of the region |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 546. |
*/*_On which or the following African riven is the Kariba Dam one of the world's largest hydel power systems located?? |
| A. | The Nile |
| B. | The Niger |
| C. | The Congo |
| D. | The Zambezi |
| Answer» E. | |
| 547. |
*/*_Kiel Canal connects the North Sea with the ________ sea.? |
| A. | Atlantic |
| B. | Baltic |
| C. | Arctic |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Arctic | |
| 548. |
*/*_The length of the Suez Canal is approximately? |
| A. | 80 km |
| B. | 110 km |
| C. | 140 km |
| D. | 170 km |
| Answer» E. | |
| 549. |
*/*_The least densely populated country among the following countries of Europe is ________? |
| A. | Poland |
| B. | Norway |
| C. | Germany |
| D. | Belgium |
| Answer» C. Germany | |
| 550. |
*/*_Which of the following set of countries are completely surrounded by land?? |
| A. | Libya, Zambia, Czech Republic |
| B. | Mongolia, Zambia, Bolivia |
| C. | Paraguay, Mongolia, Syria |
| D. | Syria, Czech Republic, Paraguay |
| Answer» C. Paraguay, Mongolia, Syria | |