Geography Quiz Set 2
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Question 1 |
Who wrote ‘Geographia Generalis’?
A | Ptolemy |
B | Bernhardus Varenius |
C | Herodotus |
D | None of these |
Question 2 |
Who is considered the founder of modern geographic study?
A | Humboldt |
B | Hipparchus |
C | Carl Ritter |
D | None of these |
Question 3 |
Which one of the following planets has largest number of natural satellites or moons?
A | Jupiter |
B | Mars |
C | Saturn |
D | Venus |
Question 4 |
About 95 per cent of active volcanoes occur at the
- plate subduction zones
- transform faults
- island arcs
- mid-oceanic ridges
A | 1 and 2 |
B | 1 only |
C | 1 and 4 |
D | All of the above |
Question 5 |
The seaward extension of the continent from shoreline to the continental edge is called
A | Continental rise |
B | Continental slope |
C | Continental shelf |
D | None of the above |
Question 6 |
A submarine mountain or peak rising more than 1000 m above the ocean floor is known as
A | Guyots |
B | Seamounts |
C | Abyssal hills |
D | Trenches |
Question 7 |
Which of the following clouds are more commonly formed in the equatorial rainforests?
A | Cumulonimbus |
B | Stratocumulus |
C | Nimbostratus |
D | Alto cumulus |
Question 8 |
The tropical cyclones do not occur close to the equator because of
A | Excessive heat |
B | Calm air |
C | Weak coriolis force |
D | The winds are too wet and heavy |
Question 9 |
Other than India and China, which one of the following groups of countries border Myanmar?
A | Bangladesh, Thailand and Vietnam |
B | Cambodia, Laos and Malaysia |
C | Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia |
D | Thailand, Laos and Bangladesh |
Question 10 |
What could be the main reason/reasons for the formation of African and Eurasian desert belt ?
- It is located in the sub-tropical high pressure cells.
- It is under the influence of warm ocean currents.
A | 1 only |
B | 2 only |
C | Both 1 and 2 |
D | Neither 1 nor 2 |
Question 11 |
The regions with highest and lowest densities are respectively
A | Europe and Africa |
B | Asia and Oceania |
C | North America and Africa |
D | Europe and Oceania |
Question 12 |
In the Indian context the term ‘De-notified tribes’ refers to :
A | tribes which are aboriginals |
B | nomadic tribes |
C | tribes practising shifting cultivation |
D | tribes which were earlier classified as criminal tribes |
Question 13 |
Which among the following has the world’s largest reserves of Uranium?
A | Australia |
B | Canada |
C | Russian Federation |
D | USA |
Question 14 |
The main features of the commercial dairy farming are
- It is capital intensive.
- It is labour intensive.
- It is highly productive.
- It is highly commercial.
A | 1 and 3 only |
B | 2 and 3 only |
C | 1, 3 and 4 only |
D | 1, 2, 3 and 4 |
Question 15 |
Which one of the following does not belong to Himalayan rivers?
A | Brahmaputra |
B | Cauvery |
C | Alaknanda |
D | Gandak |
Question 16 |
Which of the following is the main difference between the Western and Eastern Ghats?
A | Height |
B | Continuity |
C | Proximity to the coast |
D | Vegetation |
Question 17 |
The retreating monsoon withdraws from the
A | west coast to the east |
B | north to the south |
C | north-east India to the west coast |
D | north-west India to Bengal |
Question 18 |
Doon valley is able to grow rice because
A | it has warm summers and snow-melt waters for
irrigation |
B | people in the valley are rice eaters |
C | other crops cannot be grown |
D | there is a huge export demand |
Question 19 |
The largest industry in India is
A | Textiles industry |
B | Steel industry |
C | Cement industry |
D | Automobile industry |
Question 20 |
Which of the following statements are true with respect to iron ore ?
- Limestone and coal are important for smelting iron ore.
- More than 20 per cent iron ore deposits of the world are in India.
- Odisha and Bihar top in the production of iron ore.
- Iran is the largest buyer of Indian iron ore.
A | 1, 2 and 3 |
B | 2 and 3 |
C | 3 and 4 |
D | 2, 3 and 4 |
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