Geography multiple choice questions with answers and explanations, 20 per page, for SSC, Banking, UPSC, Railway and state exams.
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Which one of the following is not a type of commercial agriculture?
As its name says, it is subsistence farming, where the family grows food mainly for its own use, not for sale.
Read the full explanation →Sea of Azov is connected to
The Sea of Azov joins the Black Sea through the narrow Kerch Strait, east of the Crimean peninsula. The Sea of Azov is bordered by Russia and Ukraine and is often called the shallowest sea in the world, with a maximum depth of only about 14 metres.
Read the full explanation →When the rivers discharge their waters from all directions into a lake or depression, the pattern is known as
In a centripetal pattern streams flow inward from all sides into a central lake or basin, like spokes pointing to a hub.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following statements about the coasts of India is/are correct ? 1. The West Coast of India is a high rocky, retreating coast. 2. The West Coast of India is dominated by erosional landforms. 3. The East Coast of India, however, is a low sedimentary coast exhibiting depositional forms. Select the correct answer using the code given below:
All three statements describe India's two coasts correctly: the west is high, rocky and erosional, the east is low and depositional.
Read the full explanation →Which one among the following countries is not part of the Arabian Peninsula?
Jordan lies north of the peninsula in the Levant, while Kuwait, Oman and Yemen are all on the Arabian Peninsula.
Read the full explanation →Which one among the following is the northernmost geographical location ?
New Delhi lies at about 28.6° N, a little north of both Kathmandu and Thimphu, even though Nepal and Bhutan lie to the north of most of India.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is/are the applied forces in mechanical weathering process? 1. Gravitational force 2. Expansion force 3. Force due to water pressure Select the answer using the code given below :
Mechanical (physical) weathering breaks rocks without changing their chemistry, and all three forces drive it. Gravitational forces act as overburden pressure, load and shearing stress on rocks.
Read the full explanation →According to the Census 2011, the density of population in which one among the following States is the lowest ?
Census 2011 recorded about 52 persons per sq km in Mizoram, the lowest of the four states given. Mizoram is a hilly, heavily forested state with a small population of about 11 lakh, which keeps its density low.
Read the full explanation →Consider the following statements : 1. The Earth's magnetic field has reversed every few hundred thousand years. 2. When the Earth was created more than 4000 million years ago, there was 54% oxygen and no carbon dioxide. 3. When living organisms originated, they modified the early atmosphere of the Earth. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
The magnetic field has flipped many times and life changed the early air, but the young Earth had almost no free oxygen.
Read the full explanation →With reference to the current trends in the cultivation of sugarcane in India, consider the following statements : 1. A substantial saving in seed material is made when 'bud chip settlings' are raised in a nursery and transplanted in the main field. 2. When direct planting of setts is done, the germination percentage is better with single-budded setts as compared to setts with many buds. 3. If bad weather conditions prevail when setts are directly planted, single-budded setts have better survival as compared to large setts. 4. Sugarcane can be cultivated using settlings prepared from tissue culture. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Bud chip nurseries save seed cane and tissue-culture settlings are used, but single-bud setts do worse than larger setts when planted directly.
Read the full explanation →What is/are the purpose/purposes of 'District Mineral Foundations' in India? 1. Promoting mineral exploration activities in mineral-rich districts 2. Protecting the interests of the persons affected by mining operations 3. Authorizing State Governments to issue licences for mineral exploration Select the correct answer using the code given below
District Mineral Foundations exist to work for the people and areas affected by mining, not to promote exploration or grant licences.
Read the full explanation →Consider the following statements : 1. In India, the Himalayas are spread over five States only. 2. Western Ghats are spread over five States only. 3. Pulicat Lake is spread over two States only. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
Pulicat Lake lies in two states, but the Himalayas and the Western Ghats each spread over more than five states.
Read the full explanation →With reference to the water on the planet Earth, consider the following statements : 1. The amount of water in the rivers and lakes is more than the amount of groundwater. 2. The amount of water in polar ice caps and glaciers is more than the amount of groundwater. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Ice caps and glaciers hold more water than groundwater, while rivers and lakes hold far less than groundwater. About 97 per cent of the Earth's water is salty ocean water, and only about 2.5 to 3 per cent is fresh.
Read the full explanation →Consider the following statements about rock structure: 1. Conglomerates are clastic sedimentary rocks. 2. Slate is a non-clastic sedimentary rock. 3. Granite is a plutonic igneous rock. 4. Basalt is an extrusive igneous rock. Which of the statements given above are correct ?
Statement 2 is wrong because slate is a metamorphic rock, formed when shale is squeezed and heated, not a sedimentary rock.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following is NOT a favourable condition for occurrence of a thunderstorm?
Cold dry air below and warm moist air above makes the atmosphere stable, which suppresses rising air; a thunderstorm needs the reverse, warm moist air near the ground and colder, drier air aloft.
Read the full explanation →Which one among the following countries does NOT have common boundary with South Africa?
Zambia lies north of the Zambezi river and is separated from South Africa by Zimbabwe and Botswana, so the two countries share no border.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following statements about the Himalayas is NOT correct ?
The Himalayan Frontal Fault lies on the southern edge of the range and separates the Himalaya from the Indo-Gangetic plains, not from Tibet.
Read the full explanation →Which one among the following stations receives maximum rainfall ?
Raipur, in the Chhattisgarh basin, receives about 1,200 to 1,300 mm of rain a year, more than any of the other three cities.
Read the full explanation →According to Koppen's climatic classifications of India, Great Northern Plains are represented by
In Koppen's scheme for India, most of the Ganga plain falls in the Cwg type: a monsoon climate with a dry winter.
Read the full explanation →Convection currents, which move the tectonic plates, are found in which layer of the earth?
Heat from the Earth's interior sets up slow convection currents in the mantle, and these drag the rigid plates resting on it.
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