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Geography questions asked in previous year papers of SSC, Banking, Railway and other exams, with the exam and year, answers and explanations.

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Q221.GeographyAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · CSE Prelims 2024, GS Paper IMedium

One of the following regions has the world's largest tropical peatland, which holds about three years worth of global carbon emissions from fossil fuels; and the possible destruction of which can exert detrimental effect on the global climate. Which one of the following denotes that region ?

  1. A.Amazon Basin
  2. B.Congo Basin
  3. C.Kikori Basin
  4. D.Rio de la Plata Basin
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Correct answer: B. Congo Basin

The Cuvette Centrale peatland of the Congo Basin is the world's largest tropical peatland. Scientists mapped this vast peat swamp only in 2017, spread across the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Q222.GeographyAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · CSE Prelims 2024, GS Paper IEasy

With reference to "Coriolis force", which of the following statements is/are correct? 1. It increases with increase in wind velocity. 2. It is maximum at the poles and is absent at the equator. Select the answer using the code given below:

  1. A.1 only
  2. B.2 only
  3. C.Both 1 and 2
  4. D.Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct answer: C. Both 1 and 2

The Coriolis force grows with the speed of the wind and with latitude, so it is strongest at the poles and zero at the equator.

Q223.GeographyAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · CSE Prelims 2024, GS Paper IMedium

Consider the following description: 1. Annual and daily range of temperatures is low. 2. Precipitation occurs throughout the year. 3. Precipitation varies between 50 cm - 250 cm. What is this type of climate?

  1. A.Equatorial climate
  2. B.China type climate
  3. C.Humid subtropical climate
  4. D.Marine West coast climate
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Correct answer: D. Marine West coast climate

Mild temperatures with small ranges, rain in every month and a total of about 50 to 250 cm describe the west coast marine (Cfb) type.

Q224.GeographyAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · CSE Prelims 2024, GS Paper IEasy

With reference to "water vapour", which of the following statements is/are correct? 1. It is a gas, the amount of which decreases with altitude. 2. Its percentage is maximum at the poles. Select the answer using the code given below:

  1. A.1 only
  2. B.2 only
  3. C.Both 1 and 2
  4. D.Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct answer: A. 1 only

Water vapour thins out quickly with height, but it is most plentiful in the warm tropics, not at the poles.

Q225.GeographyAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · CSE Prelims 2024, GS Paper IMedium

Consider the following information:

Region : Name of the mountain range : Type of mountain

1. Central Asia : Vosges : Fold mountain

2. Europe : Alps : Block mountain

3. North America : Appalachians : Fold mountain

4. South America : Andes : Fold mountain

In how many of the above rows is the given information correctly matched?

  1. A.Only one
  2. B.Only two
  3. C.Only three
  4. D.All four
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Correct answer: B. Only two

Rows 3 and 4 are correct; rows 1 and 2 have the wrong region or type. Fold mountains form when plates converge and layers of rock crumple.

Q226.GeographyAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · CSE Prelims 2024, GS Paper IMedium

Consider the following information :

Waterfall : Region : River

1. Dhuandhar : Malwa : Narmada

2. Hundru : Chota Nagpur : Subarnarekha

3. Gersoppa : Western Ghats : Netravati

In how many of the above rows is the given information correctly matched ?

  1. A.Only one
  2. B.Only two
  3. C.All three
  4. D.None
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Correct answer: A. Only one

Only row 2 is fully correct; rows 1 and 3 each have a wrong entry. Hundru Falls, near Ranchi in Jharkhand, is formed where the Subarnarekha river drops off the edge of the Ranchi plateau, part of the Chota Nagpur region, so row 2 is right.

Q227.GeographyAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · CSE Prelims 2024, GS Paper IMedium

With reference to the Himalayan rivers joining the Ganga downstream of Prayagraj from West to East, which one of the following sequences is correct ?

  1. A.Ghaghara - Gomati - Gandak - Kosi
  2. B.Gomati - Ghaghara - Gandak - Kosi
  3. C.Ghaghara - Gomati - Kosi - Gandak
  4. D.Gomati - Ghaghara - Kosi - Gandak
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Correct answer: B. Gomati - Ghaghara - Gandak - Kosi

Below Prayagraj the Ganga receives the Gomati first, then the Ghaghara, then the Gandak and finally the Kosi as it flows east.

Q228.GeographyAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · CSE Prelims 2024, GS Paper IEasy

Which of the following countries are well known as the two largest cocoa producers in the world ?

  1. A.Algeria and Morocco
  2. B.Botswana and Namibia
  3. C.Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana
  4. D.Madagascar and Mozambique
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Correct answer: C. Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana

These two neighbouring West African countries grow well over half of the world's cocoa. Cocoa is a tropical tree crop that needs heavy, well-spread rainfall, high humidity, temperatures of about 21 to 32 °C and shade, which is why it grows best within about 10 degrees of the Equator.

Q229.GeographyAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2024, Paper IEasy

Which one of the following statements about the solstices, an event that occurs when the Sun appears to reach most northerly or southerly, is correct?

  1. A.The winter solstice takes place on June 21 in both the northern and southern hemispheres
  2. B.The winter solstice takes place on December 21 in both the northern and southern hemispheres
  3. C.The summer solstice occurs in northern hemisphere on June 21 and on December 21 in southern hemisphere
  4. D.The summer solstice occurs in northern hemisphere on December 21 and on June 21 in southern hemisphere
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Correct answer: C. The summer solstice occurs in northern hemisphere on June 21 and on December 21 in southern hemisphere

The two hemispheres always have opposite seasons, so one hemisphere's summer solstice is the other's winter solstice. On about 21 June the Sun is overhead at the Tropic of Cancer; the northern hemisphere has its longest day and summer begins there, while the southern hemisphere has its shortest day.

Q230.GeographyAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · CSE Prelims 2024, GS Paper IHard

Which of the following is/are correct inference/inferences from isothermal maps in the month of January ?

1. The isotherms deviate to the north over the ocean and to the south over the continent.

2. The presence of cold ocean currents, Gulf Stream and North Atlantic Drift make the North Atlantic Ocean colder and the isotherms bend towards the north.

Select the answer using the code given below :

  1. A.1 only
  2. B.2 only
  3. C.Both 1 and 2
  4. D.Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct answer: A. 1 only

In January the northern oceans are warmer than the frozen continents, so isotherms bend north over the sea and south over the land; the Gulf Stream and North Atlantic Drift are warm currents, not cold ones.

Q232.GeographyAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · CSE Prelims 2024, GS Paper IEasy

Consider the following statements :

Statement-I : Thickness of the troposphere at the equator is much greater as compared to poles.

Statement-II : At the equator, heat is transported to great heights by strong convectional currents.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

  1. A.Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II explains Statement-I
  2. B.Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, but Statement-II does not explain Statement-I
  3. C.Statement-I is correct, but Statement-II is incorrect
  4. D.Statement-I is incorrect, but Statement-II is correct
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Correct answer: A. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II explains Statement-I

The troposphere is thickest over the equator because strong convection there carries heat high into the air. The troposphere, the lowest layer of the atmosphere where almost all weather occurs, is about 18 km thick at the equator but only about 8 km at the poles.

Q233.GeographyAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · CSE Prelims 2024, GS Paper IMedium

Consider the following statements :

Statement-I : The atmosphere is heated more by incoming solar radiation than by terrestrial radiation.

Statement-II : Carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are good absorbers of long wave radiation.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

  1. A.Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II explains Statement-I
  2. B.Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, but Statement-II does not explain Statement-I
  3. C.Statement-I is correct, but Statement-II is incorrect
  4. D.Statement-I is incorrect, but Statement-II is correct
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Correct answer: D. Statement-I is incorrect, but Statement-II is correct

The atmosphere is heated mainly from below, by the Earth's own long wave (terrestrial) radiation, not directly by sunlight. Incoming solar radiation is short wave, and the atmosphere is largely transparent to it, so most of it passes through and heats the Earth's surface.

Q234.GeographyAsked in: Uttar Pradesh · 11 Feb, 2024Hard

Consider the following types of erosion and arrange them in the correct sequence in the increasing order of soil loss from a field: I. Gully erosion II. Splash erosion III. Rill erosion IV. Sheet erosion. Select the correct answer from the codes given below.

  1. A.IV, I, III, II
  2. B.II, IV, III, I
  3. C.III, II, I, IV
  4. D.II, III, IV, I
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Correct answer: B. II, IV, III, I

Water erosion passes through stages, and the soil lost grows at every stage. Splash erosion, numbered II, is the first and mildest: raindrops strike bare soil and knock single particles a few centimetres away.

Q237.GeographyAsked in: SSC CGL · 09 Sept, 2024, Shift 2Easy

In which part of India does the hot wind 'Loo' blow?

  1. A.West and Southwestern
  2. B.North and Northwestern
  3. C.East and Northeastern
  4. D.South and Southwestern
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Correct answer: B. North and Northwestern

The Loo is the hot, dry wind of the northern and north-western plains of India. The Loo blows from the west and north-west during the day in May and June, when the land heats up and a low pressure trough forms over north-west India.

Q239.GeographyAsked in: Delhi · DSSSB Asst. Supdt., 14 Jul 2024, S3Medium

Which of the following rivers demarcates the Nepal Himalayas?

  1. A.Sutlej and Dihang
  2. B.Sutlej and Kali
  3. C.Kali and Teesta
  4. D.Teesta and Dihang
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Correct answer: C. Kali and Teesta

The Himalayas, about 2,400 km long, are divided from west to east into regions marked by river valleys, and the Nepal Himalayas lie between the Kali in the west and the Teesta in the east.