Geography questions asked in previous year papers of SSC, Banking, Railway and other exams, with the exam and year, answers and explanations.
1078 previous-year questions
'Pingos' are associated with which one of the following process?
A pingo is a dome-shaped hill with a core of ice, found in regions of permafrost such as the Arctic tundra of Canada, Alaska and Siberia.
Read the full explanation →Consider the following features about a geographical phenomenon : 1. Torrents of snow and ice roaring down a steep mountain side 2. It is hazardous to skiers and mountaineers 3. It involves a mix of falling, rolling, sliding and flowing of materials Which of the following phenomena can be identified with the above features?
A rapid rush of snow and ice down a steep mountain slope, dangerous to skiers and climbers, is an avalanche.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following statements in respect of landslides are correct? 1. These occur only on gentle slopes during rain. 2. They generally occur in clay-rich soil. 3. Earthquakes trigger landslides. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Statement 1 is false because landslides happen mostly on steep slopes, and not only during rain. A landslide is the rapid downslope movement of rock, soil and debris under gravity.
Read the full explanation →In which one of the following highlands of India can you find temperate forests called 'Sholas'?
Sholas are patches of stunted, evergreen montane forest found in the sheltered valleys and folds of the high hills of the southern Western Ghats, above about 1,500 metres.
Read the full explanation →Mount Thullier (642 m) is an important mountain peak of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is located in :
Mount Thullier, about 642 metres high, is the highest point of the Nicobar group and stands on Great Nicobar, the southernmost and largest island of that group.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following variable(s) is/are displayed in population pyramids ?
1. Age-groups
2. Sex indicators (male and female)
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A population pyramid shows the age and sex structure of a population in a single diagram. The vertical axis is divided into age groups, usually of five years each, with the youngest at the bottom and the oldest at the top.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following statements with respect to Global Positioning System (GPS) is not correct?
This statement is false: GPS was built by the United States for its military, but it has been open to civilian users worldwide for decades.
Read the full explanation →While watching news, you hear about a place, of which you had never heard of earlier. You want to know more about the place and you want to locate it on the map. Which of the following is/are required for you to be able to locate the place on the map?
A point on a map is fixed where its line of latitude crosses its line of longitude, so both values are needed and enough.
Read the full explanation →In a group discussion on shape and size of the Earth, three students stated the following points : 1. Student 1 : The shape of the Earth is basically an oblate spheroid. 2. Student 2 : The polar diameter of the Earth is more than the equatorial diameter. 3. Student 3 : Bulge along the equatorial region is due to revolution of the Earth. Who among the above students is/are correct?
The Earth is an oblate spheroid, slightly flattened at the poles and bulging at the equator, but the bulge comes from its rotation, and its polar diameter is the shorter one.
Read the full explanation →According to the Indian Meteorological Department, which of the following is/are the feature/features of cloudburst? 1. Heavy precipitation in short period of time in a limited geographical area 2. It occurs generally during monsoon period and triggers flash flood and landslides Select the correct answer using the code given below.
A cloudburst is very heavy rain over a small area in a short time, and in India it mostly strikes in the monsoon, setting off flash floods and landslides.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following is not a resultant of the El Nino effect ?
During El Nino the trade winds of the Pacific weaken or even reverse, so a steady flow of these winds is not one of its results.
Read the full explanation →Consider the following pairs : Region often mentioned in the news — Country 1. Anatolia — Turkey 2. Amhara — Ethiopia 3. Cabo Delgado — Spain 4. Catalonia — Italy How many pairs given above are correctly matched?
Anatolia–Turkey and Amhara–Ethiopia are correct, while Cabo Delgado and Catalonia are paired with the wrong countries. Anatolia, also called Asia Minor, is the large peninsula between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean that forms most of Turkey's territory, so pair 1 is correct.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following statements best reflects the issue with Senkaku Islands, sometimes mentioned in the news?
The Senkaku Islands are a small group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea, administered by Japan and claimed by China, which calls them the Diaoyu Islands; Taiwan also claims them as Diaoyutai.
Read the full explanation →With reference to the United Nations Convention on the Law of Sea, consider the following statements : 1. A coastal state has the right to establish the breadth of its territorial sea up to a limit not exceeding 12 nautical miles, measured from baseline determined in accordance with the convention. 2. Ships of all states, whether coastal or land-locked, enjoy the right of innocent passage through the territorial sea. 3. The Exclusive Economic Zone shall not extend beyond 200 nautical miles from the baseline from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured. Which of the statements given above are correct ?
All three statements repeat the words of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, adopted in 1982 and in force since 1994.
Read the full explanation →Consider the following statements : 1. High clouds primarily reflect solar radiation and cool the surface of the Earth. 2. Low clouds have a high absorption of infrared radiation emanating from the Earth's surface and thus cause warming effect. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
Both statements swap the roles of high and low clouds. Low clouds such as stratus and stratocumulus are thick and bright from above.
Read the full explanation →Piecing together the puzzle of geologic time to create and analyze historical maps of the Earth is known as
Paleogeography is the study of the Earth's geography in the geological past, and its main product is a set of maps showing where continents, oceans, mountains and shorelines lay at different times.
Read the full explanation →In India, what is the role of the Coal Controller's Organization (CCO)? 1. CCO is the major source of Coal Statistics in Government of India. 2. It monitors progress of development of Captive Coal/Lignite blocks. 3. It hears any objection to the Government's notification relating to acquisition of coal-bearing areas. 4. It ensures that coal mining companies deliver the coal to end users in the prescribed time. Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Statements 1, 2 and 3 describe the Coal Controller's Organisation, while statement 4 does not. The CCO is a subordinate office of the Ministry of Coal with its headquarters in Kolkata.
Read the full explanation →Consider the following pairs : Reservoirs — States 1. Ghataprabha — Telangana 2. Gandhi Sagar — Madhya Pradesh 3. Indira Sagar — Andhra Pradesh 4. Maithon — Chhattisgarh How many pairs given above are not correctly matched?
Only Gandhi Sagar is matched with its correct State, so three of the four pairs are wrong. Gandhi Sagar is the first of the Chambal valley dams, built in the Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh, so pair 2 is correct.
Read the full explanation →Any natural mass of mineral matter that makes up the earth's crust is _____.
In geology a rock is any natural aggregate of one or more minerals that forms part of the earth's crust, whether it is hard like granite or soft like clay, and rocks are classified as igneous, sedimentary or metamorphic according to how they were formed.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following cities of the world would represent the greatest linear velocity of rotation of the Earth?
Kampala lies almost on the equator, where a point on the Earth's surface moves the longest distance in each rotation and so has the greatest linear speed.
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