Set 137 of the Geography mixed quiz has 20 multiple-choice questions from 14 different topics of the subject: Earthquakes and Volcanoes, Geography of Africa and Europe, Rivers of India and more. 7 of them were asked in real previous-year papers. A topic quiz checks one chapter; this set revises the whole subject at once, the way an exam paper does, where the next question can come from any chapter. Every question carries an explanation of why the correct option is right and why the others are wrong. Keep to the timer, read the explanations at the end, and go back to the notes of any topic where you slipped.
20 questions with answers and explanations
Extrusive volcanoes are not found in which one of the following mountains?
The Himalayas were formed by the collision of two continental plates, the Indian and the Eurasian, and such a collision does not produce volcanoes.
Read the full explanation →Which river flows through the largest number of countries in the world?
It also passes more capital cities than any other river, among them Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest and Belgrade.
Read the full explanation →Consider the following statements regarding River Brahmaputra:
1. It rises in Tibet, near Lake Mansarovar.
2. It takes a "U" turn near Namcha Barwa and enters India through a gorge.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
The Brahmaputra rises in Tibet close to Lake Mansarovar and, after a hairpin turn around Namcha Barwa, cuts a deep gorge into Arunachal Pradesh.
Read the full explanation →Vicky told his friends about his visit to Stewart Island, Bay of Plenty and Hawke Bay. Which country did Vicky visit?
Stewart Island, the Bay of Plenty and Hawke Bay are all in New Zealand. Stewart Island, called Rakiura in Maori, is the third-largest island of the country and lies south of the South Island across the Foveaux Strait.
Read the full explanation →Indus river basin is extended up to
The Indian part of the Indus basin covers all six, along with Chandigarh. The Indus rises near Lake Mansarovar in Tibet and enters India in Ladakh.
Read the full explanation →Nashik, famous for its grape belt, is situated on the bank of which river?
The Godavari rises at Trimbakeshwar in the Nashik district of Maharashtra, and Nashik stands on its upper course, which is also why the city hosts one of the four Kumbh Melas.
Read the full explanation →The Bering Strait separates Asia from North America and joins the Bering Sea with which sea?
The Bering Strait lies between the easternmost point of Asia and the westernmost point of North America and links the Bering Sea of the Pacific with the Chukchi Sea of the Arctic Ocean; the International Date Line runs through it, and the Diomede Islands within it belong one to Russia…
Read the full explanation →Apiculture is the rearing of which of the following?
Apiculture is bee keeping for honey and beeswax, and it is counted among the allied activities because it needs almost no land and raises the yield of nearby crops through pollination.
Read the full explanation →Which crop season in India is sown with the onset of the south west monsoon and harvested in September and October?
Kharif crops are sown in June and July as the south west monsoon arrives and harvested in September and October, and they are the rain dependent crops: rice, jowar, bajra, maize, cotton, groundnut, soyabean and tur.
Read the full explanation →Indira Point, the southernmost point of India, is situated in which island?
Indira Point lies at the southern end of Great Nicobar, the largest island of the Nicobar group, at about 6 degrees 45 minutes north, and is the southernmost point of the territory of India; it was known as Pygmalion Point before being renamed.
Read the full explanation →In India, how many States are on the coastline?
The coastal states of India, counted from the west coast round to the east, are Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal; Gujarat has the longest coastline among them.
Read the full explanation →Lake Victoria in Africa is the source of which river?
The White Nile leaves Lake Victoria at Jinja in Uganda and flows north through Lake Kyoga and Lake Albert to meet the Blue Nile at Khartoum, where the Nile proper begins.
Read the full explanation →Consider the following statements about the Sargasso Sea : 1. It is the only sea without a land boundary. 2. The Sargasso Sea records the lowest salinity in the Atlantic Ocean. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
The Sargasso Sea lies in the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Bermuda, and it is the only sea in the world with no land coast.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following statements with reference to Glacial trough is/are correct ?
1. Alpine glaciers strip valleys of their soil, regolith and sediment to form glacial troughs.
2. When the sea level is below the floor of a glacial trough, the seawater enters as the ice front recedes, creating a fiord.
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Valley glaciers scour away soil, regolith and loose sediment and deepen their valleys into U-shaped glacial troughs, but a fiord forms only when the trough floor lies below sea level, not above it.
Read the full explanation →Which agro-climatic zone of India consists of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep?
The fifteenth of the Planning Commission zones is a separate Islands region made up of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal and Lakshadweep in the Arabian Sea, with equatorial rainfall, thin coral or lateritic soils and coconut, areca nut, spices and fisheries as the mainstay.
Read the full explanation →Dhupgarh, the highest point of the Satpura range, lies in which state?
Dhupgarh, about 1,350 metres, rises above Pachmarhi in Madhya Pradesh and is the highest point of the Satpura range and of the state; Pachmarhi is the only hill station of Madhya Pradesh and lies within a biosphere reserve.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is a doubly landlocked country?
A doubly landlocked country is one that is surrounded only by landlocked countries, so at least two international borders must be crossed to reach the sea.
Read the full explanation →Which of these pairs of an agro-climatic zone and its typical crop is correctly matched?
The Lower Gangetic Plain, essentially West Bengal, has heavy rainfall, humid air and the alluvium of the delta, the conditions jute needs for growing and for retting, and it grows rice and potato along with it.
Read the full explanation →Which is the largest landlocked country in the world by area?
Kazakhstan is the ninth largest country in the world and by far the largest with no sea coast. Its shore on the Caspian does not change this, because the Caspian is the world's largest lake and has no natural connection with the ocean, so Kazakhstan is counted as landlocked.
Read the full explanation →How many agro-climatic zones has Rajasthan been divided into by the state for its own agricultural planning?
Rajasthan is divided into ten agro-climatic zones, which run from the arid western plain and the hyper arid partially irrigated zone in the west, through the irrigated north western plain and the two transitional plains of inland drainage and the Luni basin, to the semi arid and flood prone eastern…
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