1).Lapps inhabit
a) European tundra
b) Russian tundra
c) Asiatic tundra
d) South American grasslands
Answer : a) European tundra
2).Which countries are separated by the Durand Line?
a) India and Sri Lanka
b) India and Pakistan
c) India and Afghanistan
d) India and China
Answer : c) India and Afghanistan
3).Which region is most famous for citrus fruits?
a) Deserts
b) Mediterranean regions
c) Temperate grasslands
d) Monsoon regions
Answer: b) Mediterranean regions
4).The most important crop of the temperate grassland is
a) Sugarcane
b) Citrus fruit
c) Cereals
d) Date
Answer : c) Cereals
5).Which country is the leading producer of Uranium?
a) India
b) Japan
c) Russia
d) Canada
Answer: d) Canada
6).Which area is important for soft wood forests?
a) Cold and temperate regions
b) Tundra regions
c) Monsoon regions
d) Mid-latitude deserts
Answer : a) Cold and temperate regions
7).The leading producers of rock phosphate are
a) Canada and Russia
b) India and Japan
c) USA and Russia
d) France and Russia
Answer : c) USA and Russia
8).The largest producer of mercury is
a) France
b) Russia
c) Spain
d) China
Answer : d) China
9).Which one of the following is the smallest state of India?
a) Tripura
b) Meghalaya
c) Sikkim
d) Nagaland
Answer : c) Sikkim
10).Which country is known as the sugar bowl of the world?
a) Cuba
b) Russia
c) India
d) China
Answer : d) Mahanadi
40).Which one is not an important characteristic of Himalayan rivers?
a) They do not form gorges
b) They have a perennial flow
c) They have a great capacity for erosion
d) Many of them have their sources in the inner Himalayas
Answer : a) They do not form gorges
41).In which of the following areas is maximum precipitation received from the summer
monsoon?
a) The western Himalayas
b) The North – eastern hilly region
c) The coromandal coast
d) The central Indian hills
Answer: b) The North – eastern hilly region
42). Which are in India has an internal type of drainage?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Central Himalayas
c) Chhota Nagpur Plateau
d) Western Rajasthan
Answer: d) Western Rajasthan
43). Which part of the country receives precipitation from the bay of Bengal branch of
the monsoons as well as the Arabian Sea branch?
a) The Jharkhand plateau
b) Maharashtra
c) West Bengal
d) The Punjab Plains
Answer : d) The Punjab Plains
44). When the temperatures is highest in Southern India?
a) June
b) July
c) May
d) April
Answer : d) April
45). Most of the precipitation in India is _______ in nature
a) Cyclonic
b) Orographic
c) Frontal
d) Convectional
Answer : b) Orographic
46). The climate around Bikaner can be described as
a) Semi- arid steppe
b) Mediterranean type
c) Hot desert
d) Tropical monsoon
Answer: c) Hot desert
47). Which of the following favours the onset of South – West monsoon?
a) Tropical easterly jet
b) EI Nino
c) Polar front jet
d) Subtropical Westerly jet
Answer : a) Tropical easterly jet
48). The Westerly disturbance causing winter rains in northern India originate in
a) Pakistan
b) The Arabian Sea
c) The Himalayas
d) The Mediterranean region
Answer : d) The Mediterranean region
49). If the time of Sunrise in Arunachal is 6.00am, what will be the probable time of
Sunrise in Saurashtra?
a) 7.30 am
b) 6.15 am
c) 8.00 am
d) 8.30 am
Answer : c) 8.00 am
50). Which place receives the maximum Solar energy in December?
a) Mangalore
b) Chennai
c) Mumbai
d) Hyderabad
Answer : b) Chennai
a) European tundra
b) Russian tundra
c) Asiatic tundra
d) South American grasslands
Answer : a) European tundra
2).Which countries are separated by the Durand Line?
a) India and Sri Lanka
b) India and Pakistan
c) India and Afghanistan
d) India and China
Answer : c) India and Afghanistan
3).Which region is most famous for citrus fruits?
a) Deserts
b) Mediterranean regions
c) Temperate grasslands
d) Monsoon regions
Answer: b) Mediterranean regions
4).The most important crop of the temperate grassland is
a) Sugarcane
b) Citrus fruit
c) Cereals
d) Date
Answer : c) Cereals
5).Which country is the leading producer of Uranium?
a) India
b) Japan
c) Russia
d) Canada
Answer: d) Canada
6).Which area is important for soft wood forests?
a) Cold and temperate regions
b) Tundra regions
c) Monsoon regions
d) Mid-latitude deserts
Answer : a) Cold and temperate regions
7).The leading producers of rock phosphate are
a) Canada and Russia
b) India and Japan
c) USA and Russia
d) France and Russia
Answer : c) USA and Russia
8).The largest producer of mercury is
a) France
b) Russia
c) Spain
d) China
Answer : d) China
9).Which one of the following is the smallest state of India?
a) Tripura
b) Meghalaya
c) Sikkim
d) Nagaland
Answer : c) Sikkim
10).Which country is known as the sugar bowl of the world?
a) Cuba
b) Russia
c) India
d) China
Answer : a) Cuba
11).Which states of India have a common border with Pakistan?
a) Punjab, Himachal pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan
b) Punjab, jammu & Kasmir, Rajasthan, Gujarat
c) Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan
d) Jammu & kashmir, Punjab, Haryana,Rajasthan
Answer : b) Punjab, jammu & Kasmir, Rajasthan, Gujarat
12).One of the states not bisected by the Tropic of cancer is _________.
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Odisha
d) Gujarat
Answer : c) Odisha
13).The highest peak in Indian territory is K2. In which range is it located?
a) Karakoram Range
b) Trans – Himalayas
c) Siwalik Range
d) Central Himalayas
Answer : a) Karakoram Range
14).The Gulf of Mannar is located __________.
a) West of Kerala
b) East of Tamilnadu
c) South of Kanyakumari
d) West of Gujarat
Answer : b) East of Tamilnadu
15).Trees shed their leaves in winter season to _______.
a) Conserve water
b) Escape being eaten by animals
c) Conserve heat
d) Take rest after the summer growth
Answer: c) Conserve heat
16).The other name for contour lines is __________.
a) Isopotential
b) Isotherm
c) Isohyet
d) Isohypse
Answer : d) Isohypse
17).The Siwalik’s stretch between _________.
a) Sutlej and Teesta
b) Sutlej and Kali
c) Indus and Sutlej
d) Potwar Basin and Teesta
Answer : d) Potwar Basin and Teesta
18).Duncan Pass is located between _______.
a) South and Little Andaman
b) North and South Andaman
c) North and South Andaman
d) Andaman and Nicobar
Answer : a) South and Little Andaman
19).India and its neigbouring countries are together called the Indian sub-continebt
because ________.
a) Political dominace of india
b) Typical economic links between the various member states
c) Vast size of the area
d) Region’s aloofnes from the rest of the world
Answer: d) Region’s aloofnes from the rest of the world
20).One of the states through which the Tropic of Cancer Passess is __________.
a) Jammu & Kashmir
b) Bihar
c) Odisha
d) Jharkhand
Answer : d) Jharkhand
21).The Pacific Ring of Fire is associated with_________.
a) Thermal power stations
b) Volcanoes and earthquakes
c) Oil well fires
d) Forest fires
Answer: b) Volcanoes and earthquakes
22).The rocks in the Himalayan system are mainly
a) dyke
b) igneous
c) plutonic
d) sedimentary
Answer: d) sedimentary
23).India is the seventh largest country in the world. It occupies about _________ per
cent of world area.
a) 2.6
b) 2.4
c) 4.2
d) 3.5
Answer :
b) 2.4
24).Which of the following has the oldest rocks in the India?
a) The Siwaliks
b) The Himalayas
c) The Aravallis
d) The Satpura range
Answer: c) The Aravallis
25).The Red Sea is an example of a __________.
a) Faulted structure
b) Lava structure
c) Residual structure
d) Folded structure
Answer : a) Faulted structure
26).Echo-Sounding is the technique applied to __________.
a) Record the density of air in the atmosphere
b) Record earthquake waves
c) Measure the depth of the sea
d) Measure the amplitude of sound waves
Answer: c) Measure the depth of the sea
27).Which year Indian states first organized on a linguistic basis?
a) 1956
b) 1947
c) 1948
d) 1950
Answer : a) 1956
28).The total area of India is about ________.
a) 33 lakh sq.km
b) 34 lakh sq.km
c) 32 lakh sq.km
d) 31 lakh sq.km
Answer: a) 33 lakh sq.km
29).On which of the rivers is the famous Kariba Dam situated?
a) Nile
b) Amazon
c) Niger
d) Zambezi
Answer: d) Zambezi
30).The southern most limit of India is
a) 8⁰ 6’ N latitude
b) 8⁰ 4’ N latitude
c) 8⁰ 2’ N latitude
d) 4⁰ 6’ N latitude
Answer: b) 8⁰ 4’ N latitude
31).The Northern most limit of India is
a) 37⁰ 6’ N latitude
b) 37⁰ 4’ N latitude
c) 37⁰ 2’ N latitude
d) 36.6⁰ N latitude
Answer : a) 37⁰ 6’ N latitude
32).Where is the Maikal Range situated?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Karnataka
c) Jammu Ǥ Kashmir
d) Chhattisgarh
Answer : d) Chhattisgarh
33).Which area of India receives the least rainfall?
a) Laddakh
b) Eastern Rajasthan
c) Western Tamil Nadu
d) The Western Ghats
Answer : a) Laddakh
34).Which part of the islands in the Arabian Sea is known as Minicoy islands?
a) Northern
b) Eastern
c) Southern
d) Western
Answer: c) Southern
35).The river flowing towards the west is the
a) Godavari
b) Kaveri
c) Krishna
d) Narmada
Answer: d) Narmada
36). Most rivers flowing west from the Western Ghats do not from deltas because of
a) Low velocity
b) The high gradient
c) Lack of vegetation-free area
d) Lack of eroded material
Answer: b) The high gradient
37).Which of the following are believed to be older than the Himalayas?
Ⅰ. Indus
Ⅱ. Ganga
Ⅲ. Brahmaputra
Ⅳ. Sutlej
a) Ⅱ, Ⅲ & Ⅳ
b) Ⅰ, Ⅱ & Ⅳ
c) Ⅰ, Ⅲ & Ⅳ
d) Ⅰ, Ⅱ, Ⅲ & Ⅳ
Answer :d) Ⅰ, Ⅱ, Ⅲ & Ⅳ
38).Rajasthan receives very little rain because
a) It is too hot
b) There is no water available and thus the winds remain dry
c) The monsoons fail to reach this area
d) The winds do not come across any barrier to cause the necessary uplift to
cool the air.
Answer : d) The winds do not come across any barrier to cause the necessary uplift to cool the air.
39). Which river forms its delta in odisha?
a) Tapti
b) Godavari
c) Narmada
d) Mahanadi
Answer : d) Mahanadi
a) They do not form gorges
b) They have a perennial flow
c) They have a great capacity for erosion
d) Many of them have their sources in the inner Himalayas
Answer : a) They do not form gorges
41).In which of the following areas is maximum precipitation received from the summer
monsoon?
a) The western Himalayas
b) The North – eastern hilly region
c) The coromandal coast
d) The central Indian hills
Answer: b) The North – eastern hilly region
42). Which are in India has an internal type of drainage?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Central Himalayas
c) Chhota Nagpur Plateau
d) Western Rajasthan
Answer: d) Western Rajasthan
43). Which part of the country receives precipitation from the bay of Bengal branch of
the monsoons as well as the Arabian Sea branch?
a) The Jharkhand plateau
b) Maharashtra
c) West Bengal
d) The Punjab Plains
Answer : d) The Punjab Plains
44). When the temperatures is highest in Southern India?
a) June
b) July
c) May
d) April
Answer : d) April
45). Most of the precipitation in India is _______ in nature
a) Cyclonic
b) Orographic
c) Frontal
d) Convectional
Answer : b) Orographic
46). The climate around Bikaner can be described as
a) Semi- arid steppe
b) Mediterranean type
c) Hot desert
d) Tropical monsoon
Answer: c) Hot desert
47). Which of the following favours the onset of South – West monsoon?
a) Tropical easterly jet
b) EI Nino
c) Polar front jet
d) Subtropical Westerly jet
Answer : a) Tropical easterly jet
48). The Westerly disturbance causing winter rains in northern India originate in
a) Pakistan
b) The Arabian Sea
c) The Himalayas
d) The Mediterranean region
Answer : d) The Mediterranean region
49). If the time of Sunrise in Arunachal is 6.00am, what will be the probable time of
Sunrise in Saurashtra?
a) 7.30 am
b) 6.15 am
c) 8.00 am
d) 8.30 am
Answer : c) 8.00 am
50). Which place receives the maximum Solar energy in December?
a) Mangalore
b) Chennai
c) Mumbai
d) Hyderabad
Answer : b) Chennai
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