GK Geography MCQ's




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 751 :
At which place will you find maximum sunlight in December?

  1. Pune
  2. Leh
  3. Kolkata
  4. Kanyakumari
  

Question 752 :
With which of the following countries has India no boundary ?

  1. Nepal
  2. Mongolia
  3. Myanmar
  4. Bhutan
  

Question 753 :
In India, how many States share the coastline? [IAS 2008]

  1. 7
  2. 8
  3. 9
  4. 10
  

Question 754 :
Which one of the following statements is NOT correct? [IAS 2003]

  1. Black cotton soil of north-west India was formed by the weathering of basaltic lava rocks
  2. Sedimentary rocks are distinguished from other types of rocks by the presence of distinct layers
  3. Granite has large crystals of quartz, feldspar and mica in it
  4. A metamorphic rock is softer and less compact than its original type
  

Question 755 :
What percentage or all water available on the Earth is contained in the oceans?

  1. 50%
  2. 70%
  3. 86%
  4. 97%
  

Question 756 :
The highest peak in South India is:

  1. Doda Betta
  2. Makurti
  3. Analmudi
  4. None of these
  

Question 757 :
Frontal rain is caused by:

  1. convection currents
  2. winds from sea
  3. cyclonic activity
  4. condensation of water evaporated from mountains
  

Question 758 :
Which one of the following cities will never get the vertical rays of the sun? [CDS 2009]

  1. Srinagar
  2. Mumbai
  3. Kolkata
  4. Thiruvananthapuram
  

Question 759 :
Amravati, Bhavani, Hemavati and Kabini are tributaries of which one of the following rivers? [NDA 2008]

  1. Mahanadi
  2. Godavari
  3. Cauvery
  4. Krishna
  

Question 760 :
Which one of the following pairs of states and tribes is not correctly matched? [IAS 1999]

  1. Assam: Miri
  2. Nagaland : Konyak
  3. Arunachal Pradesh : Apatani
  4. Madhya Pradesh : Lambada
  

Question 761 :
The State with the largest area under waste land is:

  1. Gujarat
  2. Madhya Pradesh
  3. Jammu and Kashmir
  4. Rajasthan
  

Question 762 :
Coal mines in Jharkhand are located at [BPSC 2011]

  1. Jharia
  2. Jamshedpur
  3. Ranchi
  4. Lohardaga
  

Question 763 :
The radiation that heats earth's atmosphere comes from the

  1. sun
  2. earth
  3. ionosphere
  4. sun and earth
  

Question 764 :
The river system which depends more on melting of snow for its water supply is the

  1. Ganga
  2. Indus
  3. Godavari
  4. Brahmaputra
  

Question 765 :
Port Blair - the capital of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, is located in which one of the following islands? [NDA 2008]

  1. North Andaman
  2. Little Andaman
  3. Middle Andaman
  4. South Andaman
  

Question 766 :
The highest mountain peak in India is : [LIC 1994]

  1. Kanchenjunga
  2. Mount Everest
  3. Mt. K2
  4. Nanda Devi
  

Question 767 :
The States of India having common border with Myanmar are: [CDS 1993]

  1. Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh
  2. Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Assam
  3. Mizoram, Manipur, Tripura, Meghalaya
  4. Assam, Manipur, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh
  

Question 768 :
Llanos and Campos are grasslands found in

  1. Siberia
  2. North America
  3. South America
  4. India
  

Question 769 :
This Union Territory possesses a coastal stretch of about 45 km with 28 marine fishing villages. However 45% of the population is engaged in agriculture and allied products. Which among the Territories is referred passage?

  1. Lakshadweep
  2. Pondicherry
  3. Daman
  

Question 770 :
India lies in the hemisphere: [SSC Graduate 2003]

  1. Northern and eastern
  2. Southern and eastern
  3. Northern and western
  4. Northern and southern
  

Question 771 :
‘Ghetto’ in urban geography refers to:

  1. Urban social life                
  2. Urban Crime              
  3. A part of a city, especially a slum area
  4. None of these
  

Question 772 :
The Water Fall with the highest fall in India is the

  1. Jog Falls, Karnataka
  2. Courtallam Falls, Tamil Nadu
  3. Beraghat Falls, Madhya Pradesh
  4. Ettipotala Falls, Andhra Pradesh
  

Question 773 :
The most valuable cash crop of Brazil is

  1. Tea
  2. Coffee
  3. Cardamom
  4. Spices
  

Question 774 :
The width or the broad gauge track in Indian railway is

  1. 1.676 m
  2. 1.114 m
  3. 1.98 m
  4. 2.55 m
  

Question 775 :
Which of the following characterises the Foehn? 1. It is warm 2. It is humid 3. It is common in the valleys of the northern Alps 4. It blows in winter

  1. I, II and IV
  2. I, II and III
  3. I, III and IV
  4. I, II, III and IV
  

Question 776 :
The idea of primacy was first formulated by:

  1.  Mark Jefferson  
  2. Linsky  
  3. G. K. Zipf      
  4. F. Auerbach
  

Question 777 :
The gigantic tidal waves produced by earthquakes are called

  1. breakers
  2. tsunamis
  3. currents
  4. drift
  

Question 778 :
Which of the following is true with regard to the, characteristics of the Himalayan rivers? 1. Many of them have their sources in the Inner Himalayas 2. They have a perennial flow 3. They have a great capacity for erosion 4. They do not form gorges

  1. I and II
  2. I, II and III
  3. III and IV
  4. II and IV
  

Question 779 :
The word ‘urban’ is derived from:

  1. Persian      
  2. Roman        
  3. Greek        
  4. Latin
  

Question 780 :
The road density of Mizoram is around:

  1. 30 km/100 km2 of land            
  2. 43 km/100 km2 of land            
  3. 72 km/100 km2 of land            
  4. 100 km/100 km2 of land