GK Geography MCQ's




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 1021 :
In which month are the kharif crops sown?

  1. April
  2. June
  3. September
  4. November
  

Question 1022 :
What is multiple cropping?

  1. When seeds are sown on a piece of land and then seedings are transplanted in different fields
  2. Dividing a field in two or more parts and then sowing different crops in each part
  3. Raising in succession only one type of crop in the same piece of land
  4. Raising two or more crops in succession in a year on the same land
  

Question 1023 :
The lower Gangetic plain is characterized by humid climate with high temperature throughout the year. Which one among the following pairs of crops is most suitable for this region? [CSAT 2011]

  1. Paddy and Cottort
  2. Wheat and Jute
  3. Paddy and Jute
  4. Wheat and Cotton
  

Question 1024 :
The most important item of export among marine products from India is :

  1. crabs
  2. lobsters
  3. shrimp
  4. none of these
  

Question 1025 :
Which of the following grades of coal has the highest carbon content?

  1. Anthracite
  2. Bituminous coal
  3. Lignite
  4. Peat
  

Question 1026 :
Fertility of soil can be improved by : [IAS 1989]

  1. adding living earthworms
  2. adding dead earthworms
  3. removing dead earthworms
  4. removing living earthworms and adding dead earthworms
  

Question 1027 :
Among the following crops which one occupies the largest area in India? [CDS 2002]

  1. Groundnut
  2. Mustard
  3. Rapeseed
  4. Sugarcane
  

Question 1028 :
Which of the following is a cash crop? [CPO AC 2003]

  1. Wheat
  2. Millets
  3. Rice
  4. Rubber
  

Question 1029 :
In India, during the last decade, the total cultivated land for which one of the following crops has remained more or less stagnant? [IAS 2010]

  1. Rice
  2. Oilseeds
  3. Pulses
  4. Sugarcane
  

Question 1030 :
Which of the following items and leading producer is not correctly matched?

  1. Red chillies - Andhra Pradesh
  2. Saffron - Jammu - Kashmir
  3. Ginger - Sikkim
  4. Natural rubber- Kerala
  

Question 1031 :
The yield or food grain per man is high under

  1. intensive cultivation
  2. extensive cultivation
  3. mono cultivation
  4. farm cultivation
  

Question 1032 :
Which of the following are true with regard to coal in India? 1. Coal is found in sedimentary rocks 2. The best quality of coal is lignite 3. The largest and oldest coalfied in india is known as the ruhr of india 4. The Damodar river valley is popularly known as the 'Ruhr of India'

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

Question 1033 :
The odd product out of the following is [RAS 2010]

  1. Sesame
  2. Groundnut
  3. Caster seed
  4. Mustard
  

Question 1034 :
Which of the following is not a rabi crop?

  1. Wheat
  2. Maize
  3. Mustard
  4. Grain
  

Question 1035 :
What type of farming is practised in the densely populated regions of the world?

  1. Commercial farming
  2. Extensive farming
  3. Intensive farming
  4. Plantation farming
  

Question 1036 :
St Andreas Fault passes close to the US city of

  1. Los Angeles
  2. New Orleans
  3. Hollywood
  4. San Francisco
  

Question 1037 :
Which one of the following statements correctly defines the term transhumance ? [NDA 1991]

  1. Economy that solely depends upon animals
  2. Farming in which' only one crop is cultivated by clearing hill slopes
  3. Practice of growing crops on higher hill slopes in summer and foothills in winter
  4. Seasonal migration of people with their animals up and down the mountains
  

Question 1038 :
Contours are lines showing

  1. places on earth of equal rainfall
  2. places of same temperature
  3. places on earth at the same altitude
  4. None of these
  

Question 1039 :
Which one of the following statements in not correct? [CDS 2003]

  1. India is the highest oil-seeds and vegetable oil producing country in the world
  2. India is the largest producer of silk in world
  3. India is the second largest producer of three-wheeler motor vehicles in the world
  

Question 1040 :
The important feature of shifting cultivation is : [Excise - I. Tax 1993]

  1. cultivation by transplantation
  2. cultivation of Leguminous crops
  3. change of cultivation site
  4. rotating of crops
  

Question 1041 :
Malaspine Glacier is in

  1. Karakoram Range
  2. Alps
  3. Alaska
  4. Hindukush
  

Question 1042 :
The smallest Union Territory of India (area wise) is

  1. Lakshadweep
  2. Puducherry
  3. Daman and Diu
  4. Dadar and Nagar Haveli
  

Question 1043 :
Mixed farming means: [IAS 2003]

  1. growing two crops at the same time
  2. growing different crops in succession
  3. producing crops
  4. using mixture of manures and fertilizer
  

Question 1044 :
Which one of the following Indian States is the largest producer of natural rubber? [NDA 2004]

  1. Tamil Nadu
  2. Assam
  3. Kerala
  4. Andhra Pradesh
  

Question 1045 :
Which parallel separates North and South Korea?

  1. 38th
  2. 50th
  3. 42nd
  4. 40th
  

Question 1046 :
Mediterranean climate is ideal for growing

  1. wheat and barley
  2. tea and coffee
  3. sugarcane and beet
  4. orange and lemons
  

Question 1047 :
What is the best source of pure cellulose?

  1. Coir
  2. Cotton fibre
  3. Jute fibre
  4. Hemp
  

Question 1048 :
At which place will you find maximum sunlight in December?

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

Question 1049 :
Trincomalee is a port situated on the

  1. east coast, Tamil Nadu
  2. east coast of Sri Lanka
  3. east coast, Andhra Pradesh
  4. west coast of Sri Lanka
  

Question 1050 :
The largest desert in the world is the

  1. Sahara
  2. Gobi
  3. Kalahari
  4. Thar