GK Geography MCQ's




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 1441 :
The water of the Luni river is

  1. Fresh
  2. Fresh in upper reaches and salty in the lower reaches
  3. Salty
  4. Fresh in rainy season and salty in other seasons
  

Question 1442 :
Consider the following statements: 1. Troposphere varies in its thickness between equator and poles. 2. Stratosphere does not experience Normal Lapse Rate. 3. Ozone layer occurs in the Mesophere. 4. Ionosphere lies between Stratosphere and Mesosphere Which of these statements are correct? [NDA 2003]

  1. 1 and 2
  2. 2 and 3
  3. 3 and 4
  4. 1, 2 and 4
  

Question 1443 :
Why does temperature increase with increase in height in Stratosphere?

  1. Closeness of the sun
  2. Decrease in atmospheric pressure
  3. Concentration of ozone
  4. None of these
  

Question 1444 :
Which of the following rivers of the Indian sub-continent covers the longest distance from its source to the sea into which it drains?

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

Question 1445 :
Black cotton soil of the Deccan region of India is associated with ________ rocks.

  1. Volcanic rocks
  2. Plutonic rocks
  3. Sedimentary rocks
  4. Hypabysal rocks
  

Question 1446 :
Haematite is an ore of

  1. copper
  2. lead
  3. iron
  4. zinc
  

Question 1447 :
The depositional feature at the point where the river comes down from hills to plain is

  1. meander
  2. water fall
  3. levee
  4. alluvial fan
  

Question 1448 :
India's land border with the neighboring countries is, in length, approximately

  1. 8 thousand km
  2. 15 thousand km
  3. 10 thousand km
  4. 16 thousand km
  

Question 1449 :
Which among these is an intermontane plateau?

  1. Deccan
  2. Anatolia
  3. Columbia
  4. Tibet
  

Question 1450 :
Kolkhoz and Sovkhoz are

  1. farming organization on agriculture
  2. fertile alluvial lands
  3. high yielding variety seeds
  4. breeds of cattle
  

Question 1451 :
Pygmies are people living in

  1. Congo forests
  2. Namibia
  3. Kenya
  4. Cape Province
  

Question 1452 :
The canal that connects the upper Hudson at Albany with the Great Lakes at Buffalo is

  1. Erie canal
  2. Kiel canal
  3. North Sea canal
  4. Trent and Mersey canal
  

Question 1453 :
Which of the following places in India does not have a nuclear power plant?

  1. Narora
  2. Rawatbhata
  3. Silchar
  4. Tarapore
  

Question 1454 :
The soils which have supported agriculture for centuries without much manuring or fallowing are

  1. alluvial and late rite soils
  2. red and laterite soils
  3. black and alluvial soils
  4. laterite and black soils
  

Question 1455 :
Forest Research Institute is at

  1. Mumbai
  2. Cambay
  3. Dehradun
  4. Simla
  

Question 1456 :
The shape of the Himalayas is like

  1. A straight line
  2. An arc
  3. A zigzag line
  4. A spiral
  

Question 1457 :
Which of the following minerals is obtained from placer deposits?

  1. copper
  2. tin
  3. manganese
  4. aluminium
  

Question 1458 :
Agriculture Involving both crops and livestock is known as

  1. dairy farming
  2. mixed farming
  3. dry farming
  4. truck farming
  

Question 1459 :
Main hunting ground for blue whales is located in

  1. Antarctic Ocean
  2. Arctic Ocean
  3. West Pacific Ocean
  4. Southern Indian Ocean
  

Question 1460 :
Which of the following is not a part of the Great Plains?

  1. Indo-Gangetic Divide
  2. Ganga Delta
  3. Assam Valley
  4. Kerala Coastal Plain
  

Question 1461 :
The famous Naki lake is in

  1. Nainital
  2. Mussorie
  3. Rishikesh
  4. Pushkar
  

Question 1462 :
Which of the following projects is administered by more than one State?

  1. Nagarjunasagar
  2. Kosi
  3. Hirakud
  4. Tungabhadra
  

Question 1463 :
Khaddar soils are found

  1. in piedmont plains
  2. in flood plains
  3. over low plateaux
  4. over steep slopes
  

Question 1464 :
The International Date Line is

  1. 180 degrees longitude
  2. the equator
  3. 90 degrees east longitude
  4. 0 degree longitude
  

Question 1465 :
The deepest mine in Asia is

  1. Jaduguda mine
  2. Kolar Gold mine
  3. Suladesi mine
  4. West Irian mine
  

Question 1466 :
Of the total water on the Earth, fresh water reserve a constitute approximately

  1. 70%
  2. 2.7%
  3. 10%
  4. 8.9%
  

Question 1467 :
The Koal Project is aimed towards

  1. irrigation
  2. drainage and power generation
  3. power generation and load control
  4. irrigation, flood control and power generation
  

Question 1468 :
Mixed farming involves

  1. both crops and livestock
  2. growing a series of different crops
  3. specialised cultivation of vegetables and fruits
  4. pooling land voluntarily and managing it jointly under a democratic constitution
  

Question 1469 :
In winter the Eskimos of the Tundra region live in

  1. Grass Huts
  2. Trees
  3. Igloos
  4. Tents
  

Question 1470 :
Which among these Islands has coral reef?

  1. Aleutian
  2. Hawaiian
  3. Andaman and Nicobar
  4. Falklands Island