GK Geography MCQ's




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 151 :
As per 2011 census, the total number of census houses in Delhi city is around:

  1. 30 lakhs    
  2. 36 lakhs    
  3. 41 lakhs    
  4. 46 lakhs
  

Question 152 :
The Peninsular Plateau of India extends upto

  1. Mizo Hills
  2. Himachal Himalayas
  3. Assam Valley
  4. Maghalaya Hills
  

Question 153 :
Developing Countries generate revenue mainly from:

  1. Agriculture Sector      
  2. Industrial Sector        
  3. Service Sector      
  4. None of these
  

Question 154 :
The driest part of India is

  1. Rann of Kutch
  2. Rajasthan
  3. Leh
  4. Hinterland of Western Ghats
  

Question 155 :
In which zone, Outlying Business District is founded in Harris and Ullman’s Multiple-Nuclei Model of Urban Land Use?

  1. Zone I      
  2. Zone IV      
  3. Zone VII    
  4. Zone IX
  

Question 156 :
Which of the following is recognised as a season by the meteorological department of India ?

  1. Cold weather
  2. Hot weather
  3. Retreating monsoon
  4. North-eastern monsoon
  

Question 157 :
Based on the functional classification of cities of USA, Chauncey D. Harris classified the towns into:

  1. 3 categories    
  2. 6 categories    
  3. 9 categories    
  4. 12 categories
  

Question 158 :
The percentage of slums population from the total population in Aizawl city is around:

  1. 10%          
  2. 20%          
  3. 27%          
  4. 0.36
  

Question 159 :
Gentrification in Urban Geography refers to:

  1. Set apart from each other; isolated or divided                      
  2. The process of repairing and rebuilding homes and businesses in a deteriorating area
  3. A part of a city, especially a slum area                        
  4. The process of growth of urban population                    
  

Question 160 :
The correct sequence of the eastward flowing rivers of the peninsular India from north to south is : [IAS 2002]

  1. Subarnarekha, Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna, Pennar, Cauvery and Vagai
  2. Subarnarekha, Mahanadi, Krishna, Godavari, Cauvery, Vagai and Pennar
  3. Mahanadi, Subarnarekha, Godavari, Krishna, Cauvery, Pennar and Vagai
  4. Mahanadi, Subarnarekha, Krishna, Godavari, Cauvery, Vagai and Pennar
  

Question 161 :
When rain falls through a cold layer of air Dear the Earth's surface, raindrops get frozen into ice. This type of precipitation is called

  1. hail
  2. snowfall
  3. snowstorm
  4. sleet
  

Question 162 :
The capacity of rock to allow water to pass through it is called

  1. hardness
  2. jointing
  3. porosity
  4. permeability
  

Question 163 :
Give the reason behind Hoyt’s used Sector instead of circle shape in his Sectoral Model?

  1. Transportation routes radiating out from the city center which influence land values
  2. Easy for understanding                                  
  3. Land use patterns develop around a number of discrete centers                
  4. Simplicity
  

Question 164 :
Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched? [IAS 1997]

  1. Teak : Jammu and Kashmir
  2. Deodar : Madhya Pradesh
  3. Sandalwood : Kerala
  4. Sundari : West Bengal
  

Question 165 :
The temperature of Thiruvananthapuram is lower than that of Mumbai in May and higher than that of Mumbai in January, because: [IAS 2004]

  1. Thiruvananthapuram has cold current and Mumbai is faced with warm current
  2. Thiruvananthapuram has higher rainfall in summer and it is nearer to the equator
  3. Thiruvananthapuram is on the windward side and Mumbai is on the leeward side
  4. Thiruvananthapuram is Vegetated while Mumbai is not
  

Question 166 :
MLD is used to measure consumption of:

  1. Petrol      
  2. Water        
  3. Food    
  4. Beverage  
  

Question 167 :
The National Highway - 1 connects Delhi to

  1. Chennai
  2. Kolkata
  3. Mumbai
  4. Amritsar
  

Question 168 :
Spot the odd item in the following

  1. Mt Fuji
  2. Mt Everest
  3. Mt Vesuvius
  4. Mt Pele
  

Question 169 :
Growth of urban population is generally high in:

  1. Developed Countries  
  2. Developing Countries
  3. Depend on respective countries          
  4. None of these
  

Question 170 :
Major source of water in Delhi comes from the river of:

  1. Yamuna      
  2. Ganga        
  3. Tansa Lake      
  4. None of these
  

Question 171 :
In which of the following cities of India the diurnal range of temperature is maximum?

  1. New Delhi
  2. Mumbai
  3. Chennai
  4. Kolkata
  

Question 172 :
K = 7 hierarchy order implies:

  1. 1, 3, 5, 7….    
  2. 1, 7, 14, 21…    
  3. 1, 7, 49, 343…  
  4. None of these
  

Question 173 :
The Red soils develop a reddish colour due to:

  1. deforestation and over-grazing
  2. the presence of potash and magnesia
  3. tropical monsoonal climate
  4. a wide diffusion of iron in ancient crystalline and metamorphic Jacks
  

Question 174 :
The ____ current is a cold water current.

  1. Gulf Stream
  2. Kuroshio
  3. Brazil
  4. Labrador
  

Question 175 :
Which one of the following layers of the atmosphere is responsible for the deflection of radio waves?

  1. Troposphere
  2. Stratosphere
  3. Mesosphere
  4. Ionosphere
  

Question 176 :
A huge muss of ice fed by snow on a high mountain slowly sliding downhill before It starts melting is called

  1. Glacier
  2. Avalanche
  3. Iceberg
  4. Snow cover
  

Question 177 :
Which of the following is not a product of the 'Monsoon Forests'?

  1. Teak
  2. Sal
  3. Olive
  4. Bamboo
  

Question 178 :
Most of the floods in the lowlands of N. India, the Bihar plateau and Orissa are associated with:

  1. easterly depression
  2. orographic rainfall
  3. South-West Monsoon
  4. Thunderstorm
  

Question 179 :
As per 2011 census, how many percentages have lived in their own house?

  1. 45%          
  2. 52%          
  3. 68%          
  4. 0.73
  

Question 180 :
The rains along the western coast of India are:

  1. cyclonic
  2. convectional
  3. orographic
  4. monsoonal