GK Geography MCQ's




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 1801 :
India shares its border with China along the Himalayan range. Which of the following states touches the border of

  1. Punjab
  2. Bihar
  3. Arunachal Pradesh
  4. Chhattisgarh
  

Question 1802 :
Heat gain through insolation and heat loss through terrestrial radiation are equal approximately at which latitude?

  1. 22° W North and South
  2. 40° North and South
  3. 90° North and South
  4. 66° W North and South
  

Question 1803 :
Temperature generally decreases towards the poles because: [IAS 2004]

  1. Air movement is generally towards the. equator
  2. Cold polar air masses prevent surface heating of the land
  3. Cold surfaces do not absorb solar energy as readily as warm surfaces
  4. Progressively lesser solar energy per unit area falls on the earth's surface as we move to polar regions
  

Question 1804 :
Which region gets first monsoon in summer?

  1. Himalayas
  2. Western Ghats
  3. Eastern Ghats
  4. Gangatic Plain
  

Question 1805 :
In which part of India is Dogri spoken?

  1. West Bengal
  2. Assam
  3. Jammu and Kashmir
  4. Rajasthan
  

Question 1806 :
Which country assisted India in the launching of her first satellite 'Aryabhatta'?

  1. United Kingdom
  2. Former USSR
  3. Germany
  

Question 1807 :
A few showers of rain during the months of December and January are beneficial to the rabi crops because they

  1. make the plant strong
  2. protect the crops from frost
  3. cause fall in temperature
  4. provide moisture for the germination of seeds
  

Question 1808 :
Through which of the following States the Ganga does not pass?

  1. Madhya Pradesh
  2. Bihar
  3. West Bengal
  4. Uttar Pradesh
  

Question 1809 :
Which of the following helps in the 'greening process' of crops?

  1. Sunshine
  2. Phosphatic fertilizers
  3. Nitrogenous fertilezers
  4. Potassic fertilizers
  

Question 1810 :
How many major ports are there on the east coast of India?

  1. 6
  2. 4
  3. 3
  4. 5
  

Question 1811 :
Which of the following soils is formed under typical monsoonal conditions?

  1. Black Soils
  2. Red Soils
  3. Laterite Soils
  4. None of these
  

Question 1812 :
Which of the following is not one of the reasons for concentration of jute mills in Kolkata?

  1. Cheap and abundant power supply
  2. Availability of coal
  3. A large supply of cheap labour and water required for industry
  4. The port of Kolkata can easily export all the jute goods
  

Question 1813 :
What causes earthquakes?

  1. Occurrence of underground water
  2. Volcanic eruptions
  3. Occurrence of cracks and fissures in rocks
  4. No definite cause has been found so far
  

Question 1814 :
Narmada and Tapi flow into the

  1. Gulf of Khambat
  2. Palk Strait
  3. Bay of Bengal
  4. Gulf of Kachchh
  

Question 1815 :
Where in India is the rift valley to be found?

  1. Brahmaputra Valley
  2. Godavari Valley
  3. Cauvery Valley
  4. Narmada Valley
  

Question 1816 :
The Rajasthan Canal (now called the Indira Gandhi Canal) draws its water from the

  1. Yamuna
  2. Chambal
  3. Sutlej
  4. Sutlej and Beas
  

Question 1817 :
In India the most important source of energy is

  1. Petroleum
  2. Coal
  3. Nuclear
  4. Hydro-electricity
  

Question 1818 :
Which of the following is specially true of anticyclones in the southern hemisphere?

  1. The air moves in a circular manner
  2. Pressure increases from the outside to the centre
  3. They often form over continents
  4. The air moves in an anti-clockwise direction
  

Question 1819 :
India's latitudinal and longitudinal extent measured in degrees are almost the same, but its north-south extent measured in km is greater than its east-west extent. This is due to the fact that

  1. longitudes are not parallel lines
  2. the distance between latitudes remains the same but the distance between longitudes is greatest at the Equator and nil at the poles where all longitudes join
  3. all longitudes with their opposites form great circles
  4. the earth is not a perfect sphere
  

Question 1820 :
Who introduced the term 'monsoon'?

  1. The British
  2. The Mughals
  3. The Arabs
  4. The Chinese
  

Question 1821 :
The Khasi and Jaintia Hills are located in ________.

  1. Arunachal Pradesh
  2. Meghalaya
  3. Manipur
  4. Nagaland
  

Question 1822 :
Which one among the following states is smallest in area?

  1. Andhra Pradesh
  2. Gujarat
  3. Karnataka
  4. Tamil Nadu
  

Question 1823 :
A fertile soil, suitable growing common crops, is like to have a pH value of

  1. three
  2. four
  3. six to seven
  4. nine to ten
  

Question 1824 :
Which one of the following rivers thrice forks into two streams and reunites a few miles farther on, thus forming the islands of Srirangapatanam, Sivasamudram and Srirangam?

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

Question 1825 :
They are people of yellow complexion, oblique eyes, high chick bones, spare hair and medium height, The reference here is to

  1. Nordic Aryans
  2. Austrics
  3. Negroids
  4. Mongoloids
  

Question 1826 :
The general physical relief is likely to be the boldest in

  1. the Himalayan Mountain Complex
  2. the Indus Ganga Plain
  3. the Deccan Plateau
  4. the Central Indian Plateau
  

Question 1827 :
Which of the following is known as the 'Pearl City'?

  1. Kandla
  2. Tuticorin
  3. Kochi
  4. Hyderabad
  

Question 1828 :
Which one of the following is a breed of cattle famous for high milk yield as well as draught capacity?

  1. Mewati
  2. Tharparkar
  3. Kankrej
  4. Red Sindhi
  

Question 1829 :
Which one of the following types of erosion is responsible for the formation of Chambal Ravines?

  1. Splash
  2. Sheet
  3. Rill
  4. Gully
  

Question 1830 :
What is meant by 'energy crisis'?

  1. Shortage of hydro-electricity
  2. Malnutrition leading to short supply of energy in the human body
  3. Shortage of the thermal power
  4. Impending danger of total exhaustion of fossil fuels like coal and petroleum