Basic Science - Geography (Fundamental of Indian Geography) MCQ's




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 1 :
Which of the following is NOT a food-grain?

  1. Wheat
  2. Rice
  3. Maize
  4. Cotton
  

Question 2 :
In which of the following states, Teesta Urja hydro-power project is proposed to be set up?

  1. Sikkim
  2. Andhra Pradesh
  3. West Bengal
  4. Arunachal Pradesh
  

Question 3 :
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 4 :
Which State in India is known as the 'Granary of India'?

  1. Haryana
  2. Andhra Pradesh
  3. Punjab
  4. Kerala
  

Question 5 :
In India economically exploitable lignite deposits occur at

  1. Neyveli, Tamil Nadu
  2. Singareni, Andhra Pradesh
  3. Talcher, Odisha
  4. Jharia, Bihar
  

Question 6 :
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 7 :
The sun rises in Arunachal Pradesh two hours before it does in Dwaraka in Gujarat. This is because the former is

  1. higher in elevation than Dwaraka
  2. situated further north than Dwaraka
  3. situated further east (about 30º longitude) than Dwaraka
  4. situated about 30 º east of Dwaraka and the earth rotates from west to east
  

Question 8 :
Loktak is a

  1. Valley
  2. Lake
  3. River
  4. Mountain Range
  

Question 9 :
The largest producer of wood pulp is

  1. India
  2. Canada
  3. Russia
  4. USA
  

Question 10 :
Arable lands refer to

  1. pasture land
  2. fallow land
  3. woodland
  4. cultivable land
  

Question 11 :
The Islands of Lakshadweep are

  1. of volcanic origin
  2. of coral origin
  3. of continental origin
  4. elevated portions of sub-marine mountains
  

Question 12 :
Main constituents of biogas are

  1. Methane and carbon monoxide
  2. Butane and carbon monoxide
  3. Methane and carbon dioxide
  4. Ethylene and carbon dioxide
  

Question 13 :
Which city is served by Diamond Harbour?

  1. Mumbai
  2. Visakhapatnam
  3. Kolkata
  4. Rangoon
  

Question 14 :
The Satpura range is situated between two west flowing rivers, They are

  1. Narmada and Luni
  2. Narmada and Tapi
  3. Tapi and Mahi
  4. Mahi and Luni
  

Question 15 :
The wont affected state of India by the menace of sea erosion is

  1. Kerala
  2. Odisha
  3. Gujarat
  4. Andhra Pradesh
  

Question 16 :
Himadri is the term by which the _______ are known.

  1. Western Ghats
  2. Siwalik Ranges
  3. Middle Himalayas
  4. Greater Himalayas
  

Question 17 :
The Talcher Thermal Power Station is in

  1. Odisha
  2. Maharashtra
  3. West Bengal
  4. Meghalaya
  

Question 18 :
Belt of Doldrums exists in which of the following regions?

  1. Polar region
  2. Equatorial region
  3. Sub-Polar region
  4. Sub-Tropical region
  

Question 19 :
Tobacco was introduced into India by the

  1. Chinese
  2. Portuguese
  3. English
  4. French
  

Question 20 :
The Himalayas are formed of parallel fold range a of which the oldest range is

  1. the Shiwalik Range
  2. the Lesser Himalayas
  3. the Great Himalayan Range
  4. the Dhaula Dhar Range
  

Question 21 :
Which is India’s largest multipurpose river valley project?

  1. Bhakra Nangal
  2. Damodar Valley
  3. Nagarjunasagar
  4. Thungabhadra
  

Question 22 :
Anjuna, Baga, Colva, Majorda, and Miramar are beaches in

  1. Chennai
  2. Goa
  3. Mumbai
  4. Visakhapatnam
  

Question 23 :
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 24 :
There is no Scheduled Tribe population in

  1. Kerala
  2. Tamil Nadu
  3. Punjab
  4. Rajasthan
  

Question 25 :
In India the yield per hectare is very low in

  1. intensive farming
  2. extensive farming
  3. commercial cultivation
  4. plantation agriculture
  

Question 26 :
Gujarat is noted for the cultivation of

  1. Cotton
  2. Sugarcane
  3. Saffron
  4. Jute
  

Question 27 :
The Ganga plain widens from

  1. south to north
  2. west to east
  3. north to south
  4. east to west
  

Question 28 :
Which of the following non-conventional sources of energy holds out the maximum promise in India?

  1. Solar Energy
  2. Geothermal Energy
  3. Tidal Energy
  4. Wind Energy
  

Question 29 :
The places Alwaye, Koyna and Korba have

  1. Aluminium Industries
  2. Thermal Power Plants
  3. Nuclear Power Plants
  

Question 30 :
Tochi, Gilgit anet Hunza are tributaries of

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