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




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 301 :
Which type of soil retains maximum water?

  1. Sandy soil
  2. Clayey soil
  3. Loamy soil
  4. Rocky soil
  

Question 302 :
Wind erosion is common in

  1. desert
  2. cold areas
  3. areas where there is thick vegetation
  4. areas of heavy rainfall
  

Question 303 :
What is the main attraction of Kaziranga Sanctuary located in Assam?

  1. Tiger
  2. Spotted deer
  3. Nilgai
  4. One horned Rhinoceros
  

Question 304 :
The western disturbances which cause winter rain in India originate in

  1. Pakistan
  2. Bay of Bengal
  3. West Asia
  4. Himalayas
  

Question 305 :
There is heavy rainfall on the western coast of India but very little in the Deccan because

  1. the Deccan plateau is situated in the rain shadow of the Western Ghats
  2. the region is bypassed by the south-west monsoons
  3. lack of high mountains in the Deccan
  4. of some unknown reason
  

Question 306 :
The second largest river system in India, next to the Ganga system, is that of _________.

  1. Godavari
  2. Krishna
  3. Brahmani
  4. Baitarni
  

Question 307 :
Which one of the following provides the correct sequence of occurrence of four towns/cities as one proceeds from west to

  1. Rajkot, Baroda, Kharagpur, Bilaspur
  2. Bikaner, Aligarh, Darbhanga, Nowgong
  3. Indore, Rourkela, Agartala, Jamshedpur
  4. Nasik, Aurangabad, Berhampur, Nanded
  

Question 308 :
In which of the following States is Sambhar lake located?

  1. Madhya Pradesh
  2. Maharashtra
  3. Gujarat
  4. Rajasthan
  

Question 309 :
The Ganges in Bangladesh is known as the

  1. Farakka
  2. Brahmaputra
  3. Padma
  4. Sonar
  

Question 310 :
_________ is known as the Queen of the Arabian Sea.

  1. Cochin
  2. Mumbai
  3. Mangalore
  4. Surat
  

Question 311 :
Which of the following regions has almost all prevalent types of natural vegetation in India?

  1. The Coastal Plains
  2. The Deccan Plateau
  3. The Himalayas
  4. The Ganga Plain
  

Question 312 :
Ganges, Brahmaputra, Mahanadi, Cauvery, Narmada, Godavari and Krishna are extensive areas of

  1. Inland fisheries
  2. Estuarine fisheries
  3. Coastal fisheries
  4. Deep sea fisheries
  

Question 313 :
The river which rises in the Kamarpet hill in Chhotanagpur Plateau of Bihar and called The River of Sorrow is

  1. Mahanadi
  2. Damodar
  3. Krishna
  4. Godavari
  

Question 314 :
In which of the following areas is Konkani spoken as the local language?

  1. Kerala and Karnataka
  2. Maharashtra and Goa
  3. Odisha and West Bengal
  4. Andhra Pradesh
  

Question 315 :
In which of the following states is Rosa Power Plant located?

  1. Uttar Pradesh
  2. Madhya Pradesh
  3. Odisha
  4. Haryana
  

Question 316 :
The land-locked natural harbour along the east coast of India is

  1. Visakhapatnam
  2. Chennai
  3. Kolkata
  4. Paradeep
  

Question 317 :
The Bhutia group of languages does not include

  1. Laddakhi
  2. Tibetan
  3. Lepcha
  4. Sherpa
  

Question 318 :
The famous Naki lake is in

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

Question 319 :
With which one of the following industries is Coimbatore associated?

  1. Gold
  2. Gujarat
  3. Cotton Textile
  4. Sericulture
  

Question 320 :
HMT industries are set up at

  1. Kalamassery
  2. Hyderabad and Bengaluru
  3. Pinjore and Ajmer
  4. All of the above
  

Question 321 :
Which of the following physiographic features of India is 'geologically the oldest?

  1. Himalayan Mountain Chain
  2. Indus-Ganga Brahmaputra Plain
  3. The Peninsular Plateau
  4. The Coastal Plains
  

Question 322 :
Major coal deposits of India occur in

  1. Seams separated by igneous rocks
  2. Seams separated by sedimentary rocks
  3. Seams separated by metamorphic rocks
  4. Open cast mines
  

Question 323 :
The Indian city famous for glass bangle industry is

  1. Lucknow
  2. Sikandrabad
  3. Firozabad
  4. Agra
  

Question 324 :
India is the largest tea producing country in the world. It is grown in which of the following states mainly?

  1. Punjab
  2. Haryana
  3. Bihar
  4. Assam
  

Question 325 :
India's indigenous pigs generally give birth to ______ young ones at a time.

  1. 10 to 12
  2. 4 to 6
  3. 2 to 4
  

Question 326 :
Rayalaseema is a region of which one of the following States?

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

Question 327 :
India has one land-locked and protected port which is at

  1. Paradeep
  2. Chennai
  3. Kolkata
  4. Visakhapatnam
  

Question 328 :
The largest and the most important soil group of India contributing to the country's major agricultural production is

  1. Laterite
  2. Alluvial
  3. Red
  4. Peaty
  

Question 329 :
The principal cause of soil damage in Punjab and Haryana is

  1. Deforestation
  2. Soil erosion
  3. Excessive cultivation
  4. Salinity and water logging
  

Question 330 :
The total length of the river Ganga is about

  1. 3000 km
  2. 3425 km
  3. 2500 km
  4. 2750 km
  
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