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




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 481 :
Which of the following Railway zones and their Headquarters is not correct?

  1. North-Eastern-Gorakhpur
  2. South-Central-Hyderabad
  3. Eastern-Kolkata
  4. Western-Mumbai
  

Question 482 :
India has eight coastal states but more than half the sea salt is made along the Gujarat coast because

  1. Gandhiji started the salt movement in Gujarat
  2. Low rainfall and relative humidity are ideal for the production of salt through evaporation of sea water
  3. Kandla port exports salt
  4. The salinity of sea water is very high near the Gujarat coast
  

Question 483 :
In which of the following areas of India is there an overlapping plantation of tea and coffee?

  1. North-east
  2. North-west
  3. South-west
  4. South-east
  

Question 484 :
Khasi and Garo tribes mainly live in

  1. Kerala
  2. Tamil Nadu
  3. Meghalaya
  4. Mizoram
  

Question 485 :
Jamshedpur city is located at the confluence site of rivers

  1. Subarnarekha and Korkai
  2. Ganges and Yamuna
  3. Kosi and Brahmaputra
  4. Damodar and Mayurakshi
  

Question 486 :
Which sanctuary has been selected as an alternative home for the Indian lion?

  1. Bandipur Sanctuary (Karnataka)
  2. Ghana Sanctuary (Bihar)
  3. Periyar Sanctuary (Kerala)
  4. Chandra Prabha Sanctuary (UP)
  

Question 487 :
Which of the following mountains are the oldest according to geological history?

  1. Nilgiris
  2. Satpura Range
  3. Vindhyas
  4. Aravalli
  

Question 488 :
What was the primary purpose of constructing the Farakka Barrage?

  1. Preservation and maintenance of Kolkata port for navigation
  2. To supply Ganga water to Bangladesh
  3. To bring additional area of West Bengal under irrigation
  4. To meet the chronic power shortage in Kolkata
  

Question 489 :
The air transport industry was nationalized in the year

  1. 1953
  2. 1950
  3. 1948
  4. 1947
  

Question 490 :
Which of the following is a major sugarcane-producing state in India?

  1. Odisha
  2. Arunachal Pradesh
  3. Kerala
  4. Maharashtra
  

Question 491 :
An active volcano was reported at _______ India in 1991.

  1. Barren Island, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  2. Aliabet Island, Gujarat
  3. Rameshwaram Island, Tamil Nadu
  4. Mumbai Island, Maharashtra
  

Question 492 :
Where is the Black Pogoda?

  1. Konark
  2. Khajuraho
  3. Madurai
  4. Egypt
  

Question 493 :
The Portuguese possessions Goa, Daman and Diu were liberated in ________.

  1. 1961
  2. 1971
  3. 1981
  4. 1951
  

Question 494 :
One-tenth of the total salt produced in India comes from

  1. Tamil Nadu Coast
  2. Sambhar Lake
  3. Chilka Lake
  4. Wular Lake
  

Question 495 :
Which of the following can be used to correct acidic soil?

  1. Gypsum
  2. Lime
  3. Vegetable compost
  4. Calcium superphosphate
  

Question 496 :
Diamond mine are being worked at _______.

  1. Hazaribagh, Jharkhand
  2. Kolar, Karnataka
  3. Neyveli, Tamil Nadu
  4. Panna, Madhya Pradesh
  

Question 497 :
The Himalayan region is poor in mineral resources because

  1. it is made up of crystalline rocks
  2. displacement of rock strata has disturbed the arrangement of rocks and made it complex
  3. the climatic conditions are not suitable for exploitation of minerals
  4. the terrain makes exploitation of minerals difficult and very costly due to transport difficulties
  

Question 498 :
Throughout the Ages the maximum number of streams of people came to India via

  1. The western Himalayan passes
  2. Tibet
  3. The sea
  4. The eastern Himalayan passes
  

Question 499 :
The total area of the Republic of India is of the order of _____________.

  1. 2.3 million sq km
  2. 3.3 million sq km
  3. 4.3 million sq km
  4. 5.3 million sq km
  

Question 500 :
Where are the Lepchas mainly to be found staying?

  1. Meghalaya
  2. Mizoram
  3. Sikkim
  4. Arunachal Pradesh
  

Question 501 :
Singhbhum where copper ore is mined is in

  1. Uttar Pradesh
  2. Jharkhand
  3. Andhra Pradesh
  4. Odisha
  

Question 502 :
Which of the following combinations of riven and cities situated on their banks is wrong?

  1. Lucknow - Gomati
  2. Ayodhya - Saryu
  3. Badrinath - Alaknanda
  4. Vijayawada – Narmada
  

Question 503 :
Gondwana coalfields are found in

  1. Assam
  2. Madhya Pradesh
  3. Meghalaya
  4. Jammu and Kashmir
  

Question 504 :
Which time of the day is generally the hottest period all over India?

  1. Noon
  2. 1 pm
  3. 3 pm
  4. One cannot say
  

Question 505 :
The chief competitor of India in the field of lac is

  1. Thailand
  2. The United States of America
  3. Japan
  4. China
  

Question 506 :
Jute fibre is obtained from which part of the Jute?

  1. Root
  2. Stem
  3. Leaf
  4. Fruit
  

Question 507 :
Which of the following fertilizer plants is not in the public sector?

  1. Bhatinda
  2. Nangal
  3. Kota
  4. Gorakhpur
  

Question 508 :
Among sources of power India has largest of

  1. coal
  2. oil
  3. natural gas
  4. lignite
  

Question 509 :
All example of a mineral occurring as layers in sedimentary rocks is

  1. lignite
  2. gold
  3. lead
  4. tin
  

Question 510 :
________ is a planned city in India.

  1. Varanasi
  2. Srinagar
  3. Pune
  4. Chandigarh
  
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