Question: Palk Strait connects India to –
1. Sri Lanka
2. Pakistan
3. Myanmar
4. None of the above
Answer: 1
Question: Kishanganga river flows through the state of –
1. Rajasthan
2. Jammu and Kashmir
3. Karnataka
4. West Bengal
Answer: 2
Question: Which of the following rivers does not drain into the sea?
1. Machhu
2. Subansiri
3. Jia Bhareli
4. All of the above
Answer: 4
Question: An Union Territory in India has four districts but none of the district has a common boundary. The Union Territory is –
1. Andaman & Nicobar Island
2. Chandigarh
3. Puducherry
4. Dadar and Nagar Haveli
Answer: 3
Question: Which of the following biosphere reserves are correctly matched ?
1. Nokrek – Meghalaya
2. Gulf of Mannar – Tamil Nadu
3. Manas – Assam
4. All of the above
Answer: 4
Question: The Rohingya are the minorities of –
1. South Africa
2. Canada
3. Myanmar
4. Bhutan
Answer: 3
Question: ‘Global Dimming’ means
1. Gradual loss of biodiversity hot spot
2. Gradual reduction in the amount of global direct irradiance at the earth surface
3. Gradual increase of the temperature of ionosphere
4. Gradual increase in the melting of ice in polar regions
Answer: 2
Question: Nearly 30% of the solar radiations return back to the space without contributing anything to the earth’s surface temperature. This amount of radiation is known as-
1. Black body
2. Tropopause
3. Earth’s albedo
4. Mesopause
Answer: 3
Question: Which one among the following Indian rivers originates in Maharashtra and flows through Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh to meet the Bay of Bengal in Andhra Coast?
1. Mahanadi
2. Cauvery
3. Krishna
4. Godavari
Answer: 3
Question: The planetary winds that blow from the subtropical high pressure belts to the Equator are known as –
1. Westerlies
2. Doldrums
3. Polar winds
4. Trade winds
Answer: 4
Question: Which one among the following is a cold ocean current?
1. Brazil Current
2. Canary Current
3. Gulf Stream
4. Kuroshio Current
Answer: 2
Question: The highest of all spring tides occurs at the time of-
1. Full or new moon in association with winter solstice
2. Full or new moon in association with equinox
3. Full or new moon in association with summer solstice
4. Winter as well as summer solstices
Answer: 1
Question: Which one among the following is not a cause of generatiion of ocean currents?
1. Planetary of the earth
2. Variation in ocean water temperature
3. Revloution of the earth
4. Shape and configuration of the coastlines
Answer: 3
Question: Which one among the following statements about the International Date Line is not correct?
1. The International Date Line is largely based on the 180 degree meridian
2. The difference in time between the places just either side of the International Date Line is almost one day
3. The difference in time to the extent of one day on either side of the International Date Line is caused by inclined axis of the earth
4. The International Date Line mostly passes through the pacific Ocean
Answer: 3
Question: Which one among the following is not an igneous rock?
1. Granite
2. Basalt
3. Gabbro
4. Gneiss
Answer: 4
Question: The Karewas of Kashmir refers to which among the following types of deposits?
1. Aeolian and glacial
2. Fluvial
3. Lacustrine
4. Volcanic
Answer: 1
Question: On which one among the following islands does the Negrito tribes called ‘the Onge’ live?
1. North Andaman
2. Little Andaman
3. Little Nicobar
4. Great Nicobar
Answer: 1
Question: Veliconda Hills, Which is a part of Eastern Ghats, is situated in –
1. Odisha
2. Tamil Nadu
3. Karnataka
4. Andhra Pradesh
Answer: 4
Question: The climate region with high temperature, through out the year and heavy rainfall is
1. Monsoon
2. Mediterranean
3. Savanna
4. Equatorial
Answer: 4
Question: The natural region which holds the Indian sub-continent is
1. Mediterranean
2. Monsoon
3. Hot Desert
4. Equatorial Climate Region
Answer: 2
Question: The largest river delta of India is of
1. Ganga
2. Kaveri
3. Godavari
4. Mahanadi
Answer: 1
Question: Which type of forest belt supplies most of the world’s requirement of Newsprint?
1. Deciduous forest
2. Coniferous forest
3. Evergreen forest
4. Mediterranean forest
Answer: 2
Question: The layer of the atmosphere which provides ideal flying conditions for large jet aeroplanes is
1. Ionosphere
2. Exosphere
3. Troposphere
4. Stratosphere
Answer: 3
Question: The longest river of India is
1. Brahmaputra
2. Narmada
3. Yamuna
4. Ganga
Answer: 4
Question: The place which experiences minimum and maximum temperatures of-28.3 degree C and 15 degree C respectively is
1. Srinagar
2. Leh
3. Kulu
4. Shimla
Answer: 2