Geography Quiz/MCQs

Consider the following activities:
1. Spraying pesticides on a crop field
2. Inspecting the craters of active volcanoes
3. Collecting breath samples from spouting whales for DNA analysis
At the present level of technology, which of the above activities can be successfully carried out by using drones?

What are the advantages of fertigation in agriculture?
1. Controlling the alkalinity of irrigation water is possible
2. Efficient application is Rock phosphate and all other phosphatic fertilizers is possible.
3. Increased availability of nutrients to plants is possible.
4. Reduction in the reaching of chemical nutrients is possible.
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With reference to chemical fertilizers in India, considered the following statements :
1. At present, the retail price of chemical fertilizers is market driven and not administrated by the government.
2. Ammonia, which is an input of urea is produced from natural gas.
3. Sulphur, which is a raw material for phosphoric acid fertilizers is a by product of oil-refineries.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct below :

What is/are the advantage/advantages of zero tillage in agriculture?
1. Sowing a wheat is possible without burning the residue of previous crop.
2. Without the need for nursery of rice saplings direct planting of paddy seeds in the wet soil is possible.
3. Carbon sequestration in the soil is possible.
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With reference to pulse production in India consider the following Statements ?
1. Black gram can we cultivated as both kharif and rabi crop.
2. Green gram alone accounts for nearly half of pulse production.
3. In the last three decades while, the production of kharif pulses has increased, the production of ruby pulses has decreased.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct given below:

The crop is subtropical in nature a hard frost is injurious to it requires at least 210 frost free days and 50 to 100 centimetres to rainfall for its growth. A light well drained soil capable of retaining moisture is ideally suited for the cultivation of the crop” Which one of the following is crop?

With reference to the current trends in the cultivation of sugarcane in India consider the following statement :
1. A substantial saving in seed material is made when bud chip settlings are raised in a nursery and trans planted in the main field.
2. When direct planting of setts is done the germination, percentage is better with single budded setts as compared to setts with many buds.
3. If bad weather conditions prevail when setts are directly, planted single budded setts have better survival as compared to large setts.
4. Sugarcane can be cultivated using setting prepared from tissue culture.
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In the context of India, which of the following is/are consider to be practice(s) of eco-friendly agriculture?
1. Crop diversification
2. Legume intensification
3. Tensiometre use
4. Vertical farming
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In India which of the following can be consider as public investment in agriculture?
1. Fixing minimum price for agriculture produce of all crops.
2. Computerization of primary agriculture credit societies.
3. Social capital development.
4. Free electricity supply for farmers.
5. Wavier of agriculture loans by the banking system.
6. Setting up of cold storage facilities by government.
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Which of the following factors/ policies were affecting the price of rice in India in the recent past?
1. Minimum support prices
2. Government trading
3. Government stockpiling
4. Consumer subsidies
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Under the kisan credit card scheme short-term credit support is given to farmers for which of the following purpose?
1. Working capital for maintenance of farm assets
2. Purchase of combine harvester’s tractors and mini trucks.
3. Consumption requirements of farm household
4. Post-harvest expenses
5. Construction of family house and setting up of village cold storage facility
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Consider the following statements
1. In the case of all cereals, pulses and oil-seeds the procurements at minimum support price (MSP) is unlimited in any State UT of India
2. In the case of cereals and pulses the MSP is fixed in any State UT at a level to which the market price will never rise
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

What is the use biochar in farming?
1. Biochar can be used as a part of the growing medium in vertical farming
2. When Biochar is a part of the growing medium, it promotes the growth of nitrogen-fixing microorganisms.
3. When biochar is a part of the growing medium it enables the growing medium to retain water for longer time.
Which of the statement given above is/are correct?

Consider the following minerals:
1. Bentonite
2. Chromite
3. Kyanite
4. Sillimanite
In India which of the above is/are officially designated as major minerals?

With reference to ocean mean temperature (OMT) which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. OMT is measured up to depth of 26o C isotherm which is 129 meters in the south western Indian ocean during January-March
2. OMT collected during January-March can be used in assessing whether the amount of rainfall the in monsoon will be less or more than a certain long-term mean.
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Siachen Glacier is situated to the

With reference to the history of the India considered the following pairs:
Famous Places – Present States
1. Bhilsa – Madhya Pradesh
2. Dawarasamudra – Maharashtra
3. Girinagar – Gujrat
4. Sathanesvara- Uttar Pradesh
Which of the pairs given are correctly matched?

Considered the following statements:
1. Jets streams occur in the Northern Hemisphere only.
2. Only some cyclones develop an eye.
3. The temperature inside the eye of a cyclone is nearly 10o C lesser than that of the surroundings.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following pairs:
River – Flows into
Mekong – Andaman Sea
Thames – Irish Sea
Volga – Caspian Sea
Zambezi – Indian Ocean
Which of the pairs given is/are above correctly matched ?

Consider the following pairs:
Famous Place River
1. Pandharpur: Chandrabhaga
2. Tiruchirappalli: Cauvery
3. Hampi: Malaprabha
Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

On 21st June, the Sun

What is common to the places known as Aliyar, Isapur and Kangsabati?

Why are dewdrops not formed on a cloudy night?

Consider the following pairs:
Sea Bordering country
1. Adriatic Sea: Albania
2. Black Sea: Croatia
3. Caspian Sea: Kazakhstan
4. Mediterranean Sea: Morocco
5. Red Sea: Syria
Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs:
Glacier River
1. Bandarpunch: Yamuna
2. Bara Shigri: Chenab
3. Milam: Mandakini
4. Siachen: Nubra
5. Zemu: Manas
Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

With reference to the management of minor minerals in India, consider the following statements:
1. Sand is a ‘minor mineral’ according to the prevailing law in the country.
2. State Governments have the power to grant mining leases of minor minerals, but
the powers regarding the formation of rules related to the grant of minor minerals lie with the Central Government.
3. State Government have the power to frame rules to prevent illegal mining of minor minerals.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to the cultivation of Kharif crops in which in the last five years consider the following statements:
1. Area under rice cultivation is the highest.
2. Area under the cultivation of jowar is more than that of oilseeds.
3. Area of cotton cultivation is more than that of sugarcane.
4. Area under sugarcane cultivation has steadily decreased.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which of the following has/have shrunk immensely/dried up in the recent past due to human activities?
1.Aral Sea
2.Black Sea
3.Lake Baikal
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Very recently, in which of the following countries have lakhs of people either suffered from severe famine/acute malnutrition or died due to starvation caused by war/ethnic conflicts?

Among the following cities, which one lies on a longitude closest to that of Delhi?

Consider the following pairs :
Towns sometimes mentioned in news Country
1. Aleppo Syria
2. Kirkuk Yemen
3. Mosul Palestine
4. Mazar-i-sharif Afghanistan
Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements :
1. The Earth’s magnetic field has reversed every few hundred thousand years.
2. When the Earth was created more than 4000 million years ago, there was 54% oxygen and no carbon dioxide.
3. When living organisms originated, they modified the early atmosphere of the Earth.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

Which one of the following is an ‘artificial lake‘?

Consider the following statements:
1. The Barren Island volcano is an active volcano located in the Indian territory.
2. Barren Island lies about 140 km east of Great Nicobar.
3. The last time the Barren Island volcano erupted was in 1991 and it has remained inactive since then.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

Consider the following pairs :
Regions sometimes mentioned in news Country
1. Catalonia Spain
2. Crimea Hungary
3. Mindanao Philippines
4. Oromia Nigeria
Which of the pairs given, above are correctly matched ?

Mediterranean Sea is a border of which of the following countries?
1. Jordan
2. Iraq
3. Lebanon
4. Syria
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Consider the following statements:
1. In India, the Himalayas are spread over five states only.
2. Western Ghats are spread over five states only.
3. Pulicat Lake is spread over two States only.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to ‘Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD)’ sometimes mentioned in the news while forecasting Indian monsoon, which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. IOD phenomenon is characterised by a difference in sea surface temperature between tropical Western Indian Ocean and tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean.
2. An IOD phenomenon can influence an El Nino’s impact on the monsoon.
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Which of the following is geographically closest to Great Nicobar?

With reference to river Teesta, consider the following statements:
1. The source of river Teesta is the same as that of Brahmaputra but it flows through Sikkim.
2. River Rangeet originates in Sikkim and it is a tributary of river Teesta.
3. River Teesta flows into Bay of Bengal on the border of India and Bangladesh.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

If you travel by road from Kohima to Kottayam, what is the minimum number of States within India through which you can travel, including the origin and the destination?

From the ecological point of view, which one of the following assumes importance in being a good link between the Eastern Ghats and the Western Ghats?

At one of the place in India, if you stand on the seashore and watch the sea, ‘you will find that the sea water recedes from the shore line a few kilometres and comes back to the shore, twice a day, and you can actually walk on the sea floor when the water recedes. This unique phenomenon is seen at

With reference to ‘Initiative for Nutritional Security through Intensive Millets Promotion’, which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. This initiative aims to demonstrate the improved production and post-harvest technologies, and to demonstrate value addition techniques, in an integrated manner, with cluster approach.
2. Poor, small, marginal and tribal farmers have larger stake in this scheme.
3. An important objective of the scheme is to encourage farmers of commercial crops to shift to millet cultivation by offering them free kits of critical inputs of nutrients and micro irrigation equipment.
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Recently, which of the following States has explored the possibility of constructing an artificial inland port to be connected to sea by a long navigational channel?

Recently, linking of which of the following rivers was undertaken?

Which of the following is/are tributary tributaries of Brahmaputra?
1. Dibang
2. Kameng
3. Lohit
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Which of the following is/are the advantages /advantages of practising drip irrigation?
1. Reduction in weed
2. Reduction in soil salinity
3. Reduction in soil erosion
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In which of the following regions of India are shale gas resources found?
1. Cambay Basin
2. Cauvery Basin
3. Krishna-Godavari Basin
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In the South Atlantic and South Eastern Pacific regions in tropical latitudes, cyclone does not originate. What is the reason?

Which of the following pairs of States of India indicates the eastern most and Western most State?

Which of the following National Parks is unique in being a swamp with floating vegetation that supports a rich biodiversity?

What explains the eastward flow of the equatorial counter-current?

Place of Pilgrimage : Location
1. Srisailam : Nallamala Hills
2. Omkareshwar : Satmala Hills
3. Pushkar : Mahadeo Hills
Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?

With reference to ‘fly ash’ produced by the power plants using the coal as fuel, which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. Fly ash can be used in the production of bricks for building construction
2. Fly ash can be used as a replacement for some of the Portland cement contents of concrete
3. Fly ash is made up of silicon dioxide and calcium oxide only, and does not contain any toxic elements.
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The area known as ‘Golan Heights’ sometimes appears in the news in the context of the events related to:

Consider the following rivers :
1. Vamsadhara
2. Indravati
3. Pranahita
4. Pennar
Which of the above are tributaries of Godavari?

Consider the following statements
1. The winds which blow between 30 N and 60 S latitudes throughout the year are known as westerlies.
2. The moist air masses that cause winter rams in North-Western region of India are part of westerlies.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

In a particular region in India, the local people train the roots of living tree into robust bridges across the streams. As the time passes these bridges become stronger. These unique ‘Living Root Bridges’ are found in

Tides occur in oceans and seas due to which of the following?
1.Gravitational Force of the Sun
2.Gravitational Force of the Moon
3.Gravitational Force of the Earth
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Consider the following States:
1.Arunachal Pradesh
2.Himachal Pradesh
3.Mizoram
In which of the following states do “Tropical Wet Evergreen Forests” occur?

Which one of the following countries of South-West Asia does not open out to the Mediterranean Sea?

In India, in which one of the following types of forests is teak a dominant tree species?

Which of the following has/have been accorded ‘Geographical Indication’ status?
1. Banaras Brocades and Sarees
2. Rajasthani Dal-Bati-Churma
3. Tirupati Laddu
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Which one of the following pairs of islands is separated from each other by the ‘Ten Degree Channel’?

Which of the following phenomena might have influenced the evolution of organisms?
1. Continental drift
2. Glacial cycles
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If you travel through the Himalayas, you are Iikely to see which of the following plants naturally growing there?
1. Oak
2. Rhododendron
3. Sandalwood
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With reference to two non-conventional energy sources called ‘coalbed methane’ and ‘shale gas’, consider the following ‘statements:
1. Coalbed methane is the pure methane gas extracted from coal seams, while shale gas is a mixture of propane and butane
only that can be extracted from fine-grained sedimentary rocks.
2. In India abundant coalbed methane sources exist, but so far no shale gas sources have been found.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

In India, cluster bean (Guar) is traditionally used as a vegetable or animal feed, but recently the cultivation of this has assumed significance. Which one of the following statements is correct in this context?

Which of the following have coral reefs?
1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands I
2. Gulf of Kachchh
3. Gulf of Mannar
4. Sunderbans
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In India, the problem of soil erosion is associated with which of the following?
1. Terrace cultivation
2. Deforestation
3. Tropical climate
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The seasonal reversal of winds is the typical characteristic of

Consider the following rivers:
1. Barak
2. Lohit
3. Subansiri
Which of the above flows / flow through Arunachal Pradesh?

Consider the following pairs:
Wetlands Confluence of rivers
1. Harike Wetlands : Confluence of Beas and Satluj/Sutlej
2. Keoladeo Ghana National Park : Confluence of Banas and Chambal
3. Kolleru Lake : Confluence of Musi and Krishna
Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs:
Hills Region
1. Cardamom Hills : Coromandel Coast
2. Kaimur Hills : Konkan Coast
3. Mahadeo Hills : Central India
4. Mikir Hills : North-East India
Which of the above pairs are correctly matched?

Turkey is located between

What is the correct sequence of occurrence of the following cities in South-East Asia as one proceeds from south to north?
1. Bangkok
2. Hanoi
3. Jakarta
4. Singapore
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Consider the following pairs:
Region Well-known for the production of
1. Kinnaur : Areca nut
2. Mewat : Mango
3. Coromandel : Soya bean
Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs:
National Highway Cities connected
1. NH 4 : Chennai and Hyderabad
2. NH 6 : Mumbai and Kolkata
3. NH 15 : Ahmadabad and Jodhpur
Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?

Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
Geographical Feature Region

Variations in the length of daytime and nighttime from season to season are due to

The Narmada river flows to the west, while most other large peninsular rivers flow to the east. Why?
1. It occupies a linear rift valley.
2. It flows between the Vindhyas and the Satpuras.
3. The land slopes to the west from Central India.
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On the planet earth, most of the freshwater exists as ice caps and glaciers. Out of the remaining freshwater, the largest proportion

Photochemical smog is a resultant of the reaction among

The most important fishing grounds of the world are found in the regions where

Which of the following is/are unique characteristic/characteristics of equatorial forests?

1. Presence of tall, closely set trees with crowns forming a continuous canopy
2. Coexistence of a large number of species
3. Presence of numerous varieties of epiphytes

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The annual range of temperature in the interior of the continents is high as compared to coastal areas. What is / are the reason / reasons?

1. Thermal difference between land and water
2. Variation in altitude between continents and oceans
3. Presence of strong winds in the interior
4. Heavy rains in the interior as compared to coasts

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Which of the following is / are the characteristic/ characteristics of Indian coal?

1. High ash content
2. Low sulphur content
3. Low ash fusion temperature

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Which of the following statements regarding laterite soils of India are correct?

1. They are generally red in colour.
2. They are rich in nitrogen and potash.
3. They are well-developed in Rajasthan and UP.
4. Tapioca and cashew nuts grow well on these soils.

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) Consider the following statements:

1. Natural gas occurs in the Gondwana beds.
2. Mica occurs in abundance in Kodarma.
3. Dharwars are famous for petroleum.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following crops

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

Which of these are Kharif crops?

“Climate is extreme, rainfall is scanty and the people used to be nomadic herders.”
The above statement best describes which of the following regions?

) Consider the following pairs:
Tribe State
1. Limboo (Limbu) : Sikkim
2. Karbi : Himachal Pradesh
3. Dongaria : Odisha
4. Bonda : Tamil Nadu
Which of the above pairs are correctly matched?

Which one among the following industries is the maximum consumer of water in India?

Normally the temp. decreases with the increase in height from the earth’s surface, because
1. the atmosphere can be heated upwards only from the Earth’s surface
2. there is more moisture in the upper atmosphere
3. the air is less dense in the upper atmosphere
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When you travel in Himalayas, you will see the following:
1. Deep gorges
2. U-turn river courses
3. Parallel mountain ranges
4. steep gradients causing land-sliding
Which of the above can be said to be the evidences for the Himalayas being young fold mountains?

Consider the following crops of India:
1. Groundnut
2. Sesamum
3. Pearl millet
Which of the above is/are predominantly rained crop/crops?

Consider the following factors:
1. Rotation of the Earth
2. Air pressure and wind
3. Density of ocean water
4. Revolution of the Earth
Which of the above factors influence the ocean currents?

Consider the following crops of India:
1. Cow pea
2. Green gram
3. Pigeon pea
Which of the above is/are used as pulse, fodder and green manure?

Which of the following is the chief characteristic of ‘mixed farming’?

Which of the following is/are cited by the scientists as evidence/evidences for the continued expansion of universe?
1. Detection of microwaves in space
2. Observation of redshirt phenomenon in space
3. Movement of asteroids in space
4. Occurrence of supernova explosions in space code

Which one of the following is the characteristic climate of the Tropical Savannah Region?

Consider the following statements:
1.The duration of the monsoon decreases from southern India to northern India.
2.The amount of annual rainfall in the northern plains of India decreases from east to west.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Recently there has been a concern over the short supply of a group of elements called rare earth metals. Why? [Current Affairs]
1. China, which is the largest producer of these elements, has imposed some restrictions on their export.
2 Other than china, Australia, Canada, Chile, these elements are not found in any country.
3 Rare earth metals are essential for the manufacture of various kinds of electronic items and there is growing demand for these elements.
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Despite having large reserves of coal, why does India import millions of tonnes of coal?
1. It is the policy of India to save its own coal reserves for future and import it from other countries for the present use.
2 most of the power plants in India are coal based and they are not able to get sufficient applies of coal from within the country?
3. Steel companies need large quantity of coking coal which has to be imported
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Which one of the following sets of elements was primarily responsible for the origin of life on the Earth?