GEOGRAPHY MCQs FOR ALL COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION, SET 01

GEOGRAPHY MCQs FOR ALL COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS

Question :: 1

The Damodar Valley Multipurpose Project was designed after -

(a) Tenesy Valley Project of USA

(b) Lena Project of USSR

(c) Amazon River Valley Project

(d) Hwang Ho River Project of China

 

Answer :: a

Question :: 2

Name the first Indian state that established "Lokayukta"?

(a) Maharashtra

(b) Andhra Pradesh

(c) Bihar

(d) Kerala

Answer :: a

Question :: 3

The western side of the Western Ghats is a -

(a) Cliff

(b) Autochthonous Nappe

(c) Fault scarp

(d) Rocky outlier

Answer :: c

Question :: 4

The Indus River rises near -

(a) Sheshnag lake

(b) Bhimtal lake

(c) Lake Nasser

(d) Manasoravar lake

Answer :: d

 

Question :: 5

Lateritic soils of India are -

(a) Rich in Iron

(b) Rich in humus

(c) Rich in basaltic lava

(d) Rich in uranium

Answer :: a

Question :: 6

The black soils of Maharashtra are called - 

(a) Regolith

(b) Khadar

(c) Regur

(d) Bhabar

Answer :: c

Question :: 7

East Kolkata Wetlands has been declared as a - 

(a) World Heritage site

(b) Ramsar site

(c) Biodiversity site

(d) None of the above

Answer :: b

 

Question :: 8

When was the Ganga Water Treaty signed between India and Bangladesh?

(a) 1994

(b) 1995

(c) 1996

(d) 1997

Answer :: c

Question :: 9

Seismograph is - 

(a) An instrument for photographing clouds

(b) An instrument for recording earthquake tremors

(c) An instrument for measuring depths of water in the sea

(d) A device for recording changes in the atmospheric pleasure.

Answer :: b

Question :: 10

Jute is mainly grown in - 

(a) Tamil Nadu

(b) West Bengal

(c) Kerala

(d) Himachal Pradesh

Answer :: b