General Knowledge: Geography Questions Answer GK Quiz

Geography Question Answer 2024, Geography Quiz Questions 2024

Q. Which of the following is/are correct?
1. Black soils are also called Bangar.
2. In some parts of Gujarat and Tamil Nadu the origin of black cotton soils is ascribed to old lagoons in which the river deposited the materials brought down from the interior of Peninsula covered with lava.
3. Geographically black soils are spread over 24.6% of the total geographical area of the country
4. The black colour is due to presence of hematite ores in the soil.

1) only 2
2) 1, 2 and 3
3) 1 and 4
4) 1, 3 and 4

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Q. Which state in India has the largest area under forests?
1) Himachal Pradesh
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Karnataka
4) Assam

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Q. 'Reserved forests' are forests -
1) reserved for hunting
2) reserved for commercial exploitation and prohibited for grazing
3) reserved for local use
4) reserved for growing medicinal herbs

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Q. Wet tropical deciduous forests are found in-
1) the Shiwaliks
2) Central India
3) Deccan plateau
4) None of the above

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Q. The longest continental Railway in the world is -
1) Trans Siberian Railway
2) Canadian Pacific Railway
3) Canadian National Railway
4) Trans Atlantic Railway

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Q. Kerala is famous for the cultivation of -
1. Coconut
2. Black-pepper
3. Rubber
4. Rice

1) 1,2 and 4
2) 2,3 and 4
3) l and 4
4) 1, 2 and 3

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Q. Sink hole is a phenomenon of ________ topography.
1) Desert
2) Tundra
3) Karst
4) Plain

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Q. The 'graded profile' of a river course is a -
1) smooth curve in the upper course
2) smooth curve in the middle course
3) smooth curve in the lower course
4) smooth curve from source to mouth

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Q. The South-East trade winds are attracted towards the Indian subcontinent in the rainy season due to -
1) the effect of easterlies
2) the effect of Northern-East trade winds
3) the presence of low atmospheric pressure over North-West India
4) the development of cyclone over the equator

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Q. The ship building yard-Mazgaon Dock is located at -
1) Kochi
2) Kolkata
3) Mumbai
4) Vishakhapatnam

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