Geography-I The laccadives are an example of _________ type of islands. — Coral The Mc Mohan line is a boundary between _______ and _______. — India and China _________ river is sometimes referred to as “Dakshin Ganga”.— Godavari Nagarjunasagar Dam was built on _______ river. — Krishna _______ Canal lies on the world’s largest of trade routes connecting Europe and Far-East. — The Suez. Uranus takes ______ years to orbit the sun. — 84 ______ grasses are known as elephant grasses. — Savanna Madras harbour is a/an _____ harbour. — Artificial The first river valley project started in India is ______. — Damodar Valley Project. The Savannas of Orinoco basin are termed as ______. — Llanos The River Tsangpo flows through _______ before entering India.— Tibet. The first oil well in the world was drilled at _______. — Pensylvania The most valuable cashcrop of Brazil is ______. — Coffee. Pearl Harbour, (the target of Japanese attack on the American fleet) is in ______ Islands — Hawaiian Islands. Westerly winds blowing through out the year over the oceans of the southern hemisphere between 40° and 60° latitudes are called ______. — Roaring Forties. Nahorkatiya oilfields are located in the state of ______. — Assam Which Indian state occupies the first place in literacy? — Kerala Which country assisted India in the launching of her first satellite “Aryabhatta”? — Former USSR. Tokyo, the capital of Japan, is situated in the island of ______. — Honshu. What is called the study of lakes and ponds? — Limnology. Which planet is known as Earth’s twin? — Venus Name the highest peak of India — Mt. Godwin Austin (K2) The wettest place in the world is Cherrapunji (Assam). The hottest place is _______. — Azizia (Libya) In which part of India is Dogri spoken? — Jammu and Kashmir The seasonal movement of people along with their cattle in the mountains is called ______. — Transhumance A narrow strip of land connecting two large land masses is known as ______. — Isthmus Podsol is a type of soil which is characteristic of a region under the cover of _______ forest. — Coniferous Name the river along which Tokyo is located? — Arokawa The manufacture of diesel locomotives takes place in _______.— Varanasi Electric Locomotives are built in __________. — Chittaranjan Where in India is the CRRI (Central Rice Research Institute) located? — Cuttack Where is India’s biggest railway marshalling yard located?— Kapurthala On which planet has a gigantic ‘red spot’ been discovered? — Jupiter The Rourkela Steel Plant had been constructed with ______ help. — German Where is the Cogentrix Thermal Power Project proposed to be set up? — Mangalore Krivoy Rog, Kerch Peninsula, Magnitogorsk are major producers of ______ in former Soviet Union — Iron Ore The leading producer of coal in former soviet Union is _______. — Donetz basin The most important agricultural region of the United States is the _______. — Corn belt The Hawaiian Islands specialise in the cultivation of ________. — Sugarcane Narimanam oil field is located in ________ basin. — Cauvery basin Where is the Forest Research Institute located.? — Dehradun Berlin is situated on the river canal ________. — Spree Pedology is a science of the study of ________. — Soils Which is called the “Land of the Morning Calm”? — Korea “Land of Fishermen” refers to _______. — Norway. The river which rises in the Kamarpet hill in Chhotanagpur Plateau of Jharkhand and called” The River of Sorrow” is _______. — Damodar. The National Geophysical Research Institute is located in ________. — Hyderabad. _______ is known as the “Queen of Arabian Sea”. — Cochin The Smallest Union Territory of India is _______. — Lakshadweep. ________ a famous Indian scientist, played a significant part in the success of the “Green Revolution” programmes in India. — Dr. M.S. Swaminathan. Blue Mountain (Peak) is located in ________. — Mizoram The Khasi and Jaintia Hills are located in _______. — Meghalaya Loktak Lake, a big lake of North-East India is located in _______. — Manipur Which is the busiest airport of the world? — New York The Duncan Passage is situated between ______ and _______ islands. — South Andaman and Little Andaman. With which reference was the biggest ever environmental protest made by the people against the destructive aspects of development. — Tehri Dam Project. The country that uses its old name of Helvetia on its postage stamp is _______. — Switzerland For which is Kourou city well known? — Satellite launching. With how many countries India has a common border? — 7 (Pakistan, Afghanistan, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Bangladesh) The ______ river valley is dominated by ravines. — Chambal The “Tehri dam” is being constructed at the confluence of the rivers _______ and _______. — Bhagirathi and Bhilangana Which is the animal that the WWF (World Wild Life Fund) has adopted as its symbol? — Panda. Some people in Manipur live in houses built on floating islands of weeds and decaying Vegetation, held together by suspended silt . Such islands are called ______. — Phoomdis. Ferozabad in Uttar Pradesh is famous for its ______industry. — Glass Which is the most sparsely populated state in India? — Arunachal Pradesh What is viticulture and where is it generally practised. — The science of growing grapes, in the Mediterranean region. The MERCOSUR consists of a group of countries of _______. — Latin America The state with the maximum number of people living below the poverty line is _______. — Bihar How many national water ways are there in India. — 5 The Konkan Railway project has been completed in a record time of_____ Years. — -9 According to the 1991 Census, the IMR (Infant Mortality Rate) in India is _________ per thousand. — 70 Which physical regions of India manifests a vegetation spectrum ranging from the Tropical to the Alpine Type? — The Himalayas The sun always rises in the east because the earth revolves around the sun from the ________ to the ________. — West, East. Name the planets which have no moons. — Mercury and Venus What is the currency of “Thailand”? — Baht What does the “take off” stage denote in an economy? — It denotes the period when the steady growth begins. Name the state that is famous for evergreen sandalwood. — Karnataka In which country is the Rhur-Complex, a major industrial centre, located? — Germany Which strait divides Europe from Africa? — Gibraltar The plateau, which has an average elevation of about 4 kilometres above the sea level is the _______ plateau. — Tibetan India’s largest industrial cluster is located in and around _______. — Ahmedabad-Vadodara What is the mean density of the earth? — 5.5 g/cc Which is the densest planet in the solar system? — Jupiter The process of the disintegration of rocks without a change occurring in their chemical composition is called _______. — Exfoliation The tropical cyclones often follow the direction of movement from ______ to _______. — East to West The Malanjhand copper mines are located in the state of ______. — Madhya Pradesh (now in Chhattisgarh) The asteroids or planetoids circle between ______ and ______. — Mars, Jupiter The state with the lowest literacy rate among women is ________. — Rajasthan What is the average time interval between two successive high and low tides — 24 hours and 52 minutes On which date does the thermal equator coincide with the Tropic of Cancer? — 21st June Name the capital city of Somalia — Mogadishu Which Indian state is the smallest in terms of area? — Goa The daily weather map showing isobars is an example of a/an ______ map. — Isopleth The average salinity of sea water is ________. — 35‰ The variety of coal in which the deposit contains recognizable traces of the original plant material is ________. — peat. What is condensation? — Change of vapour into liquid. The bright heavenly body with a long luminous tail is called a _______. — Comet The time required for moonlight to reach the earth is ______ seconds. — 1.3 The geostationary orbit is at a height of ______ km. — 36,000 What is the local time of a place known with reference to? — Its longitudinal position. The winds getting deflected due to the rotation of the earth are termed as ________. — Geostrophic winds. The Atmospheric humidity is measured by means of the _______. — Psychrometer. What is the tide at its maximum height known as? — Spring Tide The region that specializes in the cultivation of citrus fruits is the _______ region. — Mediterranean. Port Louis is the capital of _________. — Mauritius. Natural gas is a mixture of _______ and ________. — butane, propane.
Posted on: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 10:13:31 +0000
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015