NTSE Geography MCQs Set B

Question: The Gulf of Kachchh is ideally suited to develop electricity from -

• a) Wind energy
• b) Tidal energy
• c) Geo-thermal energy
• d) None of these

Answer: Wind energy

Question: Zirconium is commonly associated with -

• a) lgenous rocks
• b) Sedimentary rocks
• c) Metamorphic rocks
• d) None of these

Answer: lgenous rocks

Question: The monazite sands on the Kerala coasts also contain -

• a) Uranium
• b) Zirconium
• c) IImenite
• d) Mica

Answer: Uranium

Question: Form which ore aluminum id derived ?

• a) Pyrolusite
• b) Magnetite
• c) Hematite
• d) Bauxite

Answer: Bauxite

Question: India has eight coastal state, but more than half of the sea salt is made along the Gujarat coast because

• a) Gandhiji started the salt movement in Gujarat
• b) Low rainfall and relative humidity and ideal for the production of salt through evaporation of sea water
• c) Kandla port exports salt.
• d) The salinity of sea water is very high near the Gujarat coast

Answer: Low rainfall and relative humidity and ideal for the production of salt through evaporation of sea water

Question: The nuclear power plant in India, which provided assistance to agriculture is located at -

• a) Kalpakkam
• b) Narora
• c) Kota
• d) Tarapur

Answer: Narora

Question: Which of the following national highways is N.H. No. 2?

• a) Calcutta - varanasi-Delhi
• b) Delhi-Ahmedabad - Bombay
• c) Varanasi-Nagpur-Salem
• d) Pethankot-Mandi

Answer: Calcutta - varanasi-Delhi

Question: Which of the following rivers carry the largest amount of inland water traffic in India ?

• a) Ganga and Damodar
• b) Mahandi and Godavari
• c) Ganga and Bramhmputra
• d) Rubber and coffee

Answer: Ganga and Bramhmputra

Question: Which of the following statements in connection with India’ foreign trade is not correct ?

• a) Our foreign trade is carried out mainly by sea
• b) The balance of trade is in India’s favour since independence
• c) The character of exports and imports has changed since independence
• d) The direction of trade has changed

Answer: The balance of trade is in India’s favour since independence

Question: Which of the following statements is not correct ? Petroleum is found -

• a) In the anticlines
• b) Over underground water
• c) In wide, horizontal strata
• d) Over impermeable rocks

Answer: Over underground water

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Question: Which of the following statements in not correct ? India manufactures heavy machines for -

• a) Textile mills
• b) Sugar mills
• c) Tea processing
• d) Fertilizer plant

Answer: Fertilizer plant

Question: Which of the following statements is not correct ? Railway are fast being electrified because -

• a) India produces surplus electricity
• b) They are faster and cleaner
• c) They reduce the pressure on wagons
• d) They save coal which is an exhaustible resource

Answer: India produces surplus electricity

Question: In the production of tidal energy the maximum potential exists at -

• a) Bhavnagar
• b) Digboi
• c) Cochin
• d) Ladakh

Answer: Bhavnagar

Question: Which of the following islands lies close to West Bengal ?

• a) New Moore islands
• b) Andaman and Nicobar islands
• c) Maldeevs islands
• d) None of the above

Answer: New Moore islands

Question: Trivandrum has equable climate as :

• a) It lies on the Arabian sea coast
• b) It is near the equator
• c) It has well distributed rainfall throughout the year
• d) All of the above

Answer: All of the above

Question: Jaduguda mines of Bihar is famous for-

• a) Nickel
• b) Gold
• c) Copper
• d) Zinc

Answer: Nickel

Question: There are two principal organisations engaged in the exploration and production of crude oil in the country ONGC and -

• a) Oil India Ltd.
• b) Indian Oil Corporation
• c) Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd.
• d) None of these

Answer: Oil India Ltd.

Question: Which of the following is a metallic ore ?

• a) Gypsum
• b) Mica
• c) Graphite
• d) Bauxite

Answer: Bauxite

Question: A substance possessing definite chemical composition, comprising one or more element, which can be identified by its physical and chemical properties, is called -

• a) Rock
• b) Mineral
• c) Mineral ore
• d) Rock strata

Answer: Mineral

Question: Special development of iron-ore miens, to export the ore, has taken place at-

• a) Koenjhar
• b) Bailadila
• c) Mayurbhanj
• d) Singhbhum

Answer: Bailadila

Question: The velocity of winds is related to -

• a) The amount of moisture they carry
• b) The nearness to the sea
• c) Pressure gradient in the direction of the flow
• d) The direction in which the y blow

Answer: Pressure gradient in the direction of the flow

Question: On 21 June

• a) The sun’s rays fall vertically on the tropic of Cancer at noon
• b) The Northern hemisphere has the longest day
• c) It is winter in the Southern Hemisphere
• d) All the above

Answer: All the above

Question: The typhoons are more frequently experienced in-

• a) The North Sea
• b) The West Indies Islands
• c) The Philippine islands
• d) The laccadive Islands

Answer: The Philippine islands

Question: The Horse latitudes are -

• a) The regions lying between 50 N and 50 S
• b) The region of low atmospheric pressure
• c) The region of clam and light variable winds
• d) The regions of most air and unstable weather conditions

Answer: The region of clam and light variable winds

Question: The primary rainbow has an angular radius of

• a) 22.5⁰  
• b) 420
• c) 600 
• d) 750 

Answer: 420

Question: Which of the following rocks is transformed into marble ?

• a) Granite
• b) Limestone
• c) Peat
• d) Shale

Answer: Limestone

Question: Tsunami word has originated from : -

• a) India
• b) China
• c) Australia
• d) Japan

Answer: Japan

Question: ‘Meander’s are the features formed by -

• a) Glaciers
• b) Wind
• c) Rivers
• d) Ocean waters

Answer: Rivers

Question: An ox - bow lake is a-

• a) Lake formed behind an off-shore bar
• b) Lake occupying a volcanic crater
• c) Lake formed due to cut off meander
• d) Lake occupying a hollow scooped by a glacier

Answer: Lake formed due to cut off meander

Question: The North and South Equatorial Currents are caused by -

• a) Difference in temperatures
• b) Equatorial climate
• c) The prevailing Trades
• d) The prevailing Westerlies

Answer: The prevailing Trades

Question: The Benguela currents touches -

• a) The eastern coast of South America
• b) Australia
• c) Indian Coast
• d) West African Coast

Answer: West African Coast

Question: Which of the following types of forests mostly grow in the belt lying between 50.00 N and 70° N?

• a) Temperate hardwood forests
• b) Temperature coniferous forests
• c) Temperature deciduous forests
• d) Tropical evergreen forests

Answer: Temperature coniferous forests

Question: Coniferous forests are in the region of -

• a) High Humidity and high temperature
• b) Low rainfall and very low temperature throughout the year
• c) Low mean annual temperature throughout the year and very cold winter.
• d) Heavy rainfall and high temperature during summer

Answer: Low mean annual temperature throughout the year and very cold winter.

Question: Which of the following are true regarding the Prime meridian ? 1. It passes through the centre of a certain country 2. It passes through the centre of the globe. 3. It passes through the observatory at Greenwich, near London

• a) 1 & 2
• b) 1 & 3
• c) 1, 2 & 3
• d) 2 & 3

Answer: 1, 2 & 3

Question: Mauna Loa is an example of

• a) Active volcano
• b) Extinct volcano
• c) Plateau in a volcanic region
• d) Dormant volcano

Answer: Active volcano

Question: Which of the following feature is not formed by running water ?

• a) Valleys
• b) Tunnels
• c) Gorges
• d) Canyons

Answer: Tunnels

Question: Which of the following moraines is formed at the start of glaciers ?

• a) Englacial moraine
• b) Lateral moraine
• c) Recessional moraine
• d) Terminal moraine

Answer: Englacial moraine

Question: How many lines of latitude are there on the globe ?

• a) 90
• b) 180
• c) 181
• d) 360

Answer: 181

Question: Prime Meridian is also called

• a) Antarctic Circle
• b) Arctic Circle
• c) Equator
• d) Greenwich Meridian

Answer: Greenwich Meridian

Question: The young alluvium of the flood plains is called -

• a) Bhabhar
• b) Reger
• c) Bhangar
• d) Khaddar

Answer: Khaddar

Question: Which of the following is a tropical grassland ?

• a) Pampas
• b) Prairies
• c) Velds
• d) Savanna

Answer: Savanna

Question: Coniferous forests in India are found between the height of

• a) 2700 and 4000 mts
• b) 1330 and 2700 mts
• c) 2500 and 5000 mts
• d) None of these

Answer: 1330 and 2700 mts

Question: Indrawati and Penganga are the tributaries of :

• a) Godavari
• b) R. Mahanadi
• c) R. Krishna
• d) R. Kaveri

Answer: Godavari

Question: Which of the following is a cold ocean current ?

• a) Gulf Stream
• b) Labrador
• c) Kuroshio
• d) Mozambique

Answer: Labrador

Question: Which of the following is not a tributary of river Brahmputre ?

• a) Ken
• b) Lohit
• c) Gomti
• d) Kosi

Answer: Ken

Question: What is the staple food of East Asia ?

• a) Rice
• b) Wheat
• c) Millet
• d) None

Answer: Rice

Question: Which country is the leader in white revolution ?

• a) India
• b) USA
• c) China
• d) Australia

Answer: India

Question: India has the largest dairy research center at

• a) Hissar
• b) Karnal
• c) Aligarh
• d) Lucknow

Answer: Karnal

Question: The method of farming on large agricultural holding is

• a) Intensive farming
• b) Extensive farming
• c) Mixed Farming
• d) Plantation agriculture

Answer: Extensive farming

Question: The state having the lowest percentage of area under forest is

• a) Himachal Pradesh
• b) Haryana
• c) Gujarat
• d) Arunachal Pradesh

Answer: Haryana

Question: Which Indian state is the largest producer of pepper ?

• a) Tamil Nadu
• b) Andhra Pradesh
• c) Karnataka
• d) Kerala

Answer: Kerala

Question: Which of the following is not a sugarcane production state of India ?

• a) Uttar Pradesh
• b) Maharastra
• c) Karnataka
• d) Assam

Answer: Assam

Question: Which of the following rocks is transformed into marble ?

• a) Granite
• b) Limestone
• c) Peat
• d) Shale

Answer: Limestone

Question: The maximum power in India come from

• a) Thermal plantsr
• b) Nuclear plants
• c) Hydro-electric plants
• d) Sola

Answer: Thermal plantsr

Question: The best quality of coal containing the highest percentage of carbon is

• a) Anthracite
• b) Brown coal
• c) Bituminous coal
• d) Lignite

Answer: Anthracite

Question: In which type of rocks are coal and petroleum found ?

• a) Ganite
• b) Igneous
• c) Metamorphic
• d) Sedimentary

Answer: Sedimentary

Question: Gypsum is found in____

• a) Rajasthan
• b) Orissa
• c) Assam
• d) Madhya Pradesh

Answer: Rajasthan

Question: The Jet Stream is found in the -

• a) Troposphere
• b) Stratosphere
• c) Mesosphere
• d) Hydrosphere

Answer: Troposphere

Question: The lowest layer of atmosphere is known as -

• a) Stratosphere
• b) lonosphere
• c) Troposphere
• d) Mesosphere

Answer: Troposphere

Question: The wind system in the equatorial areas is known as -

• a) Westerlies
• b) Trades
• c) Doldrums
• d) Monsoon

Answer: Trades