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GK Geography

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Uttarkashi is situated on the banks of the river

  1. Alaknanda

  2. Bhagirathi

  3. Ganga

  4. Mandakini


Correct Option: B

The river Brahamputra drains not only the southern part of the Himalayas but also the northern slopes and the watershed is much further north than the main axis of the great Himalayan range. Such a drainage is called

  1. resequent

  2. consequent

  3. antecedent

  4. superimposed


Correct Option: C

Which of the following pairs of "river name - its source" is not correctly matched?

  1. Godavari - Nasik

  2. Chambal - Mhow

  3. Krishna - Mahabaleshwar

  4. Narmada - Betul


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Option (3) is not correctly matched.

Through which two states does Narmada flow?

  1. MP and Gujarat

  2. Gujarat and Rajasthan

  3. MP and Maharashtra

  4. Rajasthan and MP


Correct Option: A

Equinox occurs when the Sun is vertically above the

  1. Equator

  2. Tropic of Capricorn

  3. Tropic of Cancer

  4. Poles


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Equinox occurs when the Sun is vertically above the Equator.

The Taiga belt lies between the

  1. temperate grasslands and tundra

  2. mediterranean climate and tundra

  3. monsoon climate and tundra

  4. Tibet-type climate and tundra


Correct Option: A

The process of evaporation of water in nature is one of the basic components of the hydrological cycle. The other process that is considered to be essential for the completion of the hydrological cycle is the

  1. flow tide and ebb tide in a river

  2. movement of water vapour in the atmosphere

  3. flow of water in the sea

  4. movement of water in the water table


Correct Option: B

In which of the following regions is plantation agriculture largely practised?

  1. Semi-arid region

  2. Sub-tropical region

  3. Tropical region

  4. Temperate region


Correct Option: C

Which of the following statements is/are true?

  1. Crossing of the international date line entails repeating one day when traveling eastwards
  2. International date line divides the Pacific ocean into two equal parts
  3. Internationally date line is an internationally agreed line drawn parallel to the 180 degree meridian.
  4. Crossing of the international date line entails repeating one day when traveling westwards.
  1. 4 alone

  2. 1 alone

  3. 2,3 and 4

  4. 1,2 and 3


Correct Option: D

Which of the following types of soil is typical of the tropical regions that receive heavy rainfall?

  1. Alluvial

  2. Laterite

  3. Saline

  4. Regur


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Laterites are soil types rich in iron and aluminium, formed in hot and wet tropical areas. Nearly all laterites are rusty-red because of iron oxides. They develop by intensive and long-lasting weathering of the underlying parent rock.

Which of the following soils, being highly leached, has/have a considerable concentration of iron oxides?

  1. Black or regur

  2. Laterite

  3. Red and yellow

  4. Both 2 and 3


Correct Option: B

Which set of rivers given below together forms the world's largest delta before their water flows into the respective seas?

  1. Seine and Rhine

  2. Danube and Thames

  3. Euphrates and Nile

  4. Ganges and Brahamputra


Correct Option: D

Alluvial soil is found in all of the following states, except

  1. Gujarat

  2. Kerala

  3. Maharshtra

  4. Orissa


Correct Option: C

Which of the following soils has sparse vegetation?

  1. Bhangar

  2. Khadar

  3. Reh or Kallar

  4. None of these


Correct Option: D

Arakan Yoma is the extension of the Himalayas located in

  1. Nepal

  2. Kashmir

  3. Baluchistan

  4. Myanmar


Correct Option: D

Which of the following mountain ranges is spread over only one state in India?

  1. Ajanta

  2. Sahyadri

  3. Satpura

  4. Aravali


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Ajanta mountain range is a short mountain range which spreads within Maharashtra. Aravalli mountain range spreads in western India and eastern Pakistan. Satpura range is a mountain range that starts from the state of Gujarat and extends to Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra.

The Tropic of Cancer passes through

  1. Tripura and Mizoram

  2. Tripura and Manipur

  3. Manipur and Nagaland

  4. Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh


Correct Option: A

A volcano is a vent or an opening in the earth's crust through which ______________ come out.

  1. molten lava, dust and steam and even pieces of rocks

  2. molten lava and clouds of gases

  3. clouds of gases

  4. all of above


Correct Option: D

Which of the following river basins does not have coal-bearing sediments?

  1. Damodar basin

  2. Gangetic basin

  3. Godavari basin

  4. Mahanadi basin


Correct Option: D

Which of the following areas is the most susceptible to earthquakes?

  1. Mexican belt

  2. Himalayan belt

  3. Circum-Pacific belt

  4. Mediterranean belt


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Circum-Pacific belt is the most susceptible to earthquakes.

Which of the following terms explains a narrow strip of land separating two seas?

  1. Bay

  2. Strait

  3. Isthmus

  4. Peninsula


Correct Option: C

Which of the following is an igneous rock?

  1. Granite

  2. Limestone

  3. Slate

  4. Quartzite


Correct Option: A

Heavy rainfall in areas having lateritic soils promotes leaching of the soil whereby

  1. only lime is leached away

  2. only silica is leached away

  3. oxides of iron and aluminium compounds are leached away

  4. both 1 and 2


Correct Option: B

Which of the following streams makes the gersoppa(or jag) falls?

  1. Netravati

  2. Kalindi

  3. Sharavati

  4. Ulhas


Correct Option: C

Which of the following practices of cultivation can be referred to as crop rotation?

  1. Same crop in different seasons in the same field.

  2. Same crop in the same season in different fields.

  3. Different crops in different seasons in the same field.

  4. Different crops in the same season in different fields.


Correct Option: C
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