laboursonline – MCQs, Mock Tests | Geography Indian Geography MCQ Set 2

Among the following rivers which one is the largest?

1. Godavari
2. Krishna
3. Narmada
4. Yamuna

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The Korba coalfield is located in:

1. Orissa
2. Chhatisgarh
3. West Bengal
4. Assam

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Between which one of the following pairs of Islands in Duncan passage located?

1. South Andaman and Little Andaman
2. Little Andaman and Car Nicobar Island
3. Car Nicobar Island and Little Nicobar Island
4. Little Nicobar Island and Great Nicobar Island

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The pass located in Himachal Pradesh is-

1. Shipkila
2. Zojila
3. Nathula
4. Jelepla

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Nathu La pass is in-

1. Sikkim
2. Bhutan
3. Arunachal Pradesh
4. Jammu and Kashmir

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The natural gaps across the mountains which provide routes are called?

1. Peaks
2. Dunes
3. Plateaus
4. Passes

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Hoshangabad is situated on the bank of the river:

1. Godavari
2. Narmada
3. Musi
4. Mahanadi

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Ganga-Brahmaputra delta forest is known as:

1. Monsoon forest
2. Rain forest
3. Deciduous forest
4. Sunderban

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Surface water resources are highest in-

1. Ganga plains
2. North-Eastern India
3. Peninsular India
4. Indus plains

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The main cause of floods in the rivers is:

1. Heavy snowfall at the mountains
2. Construction of dams
3. Deforestation
4. Earthquakes

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which of the following rivers flow from South to North?

1. Krishna
2. Kaveri
3. Son
4. Godavari

✅ Correct Answer: 3

In which state is Jog Falls located?

1. Kerala
2. Maharashtra
3. Karnataka
4. Tamil Nadu

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which one among the following States does not from part of the Narmada basin?

1. Madhya Pradesh
2. Gujarat
3. Rajasthan
4. Maharashtra

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which of the following rivers is NOT the tributary of Ganga?

1. Indrawati
2. Son
3. Gomati
4. Yamuna

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which one of the following wood is used in making cricket bats?

1. Salix purpurea
2. Cedrus deodara
3. Morus alba
4. Linum usitatissimum

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The Mahatma Gandhi National Marine Park is located in:

1. Pirotan Island
2. Rameswaram
3. Ganga Sagar Island
4. Port Blair

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Kanchenzunga National Park is located at:

1. Uttar Pradesh
2. West Bengal
3. Sikkim
4. Jammu and Kashmir

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The most importanrt strategy for the conservation of biodiversity together with traditional human life is the establishment of

1. biosphere reserves
2. botanical gardens
3. national parks
4. wildlife sanctuaries

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which of the following National Parks is unique in being a swamp with floating vegetation that supports a rich biodiversity?

1. Bhitarkanika National Park
2. Keinul Lamjao National Park
3. Keoladeo Ghana National Park
4. Sultanpur National Park

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Kanha National Park belongs to which one among the following biogeographical areas in the world?

1. Tropical Sub-humid Forests
2. Tropical Dry Forests
3. Tropical Humaid Forests
4. Tropical Moist Forests

✅ Correct Answer: 3

In India, which type of forest among the following occupies the largest area?

1. Montane Wet Temporate Forest
2. Sub-tropical Dry Evergreen Forest
3. Tropical Moist Deciduous Forest
4. Tropical Wet Evergreen Forest

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which one the following is the first National Park established in India?

1. Bandipur
2. Corbett
3. Velavadar
4. Peri

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Plants with breathing roots are abundantly found in:

1. Mangrove areas
2. Deserts
3. Tropical savannahs
4. Tundra regions

✅ Correct Answer: 1

In India, in which one of the following types of forests is teak a dominant tree species?

1. Tropical moist deciduous forest
2. Tropical rain forest
3. Tropical thorn scrub forest
4. None of these

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The only sanctuary where Kashmir stag is found is:

1. Kanha
2. Dachigam
3. Gir
4. Mudumalai

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Kaziranga National Park is famous for

1. Rhinoceros
2. Tiger
3. Lion
4. Crocodile

✅ Correct Answer: 1

State with highest percentage of forest is-

1. Arunachal Pradesh
2. Uttar Pradesh
3.
4. Assam

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Silent Valley of Kerala:

1. is the only evergreen forest in India.
2. contains costly timber trees.
3. is a good picnic spot.
4. contains rare species of plants and animals

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Mudumalai Sanctuary is famous for-

1.
2. Bisons
3. Elephants
4. Birds

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Project Tiger was launched in

1. 1973
2. 1976
3. 1978
4. 1983

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which one of the following place is unlikely to be affected by a cyclone?

1. Chennai
2. Manglore
3. Puri
4. Amritsar

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which of the cyclones did not touch the Eastern Coast of India?

1. Nilofar
2. Hud Hud
3. Lehar
4. Helen

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The average annual rainfall experienced in the Rayilsema is about;

1. Over 200 cm
2. 100-200 cm
3. 66-100 cm
4. Below 60 cm

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which of the following is considered to cause an adverse of effect on Indian monsoon?

1. Jet stream
2. El-nino
3. Monsoon trough
4. Tibet plateau

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which of the following is not a causative factor in the origin monsoons?

1. Tibet plateau
2. Himalayas
3. Aravallis
4. Jet stream

✅ Correct Answer: 3

India is a tropical country but has a monsoonal climate because:

1. Its real extent is vast.
2. It is surrounded by the sea.
3. The himalayas provide the barrier effect.
4. Land and sea breeze create monsoons.

✅ Correct Answer: 3

High temperature and low pressure over the Indian Sub-continent during the summer seasons draws air from the Indian Ocean leading to the blowing of the:

1. South-East monsoon
2. South-West monsoon
3. Trade winds
4. Westerlies

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which state receives rainfall from north-east monsoons:

1. Orissa
2. Andhra Pradesh
3. Tamil Nadu
4. Kerala

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which of the following regions of India receives winter rainfall by western disturbances?

1. Tamil Nadu Coast
2. Andhra Cost
3. Orissa Coast
4. Punjab

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Daily weather map showing isobars is an example of:

1. Chropleth map
2. Isopleth map
3. Chrochramatic map
4. Chroschematic map

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The western part of Kerala represents-

1. Mountain climate
2. Equatorial climate
3. Tropical savanna climate
4. Tropical Rainey climate

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The region which was monthly rainfall of 10-20 cm in October and November and less than 5 cm in rest of the month belong to the following states:

1. Karnataka
2. Tamil Nadu
3. Orissa and West Bengal
4. Assam

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The areas where monthly rainfall during October to December ranges 10 cm to 30 cm fall in:

1. East west of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh
2. Kerala and Karnataka
3. Jammu and Kashmir
4. Himachal Pradesh

✅ Correct Answer: 3

One of the regions that receives rainfall from the north-easterly monsoon is-

1. Tamil Nadu
2. Assam
3. Kerala
4. West Bengal

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which of the following regions does not receives much rainfall in the south-west monsoon season?

1. Chota Nagpur plateau
2. Eastern Himalayas
3. Tamil Nadu coast
4. Maharashtra

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Six-eight months rainy season prevail in part of-

1. Sikkim and Karnataka
2. Assam and Kerala
3. Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat
4. Arunachal Pradesh

✅ Correct Answer: 2