Geography
To strengthen the subject of Geography in any competitive exam like SSC, UPSC, Railway, WBCS and State PSC etc., we have given various top MCQs on this chapter i.e. Natural Resources of India.
GEOGRAPHY
SET - VIII
1. Which soil swells when wet and develops cracks when dry?
Ans:- Black.
2. Which part of the country receives precipitation from the Bay of Bengal branch of the monsoons as well as the Arabian Sea branch?
Ans:- The Punjab plains.
3. When temperatures is highest in Southern India?
Ans:- April.
4. Where can one expect dry winters in India?
Ans:- Bengal Plain.
5. Which soil requires minimum tillage because of its self-cultivating feature?
Ans:- Black soil.
6. An important cash crop of Punjab is –
Ans:- Cotton.
7. Which place receives the maximum solar energy in December?
Ans:- Madras.
8. Important red soil area –
Ans:- Karnataka.
9. What percentage of the world’s cattle population is to be found in India?
Ans:- 20%.
10. Which crop is most susceptible to root knot?
Ans:- Tomato / Potato.
11. Tropical evergreen forests are found in –
Ans:- Western Ghats.
12. Wheat crop is susceptible to –
Ans:- Rust.
13.Most of the weather phenomena take place in the –
Ans:- Troposphere.
14. The velocity of winds is governed by –
Ans:- Pressure gradient.
15. What will happen if the temperature of water is lowered from 8°C to 3°C?
Ans:- The volume will first decrease, then increase.
16. Farrel’s law is concerned with the –
Ans:- Direction of winds.
17. Which area in India gets the summer monsoon first?
Ans:- The Western Ghats.
18. Winter rains in North-Western India are caused by –
Ans:- Westerly depression.
19. Which area in India has an internal type of drainage?
Ans:- Western Rajasthan.
20. Which country manufactures the maximum number of locomotives?
Ans:- USA
21. India and its neighbouring countries are called the Indian Sub-continent because of the –
Ans:- Region’s aloofness from the rest of the world.
22. Most rivers flowing west from the Western Ghats do not form deltas because of the –
Ans:- High gradient.
23. Which part of the islands in the Arabian Sea is known as Minicoy islands?
Ans:- Southern
24. In which forest area is the deodar tree commonly found?
Ans:- Alpine forests.
25. In which area is sandal wood commonly found?
Ans:- Tropical deciduous forests.
26. Which animals are prone to the disease called rinderpest?
Ans:- Cattle, Buffaloes, Sheep, Goats, & Pigs.
27. Which continent has the highest density of population?
Ans:- Asia
28. Which of the following help in creating the soil?
Ans:- Microfauna.
29. Where is the Malaspine glacier located?
Ans:- Southeastern Alaska.
30. Which of these oceans touches the shores of Asia on one side and that of America on the other?
Ans:- Pacific Ocean.
31. Which is the largest fishing ground in the world?
Ans:- North Sea.
32. Agriculture probably began in around –
Ans:- 11,000 to 12,000 years ago, in the Neolithic Era.
33. The longest shore-line is almost in the state of –
Ans:- Gujarat.
34. The main difference between the Eastern Ghats & the Western Ghats is in the matter of –
Ans:- Continuity.
35. Narmada originates from its source situated in the state of –
Ans:- Madhya Pradesh.
36. The Indian rivers of the Indus Basin are –
Ans:- Sutlej, Beas ,Ravi, Jhelum and Chenab.
37. The right Ganga tributaries of the plain do not include –
Ans:- Alakananda.
38. Which place receives the maximum sunlight in December?
Ans:- Kanya Kumari.
39 . The place in India receiving the lowest rainfall is –
Ans:- Leh
40. Which is known as “Island of Precipitation”?
Ans:- Dome mountains
41. What are the great plains of India?
Ans:- Assam Valley, Ganga Delta, Indo-Gangetic Plain
42. Changing of colour of rock into yellow or red is due to –
Ans:- Oxidation
43. Leading producer of coffee in the world –
Ans:- Brazil
44. What is the busiest ocean trade route?
Ans:- The North Atlantic Ocean
45. India lies in which hemisphere?
Ans:- Entirely in the northern hemisphere
46. Which is the short cut sea route between the European & Asian countries was provided by –
Ans:- Suez Canal
47. What type of river is Sutlej?
Ans:- Trans- Himalayan River
48. Where is the minimum seasonal variation in temperature?
Ans:- The Kerala Coast
49. Which state in India has the largest area under forest?
Ans:- Madhya Pradesh
50. Economically, the most important forest in India are –
Ans:- Tropical deciduous forest.
51. Periyar National park and wildlife sanctuary is renowned for –
Ans:- Asian elephant
52. The Outer Himalayas are also called –
Ans:- Shivalik
53. The Earth’s atmosphere is mainly heated by which?
Ans:- Long wave terrestrial radiation
54. Where does Rameshwaram lie?
Ans:- Rameshwaram lies between mainland India and Sri Lanka
55. Trans-Himalaya rivers are –
Ans:- Brahmaputra, Indus, Sutlej