GK: question answer of geography,

1. Which port is also a naval base?

A) Tuticorin
B) Marmugao
C) Vishakhapatnam
D) Cochin

... Answer is B)

2. Which soil is suitable for plantation crops?

A) Black soil
B) Laterite soil
C) Red soil
D) None of these

... Answer is B)

3. Mahogany is the type of species of------ Indian forest type.

A) dry forests
B) tropical evergreen forests
C) tropical dry deciduous forests
D) arid forests

... Answer is B)

4. Canopy is one of the characteristics of which forest type?

A) Tropical evergreen
B) Tropical dry deciduous
C) Mangrove
D) arid or semi arid forest

... Answer is A)

5. If there is no Sun, then colour of the sky would be:

A) orange
B) blue
C) yellow
D) black

... Answer is D)

6. The shape of our Milky Way galaxy is

A) circular
B) elliptical
C) spiral
D) none of these

... Answer is C)

7. On the 21st June, the day light is seen at the North Pole for

A) 0 hrs
B) 12 hrs
C) 18 hrs
D) 24 hrs

... Answer is D)

8. The lognest circle which can be drawn on the Earth's surface passes through:

A) Equator
B) Tropic of Cancer
C) Airtic circle
D) tropic of Capricorn

... Answer is A)

9. Which Indian state is the leading cotton producer?

A) Gujarat
B) Maharashtra
C) Andhra Pradesh
D) West Bengal

... Answer is B)

10. Which of the following phenomenon gives an evidence for the spherical shape of the Earth?

A) Solar eclipse
B) Lunar eclipse
C) Revolution
D) Rotation of the Earth

... Answer is B)

11.Solar eclipse occurs when:

A) Earth comes between Sun and Moon
B) Moon is at right angle to the Earth
C) Moon comes between Sun and Earth
D) Sun comes between Earth and Moon

... Answer is C)

12. The position of the Earth in its orbit, when it is at its greatest distance from the Sun causing summer in the northern hemisphere is

A) Phrehelion
B) Apihelion
C) Perigee
D) Apogee

... Answer is B)

13. It is six months long day in the northern polar region and six months long night in the southern polar region because:

A) Earth is revolving around the Sun
B) Earth is inclined towards its orbital plane
C) Earth is rotating
D) none of the above

... Answer is B)

14. The 'Palk strait' divides the two countries

A) India and Bangladesh
B) India and Pakistan
C) India and Sri lanks
D) India and Afganishtan

... Answer is C)

15. Which of the following Union Territories of India has more than one district?

A) Chandigarh
B) Dadra and Nagar Haveli
C) Lakshadweep
D) Puducherry

... Answer is D)

16. Which National Park is fomous for one horned rhinoceros?

A) Kaziranga National Park
B) Kanha National Park
C) Dudhwa National Park
D) Rajaji National Park

... Answer is A)

17. The cold and dense air blowing down the mountain slope during the night is known as:

A) Anabatic wind
B) Khamsin
C) Katabatic wind
D) Harmattan

... Answer is C)

18. The chamecally inactive gas present in the atmosphere is

A) Nitrogen
B) Argon
C) Water Vapour
D) Oxygen

... Answer is B)

19. Which city in India is called the 'Garden City'?

A) Chandigarh
B) Bengaluru
C) Srinagar
D) Thiruvananthapuram

... Answer is A)

20.The form of precipitation in which the raindrops get frozen into ice on coming in contact with cold layer of air near the Earth's surface is called:

A) Fog
B) Hail
C) Sleet
D) Snowfall

... Answer is C)