GEOGRAPHY MCQS SET 05

GEOGRAPHY MCQS SET 05

1. Now select your answer according to the coding scheme given below:
A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

2. GIS stands for
A) Geographic Information System 
B) Global Information System
C) Graphical Information System 
D) Google Information System

3. The warm current that travels up to cape Hatteras is known as.
(A) Benguella 
(B) Labrador 
(C) Gulf stream 
(D) Falkland.

4. Match List I and List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below:
a) Pangaea - 1. Continental drift.
b) Panthalassa - 2. Large land mass.
c) Tethys - 3. Huge ocean.
d) Wegener - 4. Small seas.
(A) 3 2 1 4 
(B) 4 2 1 3 
(C) 2 3 1 4 
(D) 2 3 4 1

5. Match List I and List II and select the correct answer form the codes given below the list:
(Major River) (Percentage of Basin Area)
(a) Ganga - 1. 9.8
(b) Godavari - 2. 11.0
(c) Yamuna - 3. 9.5
(d) Indus - 4. 26.2
(A) 3 4 1 2 
(B)1 3 2 4 
(C) 4 3 2 1 
(D) 2 1 4 3

6. World's leading producer of tea is.
(A) Kenya 
(B) Brazil 
(C) China 
(D) India.

7. Government of India introduced the Sarva shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) in the year.
(A) 2001-02 
(B) 2002-03 
(C) 2003-04 
(D) 2004-05

8. Consider the following statements:
Assertion (A): Soil erosion is essentially a man-made phenomenon.
Reason (R): Soil erosion is caused due to deforestation, overgrazing, Shifting cultivation and improperly constructed terrace outlets.
(A) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(B) Both A and R are individually true but R is not a correct explanation of A.
(C) A is true but R is false.
(D) A is false but R is true

9. Which of the following is not a method of soil conservation?
(A) Afforestation
(B) Increasing the Size of particles
(C) Slowing down of the water movement.
(D) Applying fertilizers regularly

10. Arrange the peaks of Trans-Himalaya region in descending order:
(A)K2 - Hidden - Rakaposhi – Haramosh
(B) Hidden -Rakaposhi - K2 - Haramosh.
(C) K2 -Rakaposhi - Hidden -Haramosh
(D) K2 -Hidden - Haramosh - Rakaposhi

ANSWER:  
1. A
2. A
3. C
4. D
5. C
6. D
7. C
8. A
9. D
10.A