GEOGRAPHY MCQS SET 20

GEOGRAPHY MCQS SET 20

1. Where is the Hindustan Shipyard located?
(A) Vishakhapatnam
(B) Chennai
(C) Kochi
(D) Mumbai

2. Where in India is the Asia’s largest optical telescope installed?
(A) Darjeeling – West Bengal
(B) Kodaikanal – Tamil Nadu
(C) Mahabaleshwar – Maharashtra
(D) Kavalur – Tamil Nadu

3. Which of the following forms the richest ground water province in India?
(A) Gondwana Sedimentary Province
(B) Deccan Trap Province
(C) Ganga – Brahmaputra Alluvial Province
(D) Cenzoic Sedimentary Province

4. In India iron-ore deposits are found in
(A) Bailadila
(B) Tumkur
(C) Dharrwar
(D) Banswara

5. In which state is canal irrigation highly used?
(A) Gujarat
(B) Orissa
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Haryana

6. When the basis of classification is according to location or place, the classification is called ____________ classification.
(A) Quantitative
(B) Geographical
(C) Qualitative
(D) Chronological 

7. Match list-I with list-II correctly and select your answer using the codes given below:
List-I List-II
(a) Karnataka 1. Baba budan hills
(b) Orissa 2. Mayurbhanj
(c) Chhattisgarh 3. Bailadila
(d) Jharkhand 4. Bonal Rangi
Codes:
a b c d
(A) 1 2 3 4
(B) 2 1 3 4
(C) 1 2 4 3
(D) 3 4 1 2

8. Western ocean is the ancient name of the
(A) Atlantic ocean
(B) Pacific ocean
(C) Indian ocean
(D) Arctic ocean

9. Which one among the following south Asian countries has the highest population density?
(A) India
(B) Pakistan
(C) Nepal
(D) Sri Lanka

10. Consider the following statements:
Assertion (A): Surface temperature of the oceans are controlled by warm and cold currents.
Reason (R): Warm currents raise the temperature where as cool currents lower down the temperature.
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