GEOGRAPHY MCQS SET 21

GEOGRAPHY MCQS SET 21

1. Ring or horse shoe shaped coral reet are called
(A) Atoll
(B) Barrier reet
(C) Fringing reet
(D) None of these

2. Land is a
(A) Man-made resource
(B) Non-renewable nature resource 
(C) Renewable natural resource
(D) All of these

3. Emerald Dam is located in
(A) Coimbatore
(B) Ooty
(C) Erode
(D) Salem

4. Heliocentric theory according to which sun is supposed to be fixed and the planets go around the sun was proposed by
(A) Galileo
(B) Newton
(C) Ptolemy
(D) Copernicus

5. The growth rate of population in India as per 2001 census is
(A) 3%
(B) 2.5%
(C) 1.9%
(D) 1.5%

6. The share of road transport in total transport of the country is
(A) 20%
(B) 40%
(C) 60%
(D) 80%

7. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the given hills from the north to south?
(A) Nallamalai, Nilgiris, Javadhi, Anaimalai
(B) Anaimalai, Javadhi, Nilgiris, Nallamalai
(C) Nallamalai, Javadhi, Nilgiris, Anaimalai
(D) Anaimalai, Nilgiris, Javadhi, Nallamalai

8. Match list-I with list-II correctly and select your answer using the codes given below:
List-I List-II
(a) Neozoic era 1. Primary
(b) Cenozoic era 2. Secondary
(c) Mesozoic era 3. Quaternary
(d) Palaeozoic era 4. Tertiary
Codes:
a b c d
(A) 3 4 2 1
(B) 4 3 1 2
(C) 2 1 4 3
(D) 1 2 4 3

9. Black soil are mostly found in which regions? 
(A) Coimbatore, Erode, Madurai, Tirunelveli
(B) Salem, Dharmapuri, Nilgiri
(C) Pudukkottai, Tiruchchirapalli and Kaveri delta
(D) Kaveri delta, Palar water shed and Pondicherry

10. Which district in Tamil Nadu is with largest forest?
(A) Madurai
(B) Kanniyakumari
(C) Salem
(D) Nilgiris