GEOGRAPHY MCQS SET 18

GEOGRAPHY MCQS SET 18

171) Which among the following pairs of places have most marked difference in total rainfall per annum even though located approximately along the same latitude?
A) Bangalore and Madras
B) Bombay and Visakapatanam
C) Ajmer and Shillong
D) Nagpur and Calcutta

Answer: Ajmer and Shillong
   
172) Though it few (gas-based) industries have already been established good reserves of natural gas in India remain unutilized. This vast resource of natural gas can be used in the production of:
A) Fertilizers
B) Carbide
C) Graphic
D) Synthetic petroleum

Answer: Fertilizers
   
173) Soils of Western Rajasthan have a high content of:
A) Aluminium
B) Calcium
C) Nitrogen
D) Phosphorus

Answer: Calcium
175) The Neyveli thermal power plant is fed by:
A) Gondwana Coal
B) Tertiary Coal
C) Quaternary coal
D) Cambrian coal

Answer: Tertiary Coal

176) According to the ancient Indian geographical concept 'Bharata Varhsa' was a part of:
A) Pushkaradweepa
B) Jambudweepa
C) Kraunchadweepa
D) Kushadweepa

Answer: Jambudweepa
   
177) Which one of the following is the best strategy for environment friendly, sustainable development in Indian agriculture?
A) Expansion of cultivable land, increased use of superphosphate, urea and effect biocides
B) Wider popularization of high yielding crop varieties, better and more frequent irrigation and increased frequency of aerial sprays of inorganic fertilizers and pesticides
C) Mixed cropping, organic manures, nitrogen fixing plants and pest-resistant crop varieties
D) Improved farm implements and machinery, use of potent insecticides to minimize post harvest grain losses and monoculture cropping practices

Answer: Mixed cropping, organic manures, nitrogen fixing plants and pest-resistant crop varieties
   
178) At the present State of our knowledge and resource position, India will remain self sufficient for the next three decades in:
A) Tin
B) Coking Coal
C) Copper
D) Petroleum

Answer: Tin
   
179) Which one of the following shows the descending order of the four metropolitan cities in the Indian sub-continent, so far as their population strength is concerned?
A) Bombay, Calcutta, Dhaka, New Delhi
B) Bombay, Calcutta. New Delhi, Karachi
C) Bombay, Calcutta. Karachi, New Delhi
D) Calcutta, Bombay, Dhaka, Karachi

Answer: Bombay, Calcutta. New Delhi, Karachi
   
180) The hallmark of watershed development in the semi arid regions of India is the:
A) establishment of sheds on large scale, so that the rain water does not evaporate
B) undertaking of earth works, soil conservation measures and tree plantation, so as to conserve soil moisture and recharge underground water
C) drilling deep tube-wells so as to tap water at the rockstrata level
D) setting up a system of tanks by embanking water from seasonal rivers

Answer: undertaking of earth works, soil conservation measures and tree plantation, so as to conserve soil moisture and recharge underground water