GEOGRAPHY MCQS SET 19

GEOGRAPHY MCQS SET 19

181) In ancient Indian historical geography the name 'Ratnakara' denoted:
A) the Arabian sea
B) the Bay of Bengal
C) the Indian Ocean
D) the confluence of the Ganga, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati at Prayaga

Answer: the Arabian sea
   
182) Which one of the following is the most important reason for the establishment of the Vikram Sarabhai space centre at Thumba:
A) The sea is near to the place in the East, West and south directions
B) It is a place near to a city in India, which is nearest to the Geographic Equator
C) It is situated on the Geomagnetic Equator
D) Outer space near Thumba exhibits queer atmospheric phenomena

Answer: It is situated on the Geomagnetic Equator   
   
184) The only anthropoid ape to be found in India is the:
A) hanuman monkey
B) liontailed macaque of Western Ghats
C) slow loris of Assnm
D) whitebrowed gibbon of Assam

Answer: whitebrowed gibbon of Assam
   
185) Given below are two statements, one labeled as Assertion (A) and the other labeled as Reason (R)
Assertion (A): The monsoonal rainfall decreases as one goes north-west in the Ganga plain.
Reason (R): The moisture bearing monsoonal winds go higher up as one moves up in the Ganga plain.
In the context of the above two statements which one of the following is correct?
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 a correct explanation of A
C) A is true but R is false
D) A is false but R is true

Answer: A is true but R is false

186) The highest milk producing breed of goat in India is:
A) Barbari
B) Jamnapari
C) Block Bengal
D) Beetal

Answer: Jamnapari
   
187) Which one of the following types of erosion is responsible for the formation of Chambal Ravines?
A) Splash
B) Sheet
C) Rill
D) Gully

Answer: Gully
   
188) 'Self-sufficiency' in food, in the true sense of freedom from hunger, has not been achieved in India in spite of a more than three fold rise in foodgrains production over 1950-1990. Which of the following are the reasons for it?
1. The green revolution has been restricted to small pockets of the country.
2. The cost of food is too high compared to the earnings of the poor.
3. Too much emphasis is laid on wheat and paddy compared to the coarse grains.
4. The gains of the green revolution have largely accrued to the cash crop rather than food crops.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
A) 1, 2 and 3
B) 1, 2 and 4
C) 1, 3 and 4
D) 2, 3 and 4

Answer: 1, 2 and 3
   
189) The density of Cattle population per 100 hectares of gross cropped area is the highest in:
A) Bihar
B) Haryana
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Uttar Pradesh

Answer: Haryana
   
190) Which of the following soil types of India is rendered infertile by the presence of excess iron?
A) Deserts sand
B) Alluvial
C) Podzolic
D) Leteritic

Answer: Leteritic