GEOGRAPHY MCQS SET 41

GEOGRAPHY MCQS SET 41

401) Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List I: (Institutes)       List II: (Location)
(a) Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies      1.Hyderabad   
(b) Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research      2.Mumbai
(c) National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-sciences       3.Bangalore
(d) Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages      4.Dharmshala
      5.Varanasi

Below options are given in A, B, C, D order.
A) 5 3 4 1
B) 5 2 3 1
C) 3 2 4 5
D) 4 5 1 2

Answer: 5 2 3 1  
 
402) Sucrose content in sugarcane decreases:
A) if high rainfall occurs during the period of growth of the plant
B) if frost occurs during the period of ripening
C) if there is fluctuation in temperature during the period of growth of the plant
D) if there is high temperature during the time of ripening

Answer: if high rainfall occurs during the period of growth of the plant
   
403) The only land-locked country in South-East Asia is:
A) Laos
B) Thailand
C) Malaysia
D) Kampuchea

Answer: Laos
   
404) Sugarcane, sugar beet, sweet pea, chickpea, pigeonpea and French bean belong to:
A) two plant families
B) three plant families
C) four plant families
D) five plant families

Answer: three plant families
   
405) The production of cultured pearls is an important cottage industry of:
A) Belgium
B) West Indies
C) Newzeland
D) Japan

Answer: Japan

406) A fertile soil, suitable for growing common crops is likely to have a pH value of:
A) three
B) four
C) six to seven
D) nine to ten

Answer: six to seven
   
407) Assertion (A): The frequency of floods in North Indian plains has increased during the last couple of decades.
Reason (R): There has been reduction in the depth of river valleys due to deposition of salt.
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: Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
   
408) Which one of the following pairs of primitive tribes and places of their inhabitation is NOT correctly matched?
A) Buksa: Pauri-Garhwal
B) Kol: Jabalpur
C) Munda: Chhotanagpur
D) Korba: Kodagu

Answer: Korba: Kodagu
   
409) Which of the following is the correct sequence in descending order of the persons, using as mother tongue?
1.Bengali
2.Marathi
3.Tamil
4.Telugu
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
A) 1, 4, 3, 2
B) 1, 2, 4, 3
C) 1, 4, 2, 3
D) 4, 2, 1, 3

Answer: 1, 4, 2, 3