Top 550+ Solved Fundamentals of Indian Geography MCQ Questions Answer
Q. How do the western disturbances affect the crops in northIndia?
a. They cause heavy damage to the standing crops
b. They bring in locusts which destroy the crops
c. They are beneficial to the crops by causing winter rain
d. They help in keeping the plants warm to some extent in winter
Q. How do the Central Asian highlands affect the Indian climate?
a. The low pressure in these areas intensifies the cold during the winter
b. The atmospheric pressure in this region has an effect on the Indian atmosphere in summer
c. Dry continental air is blowing towards India throughout
d. The atmospheric pressure in this region has an impact on the onset of monsoon in India
Q. The amount and Intensity of monsoon rainfall is determinedby the frequency of
a. western disturbances
b. dust storms
c. cyclones
d. tropical depressions
Q. Rajasthan receives very little rain because
a. it is too hot
b. there is no water available and thus the winds remain dry
c. the monsoons fail to reach this area
d. the winds do not come across any barrier to cause the necessary uplift to cool the winds
Q. Which of the following indicates the types of soil erosion in decreasing order of damage caused In India
a. Ravine erosion .and gullies, alkalinity and salinity weeds and water-logging
b. Alkalinity and water-logging, ravine erosion and weeds
c. Water-logging, weeds, salinity and ravine erosion
d. All are equally damaging
Q. Which of the weathering agents is almost peculiar to theIndian Himalayas?
a. Wind
b. Glaciers
c. Snowfall
d. Running water
Q. Which of the following states has very little alluvial soil?
a. Bihar
b. Madhya Pradesh
c. Tamil Nadu
d. Punjab
Q. The soils of the plains have not been derived
a. from the Himalayan rocks
b. from the Peninsular rocks
c. only from the rocks existing locally
d. from material brought by the rivers
Q. Which of the following soils is formed under typicalmonsoonal conditions?
a. Black Soils
b. Red Soils
c. Laterite Soils
d. None of these
Q. Which of the following is incorrect?
a. Red soils are rich in iron
b. Black soils are rich in phosphorus nitrogen and organic matter
c. Alluvial soils are rich in potash but poor in phosphorus
d. Red soils are suitable for cultivation of pulses and coarse grains
Q. Which is the chief characteristic of the soil of the IndoGangetic plain?
a. It is derived from Himalayan rocks
b. It is rich in humus
c. It is formed of peninsular rocks
d. It is derived from local rocks
Q. The Indo-Gangetic Plains of India are fertile due to
a. the heavy and timely rains and forests
b. alluvial soils brought by the rivers from the mountains
c. hard labour of the farmers over the generations
d. better irrigation facilities
Q. Khaddar soils are found
a. in piedmont plains
b. in flood plains
c. over low plateaux
d. over steep slopes
Q. "Reserved Forests" are forests
a. reserved for hunting
b. reserved for commercial exploitation and prohibited for grazing
c. reserved for local use
d. reserved for growing medicinal herbs