Top 550+ Solved Indian Geography MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Winter rains in North and North-West India are generally associated with thephenomenon of: [NDA 2003]
a. retreating monsoon
b. temperate cyclones
c. local thunderstorms
d. shift in jet stream movement
Q. 'Sal' is a very important tree of: [NDA 2003]
a. Tropical dry deciduous forest
b. Tropical rain forest
c. Thorn forest
d. Alpine forest
Q. Consider the following statements: 1. Alluvial soil is rich in chemical properties and is capable of yielding Rabi and Kharif crops. 2. Black soil is suitable for cotton, groundnut. 3. Rabi crops are reaped in autumn after sowing in June. Which of these statements are correct ? [Asstt Comm PF 2002]
a. 1, 2 and 3
b. 1 and 2
c. 2 and 3
d. 1 and 3
Q. Forest policy of govt. aims to bring what percentage of total area, under forest?
a. 33%
b. 25%
c. 22%
d. 27%
Q. Riparian forest is found:
a. along the banks of rivers and other wetland
b. the tarai region, on the foot hills of Himalayas
c. on the foot hills of Eastern slope of Western Ghats
d. on the foot hills of Eastern slope of Eastern Ghats
Q. Most of the floods in the lowlands of N. India, the Bihar plateau and Orissa are associated with:
a. easterly depression
b. orographic rainfall
c. South-West Monsoon
d. Thunderstorm
Q. The state which has attained the dubious distinction of being topper in the list with the highest encroachment of forest land:
a. Bihar
b. Andhra Pradesh
c. Haryana
d. Punjab
Q. During the monsoon season rainfall decreases from the Ganga delta to the Punjab plains. It is because:
a. monsoon current moves westward along the Ganga plain and becomes drier
b. western regions are warmer than the eastern region
c. hills do not form barriers for winds
d. the area is far away from the sea
Q. The extreme of temperature between summer and winter is quite low in southern part of Peninsular India mainly because:
a. the adjoining oceans moderate the temperature
b. the sky is generally cloudy
c. The sun's rays are almost vertical throughout the year
d. strong winds flow throughout the year
Q. Which one of the following types of vegetation is referred as Monsoon forest?
a. Tropical Dry-evergreen forests
b. Tropical Moist-deciduous forests
c. Tropical Semi-evergreen forests
d. Tropical Dry-deciduous forests
Q. Which one of the following statements is wrong regarding the "Norwesters" of Bengal? [IAS 2003]
a. It is caused due to strong surface heating
b. It originates in the Chhotanagpur plateau region
c. It is a kind of thunderstorm
d. None of the above
Q. The average annual temperature of a meteorological station is 26°C, its average annual rainfall is 63 cm and the annual range of temperature is 9°C. The station in question is : [IAS 2002]
a. Allahabad
b. Chennai
c. Cherapunji
d. Kolkata
Q. For short-term climatic predictions, which one of the following events, detected in the last decade, is associated with occasional weak monsoon rains in the Indian subcontinent? [IAS 2002]
a. La Nina
b. Movement of jet streams
c. El Nino and southern oscillations
d. Green-house effect on global level
Q. The most important commercial forests of India are:
a. tropical evergreen
b. tropical deciduous
c. coniferous
d. mangrove