Geography MCQs and Answers: Geography MCQs are very important for OPSC, OSSC, OSSSC & Other State Exams. Aspirants who are willing to apply for the various Government exams in 2022 must go through the topics of Geography for competitive exams, as Geography is a key part of the syllabus.
Q1. Baltoro glacier is located in the?
(a) Karakoram mountain range.
(b) Pamir mountains.
(c) Shivalik.
(d) Alps.
S1. (a)
Sol.
- If polar regions are not counted, Baltoro glacier is the longest glacier.
- It lies in Gilgit balitistan region of Karakoram mountain range.
Q2. Which of the following crop grown in the alluvial soil requires huge amount of the water?
(a) Tea.
(b) peanut.
(c) Rice.
(d) sugarcane.
S2. (C)
Sol.
- Rice is a Kharif crop grown in the alluvial soil and requires a huge amount of water specially during the paddy transplantation.
- The rainfall must be around the 150 cm.
Q3. Jhoom is the?
(a) A folk dance.
(b) A river.
(c) A tribe of North – east India.
(d) A type of cultivation.
S3. (d)
Sol.
- Jhoom cultivation is a type of the shifting cultivation.
- In north east, it is locally known as the jhoom.
- It is also known as the bewar in the madhya pradesh.
Q4. What is the name of India’s permanent research station in southern hemisphere Antarctica?
(a) Dakshin Bharat.
(b) Dakshin niwas.
(c) Dakshin Chitra.
(d) Dakshin Gangotri.
S4. (d)
Sol.
- Dakshin Gangotri is the name of India’s permanent research station in southern hemisphere Antarctica.
Q5. Among the following states, ____ had the lowest birth rate in india?
(a) Kerala.
(b) uttar pradesh.
(c) Bihar.
(d) Manipur.
S5. (a)
Sol.
- According to the census 2011, Kerala has the lowest birth rate in india and recent survey also shows that there is Decline in the crude birth rate in Kerala according to the 2013 survey.
Q6. Uranium found in the Ladakh is an example of the which type of the resource?
(a) unnatural resources.
(b) actual resources.
(c) potential resources.
(d) biotic resources.
S6.(c)
Sol.
- Potential resources are those resources which at present cannot be exploited due to the lack of the technology, capital, manpower etc.
Q7. Which place is said to be the Manchester of the south India?
(a) Coimbatore.
(b) Salem.
(c) Thanjavur.
(d) Madurai.
S7.(a)
Sol.
- Coimbatore is the Manchester of the south India.
- As it has the thousands of small, medium, and large industries and textile mills.
Q8. Kuki is related to the which state?
(a) Nagaland.
(b) Meghalaya.
(c) Manipur.
(d) Tripura.
S8. (c)
Sol.
- Kuki tribe is an ethnic group spread over the north eastern regions like Manipur and foothills of Chittagong hills.
Q9. In terms of money, which spice is exported most from india?
(a) pepper.
(b) Dry red chilli.
(c) Turmeric.
(d) Cardamom.
S9. (b)
Sol.
- In terms of the monetary value dry red chilli is the highest value export among the given options.
- In 2016, it’s value of export was Rs . 399,743.97 lakh.
Q10. IR-20 and RATNA are the two main variety of?
(a) wheat.
(b) millet.
(c) Rape seed.
(d) Rice.
S10. (d)
Sol.
- IR-20 and RATNA are the two important varities of the rice along with the others such as the Jamuna, krishna, and Jaya.
- India is the second largest producer of the rice after the China.
Q11. The capital of South Sudan is?
(a) Suva.
(b) Juba.
(c) Khartoum.
(d) Taichung.
S11. (b)
- Juba is the capital and the largest city of South Sudan and also a provincial capital.
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Q12. The place on the earth surface above the focus is called the?
(a) Focus.
(b) Incentre.
(c) Epicenter.
(d) Circumcentre.
S12. (C)
- During an earthquake the energy stored in earth are released from focus.
- Epicenter is the point on earth’s surface that lies directly above focus.
Q13. Which is a type of erosion caused by hydraulic action?
(a) Flowing water.
(b) Wind.
(C) Glacier.
(d) None of these.
S13. (a)
- When moving water strikes against the surface of rock , it produces mechanical weathering.
- Hence , erosion of rocky material occurs.
Q14. Rio summit is associated with?
(a) Convention on biological diversity.
(b) Green house gases.
(C) Ozone depletion.
(d) wet lands.
S14. (a)
- Earth summit also known as Rio summit held in Rio-di-janerio , Brazil in 1992.
- About 100 head of states became signatories to convention on biological diversity in this conference.
Q15. Which of the following is a tropical Ocean current?
(a) Curiel.
(b) canary.
(c) Labrador.
(d) Gulf stream.
S15. (d)
- When north equatorial current in Atlantic reaches Gulf of Mexico it curves and moves upwards along eastern coast of U.S.A where it is known as Gulf stream.
