NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Geography MCQs (Practice_Test 73 of 118)
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- Which one of the following cities of China leads the rest in both rade and population?
- Shanghai
- Dairen
- Tianjin
- Canton
- The enormous volume of dust swept across the Steppe lands f Asia and deposited in the North-Western part of China is known as
- Reg
- Loess
- Terra Rossa
- Kankar
- Which one of the following mountain ranges provides the most effective regional division of China?
- Nanling
- Tienshan
- Qulianshan
- Tsinglingshan
- Western Ghats are
- mountains
- plateaus
- escarpment of the plateaus
- hills
- The Siwalik Hills have been made out of the debris coming from the
- Himalayas
- Sutlej Valley
- Ganga Valley
- Southern Peninsula
- Which one of the following physiographic units has been created by both exogamic and androgenic forces?
- The Peninsular Plateau
- The Thar Desert
- The Indo-Gangetic Plain
- The Himalayas
- Copious rains in the northern coast of Tamil Nadu in October and November are due to
- the south-east trade winds
- easterly depression and the presence of inter-tropical convergence
- westerly depressions
- occlusion
- The immediate cause for the S. E. Trades to cross the equator and blow as S. W. Monsoon winds over India is the
- intense low pressure over Tibet
- heated Ganga plain
- intense low pressure area of Thar (Rajasthan) desert
- high temperature over Chotanagpur plateau
- The given map relates to climatic division of India according to
- Thornthwaite
- Koppen
- Stamp
- Trewartha
- Dark and hard are the characteristic features of
- teak
- pine
- ebony
- sal
- Soil erosion in India occurs in almost all the littoral states but it is most serious along the coast of
- Kerala
- Tamil Nadu
- Orissa
- Karnataka
- Which one of the following factors is responsible for excessive soil erosion in Chotanagupr plateau?
- Heavy rain throughout the year
- Loose sandy soil
- Deep ploughing by tractors
- Large scale felling of trees
- Which of the following measures are effective for soil conservation in India?
- Avoiding crop rotation
- Afforestation
- Encouraging the use of chemical fertilizers
- Limiting shifting cultivation
- Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- 1 and 2
- 2 and 4
- 3 and 4
- 1,2 and 3
- The Ban Sagar project, under construction, is on the river
- Mahanadi
- Indravati
- Sone
- Tapti
- Which of the following natural characteristics are associated with the dry monsoon forests of India
- Annual rainfall is below 50 cms
- The trees have short roots
- Thorny shrubs and grasslands grow between the trees
- Mango, mahua, sisam, keekar etc are. The prominent trees.
- Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- 1 and 2
- 1,2 and 3
- 2 and 4
- 3 and 4