Top 50 Geography general knowledge questions and answers

Indian geography general knowledge questions answers

1. Ken –Betwa Link Project which will enable diversion of surplus water pertains to : --- UP and MP


2. The capital of Senegal is : ---Dakar


3. Sikkim has international border with : ---Bhutan , Nepal and China


4. Which is geographically the samallest state in India ? ---Goa


5. In India , Diesel Locomotive Engines are designed at : --- Varanasi


6. In which state is the National Institute of Oceanography located ? --- Goa


7. Which is the top country in cotton production ? --- China


8. The Black Forests are found in : --- Germany


9. Corbett National Park is in : --- Uttarakhand


10. The length of its day and the tilt of is exis are almost identical to place of the earth. This is true of:    ---Mars


11. The colour of a star is an indication of its: ---Temperature


12. Which port is known as the ‘Coffee port’ of the world :     ---Santos


13. The ozone lyer lies in the : ---Startosphere


14. The limit beyond which stars suffer internal collapse is called : ---Chandrashekhar  limit


15. The leading producer of copper in the world is: ---S.A.


16. Which south Indian river thrice forks into two streams and reunites a few miles farther on ,thus forming the Islands of Srirangapattanam ,Sivasamudram and Srirangam? ---Cauvery


17. The Palk strait lies between: ---Gulf of Mannar and the Bay of Bengal


18. Tulbul project is associated with the river : ---Jhelum


19. Where is the headquarters of South Eastern Coalfields Ltd.(SECL)? ---Bilaspur


20. The doldrums are located between :     ---5 N to 5 S latitudes


21. Tropopause is found between : ---Troposphere and Stratosphere


22. Inversion of Temperature denotes : ---Increase  of temperature with hight


23. Sao Paulo is famous for the production of :     ---Coffee


24. Aswan dam has been built across  river:   ---Nile


25. The port  located at the two ends of the Suez Canal are :     ---Port said and Suez


26. The Pamban island is located between : ---India and Sri Lanka


27. The highest peak of Sahyadris is :       ---Anaimudi


28. The largest tributary of the Indus river is :   --- Sutlej


29. Willy-Willy are the tropical cyclones occurring in : --- Coast of North-West Australia


30. The day on which the sun is nearest to the earth, the earth is said to be in : --- Perihilion


31. On which day do the spring tides occur ? ---On new moon and full moon


32. Name the planet whose position in terms of distance from the sun keeps changing --- Neptune


33. The Shivaliks stretch between : ---Potwar basin and Teesta


34. Where is Maikal Range situated ? --- Chattisgarh


35. Which river forms its delta in Orissa ? ---Mahanadi


36. Which countries are separated by the Durand Line ? ---India and Afghanistan


37. The boundary between Poland and Germany is called : ---Hindenberg Line


38. Philadelphia is well known for : ---Locomotives


39. Baku is famous for : --- Petroleum


40. Light from the nearest star reaches the earth is about : ---3 years

41. Which comet appears every 76 years ? ---Hailey’s comet


42. What does the term ‘lithosphere’ refer to ? ---Crust of the earth


43. The rocks in the Himalayan system are mainly : ---Sedimentary


44. Corbett National Park is in : ---Uttarakhand


45. Which is known as the home of the Asiatic lion ? ---Gir National Park


46. Silent Valley is located in the state of : ---Kerala


47. Tokyo is situated at longitude 140 Eand Karachi is situated at longitude 70 E. Local time at Karachi will be : ---4 hours 40 minutes behind that of Tokyo

48. The Ports situated at the two ends of the Suez canal are : ---Port Said and Suez


49. In which ocean is the Great BarrierReef situated? ---In Pacifice Ocean

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