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Indian Geography - General Knowledge Questions
A)
Pearls
B)
Gold mines
C)
Diamonds
D)
Coal mines

Correct Answer :   Coal mines

Jharia, a town in the sate Jharkand in India is famous for a coal mines and resources, coal field fire that has burned underground for a century. The first fire was detected in 1916. According to records, it was the Khas Jharia mines of Seth Khora Ramji, who was a pioneer of Indian coalmines, whose mines were one of the firsts to collapse in underground fire in 1930.

A)
Amaravathi
B)
Hyderabad
C)
Bangalore
D)
Kolkata

Correct Answer :   Amaravathi

The Andhra Pradesh government is building a world-class and India's first 'Justice City' within its new capital Amaravati with the vision to provide a state-of-the-art ecosystem built on latest technology for supporting the judicial system in the state. The Justice City will comprise integrated judicial hub spread across 3,309 acres with an estimated population of 2.5 lacs. It is expected to generate employment for more than 1.3 lac people. The Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (APCRDA). is the nodal agency which is developing Amaravati.

A)
pressure
B)
cloudiness
C)
temperature
D)
salinity

Correct Answer :   cloudiness

An isoneph is a line indicating equal cloud cover or equal cloudiness. Variations in the degrees of slope, temperature, occurrence of rainfall, may be represented by drawing the lines of equal values on a map. All such maps are termed as Isopleth Map. The word Isopleth is derived from ‘Iso’ meaning equal and ‘pleth’ means lines. Thus, an imaginary line, which joins the places of equal values, is referred as Isopleth. The more frequently drawn isopleths include Isotherm (equal temperature), Isobar (equal pressure), Isohyets (equal rainfall), Isonephs (equal cloudiness), Isohels (equal sunshine), contours (equal heights), Isobaths (equal depths), Isohaline (equal salinity), etc.

A)
Afghanistan
B)
Nepal
C)
India
D)
Pakistan

Correct Answer :   Afghanistan

In southern Afghanistan, shifting sand dunes flow across the huge, sandy desert known as the Registan.
 

A)
soil formation
B)
runoff
C)
mass movement
D)
mechanical weathering

Correct Answer :   mass movement

Mass wasting, also known as slope movement or mass movement, is the geomorphic process by which soil, sand, regolith, and rock move downslope typically as a solid, continuous or discontinuous mass, largely under the force of gravity, but frequently with characteristics of a flow as in debris flows and mudflows.

A)
Gujarat
B)
Himachal Pradesh
C)
Uttarakhand
D)
Uttar Pradesh

Correct Answer :   Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh state government to install 221-Metre Bronze Statue Of lord Ram In Ayodhya.

A)
Red
B)
Black
C)
Laterite
D)
Alluvial

Correct Answer :   Alluvial

Alluvial soils, the depositional soils transported by rivers, are the predominant type of soil in the northern plains of the country, widespread in the Ganga plains and the river valleys. These soils cover about 40 per cent of the total area of India and have largest area covered in India.

A)
Montane Forests
B)
Tropical Deciduous Forests
C)
Mangrove Forests
D)
Tropical Evergreen Forests

Correct Answer :   Tropical Deciduous Forests

The Eastern Highlands moist deciduous forests is a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion of east-central India. The ecoregion covers an area of 341,100 square kilometers (131,700 sq mi), extending across portions of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, and Telangana states.

A)
Themes
B)
Places
C)
Languages
D)
None of the above

Correct Answer :   Themes

Geography is a field of science related to the study of the lands, places, relation between people & their environments. Geography can be understood in terms of five different themes. They are :
 
• Location
• Place
• Human-Environment Interaction (HEI)
• Movement
• Region.

A)
India
B)
Iran
C)
Both (A) & (B)
D)
None of the above

Correct Answer :   Both (A) & (B)

Zoroastrianism was founded in Persia (now Iran), but Zoroastrians have been the subject of persecution under Islamic regimes. Zoroastrianism flourishes more freely in India, where a number of Persian followers immigrated in the 10th century. They are known as Parsis.

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