GATEWAY TO CGL MAINS: GEOGRAPHY QUIZ

1) Which one among the following is not an important factor of climate of an area?

1) Longitude

2) Latitude

3) Altitude

4) Distance from the sea

2) Horse latitudes lie within the atmosphere pressure belts of

1) Equatorial low

2) Polar high

3) Sub-tropical high

4) Sub-polar low

3) Which one among the following rivers does not flow into the bay of Bengal?

 1) Tapti

 2) Mahanadi

 3) Godavari

 4) Cauvery

4) In the interior of the Earth

1)the temperature rises with increasing depth

2)the temperature falls with increasing depth

3)the pressure falls with increasing depth

4)both temperature and pressure fall with increasing depth

5) The exceptionally high and low tides that occur at the time of the new moon or the full moon when the Sun, the Moon and the earth are approximately aligned is called:

1)Spring

2)Fall

3)Neap

4)Diurnal

6) The latitude is the angular distance of a point on the Earth's surface, north or south, of the Equator as measured from the:

1)centre of the Earth

2)Equator

3)Tropic of Cancer or the Capricorn

4)Poles

7) How many Kilometres are represented by 1 degree of latitude?

1)111 km

2)321 km

3)211 km

4)91 km

8) Wheat is called a Rabi Crop because –

1) It is sown in strong sunlight

2) Cloudy weather is harmful for the crop

3) It is sown in summer

4) It is sown in winter

9) .....is the other name of the Brahmaputra.

1)Tsang Po

2)Son

3)Subansiri

4)Mahananda

10) The Nagarjuna Sagar project is constructed on the river— 

1) Kaveri 

2) Krishna 

3) Godavari 

4) Indus 

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