Geography Quiz-20 for SSC CHSL/CGL 2016-17

Q1. Where is Thattekad Bird Sanctuary located ?

(a) Kerala

(b) Tamil Nadu

(c) Karnataka

(d) Andhra Pradesh

Q2. Indravati is a tributary of which river ?

(a) Ganga

(b) Godavari

(c) Krishna

(d) Mahanadi

Q3. The Nagarjuna Sagar project is constructed on the river— 

(a) Kaveri 

(b) Krishna 

(c) Godavari 

(d) Indus 

Q4. .....is the other name of the Brahmaputra.

(a) Tsang Po

(b) Son

(c) Subansiri

(d) Mahananda

Q5. Wheat is called a Rabi Crop because –

(a) It is sown in strong sunlight

(b) Cloudy weather is harmful for the crop

(c) It is sown in summer

(d) It is sown in winter

Q6. Which one of the following rivers originates near Mahabaleshwar ?

(a) Godavari

(b) Krishna

(c) Kaveri

(d) Tapi

Q7. Who is known as "Father of white Revolution" in India ?

(a) M. S. Swaminathan

(b) V. Kurien

(c) K. N. Bahl

(d) B. P. Pal

Q8. Which among are the functions of a river.

 (i) erosion 

 (ii) transportation 

 (iii)deposition 

(a) (iii) only

(b) (i) and (ii)

(c) (i),(ii) and (iii)

(d) None of the above

Q9.What are stalactites? 

(a) Solid conical depositional features hanging from the cavern’s roofs are called stalactites

(a) Broad conical pillars developing on the floor of the caverns in limestone regions are called stalactites

(a) Narrow conical pillars developing on the floor of the caverns in limestone regions are called stalactites

(a) None of the above

Q10.The level below which the water table never falls is called ? 

(a) Temporary Water Table

(b) Normal Water Table

(c) The permanent water table

(d) None of the above

Q11.Iceland is in which continent

(a) Europe

(b) North America

(c) South America

(d) Antarctica

Q12._____________ is  the southernmost continent of the world

(a) Antarctica

(b) North America

(c) South America

(d) Europe

Q13. Which one of the following areas of India produces largest amount of cotton? 

(a) North Western India and Gangetic West Bengal

(b) North Western and Western India

(c) Western and Southern India

(d) Plains of Northern India

Q14.Minsk is Capital of 

(a) Hungary

(b) Romania

(c) Belarus

(d) Bulgaria

Q15.  The New Industrial Policy was introduced in India in the year—

(a) 1987 

(b) 1991

(c) 1993 

(d) 1998

                          

Solutions

S1. Ans.(a)

S2. Ans.(b)

S3. Ans.(b)

S4. Ans.(a)

S5. Ans.(d)

S6. Ans.(b)

S7. Ans.(b)

S8. Ans.(c)

S9. Ans.(a)

S10. Ans.(c)

S11. Ans.(a)

S12. Ans.(a)

S13. Ans.(c)

S14. Ans.(c)

S15. Ans.(b)

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