Geography Questions and Answers for Competitive Exams

Geography india and the world questions with answers

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The Eastern and Western Ghats meet at

—Palghat

Zojila pass connects Leh with

—Srinagar

The Ruhr basin, rich in coalfields, is in

—Germany

The Ainus tribe is mainly found in

—Japan

The Nyishi tribe is mainly found in

—Arunachal Pradesh

Palghat is located between
—Nilgiri and Annamalai

The United Kingdom is separated from the mainland of Europe by
—English Channel

To measure the lengths of roads, rivers and other line features on a map, we use
—Opisometer

Which country is called the ‘Pearl of Antilles’ ?
—Cuba

Loktak lake is located in
—Manipur

Any wind blowing down the slope of a mountain iscalled

—Katabatic Wind

Which place is known as The Gibraltar of the IndianOcean ?

—Aden

‘Arakan Yoma’ is the extension of the Himalayas located in

—Myanmar

The Poh river is called the Ganga of

—Italy

Tropical Cyclone of North-West Australia is known as

—Willy-Willy

The rain-fed and rain-shadow areas are the charac teristics of the

—Orographic Rainfall

Govind Sagar Lake is an artificial lake located at—

—Brahmaputra

‘Teesta River’ is a tributary of

—Bhakra Nangal Dam

Bom Di La pass connects

—Arunachal Pradesh with Tibet

Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets are the examples of

—Continental glaciers

Relationship between visibility and wind direction is expressed by

—Wind-rose

Sea fogs are very common in the

—High latitudes

The hills situated closer to Kanyakumari are

—Cardamom hills

Kariba dam has been built on the river

—Zambezi

The Indian sub-continent was originally part of a huge landmass called

—Gondwana Continent

Which rock system provides most of the coal of India ?

—Gondwana rock system

Raniganj coal mines are located in

—West Bengal

Which current mainly helps in the formation of the Sargasso sea ?

—Antilles current

The mountain range lying between Pamir plateau and the Indus river is

—Karakoram