Multiple Choice Questions

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India is the ............. largest country in the world.

  • 3rd

  • 5th

  • 7th

  • 9th


C.

7th


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Name the estuary on the border of India and Pakistan?

  • Daman Creek

  • Sir Creek

  • Karwar Creek

  • Mandovi Creek


During their rule the British persuaded or forced cultivators in Assam to grow ...........

  • jute

  • tea

  • sugarcane

  • wheat


The method of soil conservation in which stones, grass, soil are used to build barriers along contours and trenches are made in front of the barriers to collect water is called?

  • Mulching

  • Contour barriers

  • Rock dam

  • Terrace farming


As the river enters the plain it twists and turns forming large bends known as .............

  • crooks

  • flections

  • rounds

  • meanders


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The place on the earth's surface above the focus is called the ..........

  • focus

  • incentre

  • epicentre

  • circumcentre


During the past century, the temperature of Earth has increased by ...........

  • 0.6°C

  • 1.6°C

  • 2.6°C

  • 3.6°C


In due course of time the meander loop cuts off from the river and forms a cut-off lake, also called an ................ lake.

  • ox-bow

  • oasis

  • lagoon

  • tectonic


The oceanic crust mainly consists of silica and ................

  • magnesium

  • iron

  • manganese

  • sulphur


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The National Highway 1A connects Leh to Kashmir Valley through the .......... pass.

  • Khyber

  • Zojila

  • Nathula

  • Karakoram


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