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Geography 1. Which of the following countries is an archipelago? (A) Burma (B) Malaysia (C) The Philippines (D) Vietnam 2. Alma Ata is the capital of— (A) Kazakhstan (B) Lithuania (C) Tadzhikistan (D) Uzbekistan 3. Kampala is the capital of— (A) Zambia (B) Uganda (C) Tanzania (D) Kenya 4. Which river crosses the Equator twice ? (A) Amazon (B) Congo (C) Nile (D) Orinoco 5. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched? (A) Algeria-Niger (B) Brazil-Amazon (C) Iraq-Tigris (D) Myanmar-irrawady 6. Red Sea & Mediterranean Sea are connected by— (A) Black Sea (B) English Channel (C) Panama Canal (D) Suez Canal 7. Which of the following is wrongly matched? (A) Baghdad-Tigris (B) Cairo-Rhine (C) London-Thames (D) New York-Hudson 8. Largest mountain range in the world is— (A) Himalayas

(B) Andes (C) Karakoram (D) Ural mountains 9. Malaspine Glacier is in— (A) Alaska (B) Canada (C) Norway (D) U.S.S.R. 10. Which of the following is not a cash crop? (A) Cotton (B) Groundnut (C) Jowar (D) Jute 11. Dry farming is— (A) A method of farming on hilly areas (B) Development of dryland (C) A method of farming without irrigation (D) Cultivation in desert lands 12. Which of the following types of soils have a marked capacity to retain water? (A) Desert soil (B) Laterite soil (C) Red soil (D) Regur soil 13. Which type of soil is best suited for cultivation of groundnut? (A) Black soil (B) Alluvial soil (C) Light sandy (D) Red soil 14. Which of the following is the largest irrigation canal in the world? (A) Sirhind Canal (B) Panama Canal (C) Indira Gandhi Canal (D) Suez Canal 15. Which of the following soils has low humus content? (A) Alluvial (B) Loamy (C) Black (D) Desertic

16. Among the following, the fast growing tree is— (A) Arecanut (B) Coconut (C) Eucalyptus (D) Mango 17. River Godavari flows through— (A) Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh (B) Maharashtra, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh (C) Maharasthra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh (D) Maharashtra, Karnataka, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh 18. The river Cauvery originates from which of the following states ? (A) Andhra Pradesh (B) Tamil Nadu (C) Karnataka (D) Madhya Pradesh 19. Ashtamudi lake is in— (A) Orissa (B) Karnataka (C) Kerala (D) Tamil Nadu 20. Which of the following rivers flows through a rift valley? (A) Cauvery (B) Narmada (C) Kosi (D) Godavari 21. Which are the west-flowing rivers of southern India which flow into Arabian Sea ? (A) Chambal and Betwa (B) Damodar and Mahanadi (C) Narmada and Tapti (D) Krishna and Cauvery 22. The Eastern Coast of India is known as— (A) Eastern Plateau (B) Bengal Coast (C) Coromondal Coast (D) Cyclonic Coast 23. Narmada river originates from Amarkantak in— (A) Gujarat (B) Rajasthan (C) Madhya Pradesh

(D) Bihar 24. Gondwana Hills are located in— (A) Punjab (B) Jammu & Kashmir (C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Nagaland 25. The mainstream of river Ganga which flows beyond Farakka is known as— (A) Bhagirathi (B) Hooghly (C) Padma (D) Ban Ganga

Answers: 1. (C) 2. (D) 3. (A) 4. (A) 5. (A) 6. (D) 7. (B) 8. (B) 9. (A) 10. (C) 11. (C) 12. (D) 13. (C) 14. (C) 15. (D) 16. (C) 17. (A) 18. (C) 19. (C) 20. (B) 21. (C) 22. (C) 23. (C) 24. (C) 25. (C)