Geography plays an important role in competitive exams. These are some previous exam questions and most asked questions for the geography exam. These questions will help students in their studies who are preparing for the NDA exam.
1. India’s highest mountain states: [LIC 1994]
(a) Kanchenjunga
(b) Mount Everest
(c) Mount K2
Answer: (c)
2. Which of the following is the correct sequence of the formation period — from the smallest to the oldest in these given mountains?
(a) Himalayas, Vindhyas, Western Ghats, Deccan Traps
(b) Deccan Traps, Western Ghats, Vindhyas, Himalayas
(c) Himalayas, Western Ghats, Vindhayas, Deccan Traps
(d) Vindhyas, Himalayas, Deccan Traps, Western Ghats
Answer: (a)
3. Arakan Yoma is an extension of the Himalayas found in?
(a) Kashmir
(b) in Nepal
(c) Baluchistan
(d) Myanmar
Answer: (d)
04. Kashmir connecting line from Leh across high mountains? [IAS 2003]
(a) Pass of Pir Panjal
(b) Passing of Karakoram
(c) Passing of Banihal
(d) Zoji La pass
Answer: (b)
05. Which of the following mountains are not part of the Eastern Ghats? [IAS 2003]
(a) Sheravoy hills
(b) Nallamala Hills
(c) Elamalai hills
Answer: (b)
06. Kodaikanal, a famous hill station in South India, is located at: [IAS 2003]
(a) Palni Hills
(b) Mount Anaimalai
(c) Mount Nilgiri
(d) Cardamon Hills
Answer: (a)
07. Which of the following is the RIGHT statement? [IAS 2003]
(a) Black cotton soil in northwestern India was formed by basaltic rock climates
(b) Sedimentary rocks are separated from other types of rocks by the presence of different layers
(c) Granite has large crystals of quartz, feldspar, and mica in it
(d) A metamorphic stone is softer and much smaller than its actual type
Answer: (d)
08. Which of the following is related to the formation of the Himalayan mountains?
(a) The crust of the earth’s crust
(b) Collection of lost deposits
(c) Geosyncline wrapping
(d) Damage to the crust
Answer: (c)
09. Which of the following is the most common earthquake? [CDS 2000]
(a) Coastal plains
(b) Old shoes
(c) Plains
(d) Small folded mountains
Answer: (d)
10. The exact sequence of the different Himalayan mountain ranges in terms of their stretch (in kilometers) in descending order is?[IAS 2003]
(a) Punjab Him., Kumaon Him., Nepal Him., Assam Him.
(b) Nepal Him., Assam Him., Punjab Him., Kumaon Him.
(c) Kumaon, Hlm., Nepal Him., Assam Him., Punjab Him.
(d) Nepal Him., Assam Him., Kumaon Him., Punjab Him.
Answer: (b)
11. To what category of mountains is the Vindas now?
(a) Block mountains
(b) Fold the mountains
(c) Volcanoes
(d) Remains mountains
Answer: (a)
12. The mountain range from Gujarat in the west to Delhi in the north is?
(a) Aravallis
(b) Vindhyas
(c) Satpuras
(d) Kaimur distance
Answer: (a)
13. The Himalayan mountains are composed of interlocking slopes where the oldest slopes are?
(a) Siwalik Range
(b) Lesser Himalayan Mountains
(c) The Great Himalaya Range
(d) Dhaula Dhar Range
Answer: (c)
14. The Maharashtrian Plateau is composed of? [I. Taxes and Central Excise 1992]
(a) alluvial soil
(b) coral reefs
(c) sandstone
(d) lava Ans:
Answer: (d)
15. The highest peak in South India is?
(a) Doda Betta
(b) Madhuri
(c) Analmudi
(d) None of this
Answer: (c)
16. Aravalli sections are an example of? [Asstt Grade 1993]
(a) straight mountains
(b) block mountains
(c) the remaining mountains
(d) volcanoes
Answer: (c)
17. Which of the following mountain routes outside of India?
(a) Khyber
(b) Madomila
(c) Bara Lacha La
(d) The vessel
Answer: (a)
18. Zozila Pass connects?
(a) Kashmir and Tibet
(b) Nepal and Tibet
(c) Leh and Kargil
(d) Leh and Srinagar
Answer: (d)
19. Which of the following passes and wrongly matched locations?
- Zojila and Burzil – Jammu & Kashmir
- Bara Lapcha La no-Shipki La – Uttar Pradesh
- Thaga La, Niti Pass, and Lipu Lekh – Himachal Pradesh
- Nathu La and Jelep La – Sikkim
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 3 and 4
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Answer: (b)
20. Which of the following is true about the Indian Peninsular Plateau?
- The southern plateau block is made mainly of granite and gneiss
- Deccan lava plain is a plateau consisting of horizontal mud sheets arranged horizontally.
- The Malwa Plains dominate Vindhyan’s scars, which form the northern part of the plateau.
- Narmada and Tapti ships are connected between Vindhyan and Satpura.
(a) I, II, and III
(b) I and II
(c) I, II, III and IV
(d) I, III and IV
Answer: (c)
