WBCS MAIN 2016 P-3 Geography MCQ
WBCS MAIN 2016 P-3 Geography One Liner Questions
TOPIC 1: PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA
(Questions 1-36)
1. Where is the Kundal hydro-electric project located? – Tamil Nadu
2. Through which states does the River Kaveri flow? – Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu
3. Which water body separates India from Sri Lanka? – Palk Strait
4. Where do the two branches of Ganga, Bhagirathi and Alakananda, join? – Devprayag
5. Which river originates from Mansarovar Lake? – Sutlej
6. Which is the southernmost point of Indian territory? – Andaman and Nicobar Islands
7. The Indus and Brahmaputra rivers are examples of which type of drainage? – Antecedent drainage
8. Which river flows through a rift valley? – Tapti
9. Majuli island is formed by which river? – Brahmaputra
10. Which is the oldest mountain range of India? – Aravali
11. Which strait forms the boundary between India and Sri Lanka? – Palk Strait
12. Pulicat lake is which type of lake? – Lagoon lake
13. Where is the forest research institute located? – Dehradun
14. The ‘rain shadow’ region in India is which area? – The eastern part of Western Ghat
15. Where is Baralacha La pass located? – Himachal Pradesh
16. Which mountain range is the latest in its origin? – Siwaliks
17. Which river is NOT trans-Himalayan? – Ganga
18. In which state is Silent Valley located? – Kerala
19. Which is the largest shipyard centre in India? – Cochin Shipyard Ltd., Kochi
20. The Peninsular Plateau of India extends to which hills? – Meghalaya hills
21. Which Himalayan river is NOT an antecedent stream? – Kali
22. Which is a volcanic island of India? – Narcondam
23. On which coast is Pulicat Lake situated? – Coromandal coast
24. Which river is NOT a tributary of Ganga? – Ghaggar
25. Which is the largest saltwater lake in India? – Chilka Lake
26. In which region of India is tank irrigation most popular? – Tamil Nadu
27. Where is the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute located? – Cochin
28. The McMahon Line is the boundary between which two countries? – India and China
29. Which channel separates Car Nicobar from Little Andaman? – 10° Channel
30. Where is the largest reserve of Sal forests found? – Eastern Peninsula
31. Which is the Manchester of South India? – Coimbatore
32. Where was the oldest oil well in India dug? – Digboi
33. Where is the Dandakaranya Project situated? – Madhya Pradesh
34. Through which regions does River Brahmaputra flow? – Tibet, Bangladesh, India
35. Where is the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) located? – Bangalore
36. Which is the highest dam in India? – Tehri dam
37. In which state is the highest waterfall of India located? – Karnataka
38. Where are Marble Falls found? – Narmada river
39. Which is the highest peak of India in the Himalayan range? – Kanchenjunga
40. What are the two branches of the Ganga? – Bhagirathi and Alakananda
41. Saramati is the highest peak of which hills? – Naga Hills
42. The Garo, Khasi, and Jaintia hills were formed in the same age as which range? – Siwalik
TOPIC 2: ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
(Questions 43-57)
43. Which city is called the cottonopolis of India? – Mumbai
44. Which coalfield is incorrectly matched with its state? – Singareni coalfields — Madhya Pradesh (Correct: Telangana)
45. Where is the largest petroleum refinery in India? – Mathura
46. Which area was declared a Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1997? – Sundarban
47. Where is the Neyveli thermal power station located? – Tamil Nadu
48. Bhakra-Nangal is a combined project of which states? – Haryana-Punjab-Rajasthan
49. Which city-river pair is wrongly matched? – Hyderabad-Krishna (Hyderabad is on Musi river)
50. Where is the Idukki Thermal Power Station located? – Kerala
51. Which state is the leading producer of coconut? – Kerala
52. Where is the oldest atomic power station in India? – Tarapur
53. Rihand is a project of which state? – Uttar Pradesh
54. In which state is the highest yield of rice per hectare in India? – Punjab
55. Which place is famous for copper mining? – Khetri
56. Which is a ‘Foot Loose’ industry? – Electronics
57. Which project-river pair is wrongly matched? – Ukai — Chambal (Ukai is on Tapti)
TOPIC 3: POPULATION AND SETTLEMENT GEOGRAPHY
(Questions 58-66)
58. Where is the lowest literacy rate found in West Bengal? – Uttar Dinajpur
59. What is the population density of India as per 2011 census? – 382 persons per square km
60. What is the level of urbanization in West Bengal as per 2011 census? – 31.16%
61. The tribals of central and southern India belong to which racial group? – Proto-Australoids
62. Which is a landlocked state? – Bihar
63. What is Jhoom? – A type of cultivation (shifting cultivation)
64. What is the literacy rate of West Bengal as per 2011 census? – 77.08%
65. What is the population density of West Bengal as per 2011 census? – 1028 persons per square km
66. Where is uranium mined in India? – Jaduguda, Jharkhand
TOPIC 4: CARTOGRAPHY AND MISCELLANEOUS
(Questions 67-70)
67. Who prepares the topographical maps of India? – Survey of India
68. When was the Public Postal System started in India? – 1837
69. ‘Diego Garcia’ is an island in which ocean? – Indian Ocean
70. Isohyets lines show the distribution of which element on a map? – Rainfall
TOPIC 5: WORLD GEOGRAPHY
(Questions 71-75)
71. Which is the longest highway (National Highway) of India? – N.H.-7
72. Which revolution is mismatched with its product? – Green Revolution — Rice Production (Green Revolution is associated with wheat)
73. Which national park is incorrectly matched with its state? – Chandraprabha-Bihar (Chandraprabha is in Uttar Pradesh)
74. Which mountain peak is incorrectly matched with its range? – Panchmarhi : Mahadev (Panchmarhi is in Satpura range)
75. Which pair is correctly matched? – White Revolution — Milk Production
TOPIC-WISE SUMMARY
| Topic | Question Numbers |
|---|---|
| Topic 1: Physical Geography of India | 1-42 |
| Topic 2: Economic Geography | 43-57 |
| Topic 3: Population and Settlement Geography | 58-66 |
| Topic 4: Cartography and Miscellaneous | 67-70 |
| Topic 5: World Geography | 71-75 |
WBCS MAIN 2016 P-3 Geography MCQ
TOPIC 1: PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA
(Questions 1-42)
1. Kundal hydro-electric project is located at
A) Tamil Nadu
B) West Bengal
C) Andhra Pradesh
D) Kerala
Answer: A) Tamil Nadu
2. River Kaveri flows through the state of
A) Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu
B) Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu
C) Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu
D) Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh
Answer: B) Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu
3. Palk Strait separates India from
A) Pakistan
B) China
C) Sri Lanka
D) Maldives
Answer: C) Sri Lanka
4. The two branches of Ganga, Bhagirathi and Alakananda joins at
A) Rudraprayag
B) Haridwar
C) Devprayag
D) Sonprayag
Answer: C) Devprayag
5. The river which originates from Mansarovar Lake is
A) Ganga
B) Yamuna
C) Ravi
D) Sutlej
Answer: D) Sutlej
6. Southern most point of Indian territory is:
A) Tamil Nadu
B) Lakshadweep
C) Trivandrum
D) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Answer: D) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
7. Indus and Brahmaputra rivers are example of
A) Subsequent drainage
B) Super-imposed drainage
C) Consequent drainage
D) Antecedent drainage
Answer: D) Antecedent drainage
8. Which of the following rivers is flowing through a rift valley?
A) Godavari
B) Tapti
C) Krishna
D) Kaveri
Answer: B) Tapti
9. Majuli island is formed by which river?
A) Godavari
B) Cauvery
C) Brahmaputra
D) Krishna
Answer: C) Brahmaputra
10. The oldest mountain range of India is
A) Satpura
B) Vindhyas
C) Aravali
D) Himalayas
Answer: C) Aravali
11. Which one of the following is the boundary between India and Sri Lanka?
A) Gulf of Mannar
B) Palk Bay
C) Palk Strait
D) Malacca Strait
Answer: C) Palk Strait
12. Pulicat lake is which type of lake?
A) Crater lake
B) Salt lake
C) Glaciated lake
D) Lagoon lake
Answer: D) Lagoon lake
13. Where is the forest research institute located?
A) Delhi
B) Bhopal
C) Dehradun
D) Lucknow
Answer: C) Dehradun
14. The ‘rain shadow’ region in India is
A) the eastern part of Western Ghat
B) Chotanagpur plateau
C) Piedmont of Himalayas
D) the desert
Answer: A) the eastern part of Western Ghat
15. Baralacha La pass is in
A) Punjab
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Uttarakhand
D) Himachal Pradesh
Answer: D) Himachal Pradesh
16. Which one of the following mountain range is latest in its origin?
A) Greater Himalayas
B) Vindhyas
C) Siwaliks
D) Satpura
Answer: C) Siwaliks
17. Which one of the following rivers is not trans Himalayan?
A) Sutlej
B) Brahmaputra
C) Indus
D) Ganga
Answer: D) Ganga
18. In which state Silent Valley is located?
A) Tamil Nadu
B) Assam
C) Kerala
D) Rajasthan
Answer: C) Kerala
19. Which one of the following shipyard centres is largest in India?
A) Cochin Shipyard Ltd., Kochi
B) The Garden Reach Workshop, Kolkata
C) Hindustan Shipyard Ltd., Vishakhapatnam
D) The Mazgaon Dock, Mumbai
Answer: A) Cochin Shipyard Ltd., Kochi
20. The Peninsular Plateau of India extends to
A) Mizo hills
B) Himachal Himalayas
C) Meghalaya hills
D) Assam valley
Answer: C) Meghalaya hills
21. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
A) Dhupgarh : Satpura
B) Panchmarhi : Mahadev
C) Dodagiri : Nilgiris
D) Mahendragiri : Eastern Ghats
Answer: B) Panchmarhi : Mahadev
22. Which one of the following Himalayan rivers is not an antecedent stream?
A) Indus
B) Sutlej
C) Kali
D) Brahmaputra
Answer: C) Kali
23. __ is a volcanic island of India.
A) Narcondam
B) New Moore
C) Pamban
D) Rameshwaram
Answer: A) Narcondam
24. Pulicat Lake is situated at the coast of
A) Malabar coast
B) Konkan coast
C) Coromandal coast
D) None of the above
Answer: C) Coromandal coast
25. Which one of the following is not a tributary of Ganga?
A) Gandak
B) Gomati
C) Kosi
D) Ghaggar
Answer: D) Ghaggar
26. Which is the largest Salt water lake in India?
A) Lonar Lake
B) Pulicat Lake
C) Chilka Lake
D) Wular Lake
Answer: C) Chilka Lake
27. In which region of India tank irrigation is most popular?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Rajasthan
C) Andhra Pradesh
D) Tamil Nadu
Answer: D) Tamil Nadu
28. The Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute is located at
A) Madras
B) Goa
C) Cochin
D) Kolkata
Answer: C) Cochin
29. McMahon Line is in between
A) India and Pakistan
B) India and Afghanistan
C) India and China
D) Pakistan and Afghanistan
Answer: C) India and China
30. The channel which separates Car Nicobar from Little Andaman is
A) 9° Channel
B) 8° Channel
C) 10° Channel
D) 7° Channel
Answer: C) 10° Channel
31. The largest reserve of Sal forests is found in
A) Eastern Peninsula
B) Nilgiri hills
C) Dehradun valley
D) Aravali
Answer: A) Eastern Peninsula
32. Which of the following is the Manchester of South India?
A) Chennai
B) Tirunelveli
C) Perambur
D) Coimbatore
Answer: D) Coimbatore
33. The oldest oil well in India was dug at
A) Naharkatia
B) Ankleshwar
C) Moran
D) Digboi
Answer: D) Digboi
34. Dandakaranya Project is situated in
A) Tamil Nadu
B) Maharashtra
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Goa
Answer: C) Madhya Pradesh
35. River Brahmaputra flows through
A) Tibet, Bangladesh, India
B) India, China, Bangladesh, Tibet
C) India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sikkim
D) Bangladesh, West Bengal, Bhutan
Answer: A) Tibet, Bangladesh, India
36. The Indian Space Research Organisation is in:
A) Trivandrum
B) Bangalore
C) Thumba
D) Sriharikota
Answer: B) Bangalore
37. The highest dam in India is
A) Tehri dam
B) Bhakra Nangal dam
C) Hirakud dam
D) Nagarjuna Sagar dam
Answer: A) Tehri dam
38. In which state the highest waterfall is located in India?
A) Karnataka
B) Assam
C) Tamil Nadu
D) Kerala
Answer: A) Karnataka
39. Marble Falls is found in
A) Cauvery river
B) Sharavati river
C) Narmada river
D) Godavari river
Answer: C) Narmada river
40. The highest peak of India in Himalayan range is:
A) Mt. Everest
B) Nanda Devi
C) Kanchenjunga
D) Godwin Austen
Answer: C) Kanchenjunga
41. The two branches of the Ganga include:
A) Bhagirathi and Yamuna
B) Bhagirathi and Alakananda
C) Mandakini and Yamuna
D) Mandakini and Son-Ganga
Answer: B) Bhagirathi and Alakananda
42. Saramati is the highest peak of
A) Naga
B) Aravali
C) Himalaya
D) Nilgiri
Answer: A) Naga
43. The Garo, Khasi, Jaintia hills were formed in the same age as
A) Himalaya
B) Malwa Plateau
C) Siwalik
D) Himachal Range
Answer: C) Siwalik
TOPIC 2: ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
(Questions 44-58)
44. The city which is called cottonopolis of India:
A) Kanpur
B) Ahmedabad
C) Mumbai
D) Coimbatore
Answer: C) Mumbai
45. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
A) Karnataka coalfields — Jharkhand
B) Singareni coalfields — Madhya Pradesh
C) Raniganj coalfields — West Bengal
D) Talcher coalfields — Orissa
Answer: B) Singareni coalfields — Madhya Pradesh
46. The largest petroleum refinery in India is
A) Mathura
B) Digboi
C) Koyali
D) Trombay
Answer: A) Mathura
47. UNESCO declared as a Biosphere Reserve as well as a World Heritage site in 1997.
A) Bhitarkanika
B) Jim Corbett
C) Kanha
D) Sundarban
Answer: D) Sundarban
48. Neyveli thermal power station is located in
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Tamil Nadu
D) Karnataka
Answer: C) Tamil Nadu
49. Bhakra-Nangal is a combined project of:
A) Haryana-Punjab-Rajasthan
B) Haryana-Punjab-Delhi
C) Himachal-Haryana-Punjab
D) Punjab-Delhi-Rajasthan
Answer: A) Haryana-Punjab-Rajasthan
50. Which one is wrongly matched?
A) Ahmedabad-Sabarmati
B) Hyderabad-Krishna
C) Kota-Chambal
D) Nasik-Godavari
Answer: B) Hyderabad-Krishna
51. Idukki Thermal Power Station is in the state of
A) Tamil Nadu
B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Kerala
D) Karnataka
Answer: C) Kerala
52. Which state is leading producer of coconut?
A) Assam
B) Kerala
C) Tamil Nadu
D) Karnataka
Answer: B) Kerala
53. The oldest atomic power station is
A) Kalpakkam
B) Tarapur
C) Narora
D) Kota
Answer: B) Tarapur
54. Rihand is the project of which state?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Bihar
D) Karnataka
Answer: A) Uttar Pradesh
55. The highest yield of rice per hectare in India is in
A) Tamil Nadu
B) West Bengal
C) Haryana
D) Punjab
Answer: D) Punjab
56. The place famous for copper is
A) Khetri
B) Hazaribagh
C) Ranchi
D) Tarapur
Answer: A) Khetri
57. Which is a ‘Foot Loose’ industry?
A) Electronics
B) Leather
C) Paper
D) Cement
Answer: A) Electronics
58. Which one is wrongly matched?
A) Nagarjuna Sagar Project — Krishna
B) Hirakund — Mahanadi
C) Bhakra Nangal — Sutlej
D) Ukai — Chambal
Answer: D) Ukai — Chambal
TOPIC 3: POPULATION AND SETTLEMENT GEOGRAPHY
(Questions 59-68)
59. Lowest literacy rate found in West Bengal is in
A) Purba Medinipur
B) Cooch Bihar
C) Uttar Dinajpur
D) Malda
Answer: C) Uttar Dinajpur
60. Population density of India as on 2011 is
A) 372 persons per square km
B) 382 persons per square km
C) 392 persons per square km
D) 352 persons per square km
Answer: B) 382 persons per square km
61. Level of urbanization in West Bengal in 2011 is
A) 27.81%
B) 31.16%
C) 28.32%
D) 32.24%
Answer: B) 31.16%
62. The tribals of central and southern India belongs to:
A) Negritos
B) Mongoloids
C) Brachycephals
D) Proto-Australoids
Answer: D) Proto-Australoids
63. Which one is the land locked state?
A) Gujarat
B) Andhra Pradesh
C) West Bengal
D) Bihar
Answer: D) Bihar
64. What is Jhoom?
A) A type of cultivation
B) A music of tribe
C) A tribal dance
D) A type of soil
Answer: A) A type of cultivation
65. Literacy rate of West Bengal as on 2011 is
A) 72.04%
B) 77.08%
C) 78.01%
D) 73.50%
Answer: B) 77.08%
66. Population density of West Bengal as on 2011 is
A) 1028 persons per square km
B) 1023 persons per square km
C) 1038 persons per square km
D) 1033 persons per square km
Answer: A) 1028 persons per square km
67. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
A) Kaziranga-Assam
B) Shivpuri-Madhya Pradesh
C) Chandraprabha-Bihar
D) Corbett National Park-Uttaranchal
Answer: C) Chandraprabha-Bihar
68. Uranium is mined at Jaduguda in
A) Rajasthan
B) Kerala
C) Jharkhand
D) Karnataka
Answer: C) Jharkhand
TOPIC 4: CARTOGRAPHY AND MISCELLANEOUS
(Questions 69-72)
69. Who prepares the topographical maps of India?
A) Geological Survey of India
B) Survey of India
C) Defence Ministry
D) Geographical Survey of India
Answer: B) Survey of India
70. The Public Postal System in India was started in which year?
A) 1837
B) 1838
C) 1848
D) 1839
Answer: A) 1837
71. ‘Diego Garcia’ is an island in the __ ocean
A) Atlantic
B) Pacific
C) Indian
D) Arctic
Answer: C) Indian
72. Isohyets lines shows the distribution of __ on map.
A) Temperature
B) Rainfall
C) Snowfall
D) Humidity
Answer: B) Rainfall
TOPIC 5: WORLD GEOGRAPHY
(Questions 73-75)
73. The longest highway (N.H.) of India is
A) N.H.-2
B) N.H.-1
C) N.H.-3
D) N.H.-7
Answer: D) N.H.-7
74. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
A) White Revolution — Milk Production
B) Blue Revolution — Fish Production
C) Yellow Revolution — Oilseed Production
D) Green Revolution — Rice Production
Answer: D) Green Revolution — Rice Production
75. Which one of the following is not correctly matched? (From Q.167)
A) Dhupgarh : Satpura
B) Panchmarhi : Mahadev
C) Dodagiri : Nilgiris
D) Mahendragiri : Eastern Ghats
Answer: B) Panchmarhi : Mahadev
TOPIC-WISE SUMMARY
| Topic | Question Numbers |
|---|---|
| Topic 1: Physical Geography of India | 1-43 |
| Topic 2: Economic Geography | 44-58 |
| Topic 3: Population and Settlement Geography | 59-68 |
| Topic 4: Cartography and Miscellaneous | 69-72 |
| Topic 5: World Geography | 73-75 |