Geography Quiz For RRB NTPC Exam 2017

Ques 1. On which of the following rivers is the Paithan (Jayakwadi) Hydro-electric project located?

a. Kaveri

b. Godavari

c. Narmada

d. Ganga

Ques 2. What do we call the past located at the end of Nilgiri Hills?

a. Palghat gap
b. Thalgat pass
c. Bolan pass
d. Bhorghat pass

Ques 3. Which of the following factors are responsible for the rapid growth of sugar production in South India?

a. Longer crushing period
b. Higher per acre field of sugarcane
c. Higher sucrose content of sugarcane
d. All of the above

Ques 4. What do we call Yarlung Zangbo in India?

a. Indus

b. Brahmaputra

c. Mahanadi

d. Ganga

Ques 5. On which of the following rivers is Salal Project Located?

a. Sutlej 

b. Jhelam

c. Chinab

d. Ravi

Ques 6. Which of the following companies has established Mathura, Digboi and Panipat refineries?

a. Crude Distillation unit of Madras Refineries Ltd.
b. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.
c. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.
d. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd.

Ques 7.  The Redcliff line forms a boundary between which of the following two countries?

a. India and Myanmar
b. India and Afghanistan
c. India and Pakistan
d. India and China

Ques 8.  Where does the typical area of sal forest in the Indian peninsular upland occur?
a. between the Tapti and the Narmada
b. on the Malwa plateau
c. on the western ghats
d. to the north-east of the Godavari

Ques 9. Which of the following states of India covers the largest forest area?

a. Madhya Pradesh
b. Arunachal Pradesh
c. Assam
d. Haryana

Ques 10.Which of the following years is called the Great Divide in the demographic history of India?

a. 1921

b. 1947

c. 1951

d. 1926

Ques 11. Where is the only private sector refinery of India set up by Reliance Petroleum Ltd. located?

a. Chennai

b. Jamnagar

c. Mumbai

d. Guwahati

Ques 12. Name the only saffron producing state of India.

a. Meghalaya

b. Assam

c. Himachal Pradesh
d. Jammu and Kashmir

Ques 13. Which of the following foodgrain crops occupies the largest part of cropped area of India?

a. Wheat
b. Jowar and bajra
c. Barley and maize
d. Rice

Ques 14. Which of the following Indian union territories has the highest density of population per square kilometre?

a. Delhi
b. Lakshadweep
c. Chandigarh
d. Pondicherry

Ques 15. Which of the following Indian power stations is built indigenously?

a. Rawat Bhata
b. Kalpakkam
c. Tarapore
d. Narora

Ques 16. Which of the following is the oldest oil field in India?

a. Digboi

b. Nawagam
c. Anleshwar
d. Bombay High

Ques 17. Which of the following drainage systems falls into the Bay of Bengal?

a. Mahanadi, Krishna and Kaveri
b. Luni, Narmada and Tapti
c.Ganga, Brahmaputra and Godavari
d. (a) and (c)

Ques 18. Which of the following groups of rivers originates in Tibet?

a. Ganges, Sutlej and Yamuna
b. Brahmaputra, Indus and Sutlej
c. Chenab, Ravi and Sutlej
d. Brahmaputra, Ganges and Sutlej

Ques 19. Which of the following hills forms the watershed between India and Myanmar?

a. Garo hills
b. Khasi hills
c. Naga hills
d. Jaintia hills

Ques 20. Which of the following natural regions holds the Indian subcontinent?

a. monsoon
b. equatorial climate change region
c. mediterranean
d. hot desert

Answer Key

1. b. Godavari

2. a. Palghat gap

3. d. All of the above

4. b. Brahmaputra

5. c. Chinab

6. c. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.

7. c. India and Pakistan

8. b. on the Malwa plateau

9. a. Madhya Pradesh

10. a. 1921

11. b. Jamnagar

12. d. Jammu and Kashmir

13. d. Rice

14. a. Delhi

15. b. Kalpakkam

16. a. Digboi

17. d. (a) and (c)

18. a. Ganges, Sutlej and Yamuna

19. c. Naga hills

20. a. monsoon