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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Where are the Broken Hills famous for zinc and lead located ? |
| A. | Australia |
| B. | Germany |
| C. | France |
| D. | Turkey |
| Answer» B. Germany | |
| 2. |
What is the time difference between each side of the International Date line ? |
| A. | 24 hours |
| B. | 48 hours |
| C. | 12 hours |
| D. | 36 hours |
| Answer» B. 48 hours | |
| 3. |
Wind gas is associated with _________________ |
| A. | River capture |
| B. | Sand dune |
| C. | None Of These |
| D. | Sea wave |
| Answer» B. Sand dune | |
| 4. |
Ria shoreline is associated with _________________ |
| A. | River |
| B. | Glacier |
| C. | None Of These |
| D. | Fault |
| Answer» B. Glacier | |
| 5. |
What is Death Valley in California (USA) famous for ? |
| A. | Polluted area |
| B. | Erigid area |
| C. | Volcanic area |
| D. | Hottest area |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
The main factor determining a region's climate is _________________ |
| A. | longitude |
| B. | latitude |
| C. | All of the above |
| D. | temperature |
| Answer» C. All of the above | |
| 7. |
Which river bank is Karachi situated on ? |
| A. | Neelam |
| B. | Indus |
| C. | tigris |
| D. | Chenab |
| Answer» C. tigris | |
| 8. |
Where are high tides experienced ? |
| A. | None Of These |
| B. | Both |
| C. | New moon |
| D. | Full moon |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9. |
What is the wind which reverses seasonally called ? |
| A. | Monsoon |
| B. | Cyclone Hurricane |
| C. | Earthquake |
| D. | Hurricane |
| Answer» B. Cyclone Hurricane | |
| 10. |
Weather during the passage of a cold front is _________________ |
| A. | Warm and rainy |
| B. | Fair |
| C. | None Of These |
| D. | Cold and variable |
| Answer» E. | |
| 11. |
What is monetary currency of Greece called (prior to Jan 1, 2002) ? |
| A. | yen |
| B. | guilder |
| C. | drachma |
| D. | dinar |
| Answer» D. dinar | |
| 12. |
Within the transporting medium, transport can occur by ______________ |
| A. | suspension |
| B. | solution and traction |
| C. | solution |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13. |
Who is the largest production of mica in Asia ? |
| A. | Indonesia |
| B. | Malaysia |
| C. | India |
| D. | Myanmar |
| Answer» D. Myanmar | |
| 14. |
Why the season changes ? |
| A. | Earth is revolving round the sun |
| B. | Earth is revolving its axis |
| C. | Moon is revolving round the sun |
| D. | Planet Mercury is attracting the sun |
| Answer» B. Earth is revolving its axis | |
| 15. |
What areSaltrees typical species of ? |
| A. | Tropical rain forest |
| B. | Tundra forest |
| C. | Taiga forest |
| D. | Tropical monsoon forest |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16. |
Which is the largest gulf in the world ? |
| A. | Persian Gulf |
| B. | Gulf of Carpentaria |
| C. | Gulf of Mexico |
| D. | Gulf of Mannar |
| Answer» D. Gulf of Mannar | |
| 17. |
What is the lowest point of North America ? |
| A. | Death Valley |
| B. | Eyre Lake |
| C. | Ellsworth |
| D. | Valdes Peninsula |
| Answer» B. Eyre Lake | |
| 18. |
What influences the propagation of radio signals ? |
| A. | thermosphere |
| B. | troposphere |
| C. | ionosphere |
| D. | exosphere |
| Answer» D. exosphere | |
| 19. |
What is the total area of South America ? |
| A. | 16,210,910 sq km |
| B. | 18,909,001 sq km |
| C. | 19,230,918 sq km |
| D. | 17,819,000 sq km |
| Answer» E. | |
| 20. |
Which is the world smallest Islamic state in area ? |
| A. | Syria |
| B. | Brunei |
| C. | Morocco |
| D. | Maldives |
| Answer» E. | |
| 21. |
The last major glacial period began about 2,000,000 years before present and is commonly known as _________________ |
| A. | Pliocene or ice age |
| B. | Holocene or ice age |
| C. | Paleocene or ice age |
| D. | Pleistocene or ice age |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22. |
Which is smallest country of the world ? |
| A. | Canada |
| B. | Russia |
| C. | Vatican city |
| D. | Brazil |
| Answer» D. Brazil | |
| 23. |
The heavy day soils that show significant expansion and contraction due to the presence or absence of moisture is called _________________ |
| A. | histosols |
| B. | vertisols |
| C. | andisols |
| D. | aridsols |
| Answer» C. andisols | |
| 24. |
Where is the world's highest ground based telescopic observatory located ? |
| A. | India |
| B. | Nepal |
| C. | Switzerland |
| D. | Colombia |
| Answer» B. Nepal | |
| 25. |
The import of crude oil and petroleum done from national oil companies of producer countries, which have a net exportable surplus of oil is by _____________ |
| A. | All the above |
| B. | monthly tenders |
| C. | term tenders |
| D. | term contracts |
| Answer» E. | |
| 26. |
On planet Earth, where there is no centrifugal force ? |
| A. | Tropic of Capricorn |
| B. | Poles |
| C. | Tropic of Cancer |
| D. | Equator |
| Answer» C. Tropic of Cancer | |
| 27. |
What is the temperature needed to keep the earth's surface and the atmosphere in thermal equilibrium called ? |
| A. | global temperature |
| B. | the mean global surface temperature |
| C. | equilibrium temperature |
| D. | the surface temperature |
| Answer» C. equilibrium temperature | |
| 28. |
The hot and cold deserts together occupy nearly ________________ land area of the world. |
| A. | 1/2 |
| B. | 1/4th |
| C. | 3/4th |
| D. | 1/3rd |
| Answer» E. | |
| 29. |
How often do Spring tides occur ? |
| A. | None Of These |
| B. | Twice a year |
| C. | Twice a day |
| D. | Twice a month |
| Answer» E. | |
| 30. |
When is theDiamond Ringphenomenon observed ? |
| A. | only along the peripheral regions of the totality trail |
| B. | at the start of a total solar eclipse |
| C. | only in the central regions of the total trail |
| D. | at the end of a total solar eclipse |
| Answer» B. at the start of a total solar eclipse | |
| 31. |
The main period of Mesozoic era include _________________ |
| A. | cretaceous period and Jurassic period |
| B. | Triassic period and Cretaceous period |
| C. | Jurassic period and Triassic period |
| D. | Triassic period, Jurassic period and cretaceous period |
| Answer» E. | |
| 32. |
The obscuring of one celestial body by another, particularly that of the sun or a planetary satellite _________________ |
| A. | ecliptic |
| B. | eclipse |
| C. | elliptic |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. elliptic | |
| 33. |
Where is volcano Mt. Etna located ? |
| A. | India |
| B. | Indonesia |
| C. | Sicily |
| D. | Hawaii USA |
| Answer» D. Hawaii USA | |
| 34. |
The Radcliffe line is a boundary between _________________ |
| A. | India and Myanmar |
| B. | India and Pakistan |
| C. | India and China |
| D. | India and Afghanistan |
| Answer» C. India and China | |
| 35. |
The movement of particles by rolling, sliding and shuffling along the eroded surface is called ______________ |
| A. | solution |
| B. | traction |
| C. | saltation |
| D. | suspension |
| Answer» C. saltation | |
| 36. |
What are the points in the ecliptic farthest north and south of the celestial equator called ? |
| A. | autumnal and vernal equinox |
| B. | north celestial pole and south celestial pole |
| C. | summer and winter solstices |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 37. |
Cold winds blowing down slope by gravity are ? |
| A. | Fohn winds |
| B. | Jet streams |
| C. | None Of These |
| D. | Katabatic |
| Answer» E. | |
| 38. |
The polar diameter is _________________ to the equatorial diameter. |
| A. | equal |
| B. | less |
| C. | more |
| D. | they cannot be compared |
| Answer» C. more | |
| 39. |
What is the main cause of earthquakes ? |
| A. | Sudden cooling and contraction of the earth surface |
| B. | Coming into activity of some dormant volcanoes |
| C. | All of the above |
| D. | Due to internal heat, sometimes water changes into steam and expands |
| Answer» D. Due to internal heat, sometimes water changes into steam and expands | |
| 40. |
What are the main producers of free gas ? |
| A. | the south Bassein and Tapti fields in the western offshore |
| B. | the gas fields in Tripura and Andhra Pradesh (KG Basin) |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 41. |
What is Penumbra ? |
| A. | formed by the tangent that intersects between the sun and the moon |
| B. | None of the above |
| C. | the outer portion of the moon's shadow |
| D. | both (a) and (b) |
| Answer» E. | |
| 42. |
What is called the movement of the Earth's crust or a major climatic change that makes an old stream young ? |
| A. | consequent stream |
| B. | rejuvenation |
| C. | aggradation |
| D. | subsequent stream |
| Answer» E. | |
| 43. |
Where is the main percentage of the volume of water in the hydrosphere ? |
| A. | freshwater lakes and water vapours |
| B. | groundwater, rivers and streams |
| C. | glaciers and ice sheets |
| D. | oceans and seas |
| Answer» E. | |
| 44. |
Which is the longest day (shortest night) in the southern hemisphere ? |
| A. | July 21 |
| B. | November 22 |
| C. | June 21 |
| D. | December 22 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 45. |
Which is shortest day in the Northern Hemisphere? |
| A. | 22-Dec |
| B. | 29-Dec |
| C. | 30-Jan |
| D. | 15-Jan |
| Answer» B. 29-Dec | |
| 46. |
What is the sediment deposited at the base of the glacier called ? |
| A. | till |
| B. | None of the above |
| C. | glacial sand |
| D. | moraine |
| Answer» B. None of the above | |
| 47. |
What is the current produced by upwelling of cold water off the coast of Chile and Peru known ? |
| A. | Agulhas Current |
| B. | Canary Current |
| C. | Humboldt Current |
| D. | El Nino |
| Answer» D. El Nino | |
| 48. |
The troughs of the waves are where the jet stream of waves is closest to the ______________ |
| A. | poles |
| B. | equator |
| C. | None of the above |
| D. | Prime meridian |
| Answer» C. None of the above | |
| 49. |
The major graphite producing country is _________________ |
| A. | India |
| B. | Russia |
| C. | Zaire |
| D. | Sri Lanka |
| Answer» E. | |
| 50. |
The two 'equinoxes' take place respectively in the months of _________________ |
| A. | September and December |
| B. | January and June |
| C. | July and December |
| D. | March and September |
| Answer» E. | |