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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. |
What is the portion of floor skirting the land called ? |
| A. | None Of These |
| B. | Continental slope |
| C. | Harbor |
| D. | Continental shelf |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2. |
What is the lowest point on land ? |
| A. | Death valley, USA |
| B. | Caspian sea, Russia |
| C. | Dead sea, Jordan/Israel |
| D. | Lake Eyre, Australia |
| Answer» D. Lake Eyre, Australia | |
| 3. |
What does the term 'Abyssal' refer to ? |
| A. | inner most part of the earth |
| B. | deeper parts of the oceans |
| C. | None of the above |
| D. | organism found in the shallow water zone of the seas |
| Answer» C. None of the above | |
| 4. |
How is temperature affected when we proceed from equator to poles ? |
| A. | be constant |
| B. | decrease |
| C. | fluctuate |
| D. | increase |
| Answer» C. fluctuate | |
| 5. |
The eastern Mediterranean Island Cyprus is divided between ? |
| A. | South Korea and North Korea |
| B. | Turkey and Japan |
| C. | USA and Canada |
| D. | Greece and Turkey |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
What is the ratio between Earth and Oceans by area ? |
| A. | 70.8% and 29.2% |
| B. | 61.9% and 29.1 % |
| C. | 80.2% and 19.8% |
| D. | 59% and 41% |
| Answer» B. 61.9% and 29.1 % | |
| 7. |
Which of the following does the Himalayan mountain system belongs to? |
| A. | Fold mountains |
| B. | Volcanic mountains |
| C. | Residual mountains |
| D. | Block mountains |
| Answer» B. Volcanic mountains | |
| 8. |
What is the deepest part of Ocean ? |
| A. | Isle Trench |
| B. | Sunda Trench |
| C. | Puerto Rico Trench |
| D. | Mariana Trench |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9. |
The headquarters of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), formed out of erstwhile USSR, is at _________________ |
| A. | Kistiner in Moldavia |
| B. | Moscow in Russia |
| C. | Kiev in Ukraine |
| D. | Minsk in Byelorussia |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
Which area has monsoon climate ? |
| A. | Southern Part of South Africa |
| B. | Pacific Coast of Columbia |
| C. | South-Eastern United States |
| D. | Central California |
| Answer» C. South-Eastern United States | |
| 11. |
The clouds that herald the approach the cyclonic storm are identified as ? |
| A. | None Of These |
| B. | Cumulus |
| C. | Cirrus |
| D. | Stratus |
| Answer» C. Cirrus | |
| 12. |
Which land of country is below the sea level? |
| A. | Netherlands |
| B. | Germany |
| C. | Belgium |
| D. | Iceland |
| Answer» B. Germany | |
| 13. |
Which is the largest continent in the world ? |
| A. | Australia |
| B. | Africa |
| C. | Antarctica |
| D. | Asia |
| Answer» E. | |
| 14. |
From what does The International Date Line, passes ? |
| A. | Baffin Bay |
| B. | Bering Strait |
| C. | Denmark Strait |
| D. | Hudson Bay |
| Answer» C. Denmark Strait | |
| 15. |
What are the tropical cyclones with maximum sustained surface winds of 33 ms called ? |
| A. | hurricane |
| B. | tropical storms |
| C. | None of the above |
| D. | tropical depressions |
| Answer» B. tropical storms | |
| 16. |
What seperates the northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere ? |
| A. | the plane of Tropic of Cancer |
| B. | the plane of the equator |
| C. | the plane of Tropic of Capricorn |
| D. | the International Date line |
| Answer» C. the plane of Tropic of Capricorn | |
| 17. |
The ground water that occurs when flow of the subterranean water is not confined by the presence of impermeable layers is called ______________ |
| A. | confined groundwater |
| B. | aquifer |
| C. | unconfined groundwater |
| D. | artesian |
| Answer» D. artesian | |
| 18. |
What is collection of gas dust which appears as a bright ball of light in the sky with a glowing tail called ? |
| A. | Star |
| B. | Constellation |
| C. | Galaxy |
| D. | Comet |
| Answer» D. Comet | |
| 19. |
How is sidereal month defined ? |
| A. | the period of rotation of moon |
| B. | the period in which the moon completes an orbit around the earth |
| C. | None of the above |
| D. | the period in which the moon completes an orbit around the earth and returns to the same positions in the sky |
| Answer» E. | |
| 20. |
The Palaeozoic era contains ______________ time periods. |
| A. | five |
| B. | six |
| C. | seven |
| D. | four |
| Answer» C. seven | |
| 21. |
The Pyrenees mountains are located on the border between _________________ and _________________ |
| A. | Norway, Sweden |
| B. | Hungary, Romania |
| C. | Romania, Bulgaria |
| D. | France, Spain |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22. |
What is wind blowing from land to sea called ? |
| A. | Sea breeze |
| B. | Land breeze |
| C. | None Of These |
| D. | Trade winds |
| Answer» C. None Of These | |
| 23. |
With the disintegration of USSR in end 1991, comprised of _________________ Union Republics. |
| A. | 10 |
| B. | 5 |
| C. | 25 |
| D. | 15 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 24. |
What is the lowermost and the oldest epoch of the Tertiary Period of geologic time ? |
| A. | Palaeozoic |
| B. | Palaeocene |
| C. | Pliocene |
| D. | Holocene |
| Answer» C. Pliocene | |
| 25. |
The periods of different eras are further divided into ________________ |
| A. | eons |
| B. | epochs |
| C. | stages |
| D. | Any of the above |
| Answer» D. Any of the above | |
| 26. |
What is the phenomenon associated with collision and subduction of the planet called ? |
| A. | earthquakes |
| B. | volcanoes |
| C. | island arcs |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 27. |
The products of _________________ are a major source of sediments for erosion and _________________ |
| A. | weathering, deposition |
| B. | deposition, weathering |
| C. | rocks, weathering |
| D. | rocks, deposition |
| Answer» B. deposition, weathering | |
| 28. |
Why the polar regions of earth cannot support forest growth ? |
| A. | the ground is often frozen or snow or ice covered |
| B. | the rainfall is very low |
| C. | the growing season is short in these areas |
| D. | All of these factors. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 29. |
The white sands of New Mexico are composed chiefly of ______________ |
| A. | Calcite |
| B. | Gypsum |
| C. | None of these |
| D. | Quartz |
| Answer» B. Gypsum | |
| 30. |
How are The Suez Canal, the panama Canal the Straits of the Dardamelles are similar ? |
| A. | is the points of conflict |
| B. | Neither 'a' nor 'b' |
| C. | are strategie waterways |
| D. | Both 'a' and 'b' |
| Answer» E. | |
| 31. |
Polar front theory deals with ? |
| A. | Formation of mountains |
| B. | Cloud formation |
| C. | None Of These |
| D. | Atmospheric disturbance |
| Answer» E. | |
| 32. |
What is umbra ? |
| A. | both (a) and (b) |
| B. | formed by tangents to the sun and moon |
| C. | None of the above |
| D. | the inner portion of the moon's shadow |
| Answer» B. formed by tangents to the sun and moon | |
| 33. |
Which region is the South Frigid Zone ? |
| A. | has the coldest climate throughout the year |
| B. | lying between 66(1/2)? south and90? south |
| C. | lying between the Antarctic circle to the south pole |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 34. |
Where does the minimum values of annual receipts of solar radiation occur ? |
| A. | the arctic |
| B. | the equator |
| C. | None of the above |
| D. | the tropics |
| Answer» B. the equator | |
| 35. |
What is the percentage of aluminium In the composition of earth ? |
| A. | 13.20% |
| B. | 26.40% |
| C. | 23.20% |
| D. | 8.20% |
| Answer» E. | |
| 36. |
Which country has greatest number of volcanoes in the world? |
| A. | Indonesia |
| B. | Sudan |
| C. | Philippines |
| D. | Israel |
| Answer» D. Israel | |
| 37. |
Which is the world smallest state by population ? |
| A. | Maldives |
| B. | Singapore |
| C. | San Marino |
| D. | Vatican City |
| Answer» E. | |
| 38. |
Where is the world largest active volcano Mauna Loa located ? |
| A. | Mt. Merapi (Indonesia) |
| B. | Hawaii (USA) |
| C. | Mayon (Philippines) |
| D. | Alaska (USA) |
| Answer» C. Mayon (Philippines) | |
| 39. |
Out of the total area of the world South America contains ? |
| A. | 9.20% |
| B. | 8.90% |
| C. | 7.90% |
| D. | 8.60% |
| Answer» C. 7.90% | |
| 40. |
What is the major cause of species extinction ? |
| A. | agricultural activities |
| B. | development (human settlements, industry) |
| C. | habitat loss and degradation |
| D. | extraction (including mining, fishing, logging) |
| Answer» D. extraction (including mining, fishing, logging) | |
| 41. |
In Koppen classification of tropical climates, the average temperature of every month is ? |
| A. | None Of These |
| B. | Above 64? (18.0?C) |
| C. | Above 70.0?F (21.1?C) |
| D. | Above SOT (26.6?C) |
| Answer» C. Above 70.0?F (21.1?C) | |
| 42. |
The total area of world the oceans contains? |
| A. | 61.132 million sq. km |
| B. | 259.132 million sq. km |
| C. | 391.321 million sq. km |
| D. | 349.511 million sq. km |
| Answer» B. 259.132 million sq. km | |
| 43. |
The horizontal of soil profile is composed of ______________ |
| A. | None of the above |
| B. | weathered parent material that is not affected by translocation and organic modification |
| C. | material affected by translocation u0026 organic modification |
| D. | unweathered bedrock |
| Answer» C. material affected by translocation u0026 organic modification | |
| 44. |
What does not cause Tsunamis? |
| A. | earthquakes |
| B. | undersea landslides |
| C. | hurricanes |
| D. | volcanic eruptions |
| Answer» D. volcanic eruptions | |
| 45. |
Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the iron ore based on the contents of pure iron ,starting with purest? |
| A. | Hematite-Magnetite-Siderite-Limonite |
| B. | Hematite-Magnetite-Limonite-Siderite |
| C. | Magnetite-Hematite-Siderite-Limonite |
| D. | Magnetite-Hematite-Limonite-Siderite |
| Answer» E. | |
| 46. |
What is the underlying cause of bio diversity loss ? |
| A. | international trade factors |
| B. | poverty and unsustainable development projects |
| C. | All of the above |
| D. | macroeconomic policies |
| Answer» D. macroeconomic policies | |
| 47. |
What is Weathering ? |
| A. | Breaking up of rocks when they are being transported. |
| B. | Both |
| C. | Breaking up of rocks in Situ. |
| D. | None Of These |
| Answer» D. None Of These | |
| 48. |
The variation in the duration of the day and the night is due to earth's _________________ |
| A. | revolution around the sun |
| B. | inclination of an angle of 60(1/2) degrees |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | rotation on its axis |
| Answer» D. rotation on its axis | |
| 49. |
Where are the three recognized major fishing grounds of the world are located ? |
| A. | two in the southern hemisphere onlyand one in the northern hemisphere |
| B. | northern hemisphere only |
| C. | one in the southern hemisphere onlyand two in the northern hemisphere |
| D. | southern hemisphere only |
| Answer» C. one in the southern hemisphere onlyand two in the northern hemisphere | |
| 50. |
Which model explains the various types of igneous rocks ? |
| A. | rock cycle |
| B. | Bowen's reaction series |
| C. | None of the above |
| D. | both are similar terms |
| Answer» C. None of the above | |