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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. |
Thoughts of Raja Rammohun Roy regarding social problems: |
| A. | was humanist |
| B. | was utilitarian |
| C. | Was traditionalist |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. was utilitarian | |
| 2. |
What are the flat-topped uplifts on the edge of the continents called? |
| A. | Bank |
| B. | shoal |
| C. | mural |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. shoal | |
| 3. |
Which is the longest submerged canyon in the world? |
| A. | oceanographer |
| B. | Bering |
| C. | pribiloff |
| D. | gemchug |
| Answer» C. pribiloff | |
| 4. |
In the middle of which ocean is the ridge located almost its entire length from north-south? |
| A. | Indian Ocean |
| B. | Pacific Ocean |
| C. | dark ocean |
| D. | Mediterranean Ocean |
| Answer» D. Mediterranean Ocean | |
| 5. |
Which is the longest trough in the world? |
| A. | mariana |
| B. | shunda |
| C. | Puerto Rico |
| D. | Aleutian |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
What is the depth of the Mariana Trough? |
| A. | 8.5 km |
| B. | 0.5 km |
| C. | 11 km |
| D. | 5 km |
| Answer» D. 5 km | |
| 7. |
Where is Dolphin Challenger Cuttack located? |
| A. | in the pacific ocean |
| B. | in the atlantic ocean |
| C. | in the arctic ocean |
| D. | in the Indian Ocean |
| Answer» C. in the arctic ocean | |
| 8. |
By what process was the Mid-Atlantic Ridge formed? |
| A. | fold |
| B. | Depression |
| C. | debris collection |
| D. | plate displacement |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9. |
Where is the Y-shaped ridge found? |
| A. | Pacific Ocean |
| B. | Atlantic Ocean |
| C. | Arctic Ocean |
| D. | Indian Ocean |
| Answer» D. Indian Ocean | |
| 10. |
In which of the following oceans, the largest extent of the deep oceanic plains is found? |
| A. | the Atlantic |
| B. | hind |
| C. | pacific |
| D. | Arctic |
| Answer» D. Arctic | |
| 11. |
Who among the following is appointed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations? |
| A. | by security council |
| B. | by the general assembly |
| C. | by the General Assembly on the recommendation of the Security Council |
| D. | by the Security Council on the recommendation of the General Assembly |
| Answer» D. by the Security Council on the recommendation of the General Assembly | |
| 12. |
What is a sea mountain with a flat top called? |
| A. | Boundary |
| B. | monednock |
| C. | inselberg |
| D. | Guyot |
| Answer» C. inselberg | |
| 13. |
What is the continental slope of the total area of the oceans together? |
| A. | about 5-7% |
| B. | about 7-5% |
| C. | about 8% |
| D. | 8-5% approx |
| Answer» E. | |
| 14. |
What is the total area of the oceans together with the continental shelf? |
| A. | about 5-7% |
| B. | about 7-5% |
| C. | about 8% |
| D. | 8-5% approx |
| Answer» C. about 8% | |
| 15. |
What is the average depth of the continental slope? |
| A. | About 200 m. |
| B. | About 2498 m. |
| C. | About 3660 m. |
| D. | About 5000 m. |
| Answer» D. About 5000 m. | |
| 16. |
What is the slope of the flat ground? |
| A. | 1 : less than 100 |
| B. | 1 : more than 100 |
| C. | 1 : 300 |
| D. | 1 : 600 |
| Answer» B. 1 : more than 100 | |
| 17. |
What is the average depth of the Nital Plain? |
| A. | 1000-2000 meters |
| B. | 2000-4000 meters |
| C. | 3000-6000 meters |
| D. | 4000-7000 meters |
| Answer» D. 4000-7000 meters | |
| 18. |
What is the total area of the oceans as a whole? |
| A. | about 20% |
| B. | about 30% |
| C. | about 40% |
| D. | about 50% |
| Answer» D. about 50% | |
| 19. |
What is the mean gradient of continental uplift? |
| A. | 0-5° to 1° |
| B. | 1° to 2° |
| C. | 1-5° to 2-5° |
| D. | 0-5° to 2-5° |
| Answer» B. 1° to 2° | |
| 20. |
What is the average slope of the continental slope? |
| A. | 2° |
| B. | 2° to 5° |
| C. | 5° |
| D. | more than 5° |
| Answer» C. 5° | |
| 21. |
What is the average width of the Mahavadeep Marg Coast? |
| A. | 50 km |
| B. | 100 km |
| C. | 150 km |
| D. | 70 km |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22. |
What is the average slope of the continental shelf? |
| A. | less than 1° |
| B. | 1° |
| C. | less than 2° |
| D. | 5° |
| Answer» B. 1° | |
| 23. |
Keshav Chandra Sen founded the Veda Samaj in Madras in 1864. In 1871 its name was changed to Brahma Samaj under whose inspiration? |
| A. | Mr. Gharalu Naidu |
| B. | Rajagopal Charlu |
| C. | Vishwanath Mudaliar |
| D. | Ramnath Chettiar |
| Answer» B. Rajagopal Charlu | |
| 24. |
How deep is the seaward edge of the continental submerged coast? |
| A. | 50 to 100 meters |
| B. | 100 to 150 meters |
| C. | 150 to 200 meters |
| D. | 200 to 250 meters |
| Answer» D. 200 to 250 meters | |
| 25. |
Raja Rammohun Roy |
| A. | believed in the fundamental unity of all religions |
| B. | was opposed to idol worship |
| C. | was opposed to the practice of sati |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 26. |
Which dance form was born out of Hindu-Muslim harmony? |
| A. | Kathakali |
| B. | Bharatanatyam |
| C. | Kathak |
| D. | Manipuri |
| Answer» D. Manipuri | |
| 27. |
Rehnumai Mazdayasan Sabha is related to which religion? |
| A. | Sikh |
| B. | Islam |
| C. | Parsiya |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» D. none of the above | |
| 28. |
What is a continental shelf? |
| A. | coast of continents |
| B. | relatively narrow and shallow ocean belt near the coast |
| C. | shoreline |
| D. | the relief immediately below the continental slope |
| Answer» C. shoreline | |
| 29. |
Who founded the Arya Mahila Samaj in Maharashtra? |
| A. | Sarojini Naidu |
| B. | sister nivedita |
| C. | Pandit Ramabai |
| D. | Jyotiba Phule |
| Answer» C. Pandit Ramabai | |
| 30. |
Who was instrumental in making Hindu widow-marriage legal in 1856? |
| A. | Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar |
| B. | Mahadev Govind Ranade |
| C. | Raja Ram Mohan Roy |
| D. | Keshav Chandra Sen |
| Answer» C. Raja Ram Mohan Roy | |
| 31. |
What reforms did Karsandas Mulji do in Gujarati society? |
| A. | promotion of education |
| B. | anti-caste system |
| C. | protest religious hypocrisy |
| D. | women upliftment |
| Answer» D. women upliftment | |
| 32. |
There is no uniformity in the weights found during the excavation. Which type has got the most weights among many types of weights? |
| A. | conical |
| B. | drummer |
| C. | cuboidal |
| D. | circular |
| Answer» D. circular | |
| 33. |
Which of the following statements about Raja Rammohan Roy is not correct? |
| A. | He opposed the rituals of Hinduism |
| B. | He opposed the worship of many gods and goddesses in Hinduism. |
| C. | He preached monotheism |
| D. | He founded theAsiatic Society of Bengalin Calcutta |
| Answer» E. | |
| 34. |
Point out the false statement? |
| A. | People of Kulli culture used to build houses with illiterate stones. |
| B. | Paved bricks have been used in the construction of buildings in Mehi. |
| C. | The fort of Kalibanga is equipped with a strong defense rampart. |
| D. | Elliptical fire pit has been obtained from Lothal. |
| Answer» C. The fort of Kalibanga is equipped with a strong defense rampart. | |
| 35. |
The idols of which of the following Buddhist deities were not worshiped in Mahayana Buddhism? |
| A. | Human form of Buddha's previous birth |
| B. | Bodhisattvas as their spiritual sons |
| C. | Goddess Tara in the form of companions of Bodhisattvas |
| D. | Goddess of prosperity of material life Shri Lakshmi |
| Answer» E. | |
| 36. |
Who is credited with the establishment of the Deccan Education Society? |
| A. | Mahadev Govind Ranade |
| B. | Mrs. Anne Besant |
| C. | Shree Narayan Guru |
| D. | Pandit Vidyasagar |
| Answer» B. Mrs. Anne Besant | |
| 37. |
The work of religious reform in Maharashtra was started by the Paramhans congregation. What was its purpose? |
| A. | Was opposed to idol worship. |
| B. | Was to oppose the caste system. |
| C. | Was to oppose the bigotry evils of Hindu religion. |
| D. | All three of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 38. |
Indicate the false statement from the following? |
| A. | Takhts with two or three holes have been obtained from the Indus civilization. |
| B. | Onyx was imported from Gujarat for making beads. |
| C. | Saurashtra is situated on the banks of the Bhagtrao river |
| D. | Steatite seal found from Phalka near Kuwait |
| Answer» D. Steatite seal found from Phalka near Kuwait | |
| 39. |
In which of the following texts, the administration and policies of the Gupta period are mentioned? |
| A. | Smriti Chandrika |
| B. | Parashar Madhav |
| C. | sexual ethics |
| D. | नीतिशतकम् |
| Answer» D. नीतिशतकम् | |
| 40. |
Which one of the following is the correct sequence with respect to the descending mind of albedo? |
| A. | forest, snow, water |
| B. | snow, forest, water |
| C. | water, snow, forest |
| D. | forest, water, snow |
| Answer» C. water, snow, forest | |
| 41. |
What is the name of the winter worldwide jet flow that is generated due to a very sharp stratospheric heat gradient over the troposphere? |
| A. | arctic jet flow |
| B. | sub polar jet flow |
| C. | polar night jet flow |
| D. | subtropical jet flow |
| Answer» D. subtropical jet flow | |
| 42. |
Which of the following was not a responsible factor for the gradual decline of Jainism? |
| A. | Hinduism assimilating power |
| B. | Destruction of their temples by foreign invaders and others |
| C. | Extremism and Religious Discipline of Their Moral Code |
| D. | Influence and popularity of Shaiva and Vaishnava saints in the South |
| Answer» D. Influence and popularity of Shaiva and Vaishnava saints in the South | |
| 43. |
Which one of the following is a watershed? |
| A. | xerophyte |
| B. | halophyte |
| C. | mesophyte |
| D. | hydrophyte |
| Answer» B. halophyte | |
| 44. |
Who among the following is considered the author of Mandsaur Prashasti? |
| A. | furnace |
| B. | Vasul |
| C. | Ravi Shanti |
| D. | both A and B |
| Answer» E. | |
| 45. |
Which one of the following climatic types determined by Köppen is found in both China and Japan? |
| A. | Cwa |
| B. | Cfa |
| C. | Dfb |
| D. | Double |
| Answer» C. Dfb | |
| 46. |
Which of the following is not mentioned in Henson's descriptions? |
| A. | Kanyakubja |
| B. | Nalanda |
| C. | Prayag |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 47. |
Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched according to Koppen's arrangement? |
| A. | Cs- summer rain |
| B. | Af- year-round rainfall |
| C. | ET- Winter Rain |
| D. | Dr- Summer snow |
| Answer» C. ET- Winter Rain | |
| 48. |
How are thunderstorms generated? |
| A. | from rain clouds |
| B. | from the middle of the cloud |
| C. | from level clouds |
| D. | by cotton rain |
| Answer» E. | |
| 49. |
Which one of the following is the correct sequence of clouds in ascending order of their height from the ground? |
| A. | sided cloud, cotton cloud, layered cloud |
| B. | cotton cloud, layered cloud, sided cloud, |
| C. | layered cloud, sided cloud, cotton cloud |
| D. | layered cloud, cotton cloud, sided cloud |
| Answer» C. layered cloud, sided cloud, cotton cloud | |
| 50. |
Which of the following mean the words finite and governed used in economics? |
| A. | from messengers |
| B. | from spies |
| C. | from ambassadors |
| D. | from the judges |
| Answer» D. from the judges | |