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This section includes 200950 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your General Knowledge knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 13551. |
Which one of the following is known as the Great Circle? |
| A. | Tropic of Cancer |
| B. | Equator |
| C. | Arctic Circle |
| D. | Tropic of Capricorn |
| Answer» C. Arctic Circle | |
| 13552. |
A collection of gas dust which appears as a bright ball of light in the sky with a glowing tail is called |
| A. | Star |
| B. | Comet |
| C. | Constellation |
| D. | Galaxy |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13553. |
Which one of the following is not a cause for the present global warming and climate change? |
| A. | CFC emission |
| B. | Carbon dioxide emission |
| C. | Deforestation |
| D. | Methane emission |
| Answer» B. Carbon dioxide emission | |
| 13554. |
If the movement of the Earth's crust or a major climatic change makes an old stream young, it is called |
| A. | aggradation |
| B. | rejuvenation |
| C. | subsequent stream |
| D. | consequent stream |
| Answer» D. consequent stream | |
| 13555. |
Which is the rarest naturally occuring element on Earth? |
| A. | Gold |
| B. | Antimony |
| C. | Germanium |
| D. | Astatine |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13556. |
An earthquake epicentre is the ? |
| A. | point where the seismograph is located |
| B. | approximate centre of a group of related earthquakes |
| C. | point within the Earth where the movement along the fault occurs |
| D. | point on the surface directly above where the rupture along the fault zone occurs |
| Answer» C. point within the Earth where the movement along the fault occurs | |
| 13557. |
In which one of the following is a great dark plain called 'Maria' found? |
| A. | Earth |
| B. | Mars |
| C. | Moon |
| D. | Jupiter |
| Answer» D. Jupiter | |
| 13558. |
Which one of the following is correct?Great bear is a |
| A. | galaxy |
| B. | planet |
| C. | star |
| D. | constellation |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13559. |
Radio waves are reflected back to Earth from the |
| A. | Ionosphere |
| B. | Exosphere |
| C. | Stratosphere |
| D. | Troposphere |
| Answer» B. Exosphere | |
| 13560. |
How much of a time period 15 degree of longtitudes account for? |
| A. | 4 min |
| B. | 15 min |
| C. | 30 min |
| D. | 60 min |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13561. |
Who among the following was first to measure the circumferences of the Earth? |
| A. | Eratosthences |
| B. | Aristotle |
| C. | Hecataeus |
| D. | Herodotus |
| Answer» B. Aristotle | |
| 13562. |
Which of the following features is the product of volcanicity? |
| A. | Fold Mountain |
| B. | Escarpment |
| C. | Geosynclines |
| D. | Caldera |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13563. |
Which one of the following gases, present in the air near the surface of the Earth, has maximum concentrations? |
| A. | Oxygen |
| B. | Hydrogen |
| C. | Nitrogen |
| D. | Methane |
| Answer» D. Methane | |
| 13564. |
Starting from the best quality of iron ore, which one of the following is the correct sequence of the iron ore based on the contents of pure iron? |
| A. | Magnetite-Hematite-Limonite-Siderite |
| B. | Hematite-Magnetite-Limonite-Siderite |
| C. | Magnetite-Hematite-Siderite-Limonite |
| D. | Hematite-Magnetite-Siderite-Limonite |
| Answer» B. Hematite-Magnetite-Limonite-Siderite | |
| 13565. |
The Earth's crust is the thinnest |
| A. | under the mountain ranges |
| B. | under continental masses |
| C. | at ocean bottoms |
| D. | at mid-oceanic ridges |
| Answer» D. at mid-oceanic ridges | |
| 13566. |
The expceptionally high and low tides that occur at the time of the new moon or the full moon when the Sun, the Moon and the Earth are approximately aligned is called |
| A. | Spring |
| B. | Fall |
| C. | Neap |
| D. | Diurnal |
| Answer» B. Fall | |
| 13567. |
To a perpendicular to the plane of ecliptic, the Earth's axis of rotation makes an angle of 23 1/2 degrees. Had this angle been 0 degree, which one among the following would result? |
| A. | There would have been no seasons |
| B. | The lengths of day and night would have been the same throughout the year |
| C. | The length of day and night would have been the same all over the Earth |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» B. The lengths of day and night would have been the same throughout the year | |
| 13568. |
Extremely slow downslope motion of soil or of rock fragments under gravity because of continual or seasonal agitation of particles is called. |
| A. | Creep |
| B. | Earth flow |
| C. | Saltation |
| D. | Solifluction |
| Answer» D. Solifluction | |
| 13569. |
The surface temperature of the Sun is nearly |
| A. | 2000 K |
| B. | 4000 K |
| C. | 6000 K |
| D. | 8000 K |
| Answer» D. 8000 K | |
| 13570. |
The surface of a lake is frozen in severe winter but the water at its bottom is still liquid. What is the reason? |
| A. | The density of water is maximum at 4 degree C |
| B. | Ice is a bad conductor of heat |
| C. | Since, the surface of the lake is at the same temperature as the air, no heat is lost |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Ice is a bad conductor of heat | |
| 13571. |
Which one of the following is the reason due to which the wind is the Southern hemisphere is deflected towards left? |
| A. | Difference in the water content of Northern and Southern hemispheres |
| B. | Temperature variations |
| C. | Difference in pressure |
| D. | Rotation of the Earth |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13572. |
Which one of the planets is known asmorning staras well asevening starbecause it is the first to appear in the evening and that last to disappear in the morning? |
| A. | Mercury |
| B. | Mars |
| C. | Jupiter |
| D. | Venus |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13573. |
The International Date Line, passes through |
| A. | Bering Strait |
| B. | Baffin Bay |
| C. | Denmark Strait |
| D. | Hudson Bay |
| Answer» B. Baffin Bay | |
| 13574. |
The Glacial Control Theory of 'Coral Reefs' has been put forward by |
| A. | Daly |
| B. | Lecante |
| C. | Sluifer |
| D. | Darwin |
| Answer» B. Lecante | |
| 13575. |
If the starts are seen to rise perpendicular to the horizon by an observer, he is located on the |
| A. | Tropic of Cancer |
| B. | Equator |
| C. | South Pole |
| D. | North Pole |
| Answer» C. South Pole | |
| 13576. |
Who amongst the following was the first to State that the Earth was spherical? |
| A. | Copernicus |
| B. | Ptolemy |
| C. | Strabo |
| D. | Aristotle |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13577. |
Lack of atmosphere around the Moon is due to |
| A. | low escape velocity of air molecule and low gravitational attraction |
| B. | high escape velocity of air molecule and low gravitational attraction |
| C. | low gravitational attraction |
| D. | high escape velocity of air molecule only |
| Answer» B. high escape velocity of air molecule and low gravitational attraction | |
| 13578. |
The imaginary line on the Earth's surface that closely follows the 180 degree Meridian is |
| A. | Prime Meridian |
| B. | Equator |
| C. | international Date Line |
| D. | Tropic of Cancer |
| Answer» D. Tropic of Cancer | |
| 13579. |
The distance between two consecutive longitudes(91 degree E and 92 degree E) at the Poles is |
| A. | 0 km |
| B. | 18 km |
| C. | 25 km |
| D. | 111 km |
| Answer» B. 18 km | |
| 13580. |
Continents have drifted apart because of |
| A. | volcanic eruptions |
| B. | folding and faulting of rocks |
| C. | tectonic activities |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 13581. |
The Continental Drift Theory is given by |
| A. | Alfered Wegener |
| B. | Gutenburg |
| C. | Wiechert |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Gutenburg | |
| 13582. |
Which of the following do not belong to solar system? |
| A. | Asteriods |
| B. | Comets |
| C. | Planets |
| D. | Nebulae |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13583. |
At which place are diesel locomatives manufactured? |
| A. | mumbai |
| B. | jaipur |
| C. | Jamshedpur |
| D. | Varanasi |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13584. |
The clustered pattern of a village depnds upon |
| A. | location of settlements |
| B. | population of city |
| C. | placing of tenements |
| D. | distance between city |
| Answer» D. distance between city | |
| 13585. |
Solar eclipse occurs on |
| A. | full moon day |
| B. | half moon day |
| C. | last quarter day |
| D. | new moon day |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13586. |
Density decreases with height in the atmosphere is denoted by |
| A. | Archimedes' principle |
| B. | Charle's law |
| C. | Boyle's law |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 13587. |
The firm limit or snow line is |
| A. | lower limit of zone of ablation |
| B. | the line of separation between zone of accumulation and zone of ablation |
| C. | lower limit of zone of accumulations |
| D. | upper limit of zone of ablation |
| Answer» C. lower limit of zone of accumulations | |
| 13588. |
Kuppen's Anw type of climate prevails over ? |
| A. | the Coromandal coast of India |
| B. | south coast of India, east of Goa |
| C. | North coast of India, south of calcutta |
| D. | Western coast of India, south of Goa |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13589. |
How many stars are present in the solar system ? |
| A. | 100 |
| B. | 1 |
| C. | 10000 |
| D. | 1000000 |
| Answer» C. 10000 | |
| 13590. |
Beach drift is |
| A. | movement of beach material in any direction |
| B. | movement of beach material laterally |
| C. | movement of beach material horizontally |
| D. | movement of beach material vertically |
| Answer» C. movement of beach material horizontally | |
| 13591. |
What percantage of atmophere is nitrogen ? |
| A. | 23.4 percantage |
| B. | 12 .4 percantage |
| C. | 0.93 percantage |
| D. | 78.09 percantage |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13592. |
The yearly path of the sun across the celestial sphere is a great circle called |
| A. | eclipses |
| B. | ecliptic |
| C. | orbit |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. orbit | |
| 13593. |
The abandoned channels created when meanders are cut off from the rest of the channel because of lateral stream erosion is called.... |
| A. | meandering lake |
| B. | meandering river |
| C. | ox- bow river |
| D. | ox-bow lake |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13594. |
How do the'western disturbances'affect the crops in north India ? |
| A. | they are beneficial to the crops by causing winter rain |
| B. | they are beneficail to the crops by causing summer rain |
| C. | they cause heavy damage to the standing crops |
| D. | they bring in locusts which destroy the crops |
| Answer» B. they are beneficail to the crops by causing summer rain | |
| 13595. |
In terms of value, India is the largest exporter of |
| A. | agricultural products |
| B. | textiles |
| C. | germs and jewellery |
| D. | engineering goods |
| Answer» D. engineering goods | |
| 13596. |
which one of the following agricultural products is the largest earner of foreign exchange for India ? |
| A. | wheat |
| B. | cotton |
| C. | rice |
| D. | tea |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13597. |
The following states are involved in the export of fish and fish products :1. Kerala 2. Maharashtra3. Karnataka 4. Andhra Pradesh The correct sequence of the descending order in terms of the export of fish and fish products from these state is : |
| A. | 1,2,3,4 |
| B. | 2,3,41 |
| C. | 4,2,3,1 |
| D. | 3,4,2,1 |
| Answer» B. 2,3,41 | |
| 13598. |
KEATS = 25, SHELLEY = 35, BROWNING = ? |
| A. | 45 |
| B. | 50 |
| C. | 37 |
| D. | 40 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13599. |
The crossbuck sign tells you? |
| A. | To hurry across the tracks |
| B. | To slow down, look, listen, and be prepared to yield for an approaching train |
| C. | There is only one railway track ahead |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. There is only one railway track ahead | |
| 13600. |
There is heavy rainfall on the western coast of India but very little in the Deccan because..... |
| A. | of some unknown reason |
| B. | the Deccan plateau is situated in the rain shadow of the Western Ghats |
| C. | the region is bypassed by the southwest monsoons |
| D. | lack of high mountains in the Deccan |
| Answer» C. the region is bypassed by the southwest monsoons | |