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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. |
Condensation occurs when |
| A. | he air is cold |
| B. | he air is warm |
| C. | he air is saturated |
| D. | one of the above |
| Answer» B. he air is warm | |
| 2. |
The formation of Extrusive rocks takes place ________ |
| A. | y solidification of magma above the earth's surface |
| B. | ue to excessive pressure at great depths |
| C. | y deposition of magma at a great depth |
| D. | t an intermediate depth by transformation |
| Answer» B. ue to excessive pressure at great depths | |
| 3. |
Which is the correct sequence of the given American cities from West to East? |
| A. | alt Lake City - Pittsburgh - San Francisco - Boston |
| B. | an Francisco - Salt Lake City Pittsburgh - Boston |
| C. | alt Lake City - San Francisco - Boston - Pittsburgh |
| D. | an Pittsburgh - Salt Lake City - Boston |
| Answer» C. alt Lake City - San Francisco - Boston - Pittsburgh | |
| 4. |
The Continents of Africa and Europe, at their close at point are separated from each other by the strait of |
| A. | essina |
| B. | onifacio |
| C. | ibraltar |
| D. | tranto |
| Answer» D. tranto | |
| 5. |
________ is the largest city in Canada and is the terminus of the Canadian Pacific Railway. |
| A. | oronto |
| B. | hicago |
| C. | uebec |
| D. | alifax |
| Answer» D. alifax | |
| 6. |
Schist is the metamorphic equivalent of ________. |
| A. | ranite |
| B. | asalt |
| C. | hale |
| D. | olerite |
| Answer» D. olerite | |
| 7. |
The broken hill famous for zinc and lead are located in |
| A. | urkey |
| B. | rance |
| C. | ermany |
| D. | ustralia |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8. |
Caucasian people account for ________ per cent of world population. |
| A. | 3 |
| B. | 9 |
| C. | 9 |
| D. | 3 |
| Answer» B. 9 | |
| 9. |
Asia accounts for nearly ________ percent of world population. |
| A. | 0 |
| B. | 5 |
| C. | 9 |
| D. | 0 |
| Answer» D. 0 | |
| 10. |
In hydro power station, the motion produced in turbines is due to |
| A. | low of water |
| B. | urning of coal |
| C. | urning of diesel |
| D. | roduction of steam |
| Answer» B. urning of coal | |
| 11. |
The most salty basin in the world is the |
| A. | aspian Sea |
| B. | ead Sea |
| C. | ed Sea |
| D. | rabian Sea |
| Answer» C. ed Sea | |
| 12. |
The Great Barrier Reef is ________ |
| A. | onglomeration of corals in Australian waters |
| B. | ountains range in Utah, U.S.A. |
| C. | alt hills of Afghanistan |
| D. | ub-Oceanic mountain in South China Sea |
| Answer» B. ountains range in Utah, U.S.A. | |
| 13. |
Barkhans are |
| A. | epositional features of wind action |
| B. | rosional features associated with rivers |
| C. | rosional features associated with wind action |
| D. | epositional features of glacial action |
| Answer» B. rosional features associated with rivers | |
| 14. |
A passenger, on his transcontinental railway journey in Europe comes across the cities. What is the sequence in which he touches these cities in his east to west journey? 1. Belgrade2. Vienna3. Sophia4. Prague |
| A. | , 3, 4, 2 |
| B. | , 2, 1, 3 |
| C. | , 3, 4, 1 |
| D. | , 1, 2, 4 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 15. |
Black forest is found in |
| A. | rance |
| B. | ermany |
| C. | zechoslovakia |
| D. | omania |
| Answer» C. zechoslovakia | |
| 16. |
A large loop like bend in a river is called |
| A. | river cliff |
| B. | spur |
| C. | meander |
| D. | spit |
| Answer» D. spit | |
| 17. |
Which of the following is not a proof of Earth being an oblate spheroid? |
| A. | hen a ship goes out to sea, first the hull disappears then the upper parts |
| B. | he shadow of the Earth on the Sun during solar eclipse is always curved |
| C. | hotographs of the Earth taken by artificial satellites have confirmed the fact |
| D. | t has been found that polar circumference is lesser than equatorial circumference |
| Answer» C. hotographs of the Earth taken by artificial satellites have confirmed the fact | |
| 18. |
Trans-continental railways have played an Important role in |
| A. | nternational trade |
| B. | evelopment of resources in the interior of continents |
| C. | roviding employment to people |
| D. | eportation of prisoners to the interior |
| Answer» C. roviding employment to people | |
| 19. |
The busiest inland water-way of Europe is the Rhine. Its preeminence as a waterway rests on the fact that |
| A. | t flows through the most industrialised part of Europe |
| B. | t follows a rift valley |
| C. | ts course is never frozen |
| D. | t falls in the North Sea |
| Answer» D. t falls in the North Sea | |
| 20. |
The Shatt-al-Arab waterway is associated with the |
| A. | uphrates and Tigris |
| B. | hite Nile and Blue Nile |
| C. | ordan and Firat |
| D. | xus and Kabul |
| Answer» B. hite Nile and Blue Nile | |
| 21. |
Which or the following is known as the lifelines of a country? |
| A. | atural growth rate of population |
| B. | ood supplies |
| C. | nergy resources |
| D. | odem means of transport and communication |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22. |
In population, high growth rate is a characteristics of |
| A. | igh birth and High mortality rate |
| B. | igh birth and Low mortality rate |
| C. | ow birth and Low mortality rate |
| D. | ow birth and High mortality rate |
| Answer» C. ow birth and Low mortality rate | |
| 23. |
Which of the following grades of coal has the highest carbon content? |
| A. | nthracite |
| B. | ituminous coal |
| C. | ignite |
| D. | eat |
| Answer» B. ituminous coal | |
| 24. |
On the Equator the day and night are equal |
| A. | n equinoxes |
| B. | n summer solstice |
| C. | n winter solstice |
| D. | hroughout the year |
| Answer» E. | |
| 25. |
Khartoum is situated at the confluence of ________ |
| A. | urray and Darling |
| B. | orena and Prague |
| C. | igris and Euphrates |
| D. | hite Nile and Blue Nile |
| Answer» E. | |
| 26. |
What is the capital of East Timor ? |
| A. | arwin |
| B. | iIi |
| C. | emarang |
| D. | ogyakarta |
| Answer» C. emarang | |
| 27. |
Borobudur in Java is famous for |
| A. | ord Buddha's tooth preserved for posterity |
| B. | Buddhist Temple |
| C. | ts natural museum |
| D. | isheries Research Station |
| Answer» C. ts natural museum | |
| 28. |
Fold mountains are formed due to forces born out of |
| A. | ension |
| B. | ompression |
| C. | xpansion |
| D. | olcanoes |
| Answer» C. xpansion | |
| 29. |
The most important oil producing area of the USA is |
| A. | he Applachian region |
| B. | he Texas-Louisiana belt |
| C. | he Ohio-Indiana belt |
| D. | he California-Colorado belt |
| Answer» C. he Ohio-Indiana belt | |
| 30. |
Mid-latitude grasslands of Canada are known as |
| A. | teppes |
| B. | rairies |
| C. | ampas |
| D. | owns |
| Answer» C. ampas | |
| 31. |
Which of the following natural regions is inhabited by the Eskimos of Canada and Alaska, Lappas of Finland and the Samoyeds and Yakuts of Siberia? |
| A. | igh Mountain region |
| B. | olar Tundra |
| C. | he Taiga region |
| D. | ool (Mid-Latitude) West margin region |
| Answer» C. he Taiga region | |
| 32. |
Doldrums is/are |
| A. | ount of sand blown and formed on beaches and in deserts |
| B. | ow pressure belt of calm and light surface winds near the Equator |
| C. | he north-east and south-east winds |
| D. | lanetary winds |
| Answer» C. he north-east and south-east winds | |
| 33. |
The correct descending order of the leading producers of milk is |
| A. | hina, India, Russia, U.S.A. |
| B. | ndia, U.S.A., China, Russia |
| C. | .S.A., India, China, Russia |
| D. | ndia, China, U.S.A., Russia |
| Answer» C. .S.A., India, China, Russia | |
| 34. |
A narrow passage of water that connects two large bodies or water is known as |
| A. | ay |
| B. | sthmus |
| C. | trait |
| D. | rchipelago |
| Answer» D. rchipelago | |
| 35. |
Death Valley is in |
| A. | he USA |
| B. | ordan |
| C. | srael |
| D. | eru |
| Answer» B. ordan | |
| 36. |
In both the hemispheres the trade winds blow towards the |
| A. | quator |
| B. | orse latitudes |
| C. | ub polar low pressure belts |
| D. | oles |
| Answer» B. orse latitudes | |
| 37. |
The subject that deals with the regional distribution of human races and their history is called |
| A. | iogeography |
| B. | thnography |
| C. | artography |
| D. | aleontology |
| Answer» C. artography | |
| 38. |
'The Land of the Morning Calm' is |
| A. | apan |
| B. | alaysia |
| C. | ndonesia |
| D. | orea |
| Answer» E. | |
| 39. |
Boll-Weevil is a pest that attack the ________ crop. |
| A. | ute |
| B. | otton |
| C. | emp |
| D. | lax |
| Answer» C. emp | |
| 40. |
The latitude also known as the |
| A. | ropic of Capricorn |
| B. | ropic of Cancer |
| C. | ntarctic Circle |
| D. | rctic Circle |
| Answer» E. | |
| 41. |
International date line is a/an |
| A. | traight line |
| B. | urved line |
| C. | igzag line |
| D. | lliptical line |
| Answer» D. lliptical line | |
| 42. |
World's highest urban density of population occurs in ________ |
| A. | olkata |
| B. | okyo |
| C. | ew York |
| D. | ondon |
| Answer» C. ew York | |
| 43. |
A sierra is a/an |
| A. | ountain range |
| B. | midday or afternoon nap |
| C. | nit of electrical conductance |
| D. | oliday resort in the Mediterranean Sea |
| Answer» B. midday or afternoon nap | |
| 44. |
Pedology is a science of the study of |
| A. | ocks |
| B. | oils |
| C. | arthquakes |
| D. | olcanoes |
| Answer» C. arthquakes | |
| 45. |
A river erodes by |
| A. | ydraulic action |
| B. | orrosion |
| C. | ttrition |
| D. | ll the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 46. |
Foehn is a local wind of ________. |
| A. | anada |
| B. | witzerland |
| C. | orthern Italy |
| D. | est Africa |
| Answer» C. orthern Italy | |
| 47. |
Mongoloid races are characterised by |
| A. | rognathism |
| B. | picanthic fold |
| C. | olico cephalic head |
| D. | one of these |
| Answer» C. olico cephalic head | |
| 48. |
The world's largest delta system is the ________. |
| A. | he Nile, Egypt |
| B. | anges-Brahmaputra, India/Bangladesh |
| C. | he Mississippi, USA |
| D. | he Amazon, Brazil |
| Answer» C. he Mississippi, USA | |
| 49. |
A fumarole is |
| A. | small crack on the side of volcano ejecting gas and steam |
| B. | river truncated by river piracy |
| C. | rock projecting through ice cap |
| D. | n underground cavern |
| Answer» B. river truncated by river piracy | |
| 50. |
Which one of the following is correct? Benguela current flows ________ |
| A. | long Brazilian coast |
| B. | ff Southwest African coast |
| C. | ff Spanish and North African coast |
| D. | long West coast of United States |
| Answer» C. ff Spanish and North African coast | |