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This section includes 358 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your General Knowledge knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
The second largest island (next to Greenland) in the world is~! |
| A. | Borneo |
| B. | Malagasy |
| C. | New Guinea |
| D. | Sumatra |
| Answer» D. Sumatra | |
| 2. |
The tide of minimum rise is called~! |
| A. | spring tide |
| B. | low tide |
| C. | ebb tide |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. ebb tide | |
| 3. |
The spiral flow in a stream caused by channel shape is called%! |
| A. | stream flow |
| B. | laminar flow |
| C. | turbulent flow |
| D. | helical flow |
| Answer» E. | |
| 4. |
The unit of the light year is used for measuring%! |
| A. | speed of satellites |
| B. | speed of ships |
| C. | distance between bodies in the universe |
| D. | speed of rockets |
| Answer» D. speed of rockets | |
| 5. |
The term 'regur' refers to%! |
| A. | deltaic alluvial soils |
| B. | lateral soils |
| C. | black cotton soils |
| D. | red and yellow soils |
| Answer» D. red and yellow soils | |
| 6. |
The third world includes about 120 countries of%! |
| A. | Asia, Africa and Central America |
| B. | Asia, Australia and Europe |
| C. | Africa, North America |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Asia, Australia and Europe | |
| 7. |
The tropical and temperate deserts of the world, occupy nearly ____ of the land surface of the worlds.%! |
| A. | (1/4) th |
| B. | (1/3) rd |
| C. | (1/2) |
| D. | (1/7) th |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8. |
The term used to describe the combined effect of all shortwave losses in%! |
| A. | earth scattering |
| B. | earth radiation |
| C. | earth albedo |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 9. |
The study of human geography includes study of%! |
| A. | human society and culture |
| B. | behaviour and urban systems |
| C. | economics and politics |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
The soils whose parent material tend to be rich in sand are%! |
| A. | spodsols |
| B. | alfisols |
| C. | aridsols |
| D. | ultisols |
| Answer» B. alfisols | |
| 11. |
Which of the following is most useful for measuring the shortest distance between two places on the earth and path between them?%! |
| A. | Atlas map |
| B. | Thematic maps |
| C. | Wall maps |
| D. | Globe |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. |
The heavy day soils that show significant expansion and contraction due to the presence or absence of moisture is called |
| A. | aridsols |
| B. | vertisols |
| C. | histosols |
| D. | andisols |
| Answer» C. histosols | |
| 13. |
The landforms that are influences by several process namely, weathering, erosion, deposition are known as |
| A. | polygenetic landforms |
| B. | structural landforms |
| C. | polycyclic landforms |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. structural landforms | |
| 14. |
The heavier silicates named as 'Sima' or silica + magnesium are most abundant in the |
| A. | crust |
| B. | core |
| C. | mantle |
| D. | ocean floors |
| Answer» E. | |
| 15. |
The islands with coral covered surfaces in Bay of Bengal are |
| A. | Andaman islands |
| B. | Nicobar islands |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. both (a) and (b) | |
| 16. |
The island of Sri Lanka formerly known as |
| A. | Madagascar |
| B. | Tasmania |
| C. | Ceylon |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 17. |
*$_Which of the following is not a kharif crop?? |
| A. | Jute |
| B. | Maize |
| C. | Mustard |
| D. | Rice |
| Answer» D. Rice | |
| 18. |
*$_The planets that are called superior planets are? |
| A. | Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars and Jupiter |
| B. | Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto |
| C. | Mercury, Pluto, Venus, Neptune and Earth |
| D. | Earth, Uranus, Mars, Saturn and Jupiter |
| Answer» C. Mercury, Pluto, Venus, Neptune and Earth | |
| 19. |
*$_The ridges of the waves are where the jet stream of waves closes to the? |
| A. | poles |
| B. | equator |
| C. | prime meridian |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. equator | |
| 20. |
*$_The variation in the duration of the day and the night is due to earth's? |
| A. | rotation on its axis |
| B. | revolution around the sun |
| C. | inclination of an angle of 60(1/2) degrees |
| D. | both (a) and (b) |
| Answer» E. | |
| 21. |
*$_The term 'Abyssal refers to? |
| A. | inner most part of the earth |
| B. | organism found in the shallow water zone of the seas |
| C. | deeper parts of the oceans |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 22. |
*$_The type of igneous rock that form from magma is a function of? |
| A. | the chemical composition of the magma |
| B. | temperature of solidification |
| C. | the rate of cooling, which influences the crystallisation process |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 23. |
*$_The southernmost part of the world is? |
| A. | Cape of Good Hope, Africa |
| B. | Cape of Horn, S. America |
| C. | Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| D. | Wellington, New Zealand |
| Answer» C. Colombo, Sri Lanka | |
| 24. |
*$_The South Frigid Zone is the region? |
| A. | lying between 66(1/2)? south and 90? south |
| B. | lying between the Antarctic circle to the south pole |
| C. | has the coldest climate throughout the year |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 25. |
*$_The panama canal links? |
| A. | Canada with Greenland |
| B. | North America with South America |
| C. | Siberia with Greenland |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Siberia with Greenland | |
| 26. |
*$_The rainfall in the peninsular interior averages about? |
| A. | 650 mm a year |
| B. | 750 mm a year |
| C. | 850 mm a year |
| D. | 550 mm a year |
| Answer» B. 750 mm a year | |
| 27. |
*$_The right ascension is the equivalent of longitude on the celestial sphere, and it is given in the units of? |
| A. | degrees |
| B. | time-hours, minutes and seconds |
| C. | only hours |
| D. | only seconds |
| Answer» C. only hours | |
| 28. |
*$_The river Sutlej, on which the Bhakra Dam has been built, originates from? |
| A. | a spring in Vering |
| B. | near Bara Lacha Pass in Lahul |
| C. | Rakas lake in Tibet |
| D. | Mansarovar lake |
| Answer» D. Mansarovar lake | |
| 29. |
*$_The process that may cause physical weathering or mechanical rupture are? |
| A. | abrasion, crystallization, pressure release |
| B. | abrasion, oxidation, hydrolysis |
| C. | crystallization, carbonation, thermal insolation |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. abrasion, oxidation, hydrolysis | |
| 30. |
*$_The magnetic field of earth, Magnetosphere expands to about? |
| A. | 9600 km above the earth's surface |
| B. | 8000 km above the earth's surface |
| C. | 64,000 km above the earth's surface |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 31. |
*$_The main producers of free gas are? |
| A. | the south Bassein and Tapti fields in the western offshore |
| B. | the gas fields in Tripura and Andhra Pradesh (KG Basin) |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 32. |
*$_The minimum values of annual receipts of solar radiation occur at? |
| A. | the equator |
| B. | the tropics |
| C. | the arctic |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 33. |
*$_The main watershed of most of the peninsular river lies in the? |
| A. | Aravalli hills |
| B. | Raj Mahal hills |
| C. | Siwalik hills |
| D. | Western Ghats |
| Answer» E. | |
| 34. |
*$_The part of continental margin that is structurally a part of continent?? |
| A. | Continental shelf |
| B. | Continental Slope |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 35. |
*$_The river situated along the border between the USA and Mexico is? |
| A. | the Rio Grande |
| B. | the Amazon |
| C. | the Mississippi |
| D. | the Colorado |
| Answer» B. the Amazon | |
| 36. |
*$_The main factor determining a region's climate is? |
| A. | longitude |
| B. | latitude |
| C. | temperature |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» C. temperature | |
| 37. |
*$_The most well known member of halick group is? |
| A. | Halite |
| B. | Pyrite |
| C. | Galena |
| D. | Hematite |
| Answer» B. Pyrite | |
| 38. |
*$_The unit of the light year is used for measuring? |
| A. | speed of satellites |
| B. | speed of ships |
| C. | distance between bodies in the universe |
| D. | speed of rockets |
| Answer» D. speed of rockets | |
| 39. |
*$_The most notable example of a tectonic valley is that of the? |
| A. | Doon valley |
| B. | Kashmir valley |
| C. | plains of Aksai Chin |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. plains of Aksai Chin | |
| 40. |
*$_The most recent and logical concept regarding the origin of ocean basins and continents is that of? |
| A. | continental data |
| B. | conventional current |
| C. | plate tectesic |
| D. | cooling process |
| Answer» B. conventional current | |
| 41. |
*$_The model which explains the various types of igneous rocks? |
| A. | rock cycle |
| B. | Bowens reaction series |
| C. | both are similar terms |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. both are similar terms | |
| 42. |
*$_The mean basin area of successive ordered streams formed a linear relationship when graphed. This statement is given by? |
| A. | morph metric analysis |
| B. | law of drainage composition |
| C. | law of basin areas |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 43. |
*$_The mountains which come into being after the continental drift started, with the break up of the large land mass of pangola are? |
| A. | young mountains |
| B. | old mountains |
| C. | volcanic mountains |
| D. | fold mountains |
| Answer» B. old mountains | |
| 44. |
*$_The heavier silicates named as 'Sima' or silica + magnesium are most abundant in the? |
| A. | crust |
| B. | core |
| C. | mantle |
| D. | ocean floors |
| Answer» E. | |
| 45. |
*$_The islands with coral covered surfaces in Bay of Bengal are? |
| A. | Andaman islands |
| B. | Nicobar islands |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. both (a) and (b) | |
| 46. |
*$_The island of Sri Lanka formerly known as? |
| A. | Madagascar |
| B. | Tasmania |
| C. | Ceylon |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 47. |
*$_The heavy day soils that show significant expansion and contraction due to the presence or absence of moisture is called? |
| A. | aridsols |
| B. | vertisols |
| C. | histosols |
| D. | andisols |
| Answer» C. histosols | |
| 48. |
*$_The landforms that are influences by several process namely, weathering, erosion, deposition are known as? |
| A. | polygenetic landforms |
| B. | structural landforms |
| C. | polycyclic landforms |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. structural landforms | |
| 49. |
*$_The headquarters of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), formed out of erstwhile USSR, is at? |
| A. | Minsk in Byelorussia |
| B. | Moscow in Russia |
| C. | Kiev in Ukraine |
| D. | Kistiner in Moldavia |
| Answer» B. Moscow in Russia | |
| 50. |
*$_The major geological events of the Palaeozoic era include? |
| A. | Caledonian mountain rise, life comes ashore |
| B. | Appalachians and Central European mountains come up |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |