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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.
| 151. |
_ The light of distant stars is affected by$? |
| A. | the earth's atmosphere |
| B. | interstellar dust |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 152. |
_ The latitudinal differences in pressure delineate a number of major pressure zones, which correspond with$? |
| A. | zones of climate |
| B. | zones of oceans |
| C. | zones of land |
| D. | zones of cyclonic depressions |
| Answer» B. zones of oceans | |
| 153. |
_ The oldest rock system of the world is:$? |
| A. | The Archaean Rock system |
| B. | The Zircons Rock system |
| C. | The Primitive Rock system |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. The Zircons Rock system | |
| 154. |
_ Who constructed Suez Canal?$? |
| A. | Fyodor Litke |
| B. | Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky |
| C. | Voin Rimsky-Korsakov |
| D. | Ferdinand de Lesseps |
| Answer» E. | |
| 155. |
_ The least explosive type of volcano is called$? |
| A. | Basalt plateau |
| B. | Cinder cone |
| C. | Shield volcanoes |
| D. | Composite volcanoes |
| Answer» B. Cinder cone | |
| 156. |
_ The leading state in producing paper is$? |
| A. | Bihar |
| B. | West Bengal |
| C. | Kerala |
| D. | Orissa |
| Answer» C. Kerala | |
| 157. |
_ The largest glaciers are$? |
| A. | mountain glaciers |
| B. | alpine glaciers |
| C. | continental glaciers |
| D. | piedmont glaciers |
| Answer» D. piedmont glaciers | |
| 158. |
_ With the disintegration of USSR in end 1991, comprised of ____ Union Republics.$? |
| A. | 15 |
| B. | 10 |
| C. | 5 |
| D. | 25 |
| Answer» B. 10 | |
| 159. |
__The Plio-Pleistocene boundary lies about ____ years ago, at the beginning of the interval of warming after the last Pleistocene glaciations.__ |
| A. | 1,00,000 |
| B. | 1,000 |
| C. | 10,000 |
| D. | 100 |
| Answer» D. 100 | |
| 160. |
__The planets called the inner planets, are__ |
| A. | Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune |
| B. | Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus |
| C. | Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto |
| D. | Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars |
| Answer» E. | |
| 161. |
__The polar regions of earth cannot support forest growth because__ |
| A. | the growing season is short in these areas |
| B. | the ground is often frozen or snow or ice covered |
| C. | the rainfall is very low |
| D. | All of these factors. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 162. |
__The process of soil development is called__ |
| A. | leaching |
| B. | illuviation |
| C. | eluviations |
| D. | pedogenesis |
| Answer» E. | |
| 163. |
__Which of the following is concerned with the description and mapping of the main features of the universe?__ |
| A. | Cosmography |
| B. | Cosmology |
| C. | Geomorphology |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Cosmology | |
| 164. |
__The ozone layer at high altitude contains__ |
| A. | atomic oxygen (O) and ordinary oxygen (O2) |
| B. | only ozone (O3) |
| C. | mixture of atomic oxygen (O), ordinary oxygen (O2) and Ozone (O3) |
| D. | only ordinary oxygen (O2) |
| Answer» D. only ordinary oxygen (O2) | |
| 165. |
__The process where the particle moves from the surface to the medium in quick, continuous, repeated cycles is called__ |
| A. | saltation |
| B. | suspension |
| C. | traction |
| D. | solution |
| Answer» B. suspension | |
| 166. |
__The reaction is carbonate and bicarbonate ions with mineral is called__ |
| A. | hydrolysis |
| B. | carbonation |
| C. | oxidation |
| D. | solution |
| Answer» C. oxidation | |
| 167. |
__The moon__ |
| A. | is the natural satellite of earth |
| B. | has no liquid water |
| C. | has no atmosphere |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 168. |
__Which of the following is a warm current?__ |
| A. | Benguela current |
| B. | Labrador current |
| C. | Kurosiwo current |
| D. | South Pacific current |
| Answer» D. South Pacific current | |
| 169. |
__The longest era of the classification of the history of earth is__ |
| A. | Cainozoic era |
| B. | Pre-Cambrian era |
| C. | Palaeozoic era |
| D. | Mesozoic era |
| Answer» C. Palaeozoic era | |
| 170. |
__The period of daylight__ |
| A. | is nearly constant near the equator |
| B. | varies with latitude and the season |
| C. | reaches a maximum of 24 hour in the polar zones in summer |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 171. |
__The planet that takes the highest time for completing a rotation is__ |
| A. | Mercury |
| B. | Venus |
| C. | Earth |
| D. | Pluto |
| Answer» C. Earth | |
| 172. |
__The model that describes how various geological processes create, modify and influence rock is called__ |
| A. | water cycle |
| B. | energy cycle |
| C. | rock cycle |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 173. |
__The maximum soil fertility occurs in the pH range of__ |
| A. | 5.0 to 6.2 |
| B. | 6.0 to 7.2 |
| C. | 7.0 to 8.2 |
| D. | 4.0 to 5.2 |
| Answer» C. 7.0 to 8.2 | |
| 174. |
_The strongest bonds exist between the particles found within$? |
| A. | metamorphic rocks |
| B. | igneous rocks |
| C. | sedimentary rock |
| D. | all have similar strength of bonds |
| Answer» C. sedimentary rock | |
| 175. |
_The most salty sea in the world is$? |
| A. | Red sea |
| B. | Dead sea |
| C. | Arabian sea |
| D. | Mediterranean sea |
| Answer» C. Arabian sea | |
| 176. |
_The most densely populated country of Africa is$? |
| A. | Mauritius |
| B. | Rwanda |
| C. | Burundi |
| D. | Sierra Leone |
| Answer» B. Rwanda | |
| 177. |
_The main percentage of the volume of water in the hydrosphere is in$? |
| A. | oceans and seas |
| B. | groundwater, rivers and streams |
| C. | glaciers and ice sheets |
| D. | freshwater lakes and water vapours |
| Answer» B. groundwater, rivers and streams | |
| 178. |
_Which of the following is an igneous rock?$? |
| A. | Granite |
| B. | Limestone |
| C. | Slate |
| D. | Quartzite |
| Answer» B. Limestone | |
| 179. |
_The low latitude zone of globe extends between$? |
| A. | Tropic of Capricorn and Cancer |
| B. | North pole to South pole |
| C. | Tropic of Capricorn and equator |
| D. | Equator and Tropic of Cancer |
| Answer» B. North pole to South pole | |
| 180. |
_The layer of the earth, immediately below the crust, is called$? |
| A. | outer core |
| B. | inner core |
| C. | inner mantle |
| D. | outer mantle |
| Answer» E. | |
| 181. |
_The Ice age ended about ____ years ago.$? |
| A. | 140 |
| B. | 1,400 |
| C. | 14,000 |
| D. | 140,000 |
| Answer» D. 140,000 | |
| 182. |
_The hot, dry wind on the east or leeward side of the Rocky mountains (North America) is called$? |
| A. | the Chinook |
| B. | the Sirocco |
| C. | the Harmattan |
| D. | the Loo |
| Answer» B. the Sirocco | |
| 183. |
_The highest average salinity amongst the following seas is reported from$? |
| A. | Dead Sea |
| B. | Red Sea |
| C. | Black Sea |
| D. | Mediterranean Sea |
| Answer» B. Red Sea | |
| 184. |
_The infrared radiation by sun are strongly absorbed by$? |
| A. | carbon dioxide |
| B. | water vapours |
| C. | carbon dioxide and water vapours |
| D. | ozone |
| Answer» B. water vapours | |
| 185. |
_The land-sea distribution or the positions of the world's continents and major oceans influences$? |
| A. | the major pressure belts that develop from the general circulation of the atmosphere |
| B. | the development of the mid-latitude cyclonic depressions, at the convergence zone between polar and |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 186. |
_The luminous coloured ring, surrounding the sun is called the$? |
| A. | nebula |
| B. | comet |
| C. | asteroid |
| D. | corona |
| Answer» E. | |
| 187. |
_The imaginary axis at which the earth rotates remains inclined at an angle of ____ to the plane of earth's orbit.$? |
| A. | 44 1/2 º |
| B. | 55 1/2 º |
| C. | 66 1/2 º |
| D. | 0 º |
| Answer» D. 0 ¬¨‚à´ | |
| 188. |
_The highest mountain peak of Oceania is$? |
| A. | Mt. Victoria, Papua New Guinea |
| B. | Mt. Kosciusko, Australia |
| C. | Mt. Cook, South Island (New Zealand) |
| D. | Puncak Jaya, Indonesia. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 189. |
_The magnetosphere becomes unstable during the magnetic storms during a period of$? |
| A. | initial phase |
| B. | storm sudden commencement phase |
| C. | main phase |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 190. |
_The most recent era of the geological time scale is$? |
| A. | Mesozoic |
| B. | cenozoic |
| C. | Triassic |
| D. | paleocene |
| Answer» C. Triassic | |
| 191. |
_The main vegetation of the steppe type climatic regions is$? |
| A. | evergreen forests |
| B. | evergreen deciduous forests |
| C. | large grasslands |
| D. | coniferous forests |
| Answer» D. coniferous forests | |
| 192. |
_The largest production of mica in Asia is from$? |
| A. | Indonesia |
| B. | Malaysia |
| C. | Myanmar |
| D. | India |
| Answer» E. | |
| 193. |
_The smallest country of the world is$? |
| A. | Russia |
| B. | Vatican city |
| C. | Brazil |
| D. | Canada |
| Answer» C. Brazil | |
| 194. |
_The Suez canal connects the$? |
| A. | Baltic sea and the Caspian sea |
| B. | Mediterranean sea and the Red sea |
| C. | Red sea and the Caspian sea |
| D. | Mediterranean sea and the North sea |
| Answer» C. Red sea and the Caspian sea | |
| 195. |
_Which of the following is concerned with the study of characteristics, origin and development of land forms?$? |
| A. | Ecology |
| B. | Geography |
| C. | Geology |
| D. | Geomorphology |
| Answer» E. | |
| 196. |
_The time interval from when the given star passes directly overhead to when it next passed directly overhead, is defined as$? |
| A. | one sidereal day |
| B. | one solar day |
| C. | both the terms are similar, so any of these may be used |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. one solar day | |
| 197. |
_The tropical easterlies wind lie at$? |
| A. | 0-30? latitude |
| B. | 30-60? latitude |
| C. | 60-90? latitude |
| D. | 10-40? latitude |
| Answer» B. 30-60? latitude | |
| 198. |
_The limit beyond which the stars suffer internal collapse is called the$? |
| A. | Raman Effect |
| B. | Chandrasekhar limit |
| C. | Aurora Borealis |
| D. | Quasan Zone |
| Answer» C. Aurora Borealis | |
| 199. |
_The tide produced as a consequence of the moon and the sun pulling the earth in the same direction is called$? |
| A. | ebb tide |
| B. | high tide |
| C. | spring tide |
| D. | neap tide |
| Answer» D. neap tide | |
| 200. |
_The modern theory of plate tectonics states$? |
| A. | the creation of oceanic crust and the drifting of continents |
| B. | the convention currents within the earth's mantle cause the creation of new oceanic crust at the mid |
| C. | that the oceanic crust is destroyed at areas where this crust type becomes subducted under the light |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |