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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.
| 301. |
The habitats valuable for commercially harvested species are called |
| A. | coral reefs |
| B. | sea grass bed |
| C. | hot spots |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. hot spots | |
| 302. |
The radiation belts are zones in space around the |
| A. | Earth |
| B. | Jupiter and Saturn |
| C. | Mercury |
| D. | Earth, Jupiter and Saturn |
| Answer» E. | |
| 303. |
The Rhine river of northern Europe empties into |
| A. | the Baltic sea |
| B. | the North sea |
| C. | the Bay of Biscay |
| D. | the Adriatic sea |
| Answer» C. the Bay of Biscay | |
| 304. |
The phenomenon associated with collision and subduction of the planet is |
| A. | volcanoes |
| B. | island arcs |
| C. | earthquakes |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 305. |
The phenomenon of an opening occurring in the earth's surface through which a jet of hot water and steam is forces out at irregular intervals is called |
| A. | crater |
| B. | geyser |
| C. | hot spring |
| D. | volcano |
| Answer» C. hot spring | |
| 306. |
The process of particle detach ment by moving glacial ice is called |
| A. | plucking |
| B. | abrasion |
| C. | scouring |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. abrasion | |
| 307. |
The Palaeozoic era contains ____ time periods. |
| A. | six |
| B. | four |
| C. | five |
| D. | seven |
| Answer» B. four | |
| 308. |
The rate at change of temperature is called |
| A. | temperature difference |
| B. | temperature gradient |
| C. | isotherm |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. isotherm | |
| 309. |
The process of destruction or dying of fronts is called |
| A. | fromtogenesis |
| B. | frontolysis |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. both (a) and (b) | |
| 310. |
The moon orbits the earth at a mean distance approximately |
| A. | 0.384 million km |
| B. | 149.6 million km |
| C. | 579 million km |
| D. | 227.9 million km |
| Answer» B. 149.6 million km | |
| 311. |
The longest day (shortest night) in the southern hemisphere is |
| A. | June 21 |
| B. | December 22 |
| C. | July 21 |
| D. | November 22 |
| Answer» C. July 21 | |
| 312. |
The ministry of Water Resources lays down policies and programmes for the development and regulation of the country's water resources. It covers |
| A. | sartorial planning, coordination and policy guidelines |
| B. | technical examination and techno- appraisal of project providing central assistance to specific proj |
| C. | facilitation of external assistance in resolution of interstate water disputes, policy formulation p |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 313. |
The process of capture of precipitation by the plant canopy and its subsequent return to the atmosphere is called |
| A. | sublimation |
| B. | stem flow |
| C. | interception |
| D. | through fall |
| Answer» D. through fall | |
| 314. |
The mountains that separate European and Arctic Russia are |
| A. | the Pyranees |
| B. | the Balkans |
| C. | the Carpathians |
| D. | the Urals |
| Answer» E. | |
| 315. |
The middle latitude extends between |
| A. | 23(1/2)? North to 32(1/2)? South |
| B. | 23(1/2)? and 66? in both the hemispheres |
| C. | 66? North to 66? South |
| D. | North pole and South pole |
| Answer» C. 66? North to 66? South | |
| 316. |
The Mistral is |
| A. | very cold wind, which blows down from the plateau of central France |
| B. | swift, dry, cold northerly wind that blows down from the western Alps and the plateau of Southern F |
| C. | wind that blows for 100 days a year and may cause extensive frost damage to plants |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 317. |
The most pleasant elements i.e. summer temperatures rarely above 40o and winters are fairly mild, occur in the |
| A. | tropical mid-latitude zone |
| B. | sub-tropical latitude zone |
| C. | temperature mid-latitude zone |
| D. | sub-temperature latitude zone |
| Answer» D. sub-temperature latitude zone | |
| 318. |
The most explosive type of volcano is |
| A. | the caldera |
| B. | a cinder cone |
| C. | basalt plateau |
| D. | shield volcanoes |
| Answer» B. a cinder cone | |
| 319. |
The highest sand dunes are found is |
| A. | the Sahara desert |
| B. | the Atacama desert |
| C. | the Kalahari desert |
| D. | the Gobi desert |
| Answer» B. the Atacama desert | |
| 320. |
The initial increase of magnetic field in magnetic storms is caused |
| A. | when the shock wave, associated with the gusty solar wind, compresses the magnetosphere |
| B. | when there is a large decrease in field intensity |
| C. | when the gust wind itself engulfs the magnetosphere |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. when there is a large decrease in field intensity | |
| 321. |
Within the transporting medium, transport can occur by |
| A. | suspension |
| B. | solution and traction |
| C. | solution |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 322. |
The largest country of the world by geographical area is |
| A. | Russia |
| B. | Vatican City |
| C. | Australia |
| D. | USA |
| Answer» B. Vatican City | |
| 323. |
The HBJ Upgradation project, upgraded the capacity of HBJ pipeline from 18.2 MM SC MD to |
| A. | 20 MM SC MD |
| B. | 33.4 MM SC MD |
| C. | 22.3 MM SC MD |
| D. | 29.6 MM SC MD |
| Answer» C. 22.3 MM SC MD | |
| 324. |
The hunting and gathering economy can support only |
| A. | 1 person per sq. km |
| B. | 3 persons per sq. km |
| C. | 5 persons per sq. km |
| D. | 7 persons per sq. km |
| Answer» B. 3 persons per sq. km | |
| 325. |
The minor planets revolving between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars are called |
| A. | Novas |
| B. | Comets |
| C. | Meteors |
| D. | Asteroids |
| Answer» E. | |
| 326. |
The important mountains of Europe include |
| A. | Andes, Alps, Pyrenees |
| B. | Alps, Carpathians, Pyrenees, Apennines |
| C. | Alps, Himalayas, Rock mountains |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Alps, Himalayas, Rock mountains | |
| 327. |
The largest city in Latin America is |
| A. | Mexico city |
| B. | Caracas |
| C. | Rio-de-Janeiro |
| D. | Buenos Aires |
| Answer» B. Caracas | |
| 328. |
The most important force that provide resistance to particles towards entertainment is |
| A. | frictional resistance |
| B. | particle cohesive bonds |
| C. | particle adhesive bonds |
| D. | momentum |
| Answer» B. particle cohesive bonds | |
| 329. |
The longest river in the Common wealth of independent states is the |
| A. | Irtysh river |
| B. | Ob river |
| C. | Yenisei river |
| D. | Volga river |
| Answer» E. | |
| 330. |
The largest continent in the world is |
| A. | Africa |
| B. | Asia |
| C. | Australia |
| D. | Antarctica |
| Answer» C. Australia | |
| 331. |
The slow down slope movement of soil and sediment because of frost heaving and thawing is called |
| A. | solifluction |
| B. | gelifluction |
| C. | frost creep |
| D. | rockfall |
| Answer» D. rockfall | |
| 332. |
The sulphites are a mineral group that contain one or more metallic elements in combination with the sulphate compound ____ |
| A. | SO3 |
| B. | SO2 |
| C. | SO4 |
| D. | SO |
| Answer» D. SO | |
| 333. |
The transport of warm air toward the poles and cold air toward the equator is due to |
| A. | the temperature gradient |
| B. | the development of waves |
| C. | the latitude difference |
| D. | the longitude difference |
| Answer» C. the latitude difference | |
| 334. |
The shape of earth is |
| A. | sphere |
| B. | oblate spheroid |
| C. | circular |
| D. | spheroid |
| Answer» C. circular | |
| 335. |
The imaginary line on the earth's surface, which closely follows the 180o meridian, is called the |
| A. | International Date Line |
| B. | Tropic of Cancer |
| C. | Equator |
| D. | Prime Meridian |
| Answer» B. Tropic of Cancer | |
| 336. |
The temperature needed to keep the earth's surface and the atmosphere in thermal equilibrium is called |
| A. | the surface temperature |
| B. | equilibrium temperature |
| C. | the mean global surface temperature |
| D. | global temperature |
| Answer» D. global temperature | |
| 337. |
The monetary currency of Greece is called (prior to Jan 1, 2002). |
| A. | guilder |
| B. | drachma |
| C. | yen |
| D. | dinar |
| Answer» C. yen | |
| 338. |
The region that has a typical dispersed rural settlement pattern is the |
| A. | Kerala coastal plain |
| B. | western Ganga plain |
| C. | eastern Rajasthan |
| D. | Telengana plateau |
| Answer» B. western Ganga plain | |
| 339. |
The relative abundance of dissolved salts in seawater in descending order is as follows |
| A. | chlorine, sodium, sulphate, magnesium, calcium, potassium |
| B. | sodium, chlorine, magnesium, potassium, sulphate, calcium |
| C. | chlorine, magnesium, calcium, sodium, potassium, sulphate |
| D. | chlorine, sodium, magnesium, calcium, potassium, sulphate |
| Answer» B. sodium, chlorine, magnesium, potassium, sulphate, calcium | |
| 340. |
The planet with the maximum number of natural satellites (moons), so far discovered is |
| A. | Jupiter |
| B. | Neptune |
| C. | Saturn |
| D. | Uranus |
| Answer» B. Neptune | |
| 341. |
The Pyrenees mountains are located on the border between ____ and ____ |
| A. | Romania, Bulgaria |
| B. | Norway, Sweden |
| C. | Hungary, Romania |
| D. | France, Spain |
| Answer» E. | |
| 342. |
The original landmass, pangola split into |
| A. | Laurissa in the north and Godwanaland in the south |
| B. | Laurissa in the south and Godwanaland in the north |
| C. | Laurissa in the east and Godwanaland in the west |
| D. | Laurissa in the west and Godwanaland in the east |
| Answer» B. Laurissa in the south and Godwanaland in the north | |
| 343. |
The Hwang Ho River falls into: |
| A. | Indian Ocean |
| B. | Yellow Sea. |
| C. | Red Sea |
| D. | Bay of China |
| Answer» C. Red Sea | |
| 344. |
The shortest day (longest night) in the southern hemisphere is |
| A. | June 21 |
| B. | December 21 |
| C. | December 22 |
| D. | June 20 |
| Answer» B. December 21 | |
| 345. |
The smallest division of geological time scale is |
| A. | eon |
| B. | eras |
| C. | stage |
| D. | periods |
| Answer» D. periods | |
| 346. |
The umbra is |
| A. | the inner portion of the moon's shadow |
| B. | formed by tangents to the sun and moon |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 347. |
The two 'equinoxes' take place respectively in the months of |
| A. | January and June |
| B. | July and December |
| C. | March and September |
| D. | September and December |
| Answer» D. September and December | |
| 348. |
The second largest continent in the world is |
| A. | Asia |
| B. | Australia |
| C. | Africa |
| D. | Europe |
| Answer» D. Europe | |
| 349. |
The tide produced when the moon and the sun are at right angles to the earth, thus pulling in opposite directions, is called |
| A. | neap tide |
| B. | spring tide |
| C. | diurnal tide |
| D. | ebb tide |
| Answer» B. spring tide | |
| 350. |
The snow line of the Rocky Mountains of the USA is about |
| A. | 3 km above sea level |
| B. | 6 km above sea level |
| C. | it is at the sea level |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. 6 km above sea level | |