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This section includes 269 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your General Knowledge (GK) knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 201. |
The lake Ontario and St. Lawrence of USA and Canada lie to the south-east of [Asstt Commt 2010] |
| A. | Hudson Bay |
| B. | Labrador Sea |
| C. | Atlantic Ocean |
| D. | New Found land |
| Answer» B. Labrador Sea | |
| 202. |
Which one of the following conditions is NOT necessary for precipitation to occur? [NDA 2002] |
| A. | The air must be warm |
| B. | The air must be saturated |
| C. | The air must be cooled below its dew point |
| D. | The air must contain hygroscopic particles |
| Answer» B. The air must be saturated | |
| 203. |
_____ is the largest city in Canada and is the terminus of the Canadian Pacific Railway. |
| A. | Toronto |
| B. | Chicago |
| C. | Quebec |
| D. | Halifax |
| Answer» D. Halifax | |
| 204. |
The type of igneous rocks which are formed midway between volcanic and plutonic rocks, are known as : |
| A. | Basalt |
| B. | Hypabyssal |
| C. | Laccolith |
| D. | Batholith |
| Answer» C. Laccolith | |
| 205. |
Which of the following pairs is correctly matched? [NDA 1992] Islands Volcanoes |
| A. | Sicily - Mount Pelee |
| B. | Hawaii - Stromboli |
| C. | Java - Merapi |
| D. | West Indies - Mauna Loa |
| Answer» D. West Indies - Mauna Loa | |
| 206. |
The route is connecting Western Europe, Africa and Australia by way of the Cape of Good Hope. |
| A. | Panama route |
| B. | Cape route |
| C. | North Pacific route |
| D. | South Atlantic route |
| Answer» C. North Pacific route | |
| 207. |
The current produced by upwelling of cold water off the coast of Chile and Peru is known as [NDA 2011] |
| A. | El Nino |
| B. | Humboldt current |
| C. | Agulhas current |
| D. | Canary current |
| Answer» C. Agulhas current | |
| 208. |
If a place is located at 20 N, 80 E in which of the following continents does it lie? [CDS 1989] |
| A. | Africa |
| B. | Asia |
| C. | Europe |
| D. | North America |
| Answer» C. Europe | |
| 209. |
Which among the following currents is produced by upwelling of water off the coast of Chile and Peru? [IAS 2003] |
| A. | Canarie Current |
| B. | Humboldt Current |
| C. | Benguela Current |
| D. | Kuroshio Current |
| Answer» C. Benguela Current | |
| 210. |
The largest coral reef in the world is found near the coast of which one of the following countries ? [IAS 2007] |
| A. | Australia |
| B. | Cuba |
| C. | Ghana |
| D. | Philippines |
| Answer» B. Cuba | |
| 211. |
Which one of the following is not the part of North Atlantic ocean current system? [IAS 2003] |
| A. | Irminger current |
| B. | Labrador current |
| C. | Brazilian current |
| D. | Canarie current |
| Answer» D. Canarie current | |
| 212. |
A temperature inversion is most likely to occur under which of the following conditions? [IAS 2004] |
| A. | Mountain top in late evening |
| B. | Windy but cloudy night |
| C. | Calm, cloudy and humid night |
| D. | Calm, clear and cool winter night |
| Answer» E. | |
| 213. |
Which of the following types of rainfall occurs at places having continental type of climate? |
| A. | Convectional |
| B. | Cyclonic |
| C. | Relief |
| D. | Rainfall does not occur at these places |
| Answer» C. Relief | |
| 214. |
The position of the earth in its orbit, when it is at its greatest distance from the Sun causing summer in the Northern hemisphere is : |
| A. | Perihelion |
| B. | Aplheuon |
| C. | Perigee |
| D. | Apogee |
| Answer» C. Perigee | |
| 215. |
Which one of the following countries is situated, geographically in America' but politically a part of Europe? [UP PCS 2002] |
| A. | Iceland |
| B. | Canary Islands |
| C. | Green Land |
| D. | Cuba |
| Answer» D. Cuba | |
| 216. |
A block of the earth's crust that has remained in position while the ground around it has subsides is known as : [NDA 2001] |
| A. | horst |
| B. | plain |
| C. | plateau |
| D. | young folded mountain |
| Answer» B. plain | |
| 217. |
Which one of the following is found on the western coast of continents between 30 and 40 latitudes? [CDS 1991] |
| A. | Tropical Grassland Region |
| B. | Hot Desert Climate Region |
| C. | Mediterranean Climate Region |
| D. | Temperate Climate Region |
| Answer» D. Temperate Climate Region | |
| 218. |
The position of the sun is annually twice overhead at Singapore because of the: [Railways 1993] |
| A. | rotation of the earth |
| B. | revolution of the earth |
| C. | elliptical path of the earth's orbit |
| D. | parallelism of inclined axis of the earth |
| Answer» E. | |
| 219. |
'The length of its day and the tilt of its axis are almost identical to those of the earth'. This is true of: [IAS 2003, 1994] |
| A. | Uranus |
| B. | Neptune |
| C. | Saturn |
| D. | Mars |
| Answer» E. | |
| 220. |
About 50% of the world population is concentrated between the latitudes of: [IAS 1997] |
| A. | 5 N and 20 N |
| B. | 20 N and 40 N |
| C. | 40 N and 60 N |
| D. | 20 S and 40 S |
| Answer» C. 40 N and 60 N | |
| 221. |
The most effective farming method for returning minerals to the soil is |
| A. | Contour ploughing |
| B. | Terracing |
| C. | Crop rotation |
| D. | Furrowing |
| Answer» D. Furrowing | |
| 222. |
Which one of the following minerals occurs abundantly in the Earth's crust? [CDS 2003] |
| A. | Bauxite |
| B. | Silica |
| C. | Manganese |
| D. | Iron |
| Answer» C. Manganese | |
| 223. |
Which one of the following countries makes maximum use of the geothermal energy? [IAS 2004] |
| A. | New Zealand |
| B. | Japan |
| C. | Iceland |
| D. | Russia |
| Answer» D. Russia | |
| 224. |
When it is noon along 82 30' longitude, along what degree of longitude it will be 6.30 a.m.? [IAS 1994] |
| A. | Along 165 E |
| B. | Along 67 30' W |
| C. | 0 E or W |
| D. | Along 82 31' W |
| Answer» D. Along 82 31' W | |
| 225. |
The clouds extending from one side of horizon to other as 3 dark grey sheet having uniform base are called: [IAS 2004] |
| A. | Stratus clouds |
| B. | Cumulus clouds |
| C. | Cirrus clouds |
| D. | Nimbus clouds |
| Answer» B. Cumulus clouds | |
| 226. |
Owing to the equatorial bulge and the polar flattening, the polar radius of the earth falls short of the equatorial radius by about: [NDA 1991] |
| A. | 22 km |
| B. | 36 km |
| C. | 41 km |
| D. | 53 km |
| Answer» B. 36 km | |
| 227. |
The gap between birth rate and death rate per 1000 mid-year population of a given region is known as |
| A. | population rate |
| B. | natural growth rate of population |
| C. | birth and death rate of population |
| D. | population increamental ratio |
| Answer» C. birth and death rate of population | |
| 228. |
Caucasoid people account for ______ per cent of world population. |
| A. | 33 |
| B. | 39 |
| C. | 29 |
| D. | 43 |
| Answer» B. 39 | |
| 229. |
Which one of the following is present in the largest amount in terms of per cent by man In the earth's crust? |
| A. | Silicon |
| B. | Oxygen |
| C. | Carbon |
| D. | Calcium |
| Answer» C. Carbon | |
| 230. |
Which of the following minerals is obtained from placer deposits? |
| A. | copper |
| B. | tin |
| C. | manganese |
| D. | aluminium |
| Answer» C. manganese | |
| 231. |
Which one of the following is not a landform which results due to rejuvenation of a river? [IAS 2007] |
| A. | Incised meander |
| B. | Knick point |
| C. | Oxbow lake |
| D. | Rive terrace |
| Answer» D. Rive terrace | |
| 232. |
The equatorial regions receive rainfall throughout the year. The annual rainfall is generally about: |
| A. | 80 cms |
| B. | 160 cms |
| C. | 200 cms |
| D. | 250 cms |
| Answer» E. | |
| 233. |
Some large lakes in temperate latitudes have a moderating influence upon the climate of adjacent land surfaces. Such an influence may develop when : |
| A. | the water is shallow |
| B. | the lake is high above sea level |
| C. | prevailing out-blowing winds cross the lake in winter |
| D. | the lake is a basin of inland drainage |
| Answer» D. the lake is a basin of inland drainage | |
| 234. |
Which among the following is the greatest inland waterway in Europe? |
| A. | Thames |
| B. | Elbe |
| C. | Rhine |
| D. | Volga |
| Answer» D. Volga | |
| 235. |
The average salinity of the sea water is ____ parts per thousand. |
| A. | 25 |
| B. | 35 |
| C. | 50 |
| D. | 60 |
| Answer» C. 50 | |
| 236. |
Three European cities viz, Belgrade, Budapest and Vienna, are located on the banks of the river |
| A. | Danube |
| B. | Rhine |
| C. | Rhone |
| D. | Volga |
| Answer» B. Rhine | |
| 237. |
The only port in erstwhile Soviet Union that is ice tree throughout the year is |
| A. | Leningrad |
| B. | Odessa |
| C. | Murmansk |
| D. | Vladivostok |
| Answer» D. Vladivostok | |
| 238. |
Which of the following gives the correct decreasing order in numbers in the food chain pyramid? 1. Primary Producers 2. Herbivores 3. Carnivores 4. Man |
| A. | 1, 2, 3, 4 |
| B. | 1, 3, 2, 4 |
| C. | 4, 3, 2, 1 |
| D. | 1, 2, 4, 3 |
| Answer» B. 1, 3, 2, 4 | |
| 239. |
Which one of the following countries is planning to construct a rival to the Panama Canal to link the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans? [IAS 2007] |
| A. | Colombia |
| B. | Costa Rica |
| C. | Guatemala |
| D. | Nicaragua |
| Answer» E. | |
| 240. |
The approximate depth of the Mariana Trench or the Pacific Ocean is |
| A. | 5530 m |
| B. | 7530 m |
| C. | 11030 m |
| D. | 13030 m |
| Answer» D. 13030 m | |
| 241. |
Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the following topographical features found from upper to lower course of a river? [CDS 2010] |
| A. | Ox-bow lake-Rapids-Estuary |
| B. | Rapids-Estuary-Ox-bow lake |
| C. | Rapids- Ox-bow lake - Estuary |
| D. | Estuary- Ox-bow lake-Rapids |
| Answer» D. Estuary- Ox-bow lake-Rapids | |
| 242. |
Who among the following was first to measure the circumference of the Earth? [NDA 2008] |
| A. | Eratosthenes |
| B. | Aristotle |
| C. | Hecataeus |
| D. | Herodotus |
| Answer» B. Aristotle | |
| 243. |
Krivoy Rog, Kerch Peninsula, Magnitogorsk are major producers ______ of in former Soviet Union. |
| A. | Coal |
| B. | Manganese |
| C. | Copper |
| D. | Iron ore |
| Answer» E. | |
| 244. |
Leningrad region and Kola Peninsula in former Soviet Union are major producers of |
| A. | Lead |
| B. | Zinc |
| C. | Bauxite |
| D. | Copper |
| Answer» D. Copper | |
| 245. |
The canal that connects the upper Hudson at Albany with the Great Lakes at Buffalo is |
| A. | Erie canal |
| B. | Kiel canal |
| C. | North Sea canal |
| D. | Trent and Mersey canal |
| Answer» B. Kiel canal | |
| 246. |
Which one of the following is correct? Benguela current flows: [NDA 2008] |
| A. | along Brazilian coast |
| B. | off Southwest African coast |
| C. | off Spanish and North African coast |
| D. | along West coast of United States |
| Answer» C. off Spanish and North African coast | |
| 247. |
"Golan Heights" belonging to a country A were captured by a country B. The countries A and Bare: |
| A. | Tibet and China |
| B. | Russia and Japan |
| C. | Syria and Israel |
| D. | Iran and Iraq |
| Answer» D. Iran and Iraq | |
| 248. |
The Balkan Peninsula is separated from the rest of Europe by the river. |
| A. | Danube |
| B. | Rhine |
| C. | Elbe |
| D. | Weser |
| Answer» B. Rhine | |
| 249. |
Trees with hardwood and dense canopy are generally found in : [Stenographers' Exam 1993] |
| A. | deciduous forests |
| B. | evergreen forests |
| C. | tidal forests |
| D. | alpine forests |
| Answer» C. tidal forests | |
| 250. |
Which type of forest belt supplies most of the world's requirement of newsprint? [Stenographers' Exam 1993] |
| A. | Coniferous forest |
| B. | Deciduous forest |
| C. | Evergreen forest |
| D. | Mediterranear forest |
| Answer» B. Deciduous forest | |