G.K Geography (Fundamental of World Geography) MCQ's




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 1 :
The Great Barrier Reef is found

  1. close to Greenland
  2. near the Suez Canal
  3. in the Bay of Bengal
  4. of the coast of Queensland
  

Question 2 :
Lava solidifies to form _____.

  1. Pumice
  2. Basalt
  3. Marble
  4. Sandstone
  

Question 3 :
____ is a land locked country.

  1. Bangladesh
  2. Myanmar
  3. Nepal
  4. Sri Lanka
  

Question 4 :
If A and B are two stations antipode to each other then their

  1. seasons are opposite
  2. day and night are opposite
  3. seasons day and night are opposite
  4. climates are opposite
  

Question 5 :
The yield or food grain per man is high under

  1. intensive cultivation
  2. extensive cultivation
  3. mono cultivation
  4. farm cultivation
  

Question 6 :
Which European country has over 200 volcanoes, many of them active?

  1. Norway
  2. Finland
  3. Ireland
  4. Iceland
  

Question 7 :
The world's major fishing grounds are located along the eastern shores of continents between 40º N and 50º N latitudes where cool and warm currents converge. An example or such area is

  1. The Grand Banks off Newfoundland
  2. The Dogger Bank in the North Sea
  3. The coastal region of Norway
  4. Fisheries off the coast of Peru
  

Question 8 :
Which of the following is not one of the by-products of mineral oil?

  1. Naphtha
  2. Sulphur
  3. Aniline dyes
  4. Paraffin wax
  

Question 9 :
If I wanted to reach the South Atlantic from the South Pacific while touching South America, I would have to use

  1. Florida Straits
  2. Dardanelles
  3. Magellan Straits
  4. Bosporus
  

Question 10 :
The Trans-Siberian railway links

  1. The Baltic coast with the North Sea
  2. Leningrad with Oldiotsk
  3. Buanos Aires with Valparaiso
  4. Leningrad with Vladivostok
  

Question 11 :
A huge muss of ice fed by snow on a high mountain slowly sliding downhill before It starts melting is called

  1. Glacier
  2. Avalanche
  3. Iceberg
  4. Snow cover
  

Question 12 :
Canals serve as passage of communication in the city of ___in Italy.

  1. Rome
  2. Venice
  3. Turin
  4. Genoa
  

Question 13 :
Barkhans are

  1. depositional features of wind action
  2. erosional features associated with rivers
  3. erosional features associated with wind action
  4. depositional features of glacial action
  

Question 14 :
Limestone is an example of

  1. igneous rocks
  2. sedimentary rocks
  3. metamorphic rocks
  4. crystalline rocks
  

Question 15 :
Which one of the following types of plains is not formed by the action of the riven?

  1. Loess plains
  2. Alluvial plains
  3. Flood plain deposits
  4. Deltas
  

Question 16 :
Contours are lines showing

  1. places on earth of equal rainfall
  2. places of same temperature
  3. places on earth at the same altitude
  4. None of these
  

Question 17 :
Liverpool Hull, Bristol and Southampton are ports in

  1. America
  2. Europe
  3. Africa
  4. England
  

Question 18 :
Mediterranean climate is ideal for growing

  1. wheat and barley
  2. tea and coffee
  3. sugarcane and beet
  4. orange and lemons
  

Question 19 :
_____ canal lies on one of the world's largest of trade routes connecting Europe and Far East.

  1. The Panama
  2. The Suez
  3. The Kiel
  4. The Goth
  

Question 20 :
The tropical deciduous trees shed their leaves in summer because

  1. of the heat of the summer
  2. the rainfall is inadequate
  3. it prevents loss of moisture through transpiration
  4. deciduous trees shed leaves
  

Question 21 :
The world's largest river is

  1. Amazon
  2. Nile
  3. Mississippi
  4. Brahmaputra
  

Question 22 :
Which of the following layers of the Earth is believed to account for the Earth's magnetism?

  1. Crust
  2. Mantle
  3. Core
  4. Lithosphere
  

Question 23 :
Ozone layers absorb

  1. infrared rays
  2. ultraviolet rays coming from the sun
  3. all radiations from the sun
  4. cosmic rays
  

Question 24 :
Mediterranean climate prevails in

  1. Central Chile
  2. Northern Chile
  3. Peru
  4. Argentina
  

Question 25 :
The Tropical Rain Forest or Equatorial type of climate is found in

  1. Amazon basin
  2. Congo basin
  3. Indonesian Islands
  4. All the above
  

Question 26 :
By what name the Third World Countries are now commonly referred to?

  1. Least developed countries
  2. Underdeveloped countries
  3. Developing countries
  4. Underdeveloped countries
  

Question 27 :
Which of the following is taken into consideration while deciding a shipping route?

  1. Depth of the sea
  2. Availability of ports and harbours
  3. Climate of the region
  4. All the above
  

Question 28 :
Some riven and canals have locks across them in order to

  1. collect taxes
  2. ensure safety
  3. control the level of water
  4. load or unload freight
  

Question 29 :
Which of the following is known as the cold pole of the world?

  1. Laurentian region of Canada
  2. Verkhoyansk in Russia
  3. Antarctica
  4. Greenland
  

Question 30 :
Which, among the following countries, occupies the largest chunk of the Sunderban's Delta?

  1. Bangladesh
  2. Myanmar
  3. India
  4. Thailand
  
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