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




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 331 :
The countries with the lowest and worst economic conditions in the world referred to as the 'Pole of hunger' are

  1. European Countries
  2. Middle East Countries
  3. Mid-West Countries
  4. South East Asian Countries
  

Question 332 :
Hydro-electric power provides more than 90% of the total power consumed in

  1. Norway
  2. Sweden
  3. India
  4. UK
  

Question 333 :
Addis Ababa is the capital of

  1. Ethiopia
  2. Kenya
  3. Zambia
  4. Nigeria
  

Question 334 :
Wavy hair is characteristic or

  1. Neanderthal man
  2. Nordic race
  3. Mongoloid race
  4. Cromagnon man
  

Question 335 :
Fohn is a local wind of_____.

  1. Canada
  2. Switzerland
  3. Northern Italy
  4. West Africa
  

Question 336 :
A line drawn on a weather map connecting points that receive equal amounts of sunshine are

  1. Isohel
  2. Isobar
  3. Isohyte
  4. Isotherm
  

Question 337 :
Which of the following varieties of coal accounts for the maximum coal output of the world?

  1. Peat
  2. Lignite
  3. Bituminous
  4. Anthracite
  

Question 338 :
Trincomalee is a port situated on the

  1. east coast, Tamil Nadu
  2. east coast of Sri Lanka
  3. east coast, Andhra Pradesh
  4. west coast of Sri Lanka
  

Question 339 :
Moraine is

  1. a tribe inhabiting the equatorial region
  2. the debris of fragments of rock material brought down with the movement of a glacier
  3. a salt water lake in Arabia
  4. a nocturnal animal found in Amazon forests
  

Question 340 :
Which of the following reflects radio waves back to the Earth?

  1. Ionosphere
  2. Thermosphere
  3. Tropopause
  4. Mesopause
  

Question 341 :
Lines Joining places having equal height are

  1. Contours
  2. Isobars
  3. Isohalines
  4. Isohyet
  

Question 342 :
The process which leads to the formation of clouds is known as

  1. evaporation
  2. condensation
  3. cloud-transpiration
  4. precipitation
  

Question 343 :
Japan's total land is about _____ that of India.

  1. one-sixth
  2. one-fifth
  3. one-ninth
  4. one-tenth
  

Question 344 :
Which of the following yield teak?

  1. Coniferous forests
  2. Tropical forests
  3. Deciduous forests
  4. Himalayan forests
  

Question 345 :
The region with the lowest mean winter temperature (-50º C) is found in

  1. Greenland
  2. Northern Canada
  3. North Pole
  4. North Eastern Siberia
  

Question 346 :
The land-locked country in South East Asia is

  1. Thailand
  2. Malayasia
  3. Laos
  4. Vietnam
  

Question 347 :
Consider the following countries: 1. Albania 2. Bosnia Herzegovina 3. Croatia 4. Macedonia . - Which of these countries has/have Adriatic Sea as a boundary?

  1. 1 and 2
  2. Only 4
  3. 1, 2 and 3
  4. 3 and 4
  

Question 348 :
River Rhine of Europe drains into

  1. North Sea
  2. Black Sea
  3. Caspian Sea
  4. Adriatic Sea
  

Question 349 :
Monsoon wind is different from planetary winds because it

  1. always brings rain
  2. blows in tropical regions
  3. crosses the Equator
  4. is seasonal
  

Question 350 :
Vernal equinox occurs on the

  1. 23rd September
  2. 21st March
  3. 21st June
  4. 22nd December
  

Question 351 :
The flat temperate grasslands of the Hungarian plains are known as _______.

  1. Steppe
  2. Prairies
  3. Pampas
  4. Pusztas
  

Question 352 :
The 90º East Ridge lies in the _____Ocean.

  1. Pacific
  2. Atlantic
  3. Indian
  4. Arctic
  

Question 353 :
Danube, Dneiper, Don, Volga and Ural rivers are flowing In

  1. North America
  2. Europe
  3. Africa
  4. Australia
  

Question 354 :
Muscovite, Phlogopite and Biotite are

  1. Iron ore varieties
  2. Mica varieties
  3. Coal varieties
  4. Manganese varieties
  

Question 355 :
Chemical weathering is a name given to

  1. disintegration of rocks without any change in their chemical composition
  2. chemical interaction of oxygen, carbon dioxide or water with the minerals in the rocks
  3. removal of soil by chemical action
  4. artificial breaking up of rocks for man's use
  

Question 356 :
Condensation occurs when

  1. the air is cold
  2. the air is warm
  3. the air is saturated
  4. None of the above
  

Question 357 :
Which of the following is incorrect?

  1. Within the Arctic and Antarctic Circles there is at least one day in the year during which the sun does not set and at least one day on which it never rises
  2. At the North Pole there is darkness for half the year
  3. At the summer solstice the sun shines vertically over the Tropic of Capricorn
  4. The sun shines vertically over the Equator twice the year
  

Question 358 :
Which of the following absorbs the insolation from the sun and preserves the earth's radiated heat, thus acting like a blanket allowing the earth neither to become too cold nor too hot?

  1. Dust
  2. Water vapour
  3. Ozone
  4. Nitrogen
  

Question 359 :
Which or the following is mainly responsible for causing discomfort to mountaineers?

  1. steep height
  2. extreme cold
  3. lack of oxygen
  4. lack of shelter
  

Question 360 :
Which or the following is the longest mountain range?

  1. The Himalayas
  2. The Rockies
  3. The Andes
  4. The Caucasus
  
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