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




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 391 :
People living in South India generally have more features or

  1. Caucasoid
  2. Mongoloid
  3. Negroid
  4. None of these
  

Question 392 :
What does the machine tool industry produce?

  1. It produces tools for the repair of machines
  2. It produces machines with a high component of precision tools
  3. It produces machines which can be used by other industries for the production of their finished goods
  4. None of these
  

Question 393 :
A country lying within the Arctic Circle having geysers is

  1. Greenland
  2. Iceland
  3. Norway
  4. Denmark
  

Question 394 :
The shipping canal that connects the North Sea and the Baltic Sea is called the______.

  1. Panama Canal
  2. Suez Canal
  3. Kiel Canal
  4. Buckingham Canal
  

Question 395 :
If one watches a distant ship coming towards the shore through a telescope one first sees

  1. its hull
  2. its funnel
  3. its mast
  4. the ship
  

Question 396 :
The sea with one of the highest salinities in the world is _____.

  1. the Dead Sea
  2. the Red Sea
  3. the Arabian Sea
  4. the Baltic Sea
  

Question 397 :
The forces responsible for the movements of the earth's crust, eruption of volcanoes and earthquakes are

  1. terrestrial forces
  2. tectonic forces
  3. gravitational forces
  4. mountain building movements
  

Question 398 :
Which or the following is the main ore for aluminium?

  1. Calcite
  2. Bauxite
  3. Magnesite
  4. Limonite
  

Question 399 :
The _____ mountains crossing the Great Plains and the ____ Sea further south separate Europe from Asia.

  1. Caucasus, Black
  2. Ural, Caspian
  3. Carpathian, Mediterranean
  4. Balkan, Sea of Azov
  

Question 400 :
The mode or lire or people living in Monsoon regions is

  1. commercial grainfarming
  2. cattle rearing
  3. intensive subsistence cultivation
  4. plantation agriculture
  

Question 401 :
Plantation agriculture is a specialised form of agricultural practice carried out in

  1. temperate region
  2. tropics and subtropics
  3. urbanised region
  4. coastal region
  

Question 402 :
East African Valleys stretching from East Africa through Red Sea to Syria is an example of

  1. river valley
  2. rift valley system
  3. glaciated valley
  4. a canyon
  

Question 403 :
Oceans occupy per cent of the earth.

  1. 21
  2. 71
  3. 29
  4. 79
  

Question 404 :
Land of Fishermen' refers to

  1. Europe
  2. Former USSR
  3. Norway
  4. Japan
  

Question 405 :
The meeting or warm and cold currents in the ocean lives rise to

  1. frost
  2. rain
  3. fog
  4. cloud-burst
  

Question 406 :
Temperate grasslands in South America are found on the _____ part of the continent.

  1. northern
  2. southern
  3. north-western
  4. south-eastern
  

Question 407 :
Venice of the East is the name given to

  1. Singapore
  2. Bangkok
  3. Rangoon
  4. Hong Kong
  

Question 408 :
Magma that reaches earth's surface and then solidifies is called

  1. granite
  2. lava
  3. quartz
  4. silicates
  

Question 409 :
What type or vegetation is associated with Australia?

  1. Pampas
  2. Downs
  3. Canada
  4. All the above
  

Question 410 :
At which particular place on earth are day and nights of equal length always?

  1. Prime Meridian
  2. Poles
  3. Equator
  4. Nowhere
  

Question 411 :
Mid-latitude or temperate forests include the trees of

  1. Rosewood, Mahogany, Rubber
  2. Teak, Sal, Bamboo
  3. Pine, Fir, Spruce
  4. Olive, Mapple, Walnut
  

Question 412 :
Why is very little rice sold in world markets?

  1. The farmers cultivating rice exist on subsistence cultivation
  2. The main producers of rice are also the main consumers
  3. The market price of rice is not very remunerative
  4. Rice is not eaten throughout the world
  

Question 413 :
Which of the following natural regions is known as the big game country a land of Safari?

  1. Equatorial
  2. Tropical deserts
  3. Savanna or Tropical Grassland region
  4. Temperate Grassland region
  

Question 414 :
Cut off loops of rivers are known as

  1. Bajada
  2. Meanders
  3. Oxbow lake
  4. Levee
  

Question 415 :
Red Indiana called this local wind Ice Eater?

  1. Mistral
  2. Chinook
  3. Foehn
  4. Haramattan
  

Question 416 :
An important gas in the atmosphere that absorbs sun's ultraviolet rays is

  1. Oxygen
  2. Nitrogen
  3. Ozone
  4. Hydrogen
  

Question 417 :
Roaring Forties' are

  1. waterfalls in Canada
  2. cyclonic winds
  3. the turbulent years in world History from 1940 to 1944
  4. westerly winds blowing through out the year over the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere between 40· and 60º South
  

Question 418 :
Pyranees form a the boundary between

  1. Spain and Portugal
  2. France and Spain
  3. Poland and Russia
  4. Hungary and Rumania
  

Question 419 :
The largest desert in the world is the

  1. Sahara
  2. Gobi
  3. Kalahari
  4. Thar
  

Question 420 :
Jurollo volcano, Mexico is an example of ______ type of volcano.

  1. acid lava cone
  2. shield volcano
  3. lava plateau
  4. composite
  
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