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




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 451 :
The area or the Indian Ocean is approximately ______.

  1. 24 million sq km
  2. 44 million sq km
  3. 64 million sq km
  4. 74 million sq km
  

Question 452 :
Which of the following lies on the Nile Rivers?

  1. Nairobi
  2. Addis Ababa
  3. Khartoum
  4. Kinhasa
  

Question 453 :
Which parallel separates North and South Korea?

  1. 38th
  2. 50th
  3. 42nd
  4. 40th
  

Question 454 :
____ islands are the cross roads of the Pacific.

  1. Fiji
  2. Falkland
  3. Windward
  4. Hawaiian
  

Question 455 :
Quinine is obtained from the

  1. Mulberry tree
  2. Eucalyptus tree
  3. Cinchona plant
  4. Cocoa plant
  

Question 456 :
Copper alloys with tin to give

  1. Brass
  2. Bronze
  3. German silver
  4. Zinc
  

Question 457 :
The only port in erstwhile Soviet Union that is ice tree throughout the year is

  1. Leningrad
  2. Odessa
  3. Murmansk
  4. Vladivostok
  

Question 458 :
The world's largest delta system is the____.

  1. The Nile, Egypt
  2. Ganges-Brahmaputra, India/Bangladesh
  3. The Mississippi, USA
  4. The Amazon, Brazil
  

Question 459 :
What is approximately the quantum of the pressure exerted by the atmosphere at sea level?

  1. one kg per sq km
  2. one kg per sq mtr
  3. five kg per sq cm
  4. five kg per sq mtr
  

Question 460 :
Which among the following is the greatest inland waterway in Europe?

  1. Thames
  2. Elbe
  3. Rhine
  4. Volga
  

Question 461 :
The Tropical Savanna Climate located in South Brazil is mown as

  1. Llanos
  2. Sudan climate
  3. Campos
  4. None of these
  

Question 462 :
The fog that commonly occurs along the sea-coasts is of the ______ type.

  1. radiation
  2. advection
  3. frontal
  4. convection
  

Question 463 :
Doldrum is an area of ___.

  1. low rainfall
  2. low temperature
  3. low pressure
  4. high winds
  

Question 464 :
Blizzards are more frequent in

  1. Tropical region
  2. Temperate region
  3. Arctic region
  4. Antarctic region
  

Question 465 :
Sun's halo is produced by the refraction of light in

  1. Water vapour in Stratus Clouds
  2. Ice crystals in Cirro-cumulus clouds
  3. dust particles in stratus clouds
  4. Ice crystals in Cirrus clouds
  

Question 466 :
The ______ railway is the longest railway route in the world.

  1. Trans-Siberian
  2. Canadian-Pacific
  3. Trans-Andes
  4. Trans-Continental, Australia
  

Question 467 :
The famous Matterhorn Peak is found in

  1. Austria
  2. Switzerland
  3. France
  4. Sweden
  

Question 468 :
Outwash plain is a depositional feature associated with

  1. rivers
  2. wind
  3. glacier
  4. wave
  

Question 469 :
The tropical rain forests in the Amazon basin is known as

  1. Savanna
  2. Prairies
  3. Selvas
  4. Pampas
  

Question 470 :
Which among these is a form of precipitation?

  1. dew
  2. fog
  3. mist
  4. hail
  

Question 471 :
The Persian Gulf region is rich in _____.

  1. crude oil reserves
  2. iron ore reserves
  3. bauxite ore reserves
  4. uranium ore reserves
  

Question 472 :
Fjords abound the coast of

  1. Sweden
  2. France
  3. Norway
  4. Germany
  

Question 473 :
Which, among the following countries, lies at the junction of three continents (Asia, Africa ad Europe)?

  1. Turkey
  2. Cyprus
  3. Syria
  4. Yemen
  

Question 474 :
Fold mountains are formed due to forces born out of

  1. tension
  2. compression
  3. expansion
  4. volcanoes
  

Question 475 :
What is the shape of the Earth?

  1. Geoid
  2. Circle
  3. Sphere
  4. Hemi-sphere
  

Question 476 :
Ear rot is a disease which Infects

  1. wheat
  2. sugarcane
  3. corn
  4. coffee
  

Question 477 :
The Planets that have no natural satellites are____.

  1. Mercury and Venus
  2. Earth and Mars
  3. Jupiter and Saturn
  4. Uranus and Neptune
  

Question 478 :
The planet that is nearly comparable to Earth as regards its size and mass is

  1. Pluto
  2. Mars
  3. Venus
  4. Mercury
  

Question 479 :
Dhaulagiri peak in the Himalayan Range is located in

  1. Bhutan
  2. Nepal
  3. Sikkim
  4. Uttar Pradesh
  

Question 480 :
Which of the following does not characterless 'selva'?

  1. Evergreen forest
  2. They have suffered the greatest destruction at the hands of man
  3. Climbers hang from the roof formed by the foliage
  4. Commercial utilisation of these forests is difficult
  
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