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




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 481 :
The biggest island at the tip of South America is the

  1. Falkland Island
  2. Long Island
  3. Tierra Del Fuego Island
  4. Azores Island
  

Question 482 :
Extensive mechanized wheat cultivation is carried out in

  1. Tropical Savannas
  2. Temperate grasslands
  3. Equatorial regions
  4. Mediterranean lands
  

Question 483 :
The number of economic minerals associated with sedimentary rocks is

  1. more than that associated with igneous rocks
  2. less than that associated with igneous rocks
  3. same as that in igneous rocks
  4. unknown
  

Question 484 :
Pilgrim Fathers are the earliest migrants to

  1. Australia
  2. South America
  3. North America
  4. Central America
  

Question 485 :
The Shatt-al-Arab waterway is associated with the

  1. Euphrates and Tigris
  2. White Nile and Blue Nile
  3. Jordan and Firat
  4. Oxus and Kabul
  

Question 486 :
The most salty basin in the world is the

  1. Caspian Sea
  2. Dead Sea
  3. Red Sea
  4. Arabian Sea
  

Question 487 :
The difference between the equatorial and polar diametres of the earth is about

  1. 22 km
  2. 32 km
  3. 42 km
  4. 62 km
  

Question 488 :
Ocean currents rotate

  1. clockwise in the northern hemisphere and anti-clockwise in the southern hemisphere
  2. anti-clockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern hemisphere
  3. clockwise in both the hemispheres
  4. anti-clockwise in both the hemispheres
  

Question 489 :
Lakes formed due to marine deposits are

  1. crater lakes
  2. cirque lakes
  3. ox-bow lakes
  4. lagoons
  

Question 490 :
The metallic minerals are

  1. asbestos, mica, graphite
  2. iron ore, copper, lead
  3. coal, oil, natural gas
  4. salt, potash, sulphur
  

Question 491 :
Crude oil is generally round in

  1. igneous rocks
  2. sedimentary rocks
  3. metamorphic rocks
  4. sandy desert soils
  

Question 492 :
Country peopled almost by migration is

  1. The USA
  2. Brazil
  3. Australia
  4. Hawaii
  

Question 493 :
Grasslands in Australia are known as the

  1. Downs
  2. Steppes
  3. Veldt
  4. Prairies
  

Question 494 :
A narrow strip of land connecting two large land masses is known as

  1. Strait
  2. Isthmus
  3. Headland
  4. Bay
  

Question 495 :
Igneous rocks are formed from molten rock material. Which one of the following is not an igneous rock?

  1. Granite
  2. Quartz
  3. Feldspar
  4. Slate
  

Question 496 :
Coastline formed by a drowned river mouth is a

  1. Fjord
  2. Dalmatian
  3. Ria
  4. Haff
  

Question 497 :
Scandinavia is a suitable country for exploiting hydroelectricity because of the presence of

  1. lakes
  2. steep slopes
  3. great rivers
  4. waterfalls
  

Question 498 :
What is the cloud burst? It is

  1. the states of sky with respect to clouds
  2. the disintergration of a huge cloud mass
  3. an abnormal heavy downpour of rain
  4. breaking up of clouds by high mountain ranges
  

Question 499 :
______ is called the 'land of a thousand lakes'.

  1. Finland
  2. Holland
  3. Sweden
  4. Portugal
  

Question 500 :
World's principal producer of silver is

  1. India
  2. Mexico
  3. The USA
  4. Canada
  

Question 501 :
The area of the Earth's total surface is of the order of ____.

  1. 510 million square kilometres
  2. 450 million square kilometres
  3. 400 million square kilometres
  4. 350 million square kilometres
  

Question 502 :
Three European cities viz Vienna, Budapest and Belgrade lie on the river

  1. Volga
  2. Rhone
  3. Rhine
  4. Danube
  

Question 503 :
The Planet amongst the following (other than Saturn), that shows a faint ring is ______.

  1. Earth
  2. Jupiter
  3. Mars
  4. Pluto
  

Question 504 :
The capital of the Ontario province of Canada situated on the Lake Ontario is the port city of

  1. Montreal
  2. Uruguay
  3. Chile
  4. Paraguay
  

Question 505 :
The snowline is the line on mountain or hill slope which

  1. is the highest limit of perpetual snow .
  2. is the lowest limit of perpetual snow
  3. represents the highest amount of snowfall received
  4. represents the lowest amount of snowfall received
  

Question 506 :
Which of the following is not a minor product derived from forests?

  1. Nuts and Gums
  2. Tannin
  3. Pitch and Turpentine
  4. Pulp
  

Question 507 :
Iron ore mining in the former Soviet Union are in

  1. Kiruna
  2. Mesabi and Gegobic
  3. Krivoi Rog and Kerch basin
  4. Lorraine field
  

Question 508 :
Europe point is

  1. the southern most tip of Gibraltar
  2. a small French island in Mozambique channel
  3. a famous sea resort near Naples
  4. a summer resort for the Pope in Itlay
  

Question 509 :
Abadan' is well known as

  1. a major Air Force base in Iraq
  2. the main oil terminal in Iran
  3. a pilgrim centre for Muslims and Christians as well
  4. an archaeological site throwing new light on the civilisation that flourished in Arabia before the advent of Aryans into India
  

Question 510 :
Which among these is a metamorphic rock?

  1. Gneiss
  2. Sandstone
  3. Basalt
  4. Limestone
  
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