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




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 31 :
A heavenly body which takes nearly the same time to complete one rotation and one revolution is

  1. an asteroid
  2. a comet
  3. Moon
  4. Mars
  

Question 32 :
Where are most or the Earth's active volcanoes concentrated at present?

  1. South America
  2. Africa
  3. Pacific Ocean
  4. Europe
  

Question 33 :
The number of women per thousand men is called

  1. men-women ratio
  2. sex ratio
  3. relative density
  4. manage ratio
  

Question 34 :
Suez Canal links

  1. Mediterranean Sea and Caribbean Sea
  2. Black Sea and Baltic Sea
  3. Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea
  4. Arabian Sea and Red Sea
  

Question 35 :
The years 1700, 1800 and 1900 were

  1. leap years
  2. not leap years
  3. famine years
  4. years of natural calamities
  

Question 36 :
In both the hemispheres the trade winds blow towards the

  1. Equator
  2. horse latitudes
  3. sub polar low pressure belts
  4. poles
  

Question 37 :
The navigable European rivers are

  1. Mississippi, Missourie, Tennesee, St Lawrence
  2. Ob, Yenisey, Volga, Rhine
  3. Danube, Rhone, Seine and Elbe
  4. Yangtze, Sikiang, Hwang Ho, Chientang
  

Question 38 :
lsohalines are lines Joining places having

  1. equal temperature
  2. equal diurnal range of temperature
  3. equal salinity
  4. equal cloud cover
  

Question 39 :
Which of the following is known as 'golden fiber'?

  1. Silk
  2. Egyptian cotton
  3. Jute
  4. Manila hemp
  

Question 40 :
Savanna is a

  1. desert
  2. forest
  3. grassland
  4. snowclad mountain
  

Question 41 :
Rice in Myanmar is cultivated along the deltas of ______ river.

  1. Salween
  2. Menam
  3. Mekong
  4. Irrawaddy
  

Question 42 :
One will not have to pass through the Suez Canal while going from Mumbai to

  1. Alexandria
  2. Suez
  3. Port Said
  4. Benghazi
  

Question 43 :
Mount Kilimanjaro is in

  1. Alaska
  2. Argentina
  3. Chile
  4. Tanzania
  

Question 44 :
There are two types of crusts – the continental and the oceanic. The continental crust is

  1. thicker below the plains than below mountains
  2. thicker below the mountains than below the plains
  3. almost same all over
  4. thicker under the oceans than under the seas
  

Question 45 :
Which soil is sticky when wet and develops cracks when dry

  1. alluvial soil
  2. black soil
  3. red soil
  4. late rite soil
  

Question 46 :
A narrow strip of land connecting two large land masses is called

  1. ridge
  2. peninsula
  3. isthmus
  4. neck
  

Question 47 :
The temperature at which the air is saturated is known as

  1. saturation temperature
  2. critical temperature
  3. condensation temperature
  4. dew point
  

Question 48 :
The planet with the maximum number of satellites is ______.

  1. Uranus
  2. Jupiter
  3. Saturn
  4. Neptune
  

Question 49 :
Eskimos belong to

  1. Mongoloid race
  2. White race
  3. Negroid race
  4. None of these
  

Question 50 :
Monazite is an ore of

  1. copper
  2. iron
  3. thorium
  4. titanium
  

Question 51 :
The 'land of eternal spring' are certain parts of

  1. Tundra region
  2. Highland region
  3. Mediterranean region
  4. Hot Wet Equatorial region
  

Question 52 :
Which city is called the 'City of Perpetual Spring'?

  1. Colombo
  2. Quito
  3. Lisbon
  4. Berlin
  

Question 53 :
The world's largest port is _____.

  1. Mumbai
  2. Sydney
  3. New York/New Jersey
  4. Singapore
  

Question 54 :
The layers of the earth's crust are distinguished by their

  1. thickness and depth
  2. density and temperature
  3. metallic content and rocks
  4. All the above
  

Question 55 :
The route is connecting Western Europe, Africa and Australia by way of the Cape of Good Hope.

  1. Panama route
  2. Cape route
  3. North Pacific route
  4. South Atlantic route
  

Question 56 :
Which set of two riven given below together form the world's largest delta?

  1. The Ganges and the Brahmpautra
  2. The Mississippi and the Missouri
  3. The Tigris and the Euphrates
  4. The Seine and the Rhine
  

Question 57 :
For the formation of rainfall which of the following is not essential?

  1. dust particles in the atmosphere
  2. evaporation
  3. condensation
  4. wind
  

Question 58 :
World's largest solar power plant is located in _____

  1. Kalahari Desert, Africa
  2. Sahara Desert, Libya
  3. Thar Desert India
  4. Mojava Desert USA
  

Question 59 :
Haneda is the name of the international airport in

  1. Hong Kong
  2. Dacca
  3. Tokyo
  4. Singapore
  

Question 60 :
The strait that separates Tasmania from the mainland of Australia is

  1. Cook Strait
  2. Bass Strait
  3. Torres Strait
  4. Palk Strait
  
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