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




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 181 :
The USA is deficient in domestic supplies of

  1. copper
  2. lead
  3. zinc
  4. manganese
  

Question 182 :
Western Gateway to the United States is

  1. Seattle
  2. San Diego
  3. San Francisco
  4. Los Angeles
  

Question 183 :
You are asked to import Ostrich, Platypus and Kaola Bear. To which country will you opt to go, to get all the three?

  1. Australia
  2. Japan
  3. Canada
  4. New Zealand
  

Question 184 :
Selvas is a word denoting

  1. long narrow depression formed in the land sunk between two parallel faults
  2. a southerly region of the oceans located between 45° S and 63° S
  3. the equatorial rain forest of the Amazon basin
  4. the grasslands of North America
  

Question 185 :
Wind erosion is dominant in

  1. Tropical regions
  2. Temperate regions
  3. Deserts
  4. Mediterranean regions
  

Question 186 :
A narrow inlet of sea between cliffs or steep slopes, especially associated with Scandinavia is

  1. Bay
  2. Gulf Stream
  3. Fjord
  4. None of these
  

Question 187 :
Along which one of the following meridians did India experience the first light of the sunrise of the new millennium?

  1. 20°30’W
  2. 82°30'E
  3. 92°30’W
  4. 92°30'E
  

Question 188 :
St Andreas Fault passes close to the US city of

  1. Los Angeles
  2. New Orleans
  3. Hollywood
  4. San Francisco
  

Question 189 :
Horizontal transfer of heat is known as

  1. advection
  2. convection
  3. conduction
  4. elliptical line
  

Question 190 :
The continuous circulation of water among the hydrosphere, atmosphere and Lithosphere is known as

  1. Water circulation
  2. Hydrologic cycle
  3. Hydro-equilibrium
  4. Precipitation
  

Question 191 :
The first steam boat was built by

  1. Stevenson
  2. Newton
  3. James Watt
  4. Robert Fulton
  

Question 192 :
The highest plateau in the world is

  1. Plateau of Tibet
  2. Deccan Plateau
  3. Plateau of Iran
  4. Spanish Plateau
  

Question 193 :
Palk Strait separates

  1. Malaysia and Sumatra
  2. India and Sri Lanka
  3. Sunda and Sumatra
  4. Borneo and Celebes
  

Question 194 :
The palace of origin of an earthquake is called

  1. seismographic zone
  2. perimeter
  3. epicentre
  4. seismic focus
  

Question 195 :
The leading producer of coal in former Soviet Union is

  1. Donetz basin
  2. Kuzentsk basin
  3. Karaganda Basin
  4. Pechora basin
  

Question 196 :
Spot the odd item in the following

  1. Mt Fuji
  2. Mt Everest
  3. Mt Vesuvius
  4. Mt Pele
  

Question 197 :
The busiest sea route is

  1. The Mediterranean Red-Sea Route
  2. The South Atlantic Route
  3. The North Atlantic Route
  4. The Pacific Route
  

Question 198 :
Kiel Canal connects the North Sea with the _____ sea.

  1. Atlantic
  2. Baltic
  3. Arctic
  4. None of these
  

Question 199 :
Three European cities viz, Belgrade, Budapest and Vienna, are located on the banks of the river

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

Question 200 :
When humidity is expressed in terms of percentage then it is known as

  1. Absolute humidity
  2. Specific humidity
  3. Relative humidity
  4. Ratio humidity
  

Question 201 :
A geographical mile is a measure of length equal to one sixtieth of a degree or one minute (1') of latitude. It varies with latitudes, but is approximately equals

  1. 7200 feet
  2. 6080 feet
  3. 4500 feet
  4. 6000 feet
  

Question 202 :
The extension of the landmass into the sea is shown as the

  1. continental slope
  2. continental shelf
  3. continental mass
  4. continental territory
  

Question 203 :
The waterfall 'Victoria' is associated with the river

  1. Amazon
  2. Missouri
  3. St Lawrence
  4. Zambeji
  

Question 204 :
The Balkan Peninsula is separated from the rest of Europe by the river.

  1. Danube
  2. Rhine
  3. Elbe
  4. Weser
  

Question 205 :
The Earth's axis is tilted at an angle of ____ degrees from the perpendicular to its orbital plane.

  1. 17.5°
  2. 23.5°
  3. 36°
  4. 45°
  

Question 206 :
Biome represents ____.

  1. a desert vegetation
  2. a major ecological group of plants
  3. a large ecological region characterised by similar vegetation and climate
  4. a major ecological group of animals
  

Question 207 :
Gulf Stream, the most important current of the Atlantic Ocean, takes Its birth from the Gulf of Mexico. Its importance lies in its

  1. cooling effect
  2. warming effect
  3. area of influence
  4. influence on travel
  

Question 208 :
The biggest freshwater lake is

  1. Titicaca
  2. Baikal
  3. Superior
  4. Victoria
  

Question 209 :
The cradles of civilization have been

  1. valleys
  2. plains
  3. plateaux
  4. hills
  

Question 210 :
____ stands at the head of Chesapeake Bay which is known for oysters.

  1. Baltimore
  2. Boston
  3. New Orleans
  4. Philadelphia
  
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