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




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 211 :
Changing of colour of a rock into yellow or red is due to

  1. hydration
  2. oxidation
  3. carbonation
  4. exfoliation
  

Question 212 :
Most of the weather phenomena take place in the

  1. Ionosphere
  2. Stratosphere
  3. Troposphere
  4. Mesosphere
  

Question 213 :
Simla is cooler than Amritsar although they are on the same latitude. This is because

  1. Shimla is further north
  2. Shimla is at greater height above sea level than Amritsar
  3. Shimla is farther from the Equator
  4. Their longitudes differ
  

Question 214 :
Lake Manasarovar is in

  1. Sikkim
  2. Tibet
  3. Kashmir
  4. Himachal Pradesh
  

Question 215 :
What is a shaft mine?

  1. A query
  2. An open pit mine
  3. A mine dug deep into the earth
  4. A mine for descending into which a shaft is generally used
  

Question 216 :
Which of these is not true of the effects of the ocean currents?

  1. They affect commerce because they keep the harbours open even during winter
  2. Water of the ocean is kept pure
  3. Warm equatorial currents raise the temperature while the cold polar currents lower the temperature of the place through which they pass
  4. They do not affect rainfall over the coast
  

Question 217 :
Which is the largest island of the Philippines?

  1. Mindanao
  2. Palawan
  3. Luzon
  4. Negnos
  

Question 218 :
Cyclones are called as hurricanes in

  1. Bangladesh
  2. China
  3. Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea
  4. Japan
  

Question 219 :
The sea that separates Greece and Italy is

  1. Mediterranean
  2. The Tyrrhenian
  3. The Adriatic
  4. The Aegean
  

Question 220 :
The Mediterranean type of climate is found in mid-latitudes on the

  1. western side of the continents in northern hemisphere and on the eastern side of the continents in the southern hemisphere
  2. eastern side of the continents in northern hemisphere and on the western side of the continents in the southern hemisphere
  3. eastern side of the continents
  4. western side of the continents
  

Question 221 :
Hemp of Mesta, Ramie and Kapok are

  1. food crops
  2. fodder crops
  3. fibre crops
  4. plantation crops
  

Question 222 :
Doldrums is/are

  1. mount of sand blown and formed on beaches and in deserts
  2. low pressure belt of calm and light surface winds near the Equator
  3. the north-east and south-east winds
  4. planetary winds
  

Question 223 :
Grand Bank, Sable Bank, Middle Bank and Jeffery Bank are the major fishing grounds of

  1. North West Atlantic
  2. North East Pacific
  3. North East Atlantic
  4. North West Pacific
  

Question 224 :
People or north Africa are generally

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

Question 225 :
What is the unit of measurement of the distance of the stars from the earth?

  1. fathoms
  2. kilometres
  3. light years
  4. Nautical miles
  

Question 226 :
What is the date of summer solstice in Northern Hemisphere?

  1. 21st June
  2. 21st March
  3. 22nd December
  4. 23rd September
  

Question 227 :
The construction of Panama Canal in 1913 eliminated the long and hazardous voyage

  1. round the stormy Cape Horn
  2. round the Cape of Good Hope
  3. between North and South America
  4. in the stormy Atlantic Ocean
  

Question 228 :
_______and _______ are called the 'Low countries' of Europe.

  1. Spain and Portugal
  2. Holland and Belgium
  3. England and Ireland
  4. Denmark and Germany
  

Question 229 :
The Great Circle routes join

  1. London to Los Angeles and Amsterdam to Tokyo
  2. Vancouver to Quebec and Perth to Melbourne
  3. Perth to Tokyo and London to Quebec
  4. Los Angeles to Perth and Tokyo to Bombay
  

Question 230 :
The majority or the coal reserves found in India are of

  1. Tertiary formation
  2. Gondwana formation
  3. Quaternary formation
  4. Jurassic formation
  

Question 231 :
Which of the following are known as coastlines of submergence?

  1. Ria coasts
  2. Uplifted lowland
  3. Emergent upland
  4. Concordant coasts
  

Question 232 :
What is a graticule?

  1. The network of intersecting parallels and meridians on a map
  2. The network of intersections of Equator and Prime Meridian
  3. The intersection of roads
  4. The intersection of Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn
  

Question 233 :
The highest water fall in the world is

  1. Tugela
  2. Jog
  3. Angel
  4. Yosemite
  

Question 234 :
Pedology is a science of the study of

  1. rocks
  2. soils
  3. earthquakes
  4. volcanoes
  

Question 235 :
The amount of dew is measured by

  1. Pluviometer
  2. Drosometer
  3. Anemometer
  4. Hygrometer
  

Question 236 :
The hair or Nordic races is generally

  1. blond
  2. woolly
  3. straight
  4. All of these
  

Question 237 :
The continents of the world are mainly composed of

  1. core
  2. mantal
  3. sial
  4. sima
  

Question 238 :
Mountain of accumulation is

  1. Volcanic mountains
  2. Block mountains
  3. Residual mountains
  4. Fold mountains
  

Question 239 :
Podsol is a type of soil which is characteristic of a region under the cover of ____forest.

  1. deciduous
  2. coniferous
  3. evergreen
  4. alpine
  

Question 240 :
In which country will you find the river Po?

  1. China
  2. Italy
  3. Sri Lanka
  4. Zambia
  
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