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




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 241 :
On which or the following African riven is the Kariba Dam one of the world's largest hydel power systems located?

  1. The Nile
  2. The Niger
  3. The Congo
  4. The Zambezi
  

Question 242 :
World Environmental day is celebrated on ______ every year.

  1. May 1
  2. June 5
  3. October 24
  4. December 25
  

Question 243 :
Which of the following is not one of the three processes involved in the transfer of water between the atmosphere and the surface of the Earth?

  1. Insolation
  2. Evaporation
  3. Condensation
  4. Precipitation
  

Question 244 :
Boll-Weevil is a pest that attack the _____ crop.

  1. Jute
  2. Cotton
  3. Hemp
  4. Flax
  

Question 245 :
Rain shadow effect is associated with

  1. convectional rainfall
  2. cyclonic rainfall
  3. orographic rainfall
  4. warm front rainfall
  

Question 246 :
Trans-continental railways have played an Important role in

  1. international trade
  2. development of resources in the interior of continents
  3. providing employment to people
  4. deportation of prisoners to the interior
  

Question 247 :
The length of its day and the tilt of its axis are almost identical to those of the earth. This is true of

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

Question 248 :
Which or the following is known as the lifelines of a country?

  1. natural growth rate of population
  2. food supplies
  3. energy resources
  4. modem means of transport and communication
  

Question 249 :
Which country is known as the Cockpit of Europe?

  1. France
  2. Denmark
  3. Holland
  4. Belgium
  

Question 250 :
What does the 17th parallel separate?

  1. South and North America
  2. North and South Korea
  3. South and North Vietnam
  4. South and North Yemen
  

Question 251 :
Which of the following minerals is obtained from placer deposits?

  1. copper
  2. tin
  3. manganese
  4. aluminium
  

Question 252 :
A landform composed of sediments brought by a river and found where it enters a main valley or emerges from a mountain on to a plain is called a/an

  1. meander
  2. alluvial fan
  3. oxbow lake
  4. levee
  

Question 253 :
Why does the mercury column in the barometer fall rapidly before a severe storm? It is due to

  1. increase in the humidity of air
  2. fall in the atmospheric pressure
  3. severe heat energy from the sun
  4. rise in the atmospheric pressure
  

Question 254 :
The only land-locked country in South-East Asia is

  1. Laos
  2. Thailand
  3. Malaysia
  4. Kampuchea
  

Question 255 :
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans are connected by _____ canal

  1. Suez
  2. Panama
  3. Kiel
  4. Soo
  

Question 256 :
Along the coasts salinity is

  1. lowered
  2. increased
  3. stable
  4. unaffected
  

Question 257 :
The correct sequence of different layers of the atmosphere from the surface of the Earth upwards is:

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

Question 258 :
Which of the following natural regions is inhabited by the Eskimos of Canada and Alaska, Lappas of Finland and the Samoyeds and Yakuts of Siberia?

  1. High Mountain region
  2. Polar Tundra
  3. The Taiga region
  4. Cool (Mid-Latitude) West margin region
  

Question 259 :
The Trans-Andean railway connects

  1. Mexico City with Santiago
  2. Panama City with Santiago
  3. Buenos Aires with Valparaiso
  4. Rio de Janerio with Bogota
  

Question 260 :
Valparaiso is an important port of

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

Question 261 :
Snow is formed by the process of

  1. condensation
  2. evaporation
  3. sublimation
  4. evaporation and condensation
  

Question 262 :
International date line is a/an

  1. straight line
  2. curved line
  3. zigzag line
  4. elliptical line
  

Question 263 :
The first oil well in the world was drilled at

  1. Assam
  2. Japan
  3. Pensylvania
  4. Former USSR
  

Question 264 :
The river that runs along the USA-Mexico boundary is

  1. Rio-Grande
  2. Gila
  3. Mississippi
  4. Colorado
  

Question 265 :
Shifting agriculture is most commonly practised in

  1. forests
  2. deserts
  3. plain areas
  4. grass lands
  

Question 266 :
The trans-continental railway in South America links

  1. Moscow and Vladivostok
  2. Sao Paulo and Trinidad
  3. San Diego and Buenos Aires
  4. Valparaiso and Buenos Aires
  

Question 267 :
_____ grasses are known as elephant grasses.

  1. Prairie
  2. Steppe
  3. Savannah
  4. Llanos
  

Question 268 :
Milan, Turin and Genoa industrial triangle is in

  1. USA
  2. France
  3. Former USSR
  4. Italy
  

Question 269 :
Haematite is an ore of

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

Question 270 :
The ocean currents allow the oceans to_____ year after year.

  1. become warmer
  2. become colder
  3. maintain the same temperature
  4. increase salinity
  
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