GK Geography MCQ's




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 451 :
The continents of the world are mainly composed of

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

Question 452 :
The ________ Lake of India has very high salinity.

  1. Sambhar (Rajasthan)
  2. Wular (Jammu - Kashmir)
  3. Chilka (Odisha)
  4. Pulicut (Tamil Nadu)
  

Question 453 :
The hair or Nordic races is generally

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

Question 454 :
The northern part of the west coast is known as:

  1. Konkan coast
  2. Coromandal coast
  3. Malabar coast
  4. None of these
  

Question 455 :
Which of the following is known as the cold pole of the world?

  1. Laurentian region of Canada
  2. Verkhoyansk in Russia
  3. Antarctica
  4. Greenland
  

Question 456 :
Among the Union Territories which has the highest literacy rate?

  1. Lakshadweep
  2. Pondicherry
  3. Delhi
  4. Daman and Diu
  

Question 457 :
Arrange the following rivers from South to North: [CPO SI 2002] 1. Cauvery 2. Krishna 3. Godavari 4. Mahanadi

  1. 1, 3, 2, 4
  2. 3, 4, 1, 2
  3. 2, 4, 3, 1
  4. 1, 2, 3, 4
  

Question 458 :
India is the seventh largest country in the world and it covers a total area of

  1. 2700000 sq. km
  2. 3000000 sq. km
  3. 3200000 sq. km
  4. 3600000 sq. km
  

Question 459 :
The group of languages spoken by the largest number of people in India is :

  1. Austro-Asiatic
  2. Indo-Aryan
  3. Dravidian
  4. none of these
  

Question 460 :
Who gave the idea that originally there was only one continent called Pangea ?

  1. Wegener
  2. Marshall
  3. Darwin
  4. Ptolemy
  

Question 461 :
Sedimentary rocks are formed by the process of:

  1. metamorphism
  2. weathering
  3. deposition
  4. both (b) and (c)
  

Question 462 :
How many States and Union Territories are there in India? [UP PCS 2002]

  1. 25 States and 7 Union territories
  2. 28 States and 7 Union territories (including National capital territory-1)
  3. 24 States and 6 Union territories.
  4. None of the above
  

Question 463 :
Which of the following are correctly matched? [IFS 1993] 1. Gneiss : Metamorphic 2. Granite : Igneous 3. Sandstone : Sedimentary

  1. 1 only
  2. 1 and 2
  3. 2 and 3
  4. 1, 2 and 3
  

Question 464 :
Nine Degree Channel separates: [CDS 2001]

  1. Car Nicobar and Great Nicobar
  2. Lakshadweep and Minicoy
  3. Little Andaman and Car Nicobar
  4. North Andaman and South Andaman
  

Question 465 :
_______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 466 :
Which of the following port caters to the export of Kudremukh iron ore?

  1. Cochin
  2. New Mangalore
  3. Mumbai
  4. Vishakhapatnam
  

Question 467 :
A V-shaped valley is a feature produced by:

  1. youthful river
  2. mature river
  3. old river
  4. all of the above
  

Question 468 :
The best representative of the acid igneous rocks is : [IAS 2003]

  1. Basalt
  2. Granite
  3. Dolerite
  4. Gabbro
  

Question 469 :
Which is the proper order of seismic waves as they are received at seismograph station?

  1. L-wave, P-wave, S-wave
  2. P-wave, L-wave, S-wave
  3. P-wave, S-wave, L-wave
  4. S-wave, P-wave, L-wave
  

Question 470 :
Most Indians belong to the group:

  1. Caucasoid
  2. Mongoloid
  3. Australoid
  4. Negroid
  

Question 471 :
Continents have drifted apart because of: [BPSC 2011]

  1. volcanic eruptions
  2. tectonic activities
  3. folding and faulting of rocks
  4. All of the above
  

Question 472 :
Consider the following sites/ monuments: 1. Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park 2. Chhatrapati Shivaji Railway Station, Mumbai 3. Mamallapuram 4. Sun Temple (Konark Temple) . - Which of the above are included in the World-Heritage List of UNESCO? [IAS 2005]

  1. 1, 2, 3 and 4
  2. 1, 3 and 4
  3. 2 and4
  4. 1, 2 and 3
  

Question 473 :
Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched? [CDS 1999]

  1. Plimsoll Line : India and Afghanistan
  2. Durand Line : India and Myanmar
  3. Macmohan Line : India and Nepal
  4. Radcliffe Line : India and Pakistan
  

Question 474 :
Kanchipuram is in which of the following states? [Bank PO 1993]

  1. Kerala
  2. Andhra Pradesh
  3. Tamil Nadu
  4. Karnataka
  

Question 475 :
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 476 :
Palghat joins which of the following states? [Stenographers' Exam 1994]

  1. Sikkim and West Bengal
  2. Maharashtra and Gujarat
  3. Kerala and Tamil Nadu
  4. Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim
  

Question 477 :
Which one of the following conditions is NOT necessary for precipitation to occur? [NDA 2002]

  1. The air must be warm
  2. The air must be saturated
  3. The air must be cooled below its dew point
  4. The air must contain hygroscopic particles
  

Question 478 :
Which one of the following plate movements is responsible for the formation of midocean ridge? [IAS 2004]

  1. Divergent movement
  2. Convergent movement
  3. Transform fault movement
  4. Parallel movement
  

Question 479 :
The highest peak of the Himalayas in India is in : [CDS 2004]

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

Question 480 :
Which one of the following gives the correct sequence of places going from the east to the west of India?

  1. Sikhar, Tinsukhia, lndore, Vadodara
  2. Tinsukhia, Phulpur, Udaipur, Kota
  3. Jorhat, Bhopal, Ahmedabad, Rajkot
  4. Guwahati, Silchar, Bhopal, Rajkot