GK Geography MCQ's




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 1141 :
World's principal producer of silver is

  1. India
  2. Mexico
  3. The USA
  4. Canada
  

Question 1142 :
The subject that deals with the regional distribution of human races and their history is called

  1. Biogeography
  2. Ethnography
  3. Cartography
  4. Paleontology
  

Question 1143 :
Botswana was formerly known as

  1. Bachuanaland
  2. Bahamas
  3. Barbados
  4. Cameroon
  

Question 1144 :
The Radcliff Line demarcates the boundary between

  1. India and China
  2. India and Pakistan
  3. Pakistan and Afghanistan
  4. India and Afghanistan
  

Question 1145 :
Inland waterways have many disadvantages. Among them the most common is

  1. presence of water falls and rapids
  2. seasonal freezing and drying up of rivers
  3. international controls on traffic
  4. fluctuating volume of traffic
  

Question 1146 :
____ islands are the cross roads of the Pacific.

  1. Fiji
  2. Falkland
  3. Windward
  4. Hawaiian
  

Question 1147 :
Extensive mechanized wheat cultivation is carried out in

  1. Tropical Savannas
  2. Temperate grasslands
  3. Equatorial regions
  4. Mediterranean lands
  

Question 1148 :
During the early period of Industrial Revolution Industries were located primarily

  1. near major ports
  2. on the banks of navigable rivers
  3. near coal fields
  4. near nodal centres
  

Question 1149 :
Jurollo volcano, Mexico is an example of ______ type of volcano.

  1. acid lava cone
  2. shield volcano
  3. lava plateau
  4. composite
  

Question 1150 :
What is approximately the quantum of the pressure exerted by the atmosphere at sea level?

  1. one kg per sq km
  2. one kg per sq mtr
  3. five kg per sq cm
  4. five kg per sq mtr
  

Question 1151 :
Ocean currents rotate

  1. clockwise in the northern hemisphere and anti-clockwise in the southern hemisphere
  2. anti-clockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern hemisphere
  3. clockwise in both the hemispheres
  4. anti-clockwise in both the hemispheres
  

Question 1152 :
The term Mediterranean agriculture applies to a particular blend of ______ and activities and ______is confined to regions encircling the Mediterranean basins.

  1. farming and grazing
  2. farming and fishing
  3. grazing and fishing
  4. fishing and mining
  

Question 1153 :
The world's longest river is the

  1. Volga
  2. Amazon
  3. Mississippi-Missouri
  4. Nile
  

Question 1154 :
The Tropical Savanna Climate located in South Brazil is mown as

  1. Llanos
  2. Sudan climate
  3. Campos
  4. None of these
  

Question 1155 :
The fog that commonly occurs along the sea-coasts is of the ______ type.

  1. radiation
  2. advection
  3. frontal
  4. convection
  

Question 1156 :
The metallic minerals are

  1. asbestos, mica, graphite
  2. iron ore, copper, lead
  3. coal, oil, natural gas
  4. salt, potash, sulphur
  

Question 1157 :
Which of the following is the major centre of production of railway wagons?

  1. Asansol
  2. Chittaranjan
  3. Jamshedpur
  4. Perambur
  

Question 1158 :
Everyday the moon rises about _____ minutes later than the previous day

  1. 20
  2. 30
  3. 60
  4. 50
  

Question 1159 :
Outwash plain is a depositional feature associated with

  1. rivers
  2. wind
  3. glacier
  4. wave
  

Question 1160 :
Which or the following is the main ore for aluminium?

  1. Calcite
  2. Bauxite
  3. Magnesite
  4. Limonite
  

Question 1161 :
Which one of the following is the most important port of Gujarat?

  1. Porbandar
  2. Surat
  3. Kandla
  4. Diu
  

Question 1162 :
The world's largest reserves of petroleum are located in

  1. The USA
  2. Russia
  3. Saudi Arabia
  4. Kuwait
  

Question 1163 :
Which of the following Planets is the brightest?

  1. Mercury
  2. Mars
  3. Jupiter
  4. Venus
  

Question 1164 :
Cut off loops of rivers are known as

  1. Bajada
  2. Meanders
  3. Oxbow lake
  4. Levee
  

Question 1165 :
Copper alloys with tin to give

  1. Brass
  2. Bronze
  3. German silver
  4. Zinc
  

Question 1166 :
Dhaulagiri peak in the Himalayan Range is located in

  1. Bhutan
  2. Nepal
  3. Sikkim
  4. Uttar Pradesh
  

Question 1167 :
Abadan' is well known as

  1. a major Air Force base in Iraq
  2. the main oil terminal in Iran
  3. a pilgrim centre for Muslims and Christians as well
  4. an archaeological site throwing new light on the civilisation that flourished in Arabia before the advent of Aryans into India
  

Question 1168 :
Which of the following lies on the Nile Rivers?

  1. Nairobi
  2. Addis Ababa
  3. Khartoum
  4. Kinhasa
  

Question 1169 :
Red Indiana called this local wind Ice Eater?

  1. Mistral
  2. Chinook
  3. Foehn
  4. Haramattan
  

Question 1170 :
The temperature at the core of the earth is about

  1. 20000º C
  2. 2000º C
  3. 200000º C
  4. 26000º C