GK Geography MCQ's




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 1231 :
Leningrad region and Kola Peninsula in former Soviet Union are major producers of

  1. Lead
  2. Zinc
  3. Bauxite
  4. Copper
  

Question 1232 :
Consider the following countries: 1. Albania 2. Bosnia Herzegovina 3. Croatia 4. Macedonia . - Which of these countries has/have Adriatic Sea as a boundary?

  1. 1 and 2
  2. Only 4
  3. 1, 2 and 3
  4. 3 and 4
  

Question 1233 :
Deciduous trees

  1. grow in abundance in dry places
  2. grow straight
  3. never bear fruit
  4. shed their leaves at a certain season
  

Question 1234 :
Albert Canal links ____ and ____

  1. Manchester and Antwerp
  2. Antwerp and Frankfurt
  3. Antwerp and Liege
  4. Manchester and Liege
  

Question 1235 :
The Asian and North American continents almost meet at the narrow and shallow Bering Strait, only ____ kilometres across.

  1. 4
  2. 10
  3. 22
  4. 45
  

Question 1236 :
Moraine is

  1. a tribe inhabiting the equatorial region
  2. the debris of fragments of rock material brought down with the movement of a glacier
  3. a salt water lake in Arabia
  4. a nocturnal animal found in Amazon forests
  

Question 1237 :
Sun's halo is produced by the refraction of light in

  1. Water vapour in Stratus Clouds
  2. Ice crystals in Cirro-cumulus clouds
  3. dust particles in stratus clouds
  4. Ice crystals in Cirrus clouds
  

Question 1238 :
Hurricanes or typhoons (tropical cyclones) develop and mature

  1. over land bodies only
  2. in a belt 35°-65° N and S latitudes
  3. anywhere in the tropical zone
  4. over water bodies only
  

Question 1239 :
The jet aircrafts fly very easily and smoothly in the lower stratosphere. What could be the appropriate explanation? 1. There are no clouds or water vapour in the lower stratosphere. 2. There are no vertical winds in the lower stratosphere. Which of the statements given above is/are correct in this context? [CSAT 2011]

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 only
  3. Both 1 and 2
  4. Neither 1 nor 2
  

Question 1240 :
The ________ river with its tributaries drains the state of Sikkim.

  1. Gandak
  2. Kosi
  3. Tista
  4. Brahmaputra
  

Question 1241 :
The pygmies are found in ___.

  1. The Congo Basin, Africa
  2. Bihar, India
  3. Queenslands, Australia
  4. Finland, Northern Europe
  

Question 1242 :
If I wanted to reach the South Atlantic from the South Pacific while touching South America, I would have to use

  1. Florida Straits
  2. Dardanelles
  3. Magellan Straits
  4. Bosporus
  

Question 1243 :
Lines Joining places having equal height are

  1. Contours
  2. Isobars
  3. Isohalines
  4. Isohyet
  

Question 1244 :
The land-locked country in South East Asia is

  1. Thailand
  2. Malayasia
  3. Laos
  4. Vietnam
  

Question 1245 :
Which or the following is a rift valley?

  1. The Amazon Valley
  2. The Thames Valley
  3. The Rhine Valley
  4. The Mississippi Valley
  

Question 1246 :
The essential feature of shifting cultivation is

  1. rotation of crops
  2. rotation of fields
  3. single cropping
  4. use of plenty of fertilizer
  

Question 1247 :
A line drawn on a weather map connecting points that receive equal amounts of sunshine are

  1. Isohel
  2. Isobar
  3. Isohyte
  4. Isotherm
  

Question 1248 :
Which of the following is incorrect?

  1. Within the Arctic and Antarctic Circles there is at least one day in the year during which the sun does not set and at least one day on which it never rises
  2. At the North Pole there is darkness for half the year
  3. At the summer solstice the sun shines vertically over the Tropic of Capricorn
  4. The sun shines vertically over the Equator twice the year
  

Question 1249 :
Condensation occurs when

  1. the air is cold
  2. the air is warm
  3. the air is saturated
  4. None of the above
  

Question 1250 :
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 1251 :
Which of the following are not pastoral nomads?

  1. Pygmies
  2. Kazaks
  3. Masai
  4. Lapps
  

Question 1252 :
The age of the Earth is approximately

  1. 1000 million years
  2. 4600 million years
  3. 3000 million years
  4. 100 million years
  

Question 1253 :
The gap between birth rate and death rate per 1000 mid-year population of a given region is known as

  1. population rate
  2. natural growth rate of population
  3. birth and death rate of population
  4. population increamental ratio
  

Question 1254 :
Monsoon wind is different from planetary winds because it

  1. always brings rain
  2. blows in tropical regions
  3. crosses the Equator
  4. is seasonal
  

Question 1255 :
If one watches a distant ship coming towards the shore through a telescope one first sees

  1. its hull
  2. its funnel
  3. its mast
  4. the ship
  

Question 1256 :
Which of the following reflects radio waves back to the Earth?

  1. Ionosphere
  2. Thermosphere
  3. Tropopause
  4. Mesopause
  

Question 1257 :
The capacity of the Atmosphere to hold water vapour

  1. increases as the temperature increases
  2. decreases as the temperature increases
  3. increases as the temperature decreases
  4. decreases as the temperature decreases
  

Question 1258 :
Danube, Dneiper, Don, Volga and Ural rivers are flowing In

  1. North America
  2. Europe
  3. Africa
  4. Australia
  

Question 1259 :
Oases are examples of

  1. wet point settlements
  2. dry point settlements
  3. foothill settlements
  4. None of these
  

Question 1260 :
Which or the following is the longest mountain range?

  1. The Himalayas
  2. The Rockies
  3. The Andes
  4. The Caucasus