GK Geography MCQ's




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 181 :
The original home of the gypsies was

  1. Egypt
  2. Russia
  3. India
  4. Persia
  

Question 182 :
National Highway No. 54 passed through the city of:

  1. Delhi        
  2. Mumbai      
  3. Aizawl      
  4. None of these
  

Question 183 :
Who added ‘plus 1SD, plus 2 SD, plus 3 SD ‘in Standard Deviation method of Classification of Cities?

  1. Harris      
  2. Nelson      
  3. Thompson    
  4. Mattila
  

Question 184 :
Which one of the following States is the largest producer of black pepper in India? [CDS 2009]

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

Question 185 :
The majority or the coal reserves found in India are of

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

Question 186 :
The heart of CBD’ is known for:

  1. Business Center      
  2. Transition      
  3. Down Town    
  4. Suburb
  

Question 187 :
Who proposed the rank size rule and attempted to express this relationship in mathematical terms?

  1. Linsky      
  2. G. K. Zipf      
  3. Mark Jefferson  
  4. F. Auerbach
  

Question 188 :
The most important oil producing area of the USA is

  1. the Applachian region
  2. the Texas-Louisiana belt
  3. the Ohio-Indiana belt
  4. the California-Colorado belt
  

Question 189 :
Mumbai receives more rainfall than Pune because: [CPO SI 2003]

  1. Mumbai is on the windward side
  2. Pune is at a-greater elevation
  3. Mumbai is a coastal city
  

Question 190 :
There are two types of crusts – the continental and the oceanic. The continental crust is

  1. thicker below the plains than below mountains
  2. thicker below the mountains than below the plains
  3. almost same all over
  4. thicker under the oceans than under the seas
  

Question 191 :
Full form of HDI:

  1. Human Direct Index      
  2. Housing Direct Investment                
  3. Human Development Index  
  4. Hindustan Development Income
  

Question 192 :
How many populations are there in Class V towns classified by Census of India

  1.  5, 000 – 9, 999    
  2. 10, 000 – 19, 999        
  3. 50, 000 – 99, 9999      
  4. More than 1000, 000
  

Question 193 :
The ocean currents allow the oceans to_____ year after year.

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

Question 194 :
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 195 :
Which one of the following towns is not situated along the Grand Trunk Road?

  1. Allahabad
  2. Lucknow
  3. Agra
  4. Kanpur
  

Question 196 :
The average per capita water consumption of Aizawl city is estimated at:

  1. 46 lpcd      
  2. 50 lpcd      
  3. 64 lpcd      
  4. 72 lpcd
  

Question 197 :
How many categories of towns are there in Census of India classification of towns?

  1. 5            
  2. 6            
  3. 7        
  4. 8
  

Question 198 :
With reference to India, which one of the following statements is not correct? [IAS 2002]

  1. About one-third of the area of the country records more than 750 millimetres of annual rainfall.
  2. The dominant source of irrigation in the country is wells
  3. Alluvial soil is the predominant type of soil in the northern plains of the country
  4. The mountain areas account for about thirty percent of the surface area of the country
  

Question 199 :
The great one horned Indian Rhino is round in

  1. Corbett National Park
  2. Kanha National Park
  3. Kaziranga Game Sanctuary
  4. Periyar Game Sanctuary
  

Question 200 :
How many Zones are there in Harris and Ullman’s Multiple-Nuclei Model of Urban Land Use?

  1. 3 Zone      
  2. 6 Zone      
  3. 9 Zone      
  4. 12 Zone
  

Question 201 :
The first oil well in the world was drilled at

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

Question 202 :
The salinity or the sea is maximum at the

  1. Indian Ocean
  2. Red Sea
  3. Baltic Sea
  4. Atlantic Ocean
  

Question 203 :
How many Megacity are there in India?

  1. 2            
  2. 3            
  3. 4            
  4. 5
  

Question 204 :
Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? [CDS 1999]

  1. Flood-prone area: North Bihar Plain
  2. Drought-prone area: Kalahandi district of Orissa
  3. Seismic zone: Himalayan region
  4. Landslide zone: Chhotanaqpur plateau
  

Question 205 :
What is the date of summer solstice in Northern Hemisphere?

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

Question 206 :
Postmodern theory began to exert an influence on Urban Geography in:

  1. 1920 ‘s      
  2. 1940’s            
  3. 1960’s      
  4. 1980’s
  

Question 207 :
The total slum population in Greater Mumbai is around:

  1. 3 million        
  2. 6 million        
  3. 9 million        
  4. 12 million
  

Question 208 :
The Buckingham Canal, which has been declared a National Waterway of India recently, is a canal running from

  1. Punjab to Haryana
  2. Mumbai to Goa
  3. Vijayawada to Villupuram
  4. Cochin to Kozhikode
  

Question 209 :
Wind erosion is dominant in

  1. Tropical regions
  2. Temperate regions
  3. Deserts
  4. Mediterranean regions
  

Question 210 :
Which of the following constituents of the atmosphere are important from the climatic point of view ? [IFS 1993] 1. Nitrogen 2. Oxygen 3. Carbon dioxide

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