GK Geography MCQ's




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 2461 :
Which of the following is the largest river in the world? [MBA 1990]

  1. Nile
  2. Congo
  3. Ganges
  4. Amazon
  

Question 2462 :
Which one of the following conditions are not favourable for the growth of coral rects ? [IAS 2003]

  1. Sediment free water
  2. fresh water
  3. Moderate saline water
  4. Disturbed water and currents
  

Question 2463 :
Which one of the following statements correctly defines the term 'Karroo' of Southern Africa? [IAS 2004]

  1. Rift valley formed due to faulting
  2. Dome shaped landforms caused by earth's movements
  3. Steppes from the coastal lowland on to the high plateau
  4. None of the above
  

Question 2464 :
The tip of South America is : [CDS 2001]

  1. Cape Verde
  2. Cape York
  3. Cape Horn
  4. Cape Cod
  

Question 2465 :
Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? [NDA 2004]

  1. Abuja : Nigeria
  2. Ashkhabad : Turkmenistan
  3. Pretoria : South Africa
  4. Rabat : Yemen
  

Question 2466 :
The United Kingdom' consists of England and: [CDS 1994]

  1. Northern Ireland, Palma and Iceland
  2. Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
  3. Scotland, Wales and Faeroe Island
  4. Scotland, Sardinia and Wales
  

Question 2467 :
What is the correct decreasing order of the share of different salts in sea water?

  1. sodium chloride, magnesium chloride, magnesium sulphate, potassium sulphate
  2. sodium chloride, magnesium chloride, potassium sulphate, magnesium sulphate
  3. sodium chloride, magnesium sulphate, potassium sulphate, magnesium chloride
  4. sodium chloride, magnesium chloride, potassium sulphate, magnesium sulphate
  

Question 2468 :
Which of the following is not an important condition for growth of coral?

  1. Wave-free salt water
  2. Clean salt water
  3. Warm seas
  4. Plenty of sunlight
  

Question 2469 :
Which of the following statements about New Zealand is incorrect ?

  1. It is a part of Australian continent
  2. It consists of two islands separated by Cook Strait
  3. Tasman Sea is a land locked sea in the South Island
  4. Mt. Cook is the highest peak of New Zealand
  

Question 2470 :
Consider the following statements: 1. The albedo of an object determines its visual brightness when viewed with reflected light. 2. The albedo of Mercury is much greater than the albedo of the Earth. - Which of the statements given above is/are correct? [IAS 2008]

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

Question 2471 :
Which of the following is called ‘Herring Pond’?

  1. Atlantic Ocean
  2. Black Sea
  3. Dead Sea
  4. Pacific Ocean
  

Question 2472 :
Which one of the following factors is responsible for the change in the regular direction of the ocean currents in the Indian Ocean? [IAS 1997]

  1. Indian Ocean is ‘half an ocean’
  2. Indian Ocean has Monsoon drift
  3. Indian Ocean is a land-locked ocean
  4. Indian Ocean has greater variation in salinity
  

Question 2473 :
Which is the greatest archipelago on the globe? [Assistant Grade 1993]

  1. Japan
  2. West Indies
  3. Indonesia
  4. Philippines
  

Question 2474 :
Shortest air route from New Delhi to Vancouver will be :

  1. New Delhi - Bangkok - Tokyo - Vancouver
  2. New Delhi - London - New York - Vancouver
  3. New Delhi - Moscow - London - Vancouver
  4. New Delhi - Paris - New York – Vancouver
  

Question 2475 :
Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the climatic regions while going from Zaire to Netherlands? [UP PCS 2002] 1. Equatorial climate 2. Mediterranean climate 3. Hot desert climate 4. West European climate

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

Question 2476 :
Which of the following is called the Gateway to the Pacific ?

  1. Suez Canal
  2. Panama Canal
  3. Bering Sea
  4. Gulf of Alaska
  

Question 2477 :
Which among the following is the most populous city in the world? [Railways 1994]

  1. Kolkata
  2. Mexico City
  3. Sao Paulo
  4. Tokyo
  

Question 2478 :
Which one of the following characteristics is NOT found in the Mediterranean climate? [NDA 2003]

  1. Temperatures range from 21°C in summer to 10°C or below in the winter
  2. Off-shore trade winds blow in the summer
  3. On-shore westerly winds blow in the winter bringing cyclonic rain
  4. The annual rainfall ranges from 1500 mm to 2000 mm
  

Question 2479 :
The exact time taken by the earth for single rotation on its own axis is: [RRB 1991]

  1. 24 hrs
  2. 24 hrs 35 sec
  3. 23 hrs 50 minutes 7.2 sec
  4. 23 hrs 56 minutes 4.09 sec
  

Question 2480 :
The islands of Seychelles are located in the:

  1. Arctic Ocean
  2. Atlantic Ocean
  3. Indian Ocean
  4. Pacific Ocean
  

Question 2481 :
Which of the following connects the ocean floor level with the continental level ?

  1. Continental slope
  2. Continental shelf
  3. Epicontinental sea
  4. Sea shelf
  

Question 2482 :
The 38th parallel separates:

  1. North Korea and South Korea
  2. East Germany and West Germany
  3. China and Tibet
  4. Asia and Europe
  

Question 2483 :
The Dogger Bank, the main fishing area of Europe, lies in [IAS 2009]

  1. Baltic Sea
  2. English Channel
  3. North Sea
  4. Norwegian Sea
  

Question 2484 :
World's highest urban density of population occurs in :

  1. Kolkata
  2. Tokyo
  3. New York
  4. London
  

Question 2485 :
The world's largest lake is: [Railways 1992]

  1. Lake Victoria
  2. Lake Superior
  3. Caspian Sea
  4. Black Sea
  

Question 2486 :
In the world production of natural rubber, India ranks: [CDS 2002]

  1. second
  2. third
  3. fourth
  4. fifth
  

Question 2487 :
Erosion of soil by a river mainly depends upon:

  1. its depth
  2. its length
  3. its speed at which it flows
  4. its width
  

Question 2488 :
The revelations of a satellite photograph of the earth are as follows: 1. the Southern hemisphere bulges slightly more than the Northern hemisphere 2. it is slightly pear shaped ellipsoid of rotation 3. the polar axis of the earth is slightly shorter than the equatorial axis 4. the equatorial circumference is about 40,000km Which of the above statements are correct ?

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

Question 2489 :
Cold currents have cooling effect on the shore of:

  1. Peru
  2. Japan
  3. Western Europe
  4. Alaska
  

Question 2490 :
Which of the following is correctly matched?

  1. Eskimo - Canada
  2. Oran - Sweden
  3. Pygmies - Pampas
  4. Gonds – Africa