Basic Science - Geography (Fundamental of World Geography) MCQ's




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 301 :
Which of the following is not one of the by-products of mineral oil?

  1. Naphtha
  2. Sulphur
  3. Aniline dyes
  4. Paraffin wax
  

Question 302 :
Canals serve as passage of communication in the city of ___in Italy.

  1. Rome
  2. Venice
  3. Turin
  4. Genoa
  

Question 303 :
A huge muss of ice fed by snow on a high mountain slowly sliding downhill before It starts melting is called

  1. Glacier
  2. Avalanche
  3. Iceberg
  4. Snow cover
  

Question 304 :
The yield or food grain per man is high under

  1. intensive cultivation
  2. extensive cultivation
  3. mono cultivation
  4. farm cultivation
  

Question 305 :
The navigable European rivers are

  1. Mississippi, Missourie, Tennesee, St Lawrence
  2. Ob, Yenisey, Volga, Rhine
  3. Danube, Rhone, Seine and Elbe
  4. Yangtze, Sikiang, Hwang Ho, Chientang
  

Question 306 :
One will not have to pass through the Suez Canal while going from Mumbai to

  1. Alexandria
  2. Suez
  3. Port Said
  4. Benghazi
  

Question 307 :
Some riven and canals have locks across them in order to

  1. collect taxes
  2. ensure safety
  3. control the level of water
  4. load or unload freight
  

Question 308 :
Rice in Myanmar is cultivated along the deltas of ______ river.

  1. Salween
  2. Menam
  3. Mekong
  4. Irrawaddy
  

Question 309 :
Monazite is an ore of

  1. copper
  2. iron
  3. thorium
  4. titanium
  

Question 310 :
A narrow strip of land connecting two large land masses is called

  1. ridge
  2. peninsula
  3. isthmus
  4. neck
  

Question 311 :
The temperature at which the air is saturated is known as

  1. saturation temperature
  2. critical temperature
  3. condensation temperature
  4. dew point
  

Question 312 :
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 313 :
Suez Canal links

  1. Mediterranean Sea and Caribbean Sea
  2. Black Sea and Baltic Sea
  3. Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea
  4. Arabian Sea and Red Sea
  

Question 314 :
The years 1700, 1800 and 1900 were

  1. leap years
  2. not leap years
  3. famine years
  4. years of natural calamities
  

Question 315 :
The number of women per thousand men is called

  1. men-women ratio
  2. sex ratio
  3. relative density
  4. manage ratio
  

Question 316 :
Which, among the following countries, occupies the largest chunk of the Sunderban's Delta?

  1. Bangladesh
  2. Myanmar
  3. India
  4. Thailand
  

Question 317 :
lsohalines are lines Joining places having

  1. equal temperature
  2. equal diurnal range of temperature
  3. equal salinity
  4. equal cloud cover
  

Question 318 :
Savanna is a

  1. desert
  2. forest
  3. grassland
  4. snowclad mountain
  

Question 319 :
Which of the following is known as 'golden fiber'?

  1. Silk
  2. Egyptian cotton
  3. Jute
  4. Manila hemp
  

Question 320 :
In both the hemispheres the trade winds blow towards the

  1. Equator
  2. horse latitudes
  3. sub polar low pressure belts
  4. poles
  

Question 321 :
The smallest amongst the following oceans is ______.

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

Question 322 :
Which is the world's largest river?

  1. The Nile
  2. The Amazon
  3. The Brahmaputra
  4. The Mississippi and Missouri
  

Question 323 :
The wettest place in the world is Cherrapunji (Assam). The Hottest place is

  1. Azizia (Libya)
  2. Ramagundam (India)
  3. Stwart Island (New Zealand)
  4. Kandy (Sri Lanka)
  

Question 324 :
Which of the statements as regards the consequences of the movement of the earth is not correct?

  1. Revolution of the earth is the cause of the change of seasons
  2. Rotation of the earth is the cause of days and nights
  3. Rotation of the earth cause variation in the duration of days and nights
  4. Rotation of the earth affects the movement of winds and ocean currents
  

Question 325 :
When dew point is reached it is said that at that temperature

  1. the atmosphere is said to be saturated with water vapour
  2. the relative humidity of the atmosphere is 100%
  3. the atmosphere can hold no more water vapour
  4. All the above
  

Question 326 :
The most typical Australian tree which sheds its bark instead of leaves is

  1. eucalyptus
  2. teak
  3. birch
  4. oak
  

Question 327 :
The location of a cement industry is mostly based on _____.

  1. nearness to a port
  2. where demand is high
  3. where transportation facilities are available
  4. availability of raw materials
  

Question 328 :
Excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere due to pollution will cause

  1. earth's temperature to rise
  2. earth's temperature to fall
  3. no change in earth's temperature
  4. increase in ultra-violet radiation reaching the earth
  

Question 329 :
The largest of the planets is

  1. Jupiter
  2. Saturn
  3. Uranus
  4. Neptune
  

Question 330 :
Which of the following planets

  1. Mars
  2. Saturn
  3. Uranus
  4. Venus
  
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