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




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 361 :
_____ canal is gateway to the Pacific.

  1. Suez
  2. Panama
  3. Kiel
  4. Grand Union
  

Question 362 :
The term epicentre is associated with

  1. the inner core of the earth
  2. the outer core of the Earth
  3. earthquakes
  4. volcanoes
  

Question 363 :
The Hawaiian Islands specialise in the cultivation of

  1. cotton
  2. rice
  3. sugarcane
  4. tobacco
  

Question 364 :
Which one of the following scholars suggests the earth's origin is from gases and dust particles?

  1. James Jeans
  2. H Alfven
  3. F Hoyle
  4. O Schmidit
  

Question 365 :
Suez Canal route handles more traffic than the Panama Canal route mainly because

  1. Suez Canal has no locks
  2. Suez Canal links developing nations of Asia with the developed nations of Europe and North America
  3. Suez Canal is older
  4. Panama Canal has limited capacity
  

Question 366 :
Sunspots generally wax and wane over a/an

  1. 11-year cycle
  2. 25-year cycle
  3. 3-year cycle
  4. 15-year cycle
  

Question 367 :
The relative humidity or the atmospheric air

  1. increases with increase in temperature
  2. decreases with increase in temperature
  3. decreases with decrease in temperature
  4. is independent of temperature
  

Question 368 :
Fish farming is practised in

  1. Africa
  2. South Africa
  3. China
  4. Peru and Brazil
  

Question 369 :
Which among the following statements about the earth is not true?

  1. The Earth makes one complete revolution round the Sun every 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 46 seconds
  2. The Earth makes one complete revolution on its axis in 48 hours
  3. The Earth revolves in its orbit round the Sun at a speed of 66,000 miles per hour
  4. The Earth rotates on its axis at an equatorial speed of more than 1000 miles per hour
  

Question 370 :
Nautical mile is a unit of distance used in

  1. space travel
  2. navigation
  3. aviation
  4. communication
  

Question 371 :
The country worst affected by cyclones and accompanying floods is ______.

  1. Indonesia
  2. Sri Lanka
  3. Pakistan
  4. Bangladesh
  

Question 372 :
Lowest temperature is recorded in

  1. USA
  2. Mexico
  3. Verkhoyansk
  4. Alaska
  

Question 373 :
Inversion of temperature refers to _____ temperature with height.

  1. decrease in
  2. increase in
  3. constant
  4. both increase and decrease in
  

Question 374 :
Which among these is an intermontane plateau?

  1. Deccan
  2. Anatolia
  3. Columbia
  4. Tibet
  

Question 375 :
The population of India has of late been growing very fast because

  1. not enough attention has been paid to methods of population control
  2. the death rate has been dropping on account of better medical and health facilities
  3. the birth rate has continuously been increasing
  4. industrialization has provided a fillip to growth of population
  

Question 376 :
Krivoy Rog, Kerch Peninsula, Magnitogorsk are major producers ______ of in former Soviet Union.

  1. Coal
  2. Manganese
  3. Copper
  4. Iron ore
  

Question 377 :
Beaufort scale is an internationally recognised scale for describing

  1. earthquake intensity
  2. noise level
  3. wind speed
  4. radioactive intensity
  

Question 378 :
The 'Old Faithful' in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming is a/an

  1. hot spring
  2. extinct volcano
  3. geyser
  4. oak tree
  

Question 379 :
Mongoloid races are characterised by

  1. prognathism
  2. epicanthic fold
  3. dolico cephalic head
  4. None of these
  

Question 380 :
Coal, which is almost pure carbons which hardly has any Impurities, which is smokeless and which finds use in the steel industry is called

  1. coking coal
  2. anthracite
  3. bituminous coal
  4. lignite
  

Question 381 :
The division of the world into major natural regions is primarily based on

  1. atmosphere
  2. rainfall
  3. climate types
  4. annual range of temperature
  

Question 382 :
Dogger Bank, Rockfall Bank, Wales Bank and Sand Bank are located in

  1. North West Atlantic
  2. North East Pacific
  3. North East Atlantic
  4. North West Pacific
  

Question 383 :
The highest navigable lake in the world is

  1. Huron
  2. Titicaca
  3. Superior
  4. Tanganyika
  

Question 384 :
Which of the following is the busiest of ocean trade routes?

  1. Suez Canal
  2. Cape of Good Hope
  3. North Atlantic
  4. Panama Canal
  

Question 385 :
Climate of a place is decided by

  1. latitude
  2. altitude
  3. proximity to sea
  4. All of them
  

Question 386 :
Addis Ababa is the capital of

  1. Ethiopia
  2. Kenya
  3. Zambia
  4. Nigeria
  

Question 387 :
The only cereal crop which originated in America is

  1. rye
  2. barley
  3. oats
  4. corn
  

Question 388 :
Which of the following Planets is the brightest?

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

Question 389 :
Cloudy nights are warmer compared to clear cloudless nights, because clouds

  1. Prevent cold waves from the sky from descending on earth
  2. Reflect back the heat given off by earth
  3. Produce heat and radiate it towards earth
  4. Absorb heat from the atmosphere and send it towards earth
  

Question 390 :
The Land of the Morning Calm' is

  1. Japan
  2. Malaysia
  3. Indonesia
  4. Korea
  
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