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




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 541 :
Bangkok lies on river

  1. Kizil
  2. Spree
  3. Karnaphuli
  4. Maenam
  

Question 542 :
Llanos and Campos are grasslands found in

  1. Siberia
  2. North America
  3. South America
  4. India
  

Question 543 :
Roaring Forties is/are

  1. one of the major water currents of the Atlantic Ocean
  2. westerly winds
  3. the biggest and most dangerous river of Russia
  4. the name given to the biggest waterfalls in the world
  

Question 544 :
Kolkhoz and Sovkhoz are

  1. farming organization on agriculture
  2. fertile alluvial lands
  3. high yielding variety seeds
  4. breeds of cattle
  

Question 545 :
Mackeral, tuna, herrings, and anchovies belong to _____ type of fish.

  1. Pelagic
  2. Demersal
  3. Anadromous
  4. Fresh water
  

Question 546 :
Caucasoid people account for ______ per cent of world population.

  1. 33
  2. 39
  3. 29
  4. 43
  

Question 547 :
Berlin is situated on the river canal

  1. Danube
  2. Elbe
  3. Spree
  4. Nile
  

Question 548 :
Pygmies are people living in

  1. Congo forests
  2. Namibia
  3. Kenya
  4. Cape Province
  

Question 549 :
Seasonal contrasts are maximum in

  1. low latitudes
  2. high latitudes
  3. mid latitudes
  4. subtropics
  

Question 550 :
The Tagus river flows through

  1. Damascus
  2. Khartoum
  3. Lisbon
  4. Kabul
  

Question 551 :
The duration of the day and night is always equal at the

  1. Equator
  2. Greenwhich Line
  3. Poles
  4. Tropics
  

Question 552 :
Which is the largest fishing ground in the world?

  1. Japan Sea
  2. North Sea
  3. North-East Pacific
  4. Newfoundland Water
  

Question 553 :
Which of the following layers of the Earth's atmosphere provide ideal flying conditions for Jet aircraft?

  1. Mesosphere
  2. Thermosphere
  3. Stratosphere
  4. Troposphere
  

Question 554 :
Quartzite is metamorphosed from

  1. Limestone
  2. Obsidian
  3. Sandstone
  4. Shale
  

Question 555 :
Collective Farm of Ukraine is also known as

  1. Kolkhoz
  2. Dom
  3. Ryckay Eezik
  4. Sovkhoz
  

Question 556 :
The canal that connects the upper Hudson at Albany with the Great Lakes at Buffalo is

  1. Erie canal
  2. Kiel canal
  3. North Sea canal
  4. Trent and Mersey canal
  

Question 557 :
The inequality between day and night becomes greater or more marked as one travels from ______ to ______.

  1. Poles, Equator
  2. Equator, Poles
  3. Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn
  4. Tropic of Capricorn, Tropic of Cancer
  

Question 558 :
A stony desert is termed as _____ and sandy desert as_____.

  1. reg, erg
  2. reg, loess
  3. erg, loess
  4. erg, reg
  

Question 559 :
Shwedagon pagoda is located in

  1. Mahabalipuram
  2. Rangoon
  3. Mandalay
  4. Jakarta
  

Question 560 :
The most valuable cash crop of Brazil is

  1. Tea
  2. Coffee
  3. Cardamom
  4. Spices
  

Question 561 :
Mixed farming involves

  1. both crops and livestock
  2. growing a series of different crops
  3. specialised cultivation of vegetables and fruits
  4. pooling land voluntarily and managing it jointly under a democratic constitution
  

Question 562 :
The salinity or the sea is maximum at the

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

Question 563 :
Burkina Faso is the new name of _____ Republic.

  1. Chad
  2. Cameroon
  3. Kenya
  4. Upper Volta
  

Question 564 :
The moat abundant element in sea water is

  1. Sodium
  2. Chlorine
  3. Magnesium
  4. Sulphur
  

Question 565 :
Which of the following is known as the red planet?

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

Question 566 :
Ozone layer is present in

  1. Stratosphere
  2. Troposphere
  3. Ionosphere
  4. Exosphere
  

Question 567 :
The continent through which the Equator, Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn pass, is

  1. Asia
  2. South America
  3. Africa
  4. Australia
  

Question 568 :
The deepest or the Oceanic trenches is the ______ trench.

  1. Mariana
  2. Puerto Rico
  3. Japanese
  4. Sunda
  

Question 569 :
Agriculture Involving both crops and livestock is known as

  1. dairy farming
  2. mixed farming
  3. dry farming
  4. truck farming
  

Question 570 :
Which of the following countries has the greatest length of inland waterways?

  1. The United States
  2. The Former USSR
  3. Germany
  4. France
  
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