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




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 61 :
The world's longest river is the

  1. Volga
  2. Amazon
  3. Mississippi-Missouri
  4. Nile
  

Question 62 :
The world's largest reserves of petroleum are located in

  1. The USA
  2. Russia
  3. Saudi Arabia
  4. Kuwait
  

Question 63 :
Land of Fishermen' refers to

  1. Europe
  2. Former USSR
  3. Norway
  4. Japan
  

Question 64 :
Jurollo volcano, Mexico is an example of ______ type of volcano.

  1. acid lava cone
  2. shield volcano
  3. lava plateau
  4. composite
  

Question 65 :
The only port in erstwhile Soviet Union that is ice tree throughout the year is

  1. Leningrad
  2. Odessa
  3. Murmansk
  4. Vladivostok
  

Question 66 :
Copper alloys with tin to give

  1. Brass
  2. Bronze
  3. German silver
  4. Zinc
  

Question 67 :
Which of the following lies on the Nile Rivers?

  1. Nairobi
  2. Addis Ababa
  3. Khartoum
  4. Kinhasa
  

Question 68 :
The world's largest delta system is the____.

  1. The Nile, Egypt
  2. Ganges-Brahmaputra, India/Bangladesh
  3. The Mississippi, USA
  4. The Amazon, Brazil
  

Question 69 :
Which parallel separates North and South Korea?

  1. 38th
  2. 50th
  3. 42nd
  4. 40th
  

Question 70 :
The area or the Indian Ocean is approximately ______.

  1. 24 million sq km
  2. 44 million sq km
  3. 64 million sq km
  4. 74 million sq km
  

Question 71 :
____ islands are the cross roads of the Pacific.

  1. Fiji
  2. Falkland
  3. Windward
  4. Hawaiian
  

Question 72 :
Quinine is obtained from the

  1. Mulberry tree
  2. Eucalyptus tree
  3. Cinchona plant
  4. Cocoa plant
  

Question 73 :
The Radcliff Line demarcates the boundary between

  1. India and China
  2. India and Pakistan
  3. Pakistan and Afghanistan
  4. India and Afghanistan
  

Question 74 :
The subject that deals with the regional distribution of human races and their history is called

  1. Biogeography
  2. Ethnography
  3. Cartography
  4. Paleontology
  

Question 75 :
The Savannas or Orinoco Basin are termed as

  1. pampas
  2. steppes
  3. prairies
  4. llanos
  

Question 76 :
What is the usual altitude of the plains?

  1. Sea level
  2. Less than 500 metres above sea level
  3. Less than 600 metres above sea level
  4. Less than 800 metres above sea level
  

Question 77 :
Botswana was formerly known as

  1. Bachuanaland
  2. Bahamas
  3. Barbados
  4. Cameroon
  

Question 78 :
An estuary is a place where

  1. deposits of mud can be seen at a triangular piece of land
  2. silt is deposited near the mouth of a river
  3. fresh water collects at the mouth of a river
  4. fresh and salt water mix near the mouth of a river
  

Question 79 :
Panama Canal connects ____ and____.

  1. San Jose and Colon
  2. Panama and San Jose
  3. Panama and Colon
  4. Cartagena and Colon
  

Question 80 :
Ursa Major' is the scientific name for one of the constellations of stars. Its common English name is

  1. The Northern Crown
  2. The Chained Lady
  3. The Milky Way
  4. The Great Bear
  

Question 81 :
_____ is the largest city in Canada and is the terminus of the Canadian Pacific Railway.

  1. Toronto
  2. Chicago
  3. Quebec
  4. Halifax
  

Question 82 :
Chicago, one of world's largest steel centres, is located on the southern tip of the lake.

  1. Superior
  2. Michigan
  3. Huron
  4. Erie
  

Question 83 :
Why does temperature increase with increase in height in Stratosphere?

  1. Closeness of the sun
  2. Decrease in atmospheric pressure
  3. Concentration of ozone
  4. None of these
  

Question 84 :
The approximate depth of the Mariana Trench or the Pacific Ocean is

  1. 5530 m
  2. 7530 m
  3. 11030 m
  4. 13030 m
  

Question 85 :
What type or vegetation is associated with Australia?

  1. Pampas
  2. Downs
  3. Canada
  4. All the above
  

Question 86 :
Which or the following is the main ore for aluminium?

  1. Calcite
  2. Bauxite
  3. Magnesite
  4. Limonite
  

Question 87 :
Hurricanes or typhoons (tropical cyclones) develop and mature

  1. over land bodies only
  2. in a belt 35°-65° N and S latitudes
  3. anywhere in the tropical zone
  4. over water bodies only
  

Question 88 :
In the Himalayas the melting or the snow is more on the

  1. southern slopes
  2. northern slopes
  3. eastern slopes
  4. western slopes
  

Question 89 :
A large loop like bend in a river is called

  1. a river cliff
  2. a spur
  3. a meander
  4. a spit
  

Question 90 :
A river erodes by

  1. hydraulic action
  2. corrosion
  3. attrition
  4. All the above
  
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