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




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 151 :
The _____ mountains crossing the Great Plains and the ____ Sea further south separate Europe from Asia.

  1. Caucasus, Black
  2. Ural, Caspian
  3. Carpathian, Mediterranean
  4. Balkan, Sea of Azov
  

Question 152 :
If one watches a distant ship coming towards the shore through a telescope one first sees

  1. its hull
  2. its funnel
  3. its mast
  4. the ship
  

Question 153 :
The shipping canal that connects the North Sea and the Baltic Sea is called the______.

  1. Panama Canal
  2. Suez Canal
  3. Kiel Canal
  4. Buckingham Canal
  

Question 154 :
The capital city of Kenya is ____.

  1. Nairobi
  2. Entebbe
  3. Cairo
  4. Port Louis
  

Question 155 :
The gap between birth rate and death rate per 1000 mid-year population of a given region is known as

  1. population rate
  2. natural growth rate of population
  3. birth and death rate of population
  4. population increamental ratio
  

Question 156 :
Consider the following countries: 1. Albania 2. Bosnia Herzegovina 3. Croatia 4. Macedonia . - Which of these countries has/have Adriatic Sea as a boundary?

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

Question 157 :
Consider the following statements about the 'Roaring Forties': 1. They blow uninterrupted in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres 2. They blow with great strength and constancy 3. Their direction is generally from North-West to East in the Southern Hemisphere 4. Overcast skies, rain and raw weather are generally associated with them Which of these statements are correct?

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

Question 158 :
Rain shadow effect is associated with

  1. convectional rainfall
  2. cyclonic rainfall
  3. orographic rainfall
  4. warm front rainfall
  

Question 159 :
The Gutenburg discontinuity separates _______.

  1. Sial and Sima
  2. Lithosphere and outer mantle
  3. Outer mantle and inner mantle
  4. Inner mantle and the core
  

Question 160 :
If I wanted to reach the South Atlantic from the South Pacific while touching South America, I would have to use

  1. Florida Straits
  2. Dardanelles
  3. Magellan Straits
  4. Bosporus
  

Question 161 :
Pakistan is bordered by

  1. Afghanistan, Iraq, India and China
  2. Afghanistan, Iran and India
  3. Afghanistan, CIS, India and China
  4. Afghanistan, Turkey, India and China
  

Question 162 :
The most common igneous rock is

  1. basalt
  2. granite
  3. limestone
  4. cobalt
  

Question 163 :
Suez Canal was completed in the year

  1. 1859
  2. 1869
  3. 1871
  4. 1889
  

Question 164 :
The term 'transhumance' means

  1. the practice of moving to a new clearing in the forest every few years
  2. the seasonal movement of people along with their cattle in the mountains
  3. moving over to another neighbouring country
  4. moving from place to place in search of work
  

Question 165 :
Which or the following is mainly responsible for causing discomfort to mountaineers?

  1. steep height
  2. extreme cold
  3. lack of oxygen
  4. lack of shelter
  

Question 166 :
The actual amount or moisture contained in the air is known as

  1. relative humidity
  2. moisture content
  3. dew point
  4. absolute humidity
  

Question 167 :
Molten rock below the surface of the Earth is called?

  1. Magma
  2. Crust
  3. Core
  4. Lava
  

Question 168 :
Borobudur in Java is famous for

  1. Lord Buddha's tooth preserved for posterity
  2. A Buddhist Temple
  3. Its natural museum
  4. Fisheries Research Station
  

Question 169 :
A country lying within the Arctic Circle having geysers is

  1. Greenland
  2. Iceland
  3. Norway
  4. Denmark
  

Question 170 :
What does the machine tool industry produce?

  1. It produces tools for the repair of machines
  2. It produces machines with a high component of precision tools
  3. It produces machines which can be used by other industries for the production of their finished goods
  4. None of these
  

Question 171 :
People living in South India generally have more features or

  1. Caucasoid
  2. Mongoloid
  3. Negroid
  4. None of these
  

Question 172 :
The pygmies are found in ___.

  1. The Congo Basin, Africa
  2. Bihar, India
  3. Queenslands, Australia
  4. Finland, Northern Europe
  

Question 173 :
In spite of the very high temperature at the Earth's centre, the inner core is not in a molten state because the

  1. core has a very high melting point
  2. core is full of gases
  3. great pressure at the centre raises the melting point of the rocks
  4. core is impervious to heat
  

Question 174 :
The Asian and North American continents almost meet at the narrow and shallow Bering Strait, only ____ kilometres across.

  1. 4
  2. 10
  3. 22
  4. 45
  

Question 175 :
Leningrad region and Kola Peninsula in former Soviet Union are major producers of

  1. Lead
  2. Zinc
  3. Bauxite
  4. Copper
  

Question 176 :
Albert Canal links ____ and ____

  1. Manchester and Antwerp
  2. Antwerp and Frankfurt
  3. Antwerp and Liege
  4. Manchester and Liege
  

Question 177 :
The process which leads to the formation of clouds is known as

  1. evaporation
  2. condensation
  3. cloud-transpiration
  4. precipitation
  

Question 178 :
Deciduous trees

  1. grow in abundance in dry places
  2. grow straight
  3. never bear fruit
  4. shed their leaves at a certain season
  

Question 179 :
Which of the following are not pastoral nomads?

  1. Pygmies
  2. Kazaks
  3. Masai
  4. Lapps
  

Question 180 :
Which of the following is incorrect?

  1. Within the Arctic and Antarctic Circles there is at least one day in the year during which the sun does not set and at least one day on which it never rises
  2. At the North Pole there is darkness for half the year
  3. At the summer solstice the sun shines vertically over the Tropic of Capricorn
  4. The sun shines vertically over the Equator twice the year
  
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