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




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 241 :
Forest soils are

  1. rich in potash
  2. deficient in potash
  3. rich in salt
  4. rich in organic matter
  

Question 242 :
The age of a tree can be estimated by

  1. its height
  2. the girth of its trunk
  3. the number and size of its branches
  4. the number of concentric rings on a cross-section of its trunk
  

Question 243 :
The length of the Suez Canal is approximately

  1. 80 km
  2. 110 km
  3. 140 km
  4. 170 km
  

Question 244 :
You find some local people living in log cabins in

  1. Tropical rainforest
  2. Taiga regions
  3. Deserts
  4. Mediterranean regions
  

Question 245 :
Uranus takes _____ years to orbit the Sun.

  1. 48
  2. 84
  3. 50
  4. 60
  

Question 246 :
The trans-continental railway in South America links

  1. Moscow and Vladivostok
  2. Sao Paulo and Trinidad
  3. San Diego and Buenos Aires
  4. Valparaiso and Buenos Aires
  

Question 247 :
The river that runs along the USA-Mexico boundary is

  1. Rio-Grande
  2. Gila
  3. Mississippi
  4. Colorado
  

Question 248 :
The Trans-Andean railway connects

  1. Mexico City with Santiago
  2. Panama City with Santiago
  3. Buenos Aires with Valparaiso
  4. Rio de Janerio with Bogota
  

Question 249 :
Which or the following is known as the lifelines of a country?

  1. natural growth rate of population
  2. food supplies
  3. energy resources
  4. modem means of transport and communication
  

Question 250 :
Trans-continental railways have played an Important role in

  1. international trade
  2. development of resources in the interior of continents
  3. providing employment to people
  4. deportation of prisoners to the interior
  

Question 251 :
Boll-Weevil is a pest that attack the _____ crop.

  1. Jute
  2. Cotton
  3. Hemp
  4. Flax
  

Question 252 :
In which country will you find the river Po?

  1. China
  2. Italy
  3. Sri Lanka
  4. Zambia
  

Question 253 :
When humidity is expressed in terms of percentage then it is known as

  1. Absolute humidity
  2. Specific humidity
  3. Relative humidity
  4. Ratio humidity
  

Question 254 :
St Andreas Fault passes close to the US city of

  1. Los Angeles
  2. New Orleans
  3. Hollywood
  4. San Francisco
  

Question 255 :
Palk Strait separates

  1. Malaysia and Sumatra
  2. India and Sri Lanka
  3. Sunda and Sumatra
  4. Borneo and Celebes
  

Question 256 :
Lake Manasarovar is in

  1. Sikkim
  2. Tibet
  3. Kashmir
  4. Himachal Pradesh
  

Question 257 :
Which of the following layers of the Earth is believed to account for the Earth's magnetism?

  1. Crust
  2. Mantle
  3. Core
  4. Lithosphere
  

Question 258 :
The world's largest river is

  1. Amazon
  2. Nile
  3. Mississippi
  4. Brahmaputra
  

Question 259 :
Lava solidifies to form _____.

  1. Pumice
  2. Basalt
  3. Marble
  4. Sandstone
  

Question 260 :
The Trans-Siberian railway links

  1. The Baltic coast with the North Sea
  2. Leningrad with Oldiotsk
  3. Buanos Aires with Valparaiso
  4. Leningrad with Vladivostok
  

Question 261 :
A heavenly body which takes nearly the same time to complete one rotation and one revolution is

  1. an asteroid
  2. a comet
  3. Moon
  4. Mars
  

Question 262 :
Which of the following is known as the cold pole of the world?

  1. Laurentian region of Canada
  2. Verkhoyansk in Russia
  3. Antarctica
  4. Greenland
  

Question 263 :
Ozone layers absorb

  1. infrared rays
  2. ultraviolet rays coming from the sun
  3. all radiations from the sun
  4. cosmic rays
  

Question 264 :
Where are most or the Earth's active volcanoes concentrated at present?

  1. South America
  2. Africa
  3. Pacific Ocean
  4. Europe
  

Question 265 :
For the formation of rainfall which of the following is not essential?

  1. dust particles in the atmosphere
  2. evaporation
  3. condensation
  4. wind
  

Question 266 :
The layers of the earth's crust are distinguished by their

  1. thickness and depth
  2. density and temperature
  3. metallic content and rocks
  4. All the above
  

Question 267 :
World's largest solar power plant is located in _____

  1. Kalahari Desert, Africa
  2. Sahara Desert, Libya
  3. Thar Desert India
  4. Mojava Desert USA
  

Question 268 :
The route is connecting Western Europe, Africa and Australia by way of the Cape of Good Hope.

  1. Panama route
  2. Cape route
  3. North Pacific route
  4. South Atlantic route
  

Question 269 :
The world's largest port is _____.

  1. Mumbai
  2. Sydney
  3. New York/New Jersey
  4. Singapore
  

Question 270 :
The 'land of eternal spring' are certain parts of

  1. Tundra region
  2. Highland region
  3. Mediterranean region
  4. Hot Wet Equatorial region
  
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