R4RIN – MCQs, Mock Tests | Geography General Knowledge(GK)-MCQS World Geography Section 1

The Homolographic projection has the correct representation of

1. shape
2. area
3. baring
4. distance

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The latitudinal differences in pressure delineate a number of major pressure zones, which correspond with

1. zones of climate
2. zones of oceans
3. zones of land
4. zones of cyclonic depressions

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The higher the wind speed and the longer the fetch or distance of open water across which the wind blows and waves travel, the ____ waves and the ____ energy they process.

1. larger, more
2. larger, less
3. smaller, more
4. smaller, less

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The hazards of radiation belts include

1. deterioration of electronic circuits
2. damage of solar cells of spacecraft
3. adverse effect on living organisms
4. All of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The great Victoria Desert is located in

1. Canada
2. West Africa
3. Australia
4. North America

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The intersecting lines drawn on maps and globes are

1. latitudes
2. longitudes
3. geographic grids
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The light of distant stars is affected by

1. the earth's atmosphere
2. interstellar dust
3. both (a) and (b)
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The landmass of which of the following continents is the least?

1. Africa
2. Asia
3. Australia
4. Europe

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Without ____ the equator would be much hotter than it is while the poles would be much cooler.

1. latitudinal redistribution of heat
2. cycle of air circulation
3. global wind pattern
4. All are similar terms

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The habitats valuable for commercially harvested species are called

1. coral reefs
2. sea grass bed
3. hot spots
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which of the following is tropical grassland?

1. Taiga
2. Savannah
3. Pampas
4. Prairies

✅ Correct Answer: 2

With the disintegration of USSR in end 1991, comprised of ____ Union Republics.

1. 15
2. 10
3. 5
4. 25

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The iron and steel industries of which of the following countries are almost fully dependent on imported raw materials?

1. Britain
2. Japan
3. Poland
4. Germany

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The temperature increases rapidly after

1. ionosphere
2. exosphere
3. stratosphere
4. troposphere

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The humidity of the air depends upon

1. temperature
2. location
3. weather
4. All of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The groundwater can become confined between two impermeable layers. This type of enclosed water is called

1. artesian
2. artesian well
3. unconfined groundwater
4. confined groundwater

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The largest glaciers are

1. mountain glaciers
2. alpine glaciers
3. continental glaciers
4. piedmont glaciers

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The ionosphere includes

1. mesosphere
2. thermosphere
3. thermosphere and exosphere
4. thermosphere, exosphere and mesosphere

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The highest degree of concentration of mineral deposits are found in

1. northeastern zone
2. northwestern zone
3. southern zone
4. All of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The group of minerals chemically containing hydrocarbons is

1. silicate group
2. organic group
3. oxide group
4. hydride group

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The iron ore mined at Bailadila is mostly

1. haematite
2. siderite
3. limonite
4. magnetic

✅ Correct Answer: 1

he leading state in producing paper is

1. Bihar
2. West Bengal
3. Kerala
4. Orissa

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The largest dune files are found in

1. Middle East
2. North Africa
3. both (a) and (b)
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The Harmattan is

1. cool, extremely dry wind that forms over the Sahara and blows westward or south-westward to the African coast
2. wind that blows during the dry season from December to February
3. tertiary wind that carry great quantities of fine dust from the Sahara
4. All of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The largest gold producing country in the world(in 2006) is

1. China
2. Canada
3. South Africa
4. USA

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The hydrological cycle is a conceptual model that describes

1. the storage of water between biosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere and lithosphere
2. the movement of water between biosphere, atmosphere, lithosphere and hydrosphere
3. both (a) and (b)
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The least explosive type of volcano is called

1. Basalt plateau
2. Cinder cone
3. Shield volcanoes
4. Composite volcanoes

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The largest fish exporting region in the world is

1. the north-east atlantic region
2. the north-east pacific region
3. the north-west pacific region
4. the south-east asian region

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The largest country of the world by geographical area is

1. Russia
2. Vatican City
3. Australia
4. USA

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The hot and cold deserts together occupy nearly ____ land area of the world.

1. 12:00 AM
2. 1/4th
3. 1/3rd
4. 3/4th

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The highest average salinity amongst the following seas is reported from

1. Dead Sea
2. Red Sea
3. Black Sea
4. Mediterranean Sea

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The Himalayan mountain system belongs to which of the following?

1. Volcanic mountains
2. Residual mountains
3. Block mountains
4. Fold mountains

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The heavy day soils that show significant expansion and contraction due to the presence or absence of moisture is called

1. aridsols
2. vertisols
3. histosols
4. andisols

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The HBJ Upgradation project, upgraded the capacity of HBJ pipeline from 18.2 MM SC MD to

1. 20 MM SC MD
2. 33.4 MM SC MD
3. 22.3 MM SC MD
4. 29.6 MM SC MD

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The highest mountains on earth namely Mount Everest, K2, Kanchenjanga are located in

1. the greater Himalayas
2. the Lesser Himalayas
3. the outer Himalayas
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The infrared radiation by sun are strongly absorbed by

1. carbon dioxide
2. water vapours
3. carbon dioxide and water vapours
4. ozone

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The latitude of a place expresses its angular position relative to the plane of

1. axis of earth
2. north pole
3. south pole
4. equator

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The landforms that are influences by several process namely, weathering, erosion, deposition are known as

1. polygenetic landforms
2. structural landforms
3. polycyclic landforms
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The initial increase of magnetic field in magnetic storms is caused

1. when the shock wave, associated with the gusty solar wind, compresses the magnetosphere
2. when there is a large decrease in field intensity
3. D. None of the above
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The island state of Australia is

1. Victoria
2. Queensland
3. Tasmania
4. New South Wales

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The Ice age ended about ____ years ago.

1. 140
2. 1,400
3. 14,000
4. 140,000

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The languages used in China is

1. Chinese, English
2. Chinese, Arabic
3. Chinese, French
4. Chinese, Korean

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The islands with coral covered surfaces in Bay of Bengal are

1. Andaman islands
2. Nicobar islands
3. both (a) and (b)
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Within the transporting medium, transport can occur by

1. suspension
2. solution and traction
3. solution
4. All of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The length of the day is determined in

1. astronomical units
2. solar terms
3. length of the hours
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The hot, dry wind on the east or leeward side of the Rocky mountains (North America) is called

1. the Chinook
2. the Sirocco
3. the Harmattan
4. the Loo

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The islands of Seychelles are located in the

1. Arctic Ocean
2. Atlantic Ocean
3. Indian Ocean
4. Pacific Ocean

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The island of Sri Lanka formerly known as.

1. Madagascar
2. Tasmania
3. Ceylon
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The highest sand dunes are found is

1. the Sahara desert
2. the Atacama desert
3. the Kalahari desert
4. the Gobi desert

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The greatest variety of animal and plant species is fund in

1. temperate grasslands
2. tropical moist forests
3. tundra regions
4. in hot deserts

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The greatest variety of animal and plant species is fund in

1. temperate grasslands
2. tropical moist forests
3. tundra regions
4. in hot deserts

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The layer of the earth, immediately below the crust, is called

1. outer core
2. inner core
3. inner mantle
4. outer mantle

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The highest mountains in Africa, which is not part of any mountains chain, is

1. Mt. Aconcagua
2. Mt. Kilimanjaro
3. Mt. Kosciuszko
4. Mont Blanc

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The heavier silicates named as 'Sima' or silica + magnesium are most abundant in the

1. crust
2. core
3. mantle
4. ocean floors

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The imaginary line on the earth's surface, which closely follows the 180 º meridian, is called the

1. International Date Line
2. Tropic of Cancer
3. Equator
4. Prime Meridian

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The largest part of our hydrosphere is

1. Atlantic Ocean
2. Indian Ocean
3. Pacific ocean
4. Antarctica ocean

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The limit beyond which the stars suffer internal collapse is called the

1. Raman Effect
2. Chandrasekhar limit
3. Aurora Borealis
4. Quasan Zone

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The ground water that occurs when flow of the subterranean water is not confined by the presence of impermeable layers is called

1. unconfined groundwater
2. confined groundwater
3. aquifer
4. artesian

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The gulf that separates Finland and Sweden in Europe is

1. the Gulf of Bothnia
2. the Gulf of Lions
3. the Gulf of Genoa
4. the Gulf of Venice

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The largest continent in the world is

1. Africa
2. Asia
3. Australia
4. Antarctica

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The landforms that are created by massive earth movements due to plate tectonics are called

1. structural landforms
2. weathering landforms
3. erosional landforms
4. depositional landforms

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The largest production of mica in Asia is from

1. Indonesia
2. Malaysia
3. Myanmar
4. India

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The latitude 'AA' on the map represents the

1. Tropic of Cancer
2. Tropic of Capricorn
3. Equator
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The largest fresh water lake of Africa, area wise is

1. lake Victoria
2. lake Tanganyika
3. lake Malawi
4. Lake Rudolf

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The important mountains of Europe include

1. Andes, Alps, Pyrenees
2. Alps, Carpathians, Pyrenees, Apennines
3. Alps, Himalayas, Rock mountains
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The last major glacial period began about 2,000,000 years before present and is commonly known as

1. Pleistocene or ice age
2. Paleocene or ice age
3. Pliocene or ice age
4. Holocene or ice age

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The imaginary axis at which the earth rotates remains inclined at an angle of ____ to the plane of earth's orbit.

1. 44 1/2 °
2. 55 1/2 °
3. 66 1/2 °
4. 0 °

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The ionosphere contains ionized air that protects the earth from

1. the ultraviolet rays of the sun
2. the infrared rays of the sun
3. the falling meteorites
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The horizontal of soil profile is composed of

1. weathered parent material that is not affected by translocation and organic modification
2. material affected by translocation & organic modification
3. unweathered bedrock
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The largest city in Latin America is

1. Mexico city
2. Caracas
3. Rio-de-Janeiro
4. Buenos Aires

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The highest and lowest values of a weather element observed over the entire period of record are

1. extremes
2. average extremes
3. absolute extremes
4. relative extremes

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The highest mountain peak of Oceania is

1. Mt. Victoria, Papua New Guinea
2. Mt. Kosciusko, Australia
3. Mt. Cook, South Island (New Zealand)
4. Puncak Jaya, Indonesia.

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The length of the tropical years (the time interval between successive occurrences of the spring equinox) is decreasing very slowly as a result of

1. small, progressive changes in the earth's rotational speed
2. small, progressive change in earth's orbit around the sun
3. both (a) and (b)
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The largest gulf in the world is

1. Gulf of Mexico
2. Persian Gulf
3. Gulf of Carpentaria
4. Gulf of Mannar

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The hunting and gathering economy can support only

1. 1 person per sq. km
2. 3 persons per sq. km
3. 5 persons per sq. km
4. 7 persons per sq. km

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The import of crude oil and petroleum done from national oil companies of producer countries, which have a net exportable surplus of oil is by

1. term contracts
2. term tenders
3. monthly tenders
4. All the above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The land-sea distribution or the positions of the world's continents and major oceans influences

1. the major pressure belts that develop from the general circulation of the atmosphere
2. the development of the mid-latitude cyclonic depressions, at the convergence zone between polar and subtropical air masses
3. both (a) and (b)
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The knowledge about the topography of the ocean basins has been derived from

1. seismic surveying
2. echo sounder
3. side-scan sonar
4. All of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The headquarters of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), formed out of erstwhile USSR, is at

1. Minsk in Byelorussia
2. Moscow in Russia
3. Kiev in Ukraine
4. Kistiner in Moldavia

✅ Correct Answer: 1