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General Knowledge

Description: Geography GK Test - General Knowledge History Practice and Preparation Test for UPSC, Bank PO, B.Ed and M.Ed and Bank PO Exams
Number of Questions: 25
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Evergreen rain forests are mainly found in regions having well distributed annual rainfall

  1. below 50 cm

  2. 50 - 100 cm

  3. 100 - 200 cm

  4. more than 200 cm


Correct Option: D

The package technology which bought about green revolution comprised mainly of

  1. man power, mechanical cultivators and electricity

  2. changes in crop pattern, industrialization and chemical fertilizers

  3. irrigation, bio-chemical fertilizers and high yield verieties of seeds

  4. electricity, irrigation and introduction of dry farming


Correct Option: C

The production of onion is the highest in

  1. Uttar Pradesh

  2. Madhya Pradesh

  3. Maharashtra

  4. Andhra Pradesh


Correct Option: C

The west to east extension of the Himalayas is from

  1. Indus Gorge to Dihang Gorge

  2. K-2 to Chomolhari

  3. Nanga Parbat to Numcha Barwa

  4. Rakaposhi to Lohit river


Correct Option: C

The largest flightless bird which can run at a great speed is

  1. penguin

  2. kiwi

  3. ostrich

  4. emu


Correct Option: C

Where are the Todas found?

  1. Madhya Pradesh

  2. Rajasthan

  3. Tamil Nadu

  4. Arunchal Pradesh


Correct Option: C

The animal which has become extinct recently in India happens to be

  1. golden bear

  2. cheetah

  3. wooly wolf

  4. rhinoceros


Correct Option: B

The Jawahar Tunnel, the largest in India is in

  1. Himachal Pradesh

  2. Rajasthan

  3. West Bangal

  4. Jammu and Kashmir


Correct Option: D

The best variety of world's cotton is known as

  1. Sea Island

  2. Upland American Egyptian

  3. Egyptian

  4. Short staple Indian


Correct Option: B

Most of the devastating earthquakes are usually caused by

  1. eustatic movement

  2. isostatic adjustment

  3. collision of earth's plates

  4. volcanic eruption


Correct Option: C

Speed of wind is measured by

  1. barometer

  2. hygrometer

  3. thermometer

  4. anemometer


Correct Option: D

Trade winds are due to

  1. conduction

  2. convection

  3. radiation

  4. scattering


Correct Option: B

Which one of the following has the highest wind-velocity?

  1. Hurricane

  2. Tornado

  3. Typhoon

  4. Thunderstorm


Correct Option: B

“The State sprawls over the Western Himalayas and the Karakoram Mountains. It is the most northerly and mountainous State of India.” This refers to the state of

  1. Assam

  2. Jammu & Kashmir

  3. Himachal Pradesh

  4. Meghalaya


Correct Option: B

Which one of the following sets of conditions is necessary for good cultivation of wheat?

  1. High temperature and heavy rainfall

  2. High temperature and moderate rain fall

  3. Moderate temperatures and moderate rainfall

  4. Low temperature and low rainfall


Correct Option: C

Where exactly is Akasi Chin?

  1. Along the Zaskar Mountains

  2. South of Siachin Glacier

  3. Near Leh

  4. The northeast corner of Jammu and Kashmir


Correct Option: D

Cirrus clouds are

  1. low clouds

  2. very low clouds

  3. high clouds

  4. medium height clouds


Correct Option: C

The earth turns through 3600 in 24 hours. Each 150 longitude represents

  1. half an hour

  2. forty-five minutes

  3. one hour

  4. one hour and fifteen minute


Correct Option: C

What is a jet stream?

  1. The thrust produced by jet engines of plied to the engines of and aircraft.

  2. The tubes through which fuel is supplied to the engines of an aircraft.

  3. An invisible river of rushing wind above the clouds streaming round the earth.

  4. White trail of smoke left behind by an aircraft when flying at high altitude.


Correct Option: C

Ozone hole in the atmosphere is largely caused by the presence of

  1. oxygen

  2. hydrogen

  3. chlorofluoro carbon

  4. radioactive waste


Correct Option: C

Which of the following has the highest wind velocity?

  1. Typhoon

  2. Hurricane

  3. Cyclone

  4. Tornado


Correct Option: D

Which of the following oceans has the shape of the English Alphabet S?

  1. Arctic ocean

  2. Indian ocean

  3. Atlantic ocean

  4. Pacific ocean


Correct Option: C

The soil water which is of greatest importance to the plant life is

  1. gravitational water

  2. capillary water

  3. hygroscopic water

  4. combined water


Correct Option: B

Aravalli rangers are an example of

  1. block mountains

  2. folded mountains

  3. residual mountains

  4. volcanic mountains


Correct Option: C

What is continental shelf?

  1. Mountain ranges the edge a continent.

  2. The raised land on a continent's edge.

  3. The land that gently slopes and extension of the continents before sharply sloping to form the sea floor in the deeps.

  4. A plateau at the centre of a continent.


Correct Option: C
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