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Geography GK

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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What is Continental Shelf?

  1. Mountain ranges that edge a continent

  2. The raised land on a continent's edge

  3. The land that gently slopes and extends to the steeper descent of the continent before sharply sloping to form the sea floor.

  4. A plateau in the centre of a continent


Correct Option: C

Where are the Todas found?

  1. Madhya Pradesh

  2. Rajasthan

  3. Tamil Nadu

  4. Arunachal Pradesh


Correct Option: C

The package technology, which brought about the Green Revolution, comprised mainly of

  1. man power, mechanical cultivators and electricity

  2. changes in crop pattern, industrialisation and chemical fertilisers

  3. irrigation, biochemical fertilisers and high yield varieties of seeds

  4. electricity, irrigation and introduction of dry farming


Correct Option: C

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

  1. Golden eat

  2. Cheetah

  3. Wooly wolf

  4. Rhinoceros


Correct Option: B

The west of 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 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 movment

  2. Isostatic adjustment

  3. Collision of earth plates

  4. Volcanic eruption


Correct Option: C

Which of the following has the highest wind velocity?

  1. Typphoon

  2. Hurricane

  3. Cyclone

  4. Tornado


Correct Option: D

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

  1. Penguin

  2. Kiwi

  3. Ostrich

  4. Emu


Correct Option: B

Aravalli rangers are an example of

  1. Block mountains

  2. Folded mountains

  3. Residual mountains

  4. Volcanic mountains


Correct Option: C

Evergreen rain forests are mainly found in regions having well distributed annual rainfall ranging

  1. 50-100 cm

  2. 100-200 cm

  3. More than 200 cm

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C

Cirrus clouds are

  1. Low clouds

  2. Very low clouds

  3. High clouds

  4. Medium height clouds


Correct Option: C

The speed of wind is measured by

  1. Barometer

  2. Hygrometer

  3. Thermometer

  4. Anemometer


Correct Option: D

“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

Where exactly is Akasi Chin?

  1. Along the Zaskar Mountains

  2. South of Siachin Glacier

  3. Near lah

  4. The north-east corner of Jammu and Kashmir


Correct Option: D

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

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

  1. Hurricane

  2. Tornado

  3. Typhoon

  4. Thunderstorm


Correct Option: B

The earth turns through 3600 in 24 hours and each 150 longitude represents

  1. Half an hour

  2. Forty-five minute

  3. One hour

  4. One hour and fifteen minute


Correct Option: C

What is a Jet Stream?

  1. The thrust produced by jet engines when breaks are applied to the 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

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 Jawahar Tunnel, the largest in India, is located in

  1. Himachal Pradesh

  2. Rajasthan

  3. West Bangal

  4. Jammu and Kashmir


Correct Option: D

The production of onion is highest in:

  1. Uttar Pradesh

  2. Madhya Pradesh

  3. Maharashtra

  4. Andhra Pradesh


Correct Option: C

Trade winds are due to

  1. Conduction

  2. Convection

  3. Radiation

  4. Scattering


Correct Option: B

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

  1. Gravitational water

  2. Capillary water

  3. Hygroscopic water

  4. Combined water


Correct Option: B

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
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