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GK - Geography 3

Description: The paper on general studies includes questions from a wide variety of subjects like history, geography, science, economy and polity. Here is a collection of questions on geography
Number of Questions: 25
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In which of the following regions is plantation agriculture largely practiced?

  1. semi-arid

  2. subtropical

  3. tropical

  4. temperate


Correct Option: C

What type of climate is known for the minimum range of annual temperature?

  1. monsoon

  2. equatorial

  3. tropical desert

  4. Mediterranean


Correct Option: B

What is a narrow stretch of water, connecting two large bodies of water or seas called?

  1. bay

  2. isthmus

  3. strait

  4. peninsula


Correct Option: C

The violent and destructive tropical cyclones in China and Japan are called

  1. hurricanes

  2. tornadoes

  3. typhoons

  4. Willy-willies


Correct Option: C

Arabia is the largest peninsula in the world. Which is the second largest?

  1. Alaska

  2. India

  3. Labrador

  4. Scandinavia


Correct Option: B

Which of the following cities has equatorial climate?

  1. Khartoum

  2. Bombay

  3. Calcutta

  4. Singapore


Correct Option: A

Which of the following represents the zone between Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn?

  1. Frigid zone

  2. torrid zone

  3. temperate zone

  4. sub-tropical zone


Correct Option: B

The ideal monsoon system is the one that is experienced in

  1. Mexico

  2. India

  3. Thailand

  4. China


Correct Option: B

What is the shape of the earth?

  1. oblate spheroidq

  2. true sphere

  3. oval

  4. round


Correct Option: A

In which month does the South-West monsoon bid an annual farewell to India?

  1. October

  2. September

  3. November

  4. December


Correct Option: B

Which of the following words refers to a narrow strip of land separating two seas?

  1. isthmus

  2. strait

  3. bay

  4. peninsula


Correct Option: A

Which is the longest day in the northern hemisphere?

  1. 20th June

  2. 21st June

  3. 22nd December

  4. 23rd December


Correct Option: B

Which is the biggest hot desert in the world?

  1. Sahara

  2. Gobi

  3. Australian

  4. Thar


Correct Option: A

The climate of India is typically

  1. subtropical

  2. tropical

  3. torrid

  4. tropical monsoonal


Correct Option: D

What are funnel-shaped clouds with violent whirl-winds called?

  1. tsunami

  2. cirrus

  3. tornado

  4. stratus


Correct Option: C

Which of the following is an igneous rock?

  1. granite

  2. limestone

  3. slate

  4. quartzite


Correct Option: A

Equinox occurs when the sun is vertically over the

  1. equator

  2. tropic of cancer

  3. tropic of Capricorn

  4. poles


Correct Option: A

If the earth' s direction of rotation is reversed, what would be the IST when it is noon at the International Date Line?

  1. 06: 30 hrs

  2. 05:30 hrs

  3. 18:30 hrs

  4. 17:30 hrs


Correct Option: B

Which of the following types of soil has the property of holding moisture for release to plants during the dry period?

  1. alluvial

  2. black or regur

  3. lateritic

  4. red and yellow


Correct Option: B

Which set of two rivers given below together forms the world' s largest delta before their waters flow into the respective seas?

  1. Seine and Rhine

  2. Danube and the Thames

  3. Euphrates and the Nile

  4. Ganges and the Brahmaputra


Correct Option: D

Which of the following navigational canals links Baltic Sea and North Sea?

  1. Kiel Canal

  2. Panama Canal

  3. Suez Canal

  4. none of these


Correct Option: A

Which of the following soil is typical of tropical regions which receive heavy rain fall?

  1. alluvial

  2. lateritic

  3. saline

  4. black


Correct Option: B

When rain falls through a cold layer of air near the earth' s surface, raindrops get frozen into ice. What is this type of precipitation called?

  1. sleet

  2. hail

  3. snowfall

  4. ice crystals


Correct Option: B

What are lines drawn on a map connecting places having equal annual rainfall called?

  1. isobars

  2. isotherms

  3. isohels

  4. isohyets


Correct Option: D

Which of the following is the most salty sea in the world?

  1. Red Sea

  2. Dead Sea

  3. Arabian Sea

  4. Mediterranean Sea


Correct Option: B
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