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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: General Knowledge (GK) , Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) , Indian Administrative Service (IAS) .
Chapters
| 251. |
The coral reefs are most characteristic of |
| A. | Indian Ocean |
| B. | Pacific Ocean |
| C. | Atlantic Ocean |
| D. | Mediterranean Sea |
| Answer» B. Pacific Ocean | |
| 252. |
Along the coasts salinity is |
| A. | lowered |
| B. | increased |
| C. | stable |
| D. | unaffected |
| Answer» A. lowered | |
| 253. |
Which of these oceans touches the shores of Asia on one side and that of America on the other? |
| A. | Indian Ocean |
| B. | Pacific Ocean |
| C. | Atlantic Ocean |
| D. | Antarctic Ocean |
| Answer» B. Pacific Ocean | |
| 254. |
Which of these is not true of the effects of the ocean currents? |
| A. | They affect commerce because they keep the harbours open even during winter |
| B. | Water of the ocean is kept pure |
| C. | Warm equatorial currents raise the temperature while the cold polar currents lower the temperature of the place through which they pass |
| D. | They do not affect rainfall over the coast |
| Answer» D. They do not affect rainfall over the coast | |
| 255. |
Gulf Stream, the most important current of the Atlantic Ocean, takes Its birth from the Gulf of Mexico. Its importance lies in its |
| A. | cooling effect |
| B. | warming effect |
| C. | area of influence |
| D. | influence on travel |
| Answer» B. warming effect | |
| 256. |
Which of the following is not a minor product derived from forests? |
| A. | Nuts and Gums |
| B. | Tannin |
| C. | Pitch and Turpentine |
| D. | Pulp |
| Answer» D. Pulp | |
| 257. |
Which of the following does not characterless 'selva'? |
| A. | Evergreen forest |
| B. | They have suffered the greatest destruction at the hands of man |
| C. | Climbers hang from the roof formed by the foliage |
| D. | Commercial utilisation of these forests is difficult |
| Answer» B. They have suffered the greatest destruction at the hands of man | |
| 258. |
Which is the largest fishing ground in the world? |
| A. | Japan Sea |
| B. | North Sea |
| C. | North-East Pacific |
| D. | Newfoundland Water |
| Answer» B. North Sea | |
| 259. |
Scandinavia is a suitable country for exploiting hydroelectricity because of the presence of |
| A. | lakes |
| B. | steep slopes |
| C. | great rivers |
| D. | waterfalls |
| Answer» A. lakes | |
| 260. |
Which of the following are not pastoral nomads? |
| A. | Pygmies |
| B. | Kazaks |
| C. | Masai |
| D. | Lapps |
| Answer» A. Pygmies | |
| 261. |
The essential feature of shifting cultivation is |
| A. | rotation of crops |
| B. | rotation of fields |
| C. | single cropping |
| D. | use of plenty of fertilizer |
| Answer» B. rotation of fields | |
| 262. |
Mixed farming involves |
| A. | both crops and livestock |
| B. | growing a series of different crops |
| C. | specialised cultivation of vegetables and fruits |
| D. | pooling land voluntarily and managing it jointly under a democratic constitution |
| Answer» A. both crops and livestock | |
| 263. |
In USA rice is grown |
| A. | in Texas |
| B. | in the West |
| C. | in Colorado |
| D. | nowhere |
| Answer» A. in Texas | |
| 264. |
A short cut sea route between the European and-Asian countries was provided by |
| A. | Cape of Good Hope route |
| B. | Seuz Canal |
| C. | Panama Canal |
| D. | North Atlantic route |
| Answer» B. Seuz Canal | |
| 265. |
The construction of Panama Canal in 1913 eliminated the long and hazardous voyage |
| A. | round the stormy Cape Horn |
| B. | round the Cape of Good Hope |
| C. | between North and South America |
| D. | in the stormy Atlantic Ocean |
| Answer» A. round the stormy Cape Horn | |
| 266. |
Which of the following is the busiest of ocean trade routes? |
| A. | Suez Canal |
| B. | Cape of Good Hope |
| C. | North Atlantic |
| D. | Panama Canal |
| Answer» C. North Atlantic | |
| 267. |
Suez Canal links |
| A. | Mediterranean Sea and Caribbean Sea |
| B. | Black Sea and Baltic Sea |
| C. | Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea |
| D. | Arabian Sea and Red Sea |
| Answer» C. Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea | |
| 268. |
If I wanted to reach the South Atlantic from the South Pacific while touching South America, I would have to use |
| A. | Florida Straits |
| B. | Dardanelles |
| C. | Magellan Straits |
| D. | Bosporus |
| Answer» C. Magellan Straits | |
| 269. |
Collective Farm of Ukraine is also known as |
| A. | Kolkhoz |
| B. | Dom |
| C. | Ryckay Eezik |
| D. | Sovkhoz |
| Answer» A. Kolkhoz | |
| 270. |
The busiest inland water-way of Europe is the Rhine. Its preeminence as a waterway rests on the fact that |
| A. | it flows through the most industrialised part of Europe |
| B. | it follows a rift valley |
| C. | its course is never frozen |
| D. | it falls in the North Sea |
| Answer» C. its course is never frozen | |
| 271. |
Fish farming is practised in |
| A. | Africa |
| B. | South Africa |
| C. | China |
| D. | Peru and Brazil |
| Answer» C. China | |
| 272. |
Which of the following is taken into consideration while deciding a shipping route? |
| A. | Depth of the sea |
| B. | Availability of ports and harbours |
| C. | Climate of the region |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» D. All the above | |
| 273. |
The most effective farming method for returning minerals to the soil is |
| A. | Contour ploughing |
| B. | Terracing |
| C. | Crop rotation |
| D. | Furrowing |
| Answer» C. Crop rotation | |
| 274. |
Which strait divides Europe from Africa? |
| A. | Bosporus |
| B. | Gibraltar |
| C. | Bering |
| D. | Dover |
| Answer» B. Gibraltar | |
| 275. |
The shortest air route from Moscow to San Francisco is |
| A. | Over the Atlantic Ocean |
| B. | Over the Pacific via Siberia |
| C. | Over the North Pole |
| D. | Through the latitude which passes through them |
| Answer» A. Over the Atlantic Ocean | |
| 276. |
What does the 17th parallel separate? |
| A. | South and North America |
| B. | North and South Korea |
| C. | South and North Vietnam |
| D. | South and North Yemen |
| Answer» C. South and North Vietnam | |
| 277. |
The urban population of the world is growing faster than Its rural population. This is mainly because of |
| A. | high birth rate in towns |
| B. | rural-urban migration |
| C. | high death rate in rural areas |
| D. | low death rate in towns |
| Answer» B. rural-urban migration | |
| 278. |
Which of the following lies on the Nile Rivers? |
| A. | Nairobi |
| B. | Addis Ababa |
| C. | Khartoum |
| D. | Kinhasa |
| Answer» C. Khartoum | |
| 279. |
The Radcliff Line demarcates the boundary between |
| A. | India and China |
| B. | India and Pakistan |
| C. | Pakistan and Afghanistan |
| D. | India and Afghanistan |
| Answer» B. India and Pakistan | |
| 280. |
The world's largest river is |
| A. | Amazon |
| B. | Nile |
| C. | Mississippi |
| D. | Brahmaputra |
| Answer» A. Amazon | |
| 281. |
The capacity of the Atmosphere to hold water vapour |
| A. | increases as the temperature increases |
| B. | decreases as the temperature increases |
| C. | increases as the temperature decreases |
| D. | decreases as the temperature decreases |
| Answer» A. increases as the temperature increases | |
| 282. |
For the formation of rainfall which of the following is not essential? |
| A. | dust particles in the atmosphere |
| B. | evaporation |
| C. | condensation |
| D. | wind |
| Answer» D. wind | |
| 283. |
Snow is formed by the process of |
| A. | condensation |
| B. | evaporation |
| C. | sublimation |
| D. | evaporation and condensation |
| Answer» C. sublimation | |
| 284. |
When dew point is reached it is said that at that temperature |
| A. | the atmosphere is said to be saturated with water vapour |
| B. | the relative humidity of the atmosphere is 100% |
| C. | the atmosphere can hold no more water vapour |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» D. All the above | |
| 285. |
If the atmospheric air is cooled because of expansion, the cooling is known as |
| A. | adiabatic |
| B. | lapse rate |
| C. | alto-cooling |
| D. | inverse cooling |
| Answer» A. adiabatic | |
| 286. |
The deflection of the wind to the right in the northern hemisphere and to Its left in the southern hemisphere is caused by the |
| A. | rotation of the Earth |
| B. | revolution of the Earth |
| C. | uneven heating of the Earth |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» A. rotation of the Earth | |
| 287. |
In both the hemispheres the trade winds blow towards the |
| A. | Equator |
| B. | horse latitudes |
| C. | sub polar low pressure belts |
| D. | poles |
| Answer» A. Equator | |
| 288. |
The Mediterranean type of climate is found in mid-latitudes on the |
| A. | western side of the continents in northern hemisphere and on the eastern side of the continents in the southern hemisphere |
| B. | eastern side of the continents in northern hemisphere and on the western side of the continents in the southern hemisphere |
| C. | eastern side of the continents |
| D. | western side of the continents |
| Answer» D. western side of the continents | |
| 289. |
The Doctor is a wind which |
| A. | is enervating |
| B. | withers plants |
| C. | is injurious to health |
| D. | is conducive to health |
| Answer» D. is conducive to health | |
| 290. |
Which of the following is not a tropical cyclone? |
| A. | typhoon |
| B. | tornado |
| C. | hurricane |
| D. | willy-willy |
| Answer» B. tornado | |
| 291. |
Fog can be classified as a |
| A. | Nimbus cloud |
| B. | Cirrus cloud |
| C. | Cumulus cloud |
| D. | Low Stratus cloud |
| Answer» D. Low Stratus cloud | |
| 292. |
Ocean currents rotate |
| A. | clockwise in the northern hemisphere and anti-clockwise in the southern hemisphere |
| B. | anti-clockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern hemisphere |
| C. | clockwise in both the hemispheres |
| D. | anti-clockwise in both the hemispheres |
| Answer» A. clockwise in the northern hemisphere and anti-clockwise in the southern hemisphere | |
| 293. |
Limestone is an example of |
| A. | igneous rocks |
| B. | sedimentary rocks |
| C. | metamorphic rocks |
| D. | crystalline rocks |
| Answer» B. sedimentary rocks | |
| 294. |
The region with the lowest mean winter temperature (-50º C) is found in |
| A. | Greenland |
| B. | Northern Canada |
| C. | North Pole |
| D. | North Eastern Siberia |
| Answer» B. Northern Canada | |
| 295. |
Monsoon wind is different from planetary winds because it |
| A. | always brings rain |
| B. | blows in tropical regions |
| C. | crosses the Equator |
| D. | is seasonal |
| Answer» D. is seasonal | |
| 296. |
Which soil is sticky when wet and develops cracks when dry |
| A. | alluvial soil |
| B. | black soil |
| C. | red soil |
| D. | late rite soil |
| Answer» B. black soil | |
| 297. |
The radiant energy received by the Earth from the sun is |
| A. | radiation |
| B. | insolation |
| C. | reflection |
| D. | refraction |
| Answer» B. insolation | |
| 298. |
Which of the following is a Great Circle? |
| A. | the Equator |
| B. | the 0º longitude |
| C. | 180º longitude |
| D. | Antarctic region |
| Answer» A. the Equator | |
| 299. |
Blizzards are more frequent in |
| A. | Tropical region |
| B. | Temperate region |
| C. | Arctic region |
| D. | Antarctic region |
| Answer» D. Antarctic region | |
| 300. |
When humidity is expressed in terms of percentage then it is known as |
| A. | Absolute humidity |
| B. | Specific humidity |
| C. | Relative humidity |
| D. | Ratio humidity |
| Answer» C. Relative humidity | |
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