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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
| 151. |
Pygmies are people living in |
| A. | Congo forests |
| B. | Namibia |
| C. | Kenya |
| D. | Cape Province |
| Answer» A. Congo forests | |
| 152. |
Eskimos belong to |
| A. | Mongoloid race |
| B. | White race |
| C. | Negroid race |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Mongoloid race | |
| 153. |
The mode or lire or people living in Monsoon regions is |
| A. | commercial grainfarming |
| B. | cattle rearing |
| C. | intensive subsistence cultivation |
| D. | plantation agriculture |
| Answer» C. intensive subsistence cultivation | |
| 154. |
Caucasoid people account for ______ per cent of world population. |
| A. | 33 |
| B. | 39 |
| C. | 29 |
| D. | 43 |
| Answer» A. 33 | |
| 155. |
Assemblage or ideas, beliefs, skills, institutions is represented by |
| A. | civilization |
| B. | culture |
| C. | mode of life |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. culture | |
| 156. |
Oases are examples of |
| A. | wet point settlements |
| B. | dry point settlements |
| C. | foothill settlements |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. foothill settlements | |
| 157. |
For short-term climatic perdictions, which one of the following events is associated with occasional weak monsoon rains in the Indian sub-continent? |
| A. | La Nina |
| B. | Movement of Jet Streams |
| C. | El Nino and Southern Oscillations |
| D. | Greenhouse effect on global level |
| Answer» C. El Nino and Southern Oscillations | |
| 158. |
Consider the following statements: 1. Ocean currents are the slow-surface movement of water in the ocean 2. Ocean currents assist in maintaining the Earth's heat balance 3. Ocean currents are set in motion primarily by prevailing winds 4. Ocean current are affected by the configuration of the ocean Which of these statements are correct? |
| A. | 1 and 2 |
| B. | 2, 3 and 4 |
| C. | 1, 3 and 4 |
| D. | 1, 2, 3 and 4 |
| Answer» D. 1, 2, 3 and 4 | |
| 159. |
Pilgrim Fathers are the earliest migrants to |
| A. | Australia |
| B. | South America |
| C. | North America |
| D. | Central America |
| Answer» C. North America | |
| 160. |
One will not have to pass through the Suez Canal while going from Mumbai to |
| A. | Alexandria |
| B. | Suez |
| C. | Port Said |
| D. | Benghazi |
| Answer» B. Suez | |
| 161. |
_______ is called the 'low country' of the earth. |
| A. | Spain |
| B. | Holland (Netherlands) |
| C. | Italy |
| D. | Hungary |
| Answer» B. Holland (Netherlands) | |
| 162. |
______ is called the 'land of a thousand lakes'. |
| A. | Finland |
| B. | Holland |
| C. | Sweden |
| D. | Portugal |
| Answer» A. Finland | |
| 163. |
Kiel Canal connects the North Sea with the _____ sea. |
| A. | Atlantic |
| B. | Baltic |
| C. | Arctic |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Baltic | |
| 164. |
Bangkok lies on river |
| A. | Kizil |
| B. | Spree |
| C. | Karnaphuli |
| D. | Maenam |
| Answer» D. Maenam | |
| 165. |
The highest plateau in the world is the |
| A. | Plateau of Tibet |
| B. | Deccan Plateau |
| C. | Plateau of Iran |
| D. | Central Plateau of France |
| Answer» A. Plateau of Tibet | |
| 166. |
The largest desert in the world is the |
| A. | Sahara |
| B. | Gobi |
| C. | Kalahari |
| D. | Thar |
| Answer» A. Sahara | |
| 167. |
The world's longest river is the |
| A. | Volga |
| B. | Amazon |
| C. | Mississippi-Missouri |
| D. | Nile |
| Answer» D. Nile | |
| 168. |
The highest water fall in the world is |
| A. | Tugela |
| B. | Jog |
| C. | Angel |
| D. | Yosemite |
| Answer» C. Angel | |
| 169. |
The largest Inland Sea is the |
| A. | Black Sea |
| B. | Dead Sea |
| C. | Caspian Sea |
| D. | Aral Sea |
| Answer» C. Caspian Sea | |
| 170. |
Which European country has over 200 volcanoes, many of them active? |
| A. | Norway |
| B. | Finland |
| C. | Ireland |
| D. | Iceland |
| Answer» D. Iceland | |
| 171. |
The Balkan Peninsula is separated from the rest of Europe by the river. |
| A. | Danube |
| B. | Rhine |
| C. | Elbe |
| D. | Weser |
| Answer» A. Danube | |
| 172. |
Which one of these places lies nearest to the Equator? |
| A. | Singapore |
| B. | Lagos |
| C. | Colombo |
| D. | Jakarta |
| Answer» A. Singapore | |
| 173. |
Which city is called the 'City of Perpetual Spring'? |
| A. | Colombo |
| B. | Quito |
| C. | Lisbon |
| D. | Berlin |
| Answer» B. Quito | |
| 174. |
Pakistan is bordered by |
| A. | Afghanistan, Iraq, India and China |
| B. | Afghanistan, Iran and India |
| C. | Afghanistan, CIS, India and China |
| D. | Afghanistan, Turkey, India and China |
| Answer» B. Afghanistan, Iran and India | |
| 175. |
The famous Matterhorn Peak is found in |
| A. | Austria |
| B. | Switzerland |
| C. | France |
| D. | Sweden |
| Answer» B. Switzerland | |
| 176. |
The biggest island at the tip of South America is the |
| A. | Falkland Island |
| B. | Long Island |
| C. | Tierra Del Fuego Island |
| D. | Azores Island |
| Answer» C. Tierra Del Fuego Island | |
| 177. |
Burkina Faso is the new name of _____ Republic. |
| A. | Chad |
| B. | Cameroon |
| C. | Kenya |
| D. | Upper Volta |
| Answer» D. Upper Volta | |
| 178. |
Addis Ababa is the capital of |
| A. | Ethiopia |
| B. | Kenya |
| C. | Zambia |
| D. | Nigeria |
| Answer» A. Ethiopia | |
| 179. |
Which parallel separates North and South Korea? |
| A. | 38th |
| B. | 50th |
| C. | 42nd |
| D. | 40th |
| Answer» A. 38th | |
| 180. |
The waterfall 'Victoria' is associated with the river |
| A. | Amazon |
| B. | Missouri |
| C. | St Lawrence |
| D. | Zambeji |
| Answer» D. Zambeji | |
| 181. |
Which among these is an intermontane plateau? |
| A. | Deccan |
| B. | Anatolia |
| C. | Columbia |
| D. | Tibet |
| Answer» D. Tibet | |
| 182. |
A country through which both Equator and Tropic of Capricorn pass is |
| A. | Brazil |
| B. | Argentina |
| C. | Congo |
| D. | Indonesia |
| Answer» A. Brazil | |
| 183. |
Three European cities viz Vienna, Budapest and Belgrade lie on the river |
| A. | Volga |
| B. | Rhone |
| C. | Rhine |
| D. | Danube |
| Answer» D. Danube | |
| 184. |
The Great Barrier Reef is found |
| A. | close to Greenland |
| B. | near the Suez Canal |
| C. | in the Bay of Bengal |
| D. | of the coast of Queensland |
| Answer» D. of the coast of Queensland | |
| 185. |
Pyranees form a the boundary between |
| A. | Spain and Portugal |
| B. | France and Spain |
| C. | Poland and Russia |
| D. | Hungary and Rumania |
| Answer» B. France and Spain | |
| 186. |
The land-locked country in South East Asia is |
| A. | Thailand |
| B. | Malayasia |
| C. | Laos |
| D. | Vietnam |
| Answer» C. Laos | |
| 187. |
European Turkey is separated from its Asian part by |
| A. | Straits of Bosporus |
| B. | Sea of Marmara |
| C. | Straits of Dardanelles |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» D. All the above | |
| 188. |
A country lying within the Arctic Circle having geysers is |
| A. | Greenland |
| B. | Iceland |
| C. | Norway |
| D. | Denmark |
| Answer» B. Iceland | |
| 189. |
Zueder Zee in Netherlands is known for |
| A. | Polders |
| B. | Dykes |
| C. | Canyons |
| D. | Geysers |
| Answer» A. Polders | |
| 190. |
Death Valley is in |
| A. | The USA |
| B. | Jordan |
| C. | Israel |
| D. | Peru |
| Answer» A. The USA | |
| 191. |
Wind erosion is dominant in |
| A. | Tropical regions |
| B. | Temperate regions |
| C. | Deserts |
| D. | Mediterranean regions |
| Answer» C. Deserts | |
| 192. |
Rain shadow effect is associated with |
| A. | convectional rainfall |
| B. | cyclonic rainfall |
| C. | orographic rainfall |
| D. | warm front rainfall |
| Answer» C. orographic rainfall | |
| 193. |
The depositional feature at the point where the river comes down from hills to plain is |
| A. | meander |
| B. | water fall |
| C. | levee |
| D. | alluvial fan |
| Answer» D. alluvial fan | |
| 194. |
Spot the odd item. |
| A. | Mt Fuji |
| B. | Mt Godwin Austin |
| C. | Mt Vesuvius |
| D. | Mt Etna |
| Answer» B. Mt Godwin Austin | |
| 195. |
The river transports material in |
| A. | suspension |
| B. | solution |
| C. | traction |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» D. All of these | |
| 196. |
Oceans occupy per cent of the earth. |
| A. | 21 |
| B. | 71 |
| C. | 29 |
| D. | 79 |
| Answer» B. 71 | |
| 197. |
Which among these Islands has coral reef? |
| A. | Aleutian |
| B. | Hawaiian |
| C. | Andaman and Nicobar |
| D. | Falklands Island |
| Answer» B. Hawaiian | |
| 198. |
Cut off loops of rivers are known as |
| A. | Bajada |
| B. | Meanders |
| C. | Oxbow lake |
| D. | Levee |
| Answer» C. Oxbow lake | |
| 199. |
A fumarole is |
| A. | a small crack on the side of volcano ejecting gas and steam |
| B. | a river truncated by river piracy |
| C. | a rock projecting through ice cap |
| D. | an underground cavern |
| Answer» A. a small crack on the side of volcano ejecting gas and steam | |
| 200. |
Mediterranean climate prevails in |
| A. | Central Chile |
| B. | Northern Chile |
| C. | Peru |
| D. | Argentina |
| Answer» A. Central Chile | |
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