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501. |
Which of the following are known as coastlines of submergence? |
A. | Ria coasts |
B. | Uplifted lowland |
C. | Emergent upland |
D. | Concordant coasts |
Answer» A. Ria coasts |
502. |
Quartzite is metamorphosed from |
A. | Limestone |
B. | Obsidian |
C. | Sandstone |
D. | Shale |
Answer» C. Sandstone |
503. |
Of the total water on the Earth, fresh water reserve a constitute approximately |
A. | 70% |
B. | 2.7% |
C. | 10% |
D. | 8.9% |
Answer» B. 2.7% |
504. |
A huge muss of ice fed by snow on a high mountain slowly sliding downhill before It starts melting is called |
A. | Glacier |
B. | Avalanche |
C. | Iceberg |
D. | Snow cover |
Answer» A. Glacier |
505. |
The Indian sub-continent lies |
A. | mostly in the southern hemisphere and partly in the northern hemisphere |
B. | mostly in the northern hemisphere and partly in the southern hemisphere |
C. | wholly in the northern hemisphere |
D. | wholly in the southern hemisphere |
Answer» C. wholly in the northern hemisphere |
506. |
The phenomenon of an opening occurring in the Earth's surface through which a Jet of hot water and steam is forced out at irregular intervals is called |
A. | hot spring |
B. | geyser |
C. | cyclone |
D. | volcano |
Answer» B. geyser |
507. |
Vernal equinox occurs on the |
A. | 23rd September |
B. | 21st March |
C. | 21st June |
D. | 22nd December |
Answer» B. 21st March |
508. |
Which of the following is known as the "red planet"? |
A. | Mercury |
B. | Jupiter |
C. | Mars |
D. | Saturn |
Answer» C. Mars |
509. |
The Shatt-al-Arab waterway is associated with the |
A. | Euphrates and Tigris |
B. | White Nile and Blue Nile |
C. | Jordan and Firat |
D. | Oxus and Kabul |
Answer» A. Euphrates and Tigris |
510. |
The Tropical Rain Forest or Equatorial type of climate is found in |
A. | Amazon basin |
B. | Congo basin |
C. | Indonesian Islands |
D. | All the above |
Answer» D. All the above |
511. |
Which of the following yield teak? |
A. | Coniferous forests |
B. | Tropical forests |
C. | Deciduous forests |
D. | Himalayan forests |
Answer» C. Deciduous forests |
512. |
What is the date of summer solstice in Northern Hemisphere? |
A. | 21st June |
B. | 21st March |
C. | 22nd December |
D. | 23rd September |
Answer» A. 21st June |
513. |
A hinterland is |
A. | an area behind a seaport that supplies the bulk of the exports |
B. | the interior of a valley |
C. | an elevated area |
D. | an area occupied by backward community |
Answer» A. an area behind a seaport that supplies the bulk of the exports |
514. |
Rice crop needs |
A. | low temperature and heavy rainfall |
B. | high temperature and low rainfall |
C. | annual rainfall of about 150 cm, high temperature and humidity |
D. | low temperature and low rainfall |
Answer» C. annual rainfall of about 150 cm, high temperature and humidity |
515. |
The largest of the planets is |
A. | Jupiter |
B. | Saturn |
C. | Uranus |
D. | Neptune |
Answer» A. Jupiter |
516. |
What is a graticule? |
A. | The network of intersecting parallels and meridians on a map |
B. | The network of intersections of Equator and Prime Meridian |
C. | The intersection of roads |
D. | The intersection of Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn |
Answer» A. The network of intersecting parallels and meridians on a map |
517. |
Name the country which shares the benefits of the Kosi Multipurpose Project with India |
A. | Bangladesh |
B. | Pakistan |
C. | Nepal |
D. | Bhutan |
Answer» C. Nepal |
518. |
Palk Strait separates |
A. | Malaysia and Sumatra |
B. | India and Sri Lanka |
C. | Sunda and Sumatra |
D. | Borneo and Celebes |
Answer» B. India and Sri Lanka |
519. |
The planet with the maximum number of satellites is ______. |
A. | Uranus |
B. | Jupiter |
C. | Saturn |
D. | Neptune |
Answer» C. Saturn |
520. |
Dhaulagiri peak in the Himalayan Range is located in |
A. | Bhutan |
B. | Nepal |
C. | Sikkim |
D. | Uttar Pradesh |
Answer» B. Nepal |
521. |
The planet that is nearly comparable to Earth as regards its size and mass is |
A. | Pluto |
B. | Mars |
C. | Venus |
D. | Mercury |
Answer» C. Venus |
522. |
The river Irrawaddy is the life blood of |
A. | Myanmar |
B. | Bangladesh |
C. | Thailand |
D. | Laos |
Answer» A. Myanmar |
523. |
Along which one of the following meridians did India experience the first light of the sunrise of the new millennium? |
A. | 20°30’W |
B. | 82°30'E |
C. | 92°30’W |
D. | 92°30'E |
Answer» D. 92°30'E |
524. |
Jute requires |
A. | hot and humid climate |
B. | cold climate |
C. | hot and dry climate |
D. | Mediterranean climate |
Answer» A. hot and humid climate |
525. |
_______and _______ are called the 'Low countries' of Europe. |
A. | Spain and Portugal |
B. | Holland and Belgium |
C. | England and Ireland |
D. | Denmark and Germany |
Answer» B. Holland and Belgium |
526. |
Amur, one of the longest rivers in the worlds is in |
A. | Africa |
B. | South America |
C. | Asia |
D. | Europe |
Answer» C. Asia |
527. |
A landform composed of sediments brought by a river and found where it enters a main valley or emerges from a mountain on to a plain is called a/an |
A. | meander |
B. | alluvial fan |
C. | oxbow lake |
D. | levee |
Answer» B. alluvial fan |
528. |
______ is called "the land of thousand lakes”. |
A. | Switzerland |
B. | Canada |
C. | Finland |
D. | Sweden |
Answer» C. Finland |
529. |
What is the shape of the Earth? |
A. | Geoid |
B. | Circle |
C. | Sphere |
D. | Hemi-sphere |
Answer» A. Geoid |
530. |
Mediterranean climate is ideal for growing |
A. | wheat and barley |
B. | tea and coffee |
C. | sugarcane and beet |
D. | orange and lemons |
Answer» D. orange and lemons |
531. |
The home of spices is |
A. | Middle East |
B. | The USA |
C. | France |
D. | India |
Answer» D. India |
532. |
Forest soils are |
A. | rich in potash |
B. | deficient in potash |
C. | rich in salt |
D. | rich in organic matter |
Answer» D. rich in organic matter |
533. |
An estuary is a place where |
A. | deposits of mud can be seen at a triangular piece of land |
B. | silt is deposited near the mouth of a river |
C. | fresh water collects at the mouth of a river |
D. | fresh and salt water mix near the mouth of a river |
Answer» D. fresh and salt water mix near the mouth of a river |
534. |
Jurollo volcano, Mexico is an example of ______ type of volcano. |
A. | acid lava cone |
B. | shield volcano |
C. | lava plateau |
D. | composite |
Answer» D. composite |
535. |
Volcanic eruption does not occur in the |
A. | Black Sea |
B. | Caspian Sea |
C. | Baltic Sea |
D. | Caribbean Sea |
Answer» C. Baltic Sea |
536. |
Consider the following countries: 1. Albania 2. Bosnia Herzegovina 3. Croatia 4. Macedonia Which of these countries has/have Adriatic Sea as a boundary? |
A. | 1 and 2 |
B. | Only 4 |
C. | 1, 2 and 3 |
D. | 3 and 4 |
Answer» C. 1, 2 and 3 |
537. |
Lake Manasarovar is in |
A. | Sikkim |
B. | Tibet |
C. | Kashmir |
D. | Himachal Pradesh |
Answer» B. Tibet |
538. |
The highest plateau in the world is |
A. | Plateau of Tibet |
B. | Deccan Plateau |
C. | Plateau of Iran |
D. | Spanish Plateau |
Answer» A. Plateau of Tibet |
539. |
The flat temperate grasslands of the Hungarian plains are known as _______. |
A. | Steppe |
B. | Prairies |
C. | Pampas |
D. | Pusztas |
Answer» D. Pusztas |
540. |
Selvas is a word denoting |
A. | long narrow depression formed in the land sunk between two parallel faults |
B. | a southerly region of the oceans located between 45° S and 63° S |
C. | the equatorial rain forest of the Amazon basin |
D. | the grasslands of North America |
Answer» C. the equatorial rain forest of the Amazon basin |
541. |
The age of the Earth is approximately |
A. | 1000 million years |
B. | 4600 million years |
C. | 3000 million years |
D. | 100 million years |
Answer» B. 4600 million years |
542. |
The total length of the oceanic ridge systems is of the order of |
A. | 40000 km |
B. | 65000 km |
C. | 95000 km |
D. | 150000 km |
Answer» B. 65000 km |
543. |
When does winter solstice occur in the Northern Hemisphere? |
A. | 21st June |
B. | 22nd December |
C. | 21st March |
D. | 23rd March |
Answer» B. 22nd December |
544. |
The major factors responsible for changes in the sizes of population are |
A. | Births |
B. | Deaths |
C. | Migrations |
D. | All the above |
Answer» D. All the above |
545. |
Beaufort scale is an internationally recognised scale for describing |
A. | earthquake intensity |
B. | noise level |
C. | wind speed |
D. | radioactive intensity |
Answer» C. wind speed |
546. |
The difference between the equatorial and polar diametres of the earth is about |
A. | 22 km |
B. | 32 km |
C. | 42 km |
D. | 62 km |
Answer» C. 42 km |
547. |
The country worst affected by cyclones and accompanying floods is ______. |
A. | Indonesia |
B. | Sri Lanka |
C. | Pakistan |
D. | Bangladesh |
Answer» D. Bangladesh |
548. |
The approximate distance between the Earth and the Sun is |
A. | 100000 km |
B. | 2000000 km |
C. | 102000000 km |
D. | 150000000 km |
Answer» D. 150000000 km |
549. |
The approximate distance between the Earth and the Moon is |
A. | 380000 km |
B. | 180000 km |
C. | 280000 km |
D. | 50000 km |
Answer» A. 380000 km |
550. |
The area or the Indian Ocean is approximately ______. |
A. | 24 million sq km |
B. | 44 million sq km |
C. | 64 million sq km |
D. | 74 million sq km |
Answer» D. 74 million sq km |
551. |
The approximate depth of the Mariana Trench or the Pacific Ocean is |
A. | 5530 m |
B. | 7530 m |
C. | 11030 m |
D. | 13030 m |
Answer» C. 11030 m |
552. |
Which or the following is a rift valley? |
A. | The Amazon Valley |
B. | The Thames Valley |
C. | The Rhine Valley |
D. | The Mississippi Valley |
Answer» C. The Rhine Valley |
553. |
A river erodes by |
A. | hydraulic action |
B. | corrosion |
C. | attrition |
D. | All the above |
Answer» D. All the above |
554. |
A large loop like bend in a river is called |
A. | a river cliff |
B. | a spur |
C. | a meander |
D. | a spit |
Answer» C. a meander |
555. |
Coal, which is almost pure carbons which hardly has any Impurities, which is smokeless and which finds use in the steel industry is called |
A. | coking coal |
B. | anthracite |
C. | bituminous coal |
D. | lignite |
Answer» A. coking coal |
556. |
Spot the odd item in the following |
A. | Mt Fuji |
B. | Mt Everest |
C. | Mt Vesuvius |
D. | Mt Pele |
Answer» B. Mt Everest |
557. |
The Gutenburg discontinuity separates _______. |
A. | Sial and Sima |
B. | Lithosphere and outer mantle |
C. | Outer mantle and inner mantle |
D. | Inner mantle and the core |
Answer» D. Inner mantle and the core |
558. |
The smallest amongst the following oceans is ______. |
A. | The Arctic Ocean |
B. | The Indian Ocean |
C. | The Atlantic Ocean |
D. | The Pacific Ocean |
Answer» A. The Arctic Ocean |
559. |
The smallest amongst the following continents is ______. |
A. | Africa |
B. | Antarctica |
C. | North America |
D. | South America |
Answer» D. South America |
560. |
The smallest amongst the following islands is ______. |
A. | Borneo |
B. | Greenland |
C. | Sumatra |
D. | New Guinea |
Answer» C. Sumatra |
561. |
The largest amongst the following seas is _______. |
A. | the Red Sea |
B. | the South China Sea |
C. | the Caribbean Sea |
D. | the Andaman Sea |
Answer» B. the South China Sea |
562. |
The world's largest inland sea is ______. |
A. | the Black Sea |
B. | the Dead Sea |
C. | the Caspian Sea |
D. | the Aral Sea |
Answer» C. the Caspian Sea |
563. |
The deepest or the Oceanic trenches is the ______ trench. |
A. | Mariana |
B. | Puerto Rico |
C. | Japanese |
D. | Sunda |
Answer» A. Mariana |
564. |
The subject that deals with the regional distribution of human races and their history is called |
A. | Biogeography |
B. | Ethnography |
C. | Cartography |
D. | Paleontology |
Answer» B. Ethnography |
565. |
The Planet amongst the following (other than Saturn), that shows a faint ring is ______. |
A. | Earth |
B. | Jupiter |
C. | Mars |
D. | Pluto |
Answer» B. Jupiter |
566. |
Which one of the following scholars suggests the earth's origin is from gases and dust particles? |
A. | James Jeans |
B. | H Alfven |
C. | F Hoyle |
D. | O Schmidit |
Answer» D. O Schmidit |
567. |
Which of the following is a renewable source of energy? |
A. | atomic power |
B. | hydro electric power |
C. | thermal power |
D. | natural gas |
Answer» B. hydro electric power |
568. |
Which or the following is the main ore for aluminium? |
A. | Calcite |
B. | Bauxite |
C. | Magnesite |
D. | Limonite |
Answer» B. Bauxite |
569. |
Which of the following minerals is needed for generation of nuclear power? |
A. | Potassium |
B. | Aluminium |
C. | Cadmium |
D. | Uranium |
Answer» D. Uranium |
570. |
The world's major fishing grounds are located along the eastern shores of continents between 40º N and 50º N latitudes where cool and warm currents converge. An example or such area is |
A. | The Grand Banks off Newfoundland |
B. | The Dogger Bank in the North Sea |
C. | The coastal region of Norway |
D. | Fisheries off the coast of Peru |
Answer» A. The Grand Banks off Newfoundland |
571. |
Main hunting ground for blue whales is located in |
A. | Antarctic Ocean |
B. | Arctic Ocean |
C. | West Pacific Ocean |
D. | Southern Indian Ocean |
Answer» A. Antarctic Ocean |
572. |
Krivoy Rog, Kerch Peninsula, Magnitogorsk are major producers ______ of in former Soviet Union. |
A. | Coal |
B. | Manganese |
C. | Copper |
D. | Iron ore |
Answer» D. Iron ore |
573. |
Leningrad region and Kola Peninsula in former Soviet Union are major producers of |
A. | Lead |
B. | Zinc |
C. | Bauxite |
D. | Copper |
Answer» C. Bauxite |
574. |
The leading producer of coal in former Soviet Union is |
A. | Donetz basin |
B. | Kuzentsk basin |
C. | Karaganda Basin |
D. | Pechora basin |
Answer» A. Donetz basin |
575. |
Which of the following planets is known as 'Morning Star'? |
A. | Mercury |
B. | Venus |
C. | Mars |
D. | Jupiter |
Answer» B. Venus |
576. |
Which planet of the solar system spins on its axis at the fastest rate? |
A. | Mercury |
B. | Earth |
C. | Jupiter |
D. | Saturn |
Answer» C. Jupiter |
577. |
Which of the following is the largest of the inner planets? [IAS 1990] |
A. | Venus |
B. | Mercury |
C. | Mars |
D. | Earth |
Answer» D. Earth |
578. |
In 1610, Galileo Galilei discovered four moons of which planet? |
A. | Saturn |
B. | Jupiter |
C. | Neptune |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. Jupiter |
579. |
In order of their distances from the Sun, which of the following planets lie between Mars and Uranus? [IAS 2008] |
A. | Earth and Jupiter |
B. | Jupiter and Saturn |
C. | Saturn and Earth |
D. | Saturn and Neptune |
Answer» B. Jupiter and Saturn |
580. |
The planet Mercury is difficult to be observed most of the time because: |
A. | it gets hidden behind Venus |
B. | it goes too far away from the Earth |
C. | it being too close to the Sun, gets hidden by the glare of the Sun |
D. | it cannot be seen at night as at that time no sunlight falls on it. |
Answer» C. it being too close to the Sun, gets hidden by the glare of the Sun |
581. |
Comets revolve around: [NDA 1990] |
A. | sun |
B. | earth |
C. | venus |
D. | no single heavenly body |
Answer» A. sun |
582. |
Which two planets of the solar system have no satellites? |
A. | Mercury and Venus |
B. | Venus and Mars |
C. | Mercury and Mars |
D. | Venus and Neptune |
Answer» A. Mercury and Venus |
583. |
The planet having thirteen moons is : |
A. | Venus |
B. | Mars |
C. | Uranus |
D. | Neptune |
Answer» D. Neptune |
584. |
'The length of its day and the tilt of its axis are almost identical to those of the earth'. This is true of: [IAS 2003, 1994] |
A. | Uranus |
B. | Neptune |
C. | Saturn |
D. | Mars |
Answer» D. Mars |
585. |
The hottest planet is : [CPO SI 2002] |
A. | Mercury |
B. | Venus |
C. | Jupiter |
D. | Saturn |
Answer» B. Venus |
586. |
Which of the following is the brightest planet? [Bank PO 1991] |
A. | Mercury |
B. | Venus |
C. | Mars |
D. | Jupiter |
Answer» B. Venus |
587. |
Which of the planets is nearest to the earth? [Asstt Grade 1993] |
A. | Jupiter |
B. | Venus |
C. | Mercury |
D. | Mars |
Answer» B. Venus |
588. |
Which planet is known as the Earth's Twin? |
A. | Venus |
B. | Mars |
C. | Uranus |
D. | Neptune |
Answer» A. Venus |
589. |
Which one of the following planets takes the same number of days for rotation and revolution? |
A. | Mars |
B. | Venus |
C. | Mercury |
D. | Jupiter |
Answer» B. Venus |
590. |
On which of the following planets of the solar system does the sun rise in the west and set in the east? |
A. | Venus |
B. | Mars |
C. | Jupiter |
D. | Saturn |
Answer» A. Venus |
591. |
Which of the following planets of the solar system has the longest day? [IAS 2003, CDS 1994] |
A. | Mercury |
B. | Jupiter |
C. | Venus |
D. | Earth |
Answer» C. Venus |
592. |
The exact time taken by the earth for single rotation on its own axis is: [RRB 1991] |
A. | 24 hrs |
B. | 24 hrs 35 sec |
C. | 23 hrs 50 minutes 7.2 sec |
D. | 23 hrs 56 minutes 4.09 sec |
Answer» D. 23 hrs 56 minutes 4.09 sec |
593. |
Lunar Sea refers to : |
A. | a small sea on the moon |
B. | a sea on earth which experiences high tides due to gravitational attraction of the moon |
C. | a dark plain on the moon |
D. | a light water body illuminated by the moon-light |
Answer» C. a dark plain on the moon |
594. |
'Parsec' is the unit of measurement of: |
A. | density of stars |
B. | astronomical distance |
C. | brightness of heavenly bodies |
D. | orbital velocity of giant stars |
Answer» B. astronomical distance |
595. |
The sunspots cause: [UP PCS 1995] |
A. | aurora borealis and aurora australis |
B. | magnetic storms on the surface of the sun |
C. | polar auroras |
D. | all of these |
Answer» D. all of these |
596. |
The light coming from stars gives the idea of their: |
A. | size |
B. | rotational speed |
C. | mass |
D. | temperature |
Answer» D. temperature |
597. |
The period of one revolution of sun around the centre of galaxy is called: |
A. | Parsec |
B. | Astronomical year |
C. | Cosmic year |
D. | Light year |
Answer» C. Cosmic year |
598. |
Super Nova is : [CDS 1994] |
A. | an asteroid |
B. | a black hole |
C. | a comet |
D. | a dying star |
Answer» D. a dying star |
599. |
The altitudes of heavenly bodies appear to be greater than they actually are. This is due to: |
A. | vertical motion of these heavenly bodies |
B. | motions of the earth |
C. | atmospheric refraction |
D. | these are visible because of light of the sun reflected from their surface |
Answer» C. atmospheric refraction |
600. |
The same side of the moon always faces the Earth because: [Railways 1994] |
A. | Moon and the Earth have gravitational force |
B. | Moon cannot change its position |
C. | the period of rotation of the Moon on its axis and period of revolution around' the Earth is almost the same |
D. | the period of rotation of the Moon is not equal to the period of rotation of the Earth |
Answer» C. the period of rotation of the Moon on its axis and period of revolution around' the Earth is almost the same |
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