McqMate
These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: General Knowledge (GK) .
| 201. |
What is the name of the central part of the earth? |
| A. | Mantle |
| B. | Core |
| C. | Crust |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Core | |
| 202. |
What is/are the basic purpose(s) of dams? |
| A. | Storage of water in a large reservoir. |
| B. | Generation of electricity (Hydel Power) |
| C. | Control of floods |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 203. |
Which continent has no desert? |
| A. | Australia |
| B. | Europe |
| C. | Antarctica |
| D. | South America |
| Answer» B. Europe | |
| 204. |
Which is the thinnest earth layer? |
| A. | Core |
| B. | Mantle |
| C. | Crust |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Crust | |
| 205. |
What is the name of the second highest African peak? |
| A. | Mount Kenya |
| B. | Mount Kilmanjaro |
| C. | Mount Congo |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Mount Kenya | |
| 206. |
The Nile is the largest river of the world. Name the second largest river of Africa? |
| A. | The Congo |
| B. | The Niger |
| C. | The Senegal. |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. The Congo | |
| 207. |
The point that lies directly above the source of an earthquake is known as |
| A. | Earthquake Center |
| B. | Epicenter |
| C. | Gravitational Center |
| D. | Geological Center |
| Answer» B. Epicenter | |
| 208. |
Name the middle part of the earth? |
| A. | Core |
| B. | Crust |
| C. | Mantle |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Mantle | |
| 209. |
Which is the world’s largest mangrove forest(s)? |
| A. | Changa Manga Forest |
| B. | Sundarbans Forest |
| C. | Amazon Forest |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» B. Sundarbans Forest | |
| 210. |
The part of desert where adequate water is available for cultivation is called: |
| A. | Oasis |
| B. | Marsh |
| C. | Island |
| D. | Isthmus |
| Answer» A. Oasis | |
| 211. |
The famous Khunjrab Pass is between Pakistan and |
| A. | Afghanistan |
| B. | China |
| C. | Iran |
| D. | India |
| Answer» B. China | |
| 212. |
A part of land surrounded by water on the three sides is called: |
| A. | Island |
| B. | Creek |
| C. | Peninsula |
| D. | Gulf |
| Answer» C. Peninsula | |
| 213. |
What is the largest factor that decreases the life of the reservoir of dam? |
| A. | Siltation |
| B. | Floods |
| C. | Drought |
| D. | Waterlogging |
| Answer» A. Siltation | |
| 214. |
Water source beneath the earth flowing naturally is called: |
| A. | Stream |
| B. | Fall |
| C. | Spring |
| D. | Lake |
| Answer» C. Spring | |
| 215. |
A small water body say a river that flows into a larger body of water is called |
| A. | Tributary |
| B. | Spring |
| C. | Confluence |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Tributary | |
| 216. |
Name the largest island of Mediterranean Sea? |
| A. | Sicily |
| B. | Sardina |
| C. | Cyprus |
| D. | Malta |
| Answer» A. Sicily | |
| 217. |
Which is the largest river of Europe? |
| A. | Danube |
| B. | Volga |
| C. | Missouri |
| D. | Thames. |
| Answer» B. Volga | |
| 218. |
Which city/cities are situated along the river Danube? |
| A. | Budapest |
| B. | Belgrade |
| C. | Vienna |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 219. |
Which fall is associated with the river Zembazi? |
| A. | Victoria Fall |
| B. | Niagara Fall |
| C. | Angel Fall |
| D. | Tugela falls |
| Answer» A. Victoria Fall | |
| 220. |
Who is called ‘Father of Geography”? |
| A. | Euclid |
| B. | Herodotus. |
| C. | Marco Polo. |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Herodotus. | |
| 221. |
What is the name of the hot molten matter underneath solid rock? |
| A. | Lava |
| B. | Magma |
| C. | Crust |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Magma | |
| 222. |
The hard, solid rocks, whose composition or texture has been changed by heat or pressure in the Earth are called: |
| A. | Sedimentary rocks |
| B. | Metamorphic rocks. |
| C. | Igneous rocks |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Metamorphic rocks. | |
| 223. |
The rocks formed out of layers of sediment bonded together are known as |
| A. | Metamorphic rocks |
| B. | Sedimentary rocks |
| C. | Igneous rocks |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Sedimentary rocks | |
| 224. |
The fine yellowish dust or silt spread and deposited by the winds, that is very fertile is called: |
| A. | Alluvium |
| B. | Loess |
| C. | Sediment |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Loess | |
| 225. |
The mixture of silt, sand, and gravel deposited by flowing water such as rivers and streams is called |
| A. | Sediment |
| B. | Loess |
| C. | Alluvium |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» C. Alluvium | |
| 226. |
The part of a river near the coast into which the sea flows is termed as |
| A. | Tributary |
| B. | Bank |
| C. | Estuary |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Estuary | |
| 227. |
The areas of grassland totally without trees in South America especially around the estuary of the River Plate are called: |
| A. | Savanna |
| B. | Pampas |
| C. | Loess |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» B. Pampas | |
| 228. |
The Great Barrier Reef is a huge coral reef off the northeast coast of |
| A. | Australia |
| B. | Maldives |
| C. | Sri Lanka |
| D. | Uzbekistan |
| Answer» A. Australia | |
| 229. |
What is the name of tropical grassland that has tree clumps scattered about it? |
| A. | Pampas |
| B. | Moraines |
| C. | Savanna |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Savanna | |
| 230. |
The floor of a valley that is regularly flooded by a river and which receives a layer of alluvium each time is called |
| A. | Delta |
| B. | Flood Plain |
| C. | Confluence |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» B. Flood Plain | |
| 231. |
What is the name given to areas of land in the higher latitudes where short, cool summers do not permit trees to grow? |
| A. | Arctic |
| B. | Tropical |
| C. | Tundra |
| D. | Terrain |
| Answer» C. Tundra | |
| 232. |
The study of earthquakes and the waves generated by them is termed as |
| A. | Volcanology |
| B. | Seismology |
| C. | Geomorphology |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» B. Seismology | |
| 233. |
What is the name given to the material borne along by, beneath or within glaciers? |
| A. | Moraines |
| B. | Pampes |
| C. | Loess |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Moraines | |
| 234. |
The flat-topped hill or mountain left isolated by the erosion of softer rocks all around it is generally known as |
| A. | Mesa |
| B. | Munatak |
| C. | Savanna |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Mesa | |
| 235. |
A hill or peak sticking through an ice cap, mostly found in Green land or Antarctica is called: |
| A. | Mesa |
| B. | Moraines |
| C. | Munatak |
| D. | Loess |
| Answer» C. Munatak | |
| 236. |
A vent in the Earth’s surface that emits steam and gases, essentially associated with volcanic regions is known as: |
| A. | Fumarole |
| B. | Mesa |
| C. | Munatak |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Fumarole | |
| 237. |
What is 38th Parallel line? |
| A. | Boundary line between South Korea and North Korea |
| B. | Boundary line between India and Pakistan |
| C. | Boundary line between Canada and United States of America. |
| D. | Boundary line between India and Bangladesh |
| Answer» A. Boundary line between South Korea and North Korea | |
| 238. |
Which one is a boundary line between Finland and Russia? |
| A. | Hindenburg Line |
| B. | Curzon Line |
| C. | Mannerheim Line |
| D. | Maginot Line |
| Answer» A. Hindenburg Line | |
| 239. |
Which are the boundary lines between India and Pakistan? |
| A. | Working Boundary |
| B. | Line of Control |
| C. | Line of actual contact |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 240. |
Where lies Macmohan line? |
| A. | Boundary line between India and Pakistan |
| B. | Boundary line between India and China |
| C. | Boundary line between India and Nepal |
| D. | Boundary line between India and Bangladesh |
| Answer» B. Boundary line between India and China | |
| 241. |
Which of these mountain passes are in Pakistan? |
| A. | Babusar Pass |
| B. | Shandur Pass |
| C. | Lowari Pass |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 242. |
Gobi desert is in |
| A. | Mongolia and China |
| B. | Iran and Iraq |
| C. | Saudi Arabia and Yemen |
| D. | Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan |
| Answer» A. Mongolia and China | |
| 243. |
Seattle is a seaport of |
| A. | Hong Kong |
| B. | United Kingdom |
| C. | United states of America |
| D. | Singapore |
| Answer» C. United states of America | |
| 244. |
Which is the largest river of Uzbekistan? |
| A. | River Amu |
| B. | River Syr |
| C. | River Zarafshon |
| D. | River Naryn |
| Answer» A. River Amu | |
| 245. |
Qyzylqum is the largest desert of |
| A. | Turkmenistan |
| B. | Tajikistan |
| C. | Kirgyzstan |
| D. | Uzbekistan |
| Answer» D. Uzbekistan | |
| 246. |
Jenish Chokosu or Victory Peak is the highest point in which central Asian State? |
| A. | Uzbekistan |
| B. | Kazakhstan |
| C. | Kyrgyzstan |
| D. | Tajikistan |
| Answer» C. Kyrgyzstan | |
| 247. |
Garagum desert is in which central Asian State? |
| A. | Turkmenistan |
| B. | Uzbekistan |
| C. | Tajikistan |
| D. | Kyrgyzstan |
| Answer» A. Turkmenistan | |
| 248. |
The highest peak of the central Asia lies in Tajikistan that is 7500 meters high. Its name is |
| A. | Lenin Peak |
| B. | Victory Peak |
| C. | Ismail Samani or Stalin Peak |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Ismail Samani or Stalin Peak | |
| 249. |
Which is the largest landlocked country of the world? |
| A. | Mangolia |
| B. | Uzbekistan |
| C. | Chad |
| D. | Liechtenstein |
| Answer» A. Mangolia | |
| 250. |
Which is the second largest country in Africa? |
| A. | Sudan |
| B. | Algeria |
| C. | Egypt |
| D. | South Africa |
| Answer» B. Algeria | |
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