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Geography (GK) | Set 2

1. What is ‘Cathy Pacific’?

Correct : A. Airline

2. The main cause of earthquakes is :

Correct : D. All of the above.

3. Which of the following countries are land locked?

Correct : D. Tanzania, Mozambique, Somalia, Portugal

4. The World’s largest Island is :

Correct : A. Greenland

5. The Soan and the Haro are the two rivers of:

Correct : B. Potohar Plateau

6. Punjab’s size in the total land mass of Pakistan is :

Correct : B. 25.8%

7. The “Shandur Pass” at the Height of 12,205 feet connects:

Correct : A. Chitral and Gilgit

8. The area lying between river Beas and the Ravi is called:-

Correct : C. Bari Doab

9. Which part of Punjab is famous for shisham Timber Forests?

Correct : A. Changa Manga

10. Which of the following Central Asian State is enriched with the world’s largest mineral resources?

Correct : B. Kazakistan

11. The largest number of fatalities by earth quakes were recorded in :

Correct : D. Izmir (Turky)August, 17th 1999

12. Pakistan Forest institution is located in:

Correct : D. Peshawar

13. The archaeological site “Kot Diji” is located near the city of:

Correct : C. Khairpur

14. Pakistan is surrounded in the North West by:

Correct : D. Himalayas Range

15. The most precious gemstone “Emerald” are found in:

Correct : C. Swat

16. On a 1: 50,000 map, village A and B are 4.5 cm apart. What is the real distance in km?

Correct : C. 2 ¼ km

17. To show the distribution of People of Pakistan we should use:

Correct : B. Do method

18. The strength of wave action depends on all these EXCEPT:

Correct : A. Currents in the sea

19. Bore is caused by:

Correct : A. Rising tide while meeting river currents

20. Which of these is not a metamorphic rock?

Correct : C. Shale

21. Earthquakes are vibrations associated with all the following EXCEPT:

Correct : C. Subsidence of a geocyncline

22. Biological weathering occurs in the ways EXCEPT.

Correct : C. Reaction with humid acid

23. Which of the following has the highest annual rainfall?

Correct : A. Sialkot

24. The largest district of the Punjab by area is:

Correct : C. Bahawalpur

25. Pakistan Environmental Protection Ordinance was enforced in:

Correct : A. 1984

26. Which of these is a process of transportation in a river?

Correct : C. Attrition

27. A canyon is a large form of:

Correct : B. Gorge

28. What kind of weathering takes place on the valley side above the surface of the glacier?

Correct : D. Frost shattering

29. Which of the statements to about the Troposphere is not true?

Correct : D. It is about 350 km thick

30. A wind which reverses seasonally is known as wind.

Correct : C. Monsoon

31. The Stevenson screen contains all of these EXCEPT:

Correct : D. Anemometer

32. Weather describe the condition of ______ at any one time:

Correct : C. The atmosphere

33. Temperature increases with increasing altitude by 10øC for every ______ rise:

Correct : C. 250 m

34. Water vapour turns into clouds in the atmosphere when:

Correct : C. Dew point is reached

35. When a warm air is lifted off the surface in temperature depression it is called:

Correct : A. An occlusion

36. Afternoon rains in the equatorial region are the result of influences:

Correct : A. Convectional

37. Mediterranean regions are useful for all these EXCEPT?

Correct : B. Forestry

38. The best projection to suit the map of Pakistan is:

Correct : D. Conventional

39. The extinct Volcanic Peak of Koh-i-Sultan is in:

Correct : D. Pakistan

40. The length of River Ganges is approx:

Correct : A. 2500 km

41. Deccan Plateau is in:

Correct : B. Asia

42. The only river in Pakistan flows, SW-NE direction:

Correct : C. The Zhobe

43. Potwar Plateau bounded on the south by:

Correct : C. Salt range

44. The Mountain Peak of Takht-i-Sulaiman is in:

Correct : C. Pakistan

45. Black Race is not in:

Correct : B. Portugal

46. SURMA is the name of.

Correct : A. River

47. Transportation and trade are:

Correct : C. Tertiary activities

48. ‘Kyoto Protocol’ is an international treaty relating to:

Correct : B. Environmental problems

49. Which of the following Sufi saints belong to “Chistia order”?

Correct : C. Hazrat Farid-ud-Din Ganj Shakar

50. The longest river in South Asia is:

Correct : C. The Brahm putra

51. The total length of Railways in Pakistan is:

Correct : B. 8875 km

52. The length of River Indus is:

Correct : A. 2880 km

53. The oldest Hydro-electric Project in Pakistan is:

Correct : D. Malakand

54. The oldest barrage on the river Indus at Sukkur was built in:

Correct : A. 1932

55. World’s density of population (1990 estimate):

Correct : B. 39 person per sq km

56. Which of the following continents has no desert?

Correct : D. Europe

57. Which of the following regions is ‘Peninsula’?

Correct : D. All of above.

58. The richest fishing ground in the world:

Correct : B. North Eastern Asia

59. The oldest Iron and steel industry centre in India is:

Correct : D. Jamshedpur

60. Buddhism accounts for 100% of the total population in:

Correct : B. Bhutan

61. Maize, Rice and Wheat are generally referred as:

Correct : B. Cereal Crops

62. The largest latitude circle on earth is:

Correct : C. The Equator

63. World’s largest Delta is:

Correct : C. Sunderlands (India)

64. Which is the largest tea producing country in the world?

Correct : C. India

65. Three Persian Gulf Islands, Abu Mussa, The Greater and Lesser Tunbs, are disputed between:

Correct : B. Iran and U.A.E.

66. “Darwin” is the seaport of:

Correct : A. Australia

67. Which country produces maximum gold?

Correct : B. South Africa

68. Which city is called “City of seven hills”?

Correct : D. Rome

69. “Broadway” (New York U.S.A.) is the world’s largest:

Correct : B. Thoroughfare

70. What is meant by “Equinox”?

Correct : B. The shortest day

71. The season changes because of the:

Correct : C. Earth is revolving round the sun

72. The distance of longitude represents how many minutes difference in time:

Correct : B. 4 minutes

73. ‘49th Parallel’ is a boundary line between:

Correct : D. USA and Canada

74. “Zardak” is the highest peak of:

Correct : C. Kirthar range

75. When one place on the earth is on a bigger eastern longitude then its time will be:

Correct : A. Ahead

76. What is the age of the earth?

Correct : D. 5500 million years

77. “Antarctica” is situated in the:

Correct : B. South Pole

78. Which continent is termed as “Dark continent”?

Correct : B. Africa

79. The biggest desert “Sahara” is in:

Correct : C. Africa

80. The country which is first in Petroleum oil production is?

Correct : D. Saudi Arabia

81. Maximum quantity of diamonds are found in:

Correct : D. Africa

82. In which continent is the Alps mountains to be found?

Correct : D. Europe

83. “London” is situated by the side of which river?

Correct : D. Thames

84. “Madagascar” is the largest island in the:

Correct : C. Indian Ocean

85. “Suez” Canal is between:

Correct : A. Red sea and Mediterranean

86. Which is the shortest day in the Northern Hemisphere?

Correct : B. 22nd December

87. The animal Kangaroo is to be found in :

Correct : B. Australia

88. The earth’s rotation on its axis is from:

Correct : D. West to East

89. Which country has the largest production of aluminium?

Correct : C. U.S.A.

90. To control was environmental hazards, United Nations will hold the “Earth Summit 2002” in:

Correct : C. South Africa

91. By area, the World’s largest country is:

Correct : C. Russia

92. Which country is known as “Land of midnight sun”?

Correct : D. Norway

93. Rainfall related to mountains is:

Correct : A. Orographic rainfall

94. Which waterway gives the source of terrestrial moisture?

Correct : C. Lakes

95. Bangladesh has a dispute over the construction of a dam on Naaf river with:

Correct : B. Myanmar

96. A large group of islands is known as

Correct : B. Archipelago

97. A large coral reef containing islands encompassing a sea water lagoon is named:

Correct : B. Atoll

98. These are only two double land-locked countries in the world. Double land locked means a land-locked country which is also surrounded by land locked neighbouring countries. Name both the countries?

Correct : A. Uzbekistan and Liechtenstein

99. Basin is a low land area. Which are the largest basins in the face of the earth?

Correct : B. Oceans

100. Among these SAARC countries which is not land locked?

Correct : C. Sri Lanka