1. Which of the following are known as coastlines of
submergence?
Correct : A. Ria coasts
2. Quartzite is metamorphosed from
Correct : C. Sandstone
3. Of the total water on the Earth, fresh water reserve a
constitute approximately
Correct : B. 2.7%
4. A huge muss of ice fed by snow on a high mountain slowly
sliding downhill before It starts melting is called
Correct : A. Glacier
5. The Indian sub-continent lies
Correct : C. wholly in the northern hemisphere
6. 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
Correct : B. geyser
7. Vernal equinox occurs on the
Correct : B. 21st March
8. Which of the following is known as the "red planet"?
Correct : C. Mars
9. The Shatt-al-Arab waterway is associated with the
Correct : A. Euphrates and Tigris
10. The Tropical Rain Forest or Equatorial type of climate is
found in
Correct : D. All the above
11. Which of the following yield teak?
Correct : C. Deciduous forests
12. What is the date of summer solstice in Northern Hemisphere?
Correct : A. 21st June
13. A hinterland is
Correct : A. an area behind a seaport that supplies the bulk of the exports
14. Rice crop needs
Correct : C. annual rainfall of about 150 cm, high temperature and humidity
15. The largest of the planets is
Correct : A. Jupiter
16. What is a graticule?
Correct : A. The network of intersecting parallels and meridians on a map
17. Name the country which shares the benefits of the Kosi Multipurpose Project with India
Correct : C. Nepal
18. Palk Strait separates
Correct : B. India and Sri Lanka
19. The planet with the maximum number of satellites is ______.
Correct : C. Saturn
20. Dhaulagiri peak in the Himalayan Range is located in
Correct : B. Nepal
21. The planet that is nearly comparable to Earth as regards its
size and mass is
Correct : C. Venus
22. The river Irrawaddy is the life blood of
Correct : A. Myanmar
23. Along which one of the following meridians did India experience the first light of the sunrise of the new millennium?
Correct : D. 92°30'E
24. Jute requires
Correct : A. hot and humid climate
25. _______and _______ are called the 'Low countries' of
Europe.
Correct : B. Holland and Belgium
26. Amur, one of the longest rivers in the worlds is in
Correct : C. Asia
27. 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
Correct : B. alluvial fan
28. ______ is called "the land of thousand lakes”.
Correct : C. Finland
29. What is the shape of the Earth?
Correct : A. Geoid
30. Mediterranean climate is ideal for growing
Correct : D. orange and lemons
31. The home of spices is
Correct : D. India
32. Forest soils are
Correct : D. rich in organic matter
33. An estuary is a place where
Correct : D. fresh and salt water mix near the mouth of a river
34. Jurollo volcano, Mexico is an example of ______ type of
volcano.
Correct : D. composite
35. Volcanic eruption does not occur in the
Correct : C. Baltic Sea
36. Consider the following countries: 1. Albania 2. Bosnia Herzegovina 3. Croatia 4. Macedonia Which of these countries has/have Adriatic Sea as a boundary?
Correct : C. 1, 2 and 3
37. Lake Manasarovar is in
Correct : B. Tibet
38. The highest plateau in the world is
Correct : A. Plateau of Tibet
39. The flat temperate grasslands of the Hungarian plains are
known as _______.
Correct : D. Pusztas
40. Selvas is a word denoting
Correct : C. the equatorial rain forest of the Amazon basin
41. The age of the Earth is approximately
Correct : B. 4600 million years
42. The total length of the oceanic ridge systems is of the order of
Correct : B. 65000 km
43. When does winter solstice occur in the Northern
Hemisphere?
Correct : B. 22nd December
44. The major factors responsible for changes in the sizes of population are
Correct : D. All the above
45. Beaufort scale is an internationally recognised scale for
describing
Correct : C. wind speed
46. The difference between the equatorial and polar diametres of
the earth is about
Correct : C. 42 km
47. The country worst affected by cyclones and accompanying
floods is ______.
Correct : D. Bangladesh
48. The approximate distance between the Earth and the Sun is
Correct : D. 150000000 km
49. The approximate distance between the Earth and the Moon is
Correct : A. 380000 km
50. The area or the Indian Ocean is approximately ______.
Correct : D. 74 million sq km
51. The approximate depth of the Mariana Trench or the Pacific
Ocean is
Correct : C. 11030 m
52. Which or the following is a rift valley?
Correct : C. The Rhine Valley
53. A river erodes by
Correct : D. All the above
54. A large loop like bend in a river is called
Correct : C. a meander
55. Coal, which is almost pure carbons which hardly has any Impurities, which is smokeless and which finds use in the steel industry is called
Correct : A. coking coal
56. Spot the odd item in the following
Correct : B. Mt Everest
57. The Gutenburg discontinuity separates _______.
Correct : D. Inner mantle and the core
58. The smallest amongst the following oceans is ______.
Correct : A. The Arctic Ocean
59. The smallest amongst the following continents is ______.
Correct : D. South America
60. The smallest amongst the following islands is ______.
Correct : C. Sumatra
61. The largest amongst the following seas is _______.
Correct : B. the South China Sea
62. The world's largest inland sea is ______.
Correct : C. the Caspian Sea
63. The deepest or the Oceanic trenches is the ______ trench.
Correct : A. Mariana
64. The subject that deals with the regional distribution of human races and their history is called
Correct : B. Ethnography
65. The Planet amongst the following (other than Saturn), that
shows a faint ring is ______.
Correct : B. Jupiter
66. Which one of the following scholars suggests the earth's origin is from gases and dust particles?
Correct : D. O Schmidit
67. Which of the following is a renewable source of energy?
Correct : B. hydro electric power
68. Which or the following is the main ore for aluminium?
Correct : B. Bauxite
69. Which of the following minerals is needed for generation of
nuclear power?
Correct : D. Uranium
70. 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
Correct : A. The Grand Banks off Newfoundland
71. Main hunting ground for blue whales is located in
Correct : A. Antarctic Ocean
72. Krivoy Rog, Kerch Peninsula, Magnitogorsk are major
producers ______ of in former Soviet Union.
Correct : D. Iron ore
73. Leningrad region and Kola Peninsula in former Soviet Union
are major producers of
Correct : C. Bauxite
74. The leading producer of coal in former Soviet Union is
Correct : A. Donetz basin
75. Which of the following planets is known as 'Morning Star'?
Correct : B. Venus
76. Which planet of the solar system spins on its axis at the fastest rate?
Correct : C. Jupiter
77. Which of the following is the largest of the inner planets? [IAS 1990]
Correct : D. Earth
78. In 1610, Galileo Galilei discovered four moons of which planet?
Correct : B. Jupiter
79. In order of their distances from the Sun, which of the following planets lie between
Mars and Uranus? [IAS 2008]
Correct : B. Jupiter and Saturn
80. The planet Mercury is difficult to be observed most of the time because:
Correct : C. it being too close to the Sun, gets hidden by the glare of the Sun
81. Comets revolve around: [NDA 1990]
Correct : A. sun
82. Which two planets of the solar system have no satellites?
Correct : A. Mercury and Venus
83. The planet having thirteen moons is :
Correct : D. Neptune
84. '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]
Correct : D. Mars
85. The hottest planet is : [CPO SI 2002]
Correct : B. Venus
86. Which of the following is the brightest planet? [Bank PO 1991]
Correct : B. Venus
87. Which of the planets is nearest to the earth? [Asstt Grade 1993]
Correct : B. Venus
88. Which planet is known as the Earth's Twin?
Correct : A. Venus
89. Which one of the following planets takes the same number of days for rotation and
revolution?
Correct : B. Venus
90. On which of the following planets of the solar system does the sun rise in the west and
set in the east?
Correct : A. Venus
91. Which of the following planets of the solar system has the longest day? [IAS 2003, CDS
1994]
Correct : C. Venus
92. The exact time taken by the earth for single rotation on its own axis is: [RRB 1991]
Correct : D. 23 hrs 56 minutes 4.09 sec
93. Lunar Sea refers to :
Correct : C. a dark plain on the moon
94. 'Parsec' is the unit of measurement of:
Correct : B. astronomical distance
95. The sunspots cause: [UP PCS 1995]
Correct : D. all of these
96. The light coming from stars gives the idea of their:
Correct : D. temperature
97. The period of one revolution of sun around the centre of galaxy is called:
Correct : C. Cosmic year
98. Super Nova is : [CDS 1994]
Correct : D. a dying star
99. The altitudes of heavenly bodies appear to be greater than they actually are. This is
due to:
Correct : C. atmospheric refraction
100. The same side of the moon always faces the Earth because: [Railways 1994]
Correct : C. the period of rotation of the Moon on its axis and period of revolution around' the Earth is almost the same