Top 50 World Geography GK Questions
Which among the following (Desert - Country) is correctly matched?
(A) Nubian - Mexico
(B) Sonoran - Australia
(C) Chihuahuan - China
(D) Atacama - Chile
Correct Answer : D
Match List - 1 with List - II and select the correct answer using the code given below-
List - 1 List - II
1. Khamsin a. West Africa
2. Bora b. Egypt
3. Loo c. Adriatic Sea
4. Harmattan d. Northern Plains of India
Code-
(A) 1- ( b ), 2- ( c ), 3- ( d ), 4- ( a )
(B) 1- ( d ), 2- ( c ), 3- ( b ), 4- ( a )
(C) 1- ( c ), 2- ( a ), 3- ( b ), 4- ( d )
(D) 1- ( a ) , 2- ( b ), 3- ( c ), 4- ( d )
Correct Answer : A
Brown Waterfalls are situated in -
(A) Switzerland
(B) Peru
(C) Norway
(D) New Zealand
Correct Answer : D
The world's greatest earthquake belt is -
(A) Circum Atlantic Belt
(B) Circum Pacific Belt
(C) Mid continental Belt
(D) Mid oceanic Belt
Correct Answer : B
The highest and lowest values of a weather element observed over the entire period of record are
(A) extremes
(B) average extremes
(C) absolute extremes
(D) relative extremes
Correct Answer : C
The length of the tropical years (the time interval between successive occurrences of the spring equinox) is decreasing very slowly as a result of
(A) small, progressive changes in the earth's rotational speed
(B) small, progressive change in earth's orbit around the sun
(C) both (a) and (b)
(D) None of the above
Correct Answer : C
The following is not a Kharif crop?
(A) Jute
(B) Maize
(C) Mustard
(D) Rice
Correct Answer : C
Tertiary winds on the north of the Alps (Europe) are called
(A) the Chinook
(B) the foehn
(C) the sirocco
(D) the loo
Correct Answer : B
Shape of the earth is
(A) sphere
(B) oblate spheroid
(C) circular
(D) spheroid
Correct Answer : B
The highest mountain peak of Oceania is
(A) Mt. Victoria, Papua New Guinea
(B) Mt. Kosciusko, Australia
(C) Mt. Cook, South Island (New Zealand)
(D) Puncak Jaya, Indonesia.
Correct Answer : D
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