World Geography Questions and Answers

1. Which one of the following is a fresh water fish ?

(A) Pomfret
(B) Rohu
(C) Sardine
(D) Salmon
Answer: Rohu
2. More than 90% of the rock forming minerals in the earth's crust consist of
(A) Silicates
(B) Oxides
(C) Carbonates
(D) Sulphides and sulphates
Answer: Silicates
3. Which of the following is the largest island ?
(A) Sumatra
(B) Madagascar
(C) Honshu
(D) Cuba
Answer: Madagascar
4. When the Sun is nearest to the Earth, the Earth is said to be in
(A) Aphelion
(B) Perihelion
(C) Apogee
(D) Perigee
Answer: Perihelion
5. Where is the Doldrums Belt located ?
(A) Near the Equator
(B) Near the Poles
(C) Near the Tropic of Cancer
(D) Near the Tropic of Capricorn
Answer: Near the Equator
6. The most important activity of the Tundra region is
(A) Fish farming
(B) Cattle rearing
(C) Hunting
(D) Cropping
Answer: Hunting
7. The most urbanised country in the world is
(A) Japan
(B) Singapore
(C) Germany
(D) Israel
Answer: Singapore
8. Which is the poorest country among the following ?
(A) Sierra Leone
(B) Uganda
(C) Bangladesh
(D) Somalia
Answer: Somalia
9. Which is the land of morning calm ?
(A) Finland
(B) Korea
(C) Japan
(D) Thailand
Answer: Korea
10. Richter scale is a/an scale to measure earth tremors.

(A) Exponential
(B) Logarithmic
(C) Geometric
(D) Physical
Answer: Logarithmic
11. The correct sequence of the given planets in increasing order of their distance from the Sun is
(A) Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter
(B) Venus, Mercury, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter
(C) Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
(D) Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, Mars, Saturn
Answer: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
12. Water from an artesian well flows up automatically due to
(A) Heavy rainfall in region
(B) Volcanic activity
(C) Hydrostatic pressure
(D) Geothermal energy
Answer: Hydrostatic pressure
13. On which particular date does the sun remain at its shortest distance from the earth ?
(A) 21st March
(B) 22nd December
(C) 3rd January
(D) 4th July
Answer: 3rd January
14. Which of the following is known as the morning star ?
(A) Saturn
(B) Jupiter
(C) Mars
(D) Venus
Answer: Venus
15. The innermost layer of the earth is known as
(A) Lithosphere
(B) Mesosphere
(C) Asthenosphere
(D) Barysphere
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16. Which one of the following is not a cold current ?
(A) California
(B) Oyashio
(C) Kuroshio
(D) Canaries
Answer: Kuroshio
17. Which of the following absorbs part of the insolation and preserves earth's radiated heat ?
(A) Oxygen
(B) Nitrogen
(C) Water vapour
(D) Carbon dioxide
Answer: Carbon dioxide
18. Arakan yoma is the extension of the Himalayas located in
(A) Baluchistan
(B) Myanmar
(C) Nepal
(D) Kashmir
Answer: Myanmar
19. Sun belt of U.S.A. is important for which one of the following industries ?
(A) Cotton textile
(B) Petro chemical
(C) Hi-tech electronics
(D) Food processing

Answer: Food processing

20. Coffee is a
(A) Sub-tropical shrub
(B) Warm temperate shrub
(C) Tropical shrub
(D) Cool temperate shrub
Answer: Tropical shrub
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