Geography MCQs for Job Test Preparation Chapter: 1

1 - Assam shares a border with Bhutan and Bangladesh. (2) West Bengal shares a border with Bhutan and Nepal. (3) Mizoram shares a border with Bangladesh and Myanmar. Which of the statements given above are correct?





1, 2 and 3

2 - "Alexandria" is the seaport of:





Egypt

3 - "Blue Revolution" is related to





Fish production

4 - "Caldera" is a feature associated with:





Volcanoes

5 - "Dark Continent" is





Africa

6 - "Europe point" is





The southern most tip of Gibraltar

7 - "Golan Heights" belonging to a country A were captured by a country B. The countries A and B are ________





Syria and Israel

8 - "Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest Coral reef is located in





Australia

9 - "Haneda" is the name of the international airport in





Tokyo

10 - "Himadri" is the term by which the ________ are known.





Greater Himalayas

11 - "Indira Gandhi Canal", which is around 450 km long, provides irrigation facility mainly to which of the following states?





Rajasthan

12 - "Jhoom" is





A type of Cultivation

13 - "Konkan" is a region of which one of the following States?





Maharashtra

14 - "Loktak" is a





Lake

15 - "Mulching" is the term used for the process of





Covering the roots of plants with loose material, dung, etc. in order to protect them from soil erosion etc.

16 - "Mumbai High" is related to





Petroleum

17 - "Panna" is an important place in Madhya Pradesh. It is famous for





Diamond mines

18 - "Panna" is an important place in Madhya Pradesh. It is famous for mines of





Diamond

19 - "Rail Bandhu" is





A magazine available of Indian rail available in all Rajdhani/ Shatabadi/ AC Duranto Trains

20 - "Reserved Forests" are forests





Reserved for commercial exploitation and prohibited for grazing

21 - "Terra Rossa" is a Latin word which means?





Red Landscape

22 - "The Dowlaiswaram Anicut" is an important canal system in the





Godavari Delta

23 - "They are people of yellow complexion, oblique eyes, high chick bones, spare hair and medium height," The reference here is to





Mongoloids

24 - "Tsunami" is the name given to which of the following?





Tidal Waves

25 - "Venice of the East" is the name given to





Bangkok

26 - "Yellow Revolution" in India is related to





Oilseed production

27 - ______ has higher population growth rate than ________ :





Village, City

28 - ______ is the densest of all layers





The core

29 - ______ waves move objects at right angles to their direction of motion.





S

30 - _______ absorbs energy which is transferred to the atmosphere from the earth's surface and maintains temperature for life:





CO2

31 - _______ cause a typical land form known as fjord:





Iceberg

32 - _______ glacier is the largest continental glacier:





Antarctic

33 - _______ has divided the entire earth into two broad divisions.





Arthur Holmes

34 - _______ has oxides of iron, magnesium and silicon.





Lower mental

35 - _______ in 1939 proposed that movement of land mass is due to heat-sustained convection cells.





Arthur Homes

36 - _______ is the arm-chair type shape of the hollow, caused by glacier:





Both (a) and (b)

37 - _______ is the largest river with respect to the volume of water:





Amazon

38 - _______ is the longest moutain range in the world:





Andes

39 - _______ is the most refined type of soil:





Clay

40 - _______ is wedged between South Pacific plate to the east and pacific plate to the west _____ plate.





Nazca

41 - _______ Maps show both natural as well as cultural features:





Topographical

42 - _______ of outer layer prevents the core from becoming a liquid or gas.





Great weight & pressure

43 - _______ photos are taken with the camera lens as nearly perpendicular to the earth's surface as possible:





Vertical

44 - _______ proposed that the moon was torn from the earth in the pacific basin.





F.B. Tylor

45 - _______ revolution brought about urbanization:





Industrial

46 - ________ affect the rate of humus formation of soil.





Flora & Fauna

47 - ________ and ________ are called the 'Low countries' of Europe.





Holland and Belgium

48 - ________ are also known as destructive boundaries.





Convergent plate

49 - ________ are defined as the mass movement of rock, debris or Earth down a slope.





Landslide

50 - ________ being the 5th largest producer in the world is the only exported of wheat in Europe:





France

51 - ________ canal is gateway to the Pacific.





Panama

52 - ________ canal lies on one of the world's largest of trade routes connecting Europe and Far East.





The Suez

53 - ________ determines colour, texture, chemical properties, mineral content and permeability of soil.





Parent rock

54 - ________ forms the western boundary of the Indian sub-continent.





Hindukush

55 - ________ grasses are known as elephant grasses.





Savannah

56 - ________ is 5th largest nation of the world according to area as well:





Brazil

57 - ________ is a cold desert lying in the Great Himalayas.





Ladakh

58 - ________ is a land locked country.





Nepal

59 - ________ is a natural electrical phenomenon characterized by the appearance of streams of reddish or greenish light in the sky, especially near the northern or southern magnetic pole





Aurora

60 - ________ is an example of intrusive igneous rock.





Granite

61 - ________ is called "the land of thousand lakes".





Finland

62 - ________ is called island of Pakistan:





Minora

63 - ________ is called the 'land of a thousand lakes'.





Finland

64 - ________ is called the 'low country' of the earth.





Holland (Netherlands)

65 - ________ is famous for its rubber production.





Malaysia

66 - ________ is known as the Queen of the Arabian Sea.





Cochin

67 - ________ is not situated on the banks of the Ganga.





Agra

68 - ________ is termed as liquid black gold:





None of these

69 - ________ is the first known city of the world:





Urak

70 - ________ is the largest city in Canada and is the terminus of the Canadian Pacific Railway.





Quebec

71 - ________ is the largest desert of Asia:





None of these

72 - ________ is the least rigid sometimes described as plastic in nature.





Asthenosphere

73 - ________ is the only country of Middle Est which is among the top 25 producers of the world:





Saudi Arabia

74 - ________ is the time taken by the Earth to return to a given point in its orbit with reference to a fixed star.





Sidereal year

75 - ________ is the wearing away of the landscape by different agents like water, wind and ice.





Erosion

76 - ________ Map shows natural flora:





Vegetation Map

77 - ________ maps are drawn to register the ownership of landed property:





Cadastrol

78 - ________ of mental material produces convection currents beneath the surface of the earth.





Circular motion

79 - ________ Oilfield of India has the largest quantity of recoverable reserves.





Mumbai High (off shore) Oilfield

80 - ________ provides earliest flying conditions:





Stratosphere

81 - ________ river is sometimes referred to as "Dakshin Ganga".





Godavari

82 - ________ rocks are there in oceanic crust.





Basaltic

83 - ________ shaped valley is the characteristic associated with glaciers:





U

84 - ________ stands at the head of Chesapeake Bay which is known for oysters.





Baltimore

85 - ________ State has the biggest area in India.





Rajasthan

86 - ________ strait is located between Malaysia and Indonesia:





None of these

87 - ________ strait separates India from Sri Lanka:





None of these

88 - _________ is the mega city having highest growth rate of 10%:





Logas

89 - _________ is the most primitive type of agriculture:





Slash and Burn

90 - _________ river is located in Canada:





River Fraser

91 - __________ % of Agriculture depends upon canna irrigation system:





85

92 - __________ is the first Pakistani genetic seed:





Mexipak

93 - _______is the largest desert of the world:





None of these

94 - 1. The Shivaliks have tropical moist deciduous flora. 2. The Bundelkhand plateau has thorn and scrub forest type of vegetation. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?





Both 1 and 2

95 - 17th Parallel separates ________





North and South Vietnam

96 - 1-degree of latitude is equal to





111 Km

97 - 28.38 N. and 77.12 E are the respective latitude and longitude of which one of the following places?





Delhi

98 - 90% of the world rice is cultivated in __________ :





Monsoon Asia

99 - 95% of the lithosphere is composed of:





Igneous Rocks

100 - A block of the earth's crust that has remained in position while the ground around it has subsides is known as ________





Horst

101 - A broad, low embankment built up along the banks of a river channel during floods is called





Levee

102 - A canyon is a large form of:





Gorge

103 - A continuous belt of urban population progressively linking several cities is known as





Conurbation

104 - A country through which both Equator and Tropic of Capricorn pass is





Brazil

105 - A cyclone is a system of wind blowing





Spirally outwards a low pressure region

106 - A devastating Cloud Burst swept over Leh on August 2010. Which one of the following statements with regard to Cloud Burst is not correct?





Cloud Burst occurs only in hilly areas

107 - A drainage pattern where a river is joined by its tributaries approximately at right angles is





Trellis

108 - A fertile soil, suitable growing common crops, is like to have a pH value of





Nine to ten

109 - A few showers of rain during the months of December and January are beneficial to the rabi crops because they





Protect the crops from frost

110 - A form of condensation which reduces the visibility and causes breathing problems, is





Smoke fog

111 - A fragment of solid matter which enters the upper atmosphere from outer space almost disintegrating before reaching the earth's surface is





Meteor

112 - A geographic region has the following distinct characteristics: 1. Warm and dry climate 2. Mild and wet winter 3. Evergreen oak trees. The above features are the distinct characteristics of which one of the following regions?





Mediterranean

113 - A geographical mile is a measure of length equal to one sixtieth of a degree or one minute (1') of latitude. It varies with latitudes, but is approximately equals





6080 feet

114 - A group of interconnected islands is known as





Archipelago

115 - A group of populations of different species living in the same habitat and interacting with one another is called:





Ecological Community

116 - A heavenly body which takes nearly the same time to complete one rotation and one revolution is





Moon

117 - A huge mass of ice fed by snow on a high mountain slowly sliding downhill before it starts melting is called:





Glacier

118 - A huge muss of ice fed by snow on a high mountain slowly sliding downhill before It starts melting is called





Glacier

119 - A Hydro Power Project on Lake Loktak is situated in which state





Manipur

120 - 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





Alluvial fan

121 - A landscape which is caused due to the fissure in the earth along which one side has moved down with reference to the other is known as?





Rift Valley

122 - A large loop like bend in a river is called





A meander

123 - A large number of species are found within a small unit of area of ________





Wet evergreen equatorial forests

124 - A layer in the Earth's atmosphere called Ionosphere facilitates radio communication. Why? (1) The presence of ozone causes the reflection of radio waves to Earth. (2) Radio waves have a very long wavelength. Which of the statements given above is fare cor





Neither 1 nor 2

125 - A layer located in stratorphere which absorbs ultraviolet rays of sun called _______:





Ozone layer

126 - A layer of Ions inside the mesosphere is called _______ :





D-layer

127 - A level of atmosphere which is composed partly of Electrons and Positive Ions is called





Ionosphere

128 - A line drawn on a weather map connecting points that receive equal amounts of sunshine are





Isohel

129 - A microscopic organism playing a vital role in nitrogen cycle is:





Bacteria

130 - A narrow inlet of sea between cliffs or steep slopes, especially associated with Scandinavia is





Fjord

131 - A narrow passage of water that connects two large bodies or water is known as





Strait

132 - A narrow strip of land bordered on both sides by water, connecting two large bodies of land is known as ________





An isthmus

133 - A narrow strip of land connecting two large land masses is called





Isthmus

134 - A narrow strip of land connecting two large land masses is known as





Isthmus

135 - A narrow strip of land, connecting two large areas of land is called





An Isthmus

136 - A one-day Cricket match between India and England starts at 10.00 A.M. in London. The direct telecast of the match will begin in India at ________





3.30 P.M.

137 - A pass in Himachal Pradesh is





Shipkila

138 - A passenger, on his transcontinental railway journey in Europe comes across the cities. What is the sequence in which he touches these cities in his east to west journey? 1. Belgrade 2. Vienna 3. Sophia 4. Prague





3, 1, 2, 4

139 - A person of mixed European and Indian blood in Latin America is called a ________





Mestizo

140 - A person wants to visit the national parks in Ranthambhor, Gir and Bandipur located in three different states of India. To which one of the following states does he need not go in this connection?





Kerala

141 - A piece of land surrounded by water from all sides in an ocean, sea, lake or river, is called





An island

142 - A place having an average annual temperature of 27°C and an annual rainfall of over 200 cm. could be ________





Singapore

143 - A place where two plates usually an oceanic plate and a continental plate collides is called:





Subdiction zone

144 - A place with shallow water in it near a sea is known as





Lagoon

145 - A planet whose mass and radius is twice the Earth's will accelerate due to gravity





4.9 m/sec2

146 - A prominent break in the continuity of the Sahyadris is





Palghat Gap

147 - A rain shadow zone is present in India





Along the eastern slopes of the Western Ghats

148 - A rainshadow region gets





Scanty or no rainfall

149 - A rainy day as defined by the Indian Meteorological department is a day when the rainfall at a point received is





Above 2.5 mm in 24 hours

150 - A rift valley is formed mainly due to ________





The subsidence of the floor of a river valley

151 - A river drains the water collected from a specific area which is called its:





Catchment Area

152 - A river erodes by





All the above

153 - A Seismograph is an instrument used to detect





Earthquakes

154 - A settlement in which majority of the people are involved in primary activity is called as:





Village

155 - A settlement of less than _______ people is termed as hemlet:





200

156 - A sextant is a scientific instrument for measuring





Curvature of earth's surface

157 - A ship met with an accident at 30C and 35N. The ship was sailing in the ________





Mediterranean Sea

158 - A short cut sea route between the European and-Asian countries was provided by





Seuz Canal

159 - A sierra is a/an





Mountain range

160 - A source of renewable minimum cost is power which can be developed with





Biomass power

161 - A stony desert is termed as ________ and sandy desert as ________.





Reg, erg

162 - A strait is:





A narrow stretch of sea connecting two extensive areas of sea

163 - A stretch of sea water, partly or fully separated by a narrow strip from the main sea is called





Lagoon

164 - A sudden fall in the barometric reading indicates ________





Storm

165 - A temperature inversion is most likely to occur under which of the following conditions?





Calm, clear and cool winter night

166 - A terrestrial planet is a planet of:





A dense, rocky body

167 - A tropical deciduous plant special to the Deccan plateau is ________.





Sandalwood

168 - A type of rainfall which occurs when wind rises up along a hill or mountain barrier is called ________





Orographic

169 - A valley with steep, parallel walls along the faultlines, formed by the subsidence of a part of earth's crust is known as ________





Rift Valley

170 - A V-shaped valley is a feature produced by ________





Youthful river

171 - A weathering process in which layers of rocks peel off as expansion alternates with contraction, is known as ________





Exfoliation

172 - A wide inlet of the sea usually concave in shape, is termed as a





Bay

173 - A wind which reverses seasonally is known as wind:





Monsoon

174 - Aaitakama desert is located in:





Chile

175 - AASI' is the news agency of:





Damascus

176 - 'Abadan' is well known as





The main oil terminal in Iran

177 - Above surface between 50 and 80 km the layer of decreasing temperature is called ______:





Stratosphere

178 - Abyssinia is the old name of:





Ethiopia

179 - According to a recent study, by December 2008 world population will grow up to _______ billion:





6.75

180 - According to a study more than ______ % of world population is urban:





45

181 - According to census of 1915, population of Karachi was __________ million:





1.06

182 - According to economists, one power driven machine replace almost _________ workers:





50

183 - According to historical geography Bharata Varaha is a part of





Jambudweep

184 - According to Jaffery's division the 3rd layer is made up of _________.





Diorite & Thicklite

185 - According to Malthus theory of population, population grow:





Geometrically

186 - According to Malthus theory of population, resources grow __________ :





Linearly

187 - According to UN at least _______ population size is compulsory to be termed as urban settlement:





20000

188 - Accumulation of rock fragments at the foot of the slope is:





Scree slope

189 - Accumulation of soil and rock debris through water in the form of one mass is called:





Solifluction

190 - Acre" is the old name of:





Akko

191 - Adam's bridge connects ________





Dhanushkodi (Rameshwaram) and Talaimannar

192 - Addis Ababa is the capital of





Ethiopia

193 - Afforestation is the process of





Plantation

194 - AFP' is the news agency of:





France

195 - After 1947 _______ million people migrated to Pakistan:





8

196 - After creation of Pakistan ________ million people emigrate from Pakistan to India:





6

197 - After leaving the forest man shifted to _________ :





River Valleys

198 - After rains in the equatorial region are the result of influences:





Convectional

199 - After Sun, which is the closest star to the Earth?





Proxima centauri

200 - After the break-up of USSR, the largest country in the world is:





Russia

201 - Agricultural commodities are graded with





AGMARK

202 - Agriculture involving both crops and livestock is known as





Mixed farming

203 - Agriculture started ________ years ago:





10,000 - 20,000

204 - Ahmedabad is situated on the river bank of





Sabarmati

205 - Air Canada' is the airline of :





Canada

206 - Air France' is the airline of :





France

207 - Air India' is the airline of :





India

208 - Air travel has become very important for the north eastern part of India mainly because _________





Surface transport routes have to go around Bangladesh

209 - Alaskan current is found in





North Pacific

210 - Albedo is defined as ________





The amount of insolation reflected back to the space by the top of atmosphere, by clouds and ice-covered areas of the Earth's surface

211 - Albert Canal links ________ and ________





Antwerp and Liege

212 - ALD' is the news agency of:





Argentina

213 - ALI' is the news agency of:





Portugal

214 - Alitalia' is the airline of :





Italy

215 - All example of a mineral occurring as layers in sedimentary rocks is





Lignite

216 - All of the following types of climates occur in the southern hemisphere except ________





Tundra

217 - All the watches of a country are set according to ________





Standard time of the country

218 - Along the coasts salinity is





Lowered

219 - Along which one of the following meridians did India experience the first light of the sunrise of the new millennium?





92°30'E

220 - Alpine lacier is also known as ______ glacier:





Valley

221 - Alps mountains are spread over





France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria

222 - Although hot deserts have a very low annual rainfall, occasional heavy rain storms do occur and these sometimes produce steep-sided, flat-floored valleys called ________





Wadi

223 - Although the equatorial regions have the highest annual average temperatures, the salinity in the oceans is highest near the tropics because: 1. equatorial areas receive heavy rainfall 2. salinity is not affected by temperature 3. equatorial oceans experi





1, 2 and 4

224 - Among foodgrains, international trade of rice is quite small because ________





Major producer regions are major consumers also

225 - Among sources of power India has largest of





Coal

226 - Among the following areas, the widest continental shelf of India is found ________





Off the Krishna and Godavari deltas

227 - Among the following cities, which one is at the highest altitude above mean sea level?





Bangalore

228 - Among the following cities, which one is nearest to the Tropic of Cancer?





Kolkata

229 - Among the following countries, which one is the most densely populated?





The Netherlands

230 - Among the following crops which one occupies the largest area in India?





Sugarcane

231 - Among the following places, the average annual rainfall is highest at ________





Shillong

232 - Among the following places, which one receives comparatively lowest average monsoon rainfall from June to September?





Western Uttar Pradesh

233 - Among the following regions of India, which one receives comparatively least amount of annual rainfall?





North-eastern Rajasthan

234 - Among the following States of India, which one has the oldest rock formations in the country?





Karnataka

235 - Among the following states, in which one is the percentage of forest area to total geographical area the highest?





Arunachal Pradesh

236 - Among the following States, which one has the highest amount of Nickel Ore resources?





Orissa

237 - Among the following States, which one has the largest forest area?





Gujarat

238 - Among the following States, which one has the most suitable climatic conditions for the cultivation of a large variety of orchids with minimum cost of production, and can develop an export oriented industry in this field?





Arunachal Pradesh

239 - Among the following the most urbanised community in India is





Parasi

240 - Among the following Union Territories of India, which one has the largest size?





Pondicherry

241 - Among the following which planet takes maximum time for one revolution around the Sun?





Jupiter

242 - Among the following, the deepest sea is:





Caribbean Sea

243 - Among the planets of the solar system, the one which has the longest period of rotation is:





Venus

244 - Among the Union Territories which has the highest literacy rate?





Lakshadweep

245 - Among the world oceans, which ocean is having the widest continental shelf?





Arctic Ocean

246 - Amongst the following Indian States which one has the minimum total forest cover?





Haryana

247 - Amongst the following, the oldest observatory is:





Copenhagen, Denmark

248 - Amongst the following, which is the largest island?





New Guinea

249 - Amravati, Bhavani, Hemavati and Kabini are tributaries of which one of the following rivers?





Cauvery

250 - Amritsar and Shimla are almost on the same latitude, but their climate difference is due to





The difference in their altitudes

251 - Amritsar and Shimla have the same latitude yet Shimla is cooler than Amritsar because it ________





Is at a higher elevation

252 - Amsterdam is the seaport of:





Netherland

253 - Amu Dar'ya is a river flows in:





Turkmenistan

254 - Amur, one of the longest rivers in the worlds is in





Asia

255 - An active volcano Mauna Loa is located in:





Hawaii U.S.A.

256 - An active volcano was reported at ________ India in 1991.





Barren Island, Andaman and Nicobar Islands

257 - An aeroplane takes off from 30° N latitude, 50° E longitude and lands at the opposite end of the earth. Where does it land?





30° S Lat., 130° W Long

258 - An area with less than _________ inch annual rain fall is called arid or desert:





10

259 - An artificial navigation channel is called





Canal

260 - An atoll is





A coral reef in the shape of a horse shoe

261 - An average depth of Sial varies from ______ km.





50-300

262 - An estimated fraction that each year the rivers contributed in the ocean is:





5.4 x 10 -

263 - An estuary is a place where





Fresh and salt water mix near the mouth of a river

264 - An extension of Juan de Fuca plate in the South is _______ .





Gorda

265 - An extensive inlet penetrating far into the land (a large, deep bay), is known as





A Gulf

266 - An Igloo is a





Dwelling house of an Eskimo

267 - An important gas in the atmosphere that absorbs sun's ultraviolet rays is





Ozone

268 - An important river of Indian desert is





Luni

269 - An observer at a point on the earth where only the penumbra region of moon's shadow will move past, will observe a:





Partial solar eclipse

270 - An ox-bow lake is a ________





Lake formed due to cut off meander

271 - An upper air wind system with very high velocities in certain parts of the atmosphere is called ________





Jet stream

272 - ANA' is the news agency of:





Greece

273 - Anamalai Tiger Reserve is in which state?





Tamil Nadu

274 - AND' is the news agency of:





Berlin

275 - Andaman and Nicobar Islands are separated by which of the following?





Ten degree channel

276 - Angel waterfalls located in:





Venezuela

277 - Angola's parliament is:





National People's Assembly

278 - ANGOP' is the news agency of:





Luanda

279 - Anjuna, Baga, Colva, Majorda, and Miramar are beaches in





Goa

280 - Ankaleshwar and Navagaon are two oil fields in ________





Gujarat

281 - Ankaleshwar in India is known for the production of ________





Petroleum

282 - Ankara is the old name of:





Angora

283 - Ankleshwar Basin (offshore) oil-fields is located in:





Gujarat

284 - Another name of Green Revolution in India is





Seed, Fertilizer and Irrigation Revolution

285 - ANSA' is the news agency of:





Italy

286 - ANTARA' is the news agency of:





Indonesia

287 - Antarctica is situated in the:





South Pole

288 - Anticline is a type of which of the following?





Fold Structure

289 - Anticyclones are caused by ________





Winds that blow spirally outwards from the centre

290 - Anticyclones are so-called because





They move in a direction opposite to that of cyclones

291 - Antipodes are ________





Places diametrically opposite on earth's surface

292 - Antipodes are:





Places diametrically opposite on earth surface

293 - Antwerp' is the seaport of:





Belgium

294 - Any wind blowing down the slope of a mountain is called:





Katabatic Wind

295 - Apart from Tamil Nadu, lignite is found in ________





Gujarat

296 - Application of modern technology to increase the yield is due:





Green Revolution

297 - Approximate area of Okhotsk Sea is:





15,89,700 sq. km

298 - APS' is the news agency of:





Algiers

299 - Aqba' is the seaport of:





Jordan

300 - Arabic Sea is located in Indian Ocean, what is its length?





5,030 meters

301 - Arable lands refer to





Cultivable land

302 - Arakan Yoma is the extension of the Himalayas located in ________





Myanmar

303 - Aravalli ranges are an example of ________





Residual mountains

304 - Area of Russia is 17 km, being _______ of the world:





1\7

305 - Area of the world is _______ million square km aprox:





150

306 - Areas outside the plate-contact zones are free from:





Seismic Hazord

307 - Argentina's parliament is:





National Congress

308 - Arrange the following cities in an order from North to South- (1)Bhubaneshwar(2)Chennai(3)Hyderabad(4)Cochin





1,3,2,4,

309 - Arrange the following cities in decreasing order of the rainfall they receive from the south-west monsoons in summer months: (1) Allahabad (2) Kolkata (3) Delhi (4)Patna





2, 4, 3, 1

310 - Arrange the following countries of southAsia in their descending order of literacy of people- 1. Bangladesh, 2. India, 3. Pakistan, 4. Srilanka





4,2,3,1

311 - Arrange the following gases of the atmosphere in increasing order by volume: I. Nitrogen II. Oxygen III. Carbon dioxide IV. Argon





III, IV, II, I

312 - Arrange the following geographical regions in proper order: I. Tundra II. Shrub III. Taiga IV. Deciduous





I, III, IV, II

313 - Arrange the following hill ranges in order from north to south: I. Nallamala Hills II. Nilgiri III. Anaimalai IV. Cardamon Hills





I, II, III, IV

314 - Arrange the following hills of southern India from north to south ________ (1) Nilgiri (2) Cardamom (3) Nallamala (4) Anaimalai Select the correct answer using the code given below ________





3-1-4-2

315 - Arrange the following Himalayan peaks in order as they occur from west to east: I. Kanchenjunga II. Mt. Everest III. Nanda Devi IV. Dhaulagiri





III, IV, II, I

316 - Arrange the following oil refineries of India from west to east: 1. Koyali 2. Bongaigaon 3. Mathura 4. Haldia





1, 3, 4, 2

317 - Arrange the following places from north to south of Kashmir region : (1) Srinagar (2) Gilgit (3) Kargil (4) Banihal





2 - 3 -1 - 4

318 - Arrange the following ranges in order as they occur from north to south: I. Pir Panjal II. Karakoram III. Zanskar IV. Ladakh





II, IV, III, I

319 - Arrange the following rivers from South to North: 1. Cauvery 2. Krishna 3. Godavari 4. Mahanadi





1, 2, 3, 4

320 - Arrange the following rivers in descending order of their length: 1. Ravi 2. Cauvery 3. Sutlej 4. Yamuna





4, 3, 2, 1

321 - Arrange the following soil particle by size in the descending order: I. Gravel II. Clay III. Silt IV. Sand





I, IV, III, II

322 - Arrange these places in decreasing order of their atmospheric pressure on their ground surface: 1. Shimla 2. Gangtok 3. Mumbai 4. Delhi





4, 3, 2, 1

323 - Artesian wells are common in:





Rockies

324 - Artesian wells are found in ________





Sedimentary rocks

325 - As per 2011 census data lowest decadal growth rate (state) has been registered in :





Kerala

326 - As per 2011 Census of India the state which registered lowest sex ratio (female per thousand males) is:





Haryana

327 - As per the classification by agriculture ministry, how many agroclimatic zones are in India?





127

328 - As seen from the earth, which planet passes through phases similar to those of the moon?





Venus

329 - As the river enters the plain it twists and turns forming large bends known as





Meanders

330 - As we move from the Pole to the Equator along the longitude, what is true of the variety of crops and animals?





Both increase

331 - Asia accounts for nearly ________ percent of world population.





59

332 - Asia is the largest continent of the earth, it has the area:





44,579,000 sq. km

333 - Asia's first underground Hydel Project is located in which of the following States in India?





Himachal Pradesh

334 - Asiatic black bear and snow leopard is found in which of the following places?





Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks

335 - Assemblage or ideas, beliefs, skills, institutions is represented by





Culture

336 - Asteroids have their orbits between the planets ________





Mars and Jupiter

337 - Asteroids have their orbits between the planets:





Mars and Jupiter

338 - At 12 noon of December 21, you observe that you cast no shadow as you stand in bright sunlight. So you must be, somewhere near ________





The Tropic of Capricorn

339 - At a latitude of 45





1120 km/h

340 - At low elevation which among the following clouds are to be found ?





Nimbus

341 - At present biosphere reserves that are included in world Heritage:





Above all

342 - At the core of the earth, the temperature is estimated to be around:





2000

343 - At the point of Himalayas Indo-Australian plate and Eurasian plate ______ together:





Collide

344 - At the summer solstice, which one of the following latitudes will have the longest night?





60°S

345 - At what height from the earth's surface is the stratosphere found?





8-18 km

346 - At which height, the gaseous surrounding has covered the Earth's atmosphere?





300km

347 - At which of the following places is the demographic distribution not uneven?





Plains

348 - At which one of the following places is the monkey called Lion-tailed macaque naturally found?





Nilgiris

349 - At which particular place on earth are day and nights of equal length always?





Equator

350 - At which particular place on earth are days and nights of equal length always?





Equator

351 - At which place will you find maximum sunlight in December?





Kanyakumari

352 - ATA' is the news agency of:





Tirana

353 - Atacama is a





Desert

354 - Athens is the new name of:





Athinai

355 - Atlantic and Pacific Oceans are connected by ________ canal





Panama

356 - Atmospheric pressure exerted on earth is due to ________





Gravitational pull of the earth

357 - AUP' is the news agency of:





Australia

358 - Australian Indian plate meets the Eurasian plate of _________ .





Himalayas

359 - Australia's parliament is:





Federal Parliament

360 - Austria's parliament is:





Federal Assembly

361 - Auturo Benitez' is the airport of :





Chile

362 - Average surface temperature of Alantic Ocean between the parallels of latitude is:





5.6

363 - Babul-Mandab is a gateway to enter:





Red Sea

364 - Bad Lands develop as a result of





Sheet erosion

365 - Badland topography is characteristic of





Chambal valley

366 - Baffin is a famous island located in:





Atlantic Ocean

367 - Baghdad is located on the bank of river _______ :





Tigres

368 - Baghdad is the capital of





Burma

369 - Bahrain's parliament is:





National Assembly

370 - Baltoro glacier is located in





Karakoram mountain range

371 - Bandar Bushehr's is the seaport of:





Iran

372 - Bandaranaike' is the airport of :





Russia

373 - Bandhavgarh National Park is located in which state?





Madhya Pradesh

374 - Bandipur National Park is in which state?





Karnataka

375 - Bangkok lies on river





Maenam

376 - Bangladesh does not share its border with which Indian state?





Jharkand

377 - Bangladesh's parliament is:





Jatiya Sangsad

378 - Bara (kral) is used for which of the following





Village of Maasai shepherd

379 - Barkhans are





Depositional features of wind action

380 - Basphorus strait connects black sea and ______ sea:





Marmara

381 - Batholiths and Laccoliths are formations of ________





Igneous rocks

382 - BATRA' is the news agency of:





Amman

383 - Bauxite is the ore of





Aluminium

384 - Bay is opposite to ________ :





Peninsula

385 - Bay of Cambay is situated in ________ :





Arabian Sea

386 - Beas flows through the State of





Punjab and Haryana

387 - Beaufort scale is an internationally recognised scale for describing





Wind speed

388 - Beaufort Scale is used to measure ________





Wind velocity

389 - Because of which one of the following factors, clouds do not precipitate in deserts?





Low humidity

390 - Before occupation of Indonesia in 1975, east timor was a colony of:





Portugal

391 - Before the creation of Pakistan ________ was the largest city:





Lahore

392 - Beijing is the new name of:





Peking

393 - BELGA' is the news agency of:





Belgium

394 - Belizie is a country situated in _________ :





North America

395 - Belt of Doldrums exists in which of the following regions?





Equatorial region

396 - Berlin is situated on the river canal





Spree

397 - BERNAMA' is the news agency of:





Malaysia

398 - Bethlehem is associated with:





Jesus Christ

399 - Between the valley of Narmada river in the north and the Tapti in the south lies:





The Satpura Range

400 - Between which one of the following pairs of islands is Duncan Passage located?





Little Andaman and Car Nicobar Island

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