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GK Questions and Answers, General Knowledge Quiz

Q. Towards the end of summer, there are pre-monsoon showers which are a common pheno­menon in Kerala and coastal areas of Karnataka. Locally, they are known as -

1) Blossom showers
2) Norwesters
3) Mango showers
4) None of the above

Q. Which of the following river valleys is rich in coal reserves in India

1) Damodar River Valley
2) Son River Valley
3) Mahanadi River Valley
4) None of the above

Q. India's territorial limit extends towards the sea up to how many nautical miles/km from the coast?

1) 16 nautical miles (about 25-9 km)
2) 12 nautical miles (about 21-9 km)
3) 10 nautical miles (about 19-9 km)
4) None of the above

Q. In which type of climatic region do Uttar Pradesh and Bihar fall as per Koppen's classification scheme?

1) Cwg
2) Aw
3) Dfc
4) None of the above

Q. Which one of the following is the world's richest region from a marine biodiversity perspective, comprising 21 islands with estuaries, beaches, forests of the nearshore environment, seagras­ses, coral reefs, salt marshes, and mangroves?

1) Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve
2) Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve
3) Sunderbans Biosphere Reserve
4) None of the above

Q. Which States of India have a com­mon border with Myanmar?

1) Arunachal Pradesh, Naga­land, Manipur, Mizoram
2) Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Mizoram
3) Manipur, Mizoram, Naga­land, Tripura
4) None of the above

Q. The Arctic region and the Antarc­tic continent are situated near -

1) the Sahara Desert
2) the North and South Poles
3) the Amazon Basin
4) None of the above

Q. The southern continent broken from Pangea is called -

1) Laurasia
2) Gondwanaland
3) Pacific Ocean
4) None of the above

Q. Which of the following state­ments is true about the troposphere?

1) It is the topmost layer of the atmosphere
2) The temperature at this layer increases with the height
3) Its average height is 13 km
4) None of the above

Q. Which one of the following is the most well-publicized wildlife cam­paign in the world launched in 1973?

1) Project Tiger
2) Lion Project
3) Sunderbans Project
4) None of the above