Geography GK Questions and Answers Quiz
Q. Over 90% of the world's biomass is in-
1) freshwater wetlands
2) tropical rain forests
3) oceans
4) topsoils
Q. The imaginary line of the Earth's surface that closely follows the 180 degree Meridian is -
1) Prime Meridian
2) International Date Line
3) Equator
4) Tropic of Cancer
Q. Lack of atmosphere around the Moon is due to-
1) high escape velocity of air molecule and low gravitational attraction
2) low escape velocity of air molecule and low gravitational attraction
3) high escape velocity of air molecule only
4) low gravitational attraction only
Q. The soil formed by wind bust in and around hot deserts is called -
1) loamy soil
2) silty soil
3) loess soil
4) sandy soil
Q. Which one among the following is the type of the Comoros Islands which lie in the Indian Ocean between Northern Madagascar and the African Coast?
1) Folded
2) Volcanic
3) Eolian deposited
4) Glacial eroded
Q. If news is broadcast from London at 10:30 AM, at what time it will be heard at Baghdad (45 degree E)
1) 9:00 AM
2) 7:30 AM
3) 12:00 Noon
4) 1:30 PM
Q. If you travel along the Suez Canal from Port Said to Suez, you will come across several lakes. which of the following lakes is not on this Canal?
1) Little Bitter Lake
2) Lake Gatun
3) Great Bitter Lake
4) Lake Timsah
Q. What is a cloudburst?
1) It refers to sudden and copious rainfall over a small area which often lasts for only a few minutes
2) It refers to 50 mm rain over a period of time
3) It is caused by rapid condensation of very high clouds
4) It refers to a thunderstorm with little rain
Q. Duncan passage is located between -
1) Little and Great Nicobar
2) North and Middle Andaman
3) South and Little Andaman
4) Middle and South Andaman
Q. The main area of production of icebergs is found in -
1) the East Coast of Japan
2) the West Coast of Greenland
3) the North Coast of Siberia
4) the West Coast of Africa
