Geography GK Questions and Answers Quiz
Q. Which one among the following best explains the reason for the eastern and western boundaries of the Pacific Ocean experiencing frequent earthquake?
1) There are deep ocean trenches along these margins
2) High mountain stretch along the continental margins adjacent to this ocean
3) These margins coincide with the plate margins
4) The currents of the vast Pacific Ocean continue to dash against the continental margins
Q. Why South-East Asia has the largest concentration of peasant population at the global scale?
1) The region has favourable and healthier climate
2) The area is dominated by shifting cultivation due to favourable terrain character
3) Intensive subsistence farming is practised in the region
4) The area has a large forested are which is cleared for cultivation of various crops
Q. Wind is often found to blow on a hot summer day due to
1) convection current of air
2) conduction of heat between air and soil on the Earth
3) radiation from the soil
4) None of the above
Q. Polar bears are carnivores and prey on many arctic birds and fish. However, under natural conditions, on one found polar bears predating any penguin. This is because
1) polar bears and penguins never coexist under natural conditions. The former lives in the North Pole while the Latter lives in the South Pole
2) penguins have chemical substance in their muscles which is toxic to polar bears
3) penguins are gregarious and always move groups. Therefore, a polar bear cannot approach them
4) polar bears and penguins display symbiotic relationships and they help each other for their existenc
Q. Consider the following statements about soil of India:
1. Black soil becomes sticky when it is wet.
2. Black soil contains adequate nitrogen as well as phosphorus required for the growth of plants.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
1) 1 only
2) 2 only
3) Both 1 and 2
4) Neither 1 nor 2
Q. Mr.X has been invited to participate in a conference to be held at Buenos Aires. He has chosen the following shortest flight route:
Mumbai to Frankfurt (non-stop)
Frankfurt to Sao Paulo (non-stop)
Sao Paulo to Buenos Aires (non-stop)
Which one of the following seas will likely to be flown over by Mr.X ?
1) Labrador sea
2) Tasman Sea
3) Beaufort Sea
4) Black Sea
Q. Why do Fold Mountains have enormous thickness of sedimentary rocks?
1) Due to accumulation of sediments in a geosyncline
2) Due to deposition of sediments in a valley for millions of years
3) The plains were folded into mountains
4) The sediment were folded into recumbent and nappe folds
Q. The Vindhyan system of rocks is important for the production of
1) iron ore and manganese
2) precious and building materials
3) bauxite and mica
4) copper and uranium
Q. Which of the following best explain why the lower course of a river is sometimes choked with sediments?
1. The valley of a river is widest in its lower course.
2. The velocity of a river in its lower course is low.
3. The delta sometimes develops in a river's lower course
4. Much of the river water is drawn for irrigation in the lower course.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
1) 1, 2, 3 and 4
2) 1, 3 and 4 only
3) 2 and 4 only
4) 1, 2 and 3 only
Q. The Earth revolves around the Sun in an elliptical path and the Sun is located at one focus of the ellipse. Imagine a situation in which the Earth goes around the Sun on a circular path. Which one among the following would result in under that situation?
1) Difference between seasons will be reduced
2) It would not make any difference
3) The Earth would become very hot
4) The Earth would become very cold
