Objective GK Questions For Exams : Geography

Objective GK Questions For Exams : Geography
Objective MCQ geogrpahy GK
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1. What is the similarity between Bombay and New York?
(a) Sea ports
(b) Capital cities
(c) Largest cities
(d) None of these

Ans:-A

2. Red Indians are
(a) Original inhabitants of America
(b) Tribal inhabitants of Andaman & Nicobar Islands
(c) The oldest tribal people of South India
(d) Tribal inhabitants of South Africa

Ans:-A

3. Which is known as ‘the metal of hope’?
(a) Gold
(b) Iron
(c) Uranium
(d) Platinum

Ans:-C

4. Which of the following towns is known as Pittsburg of Japan?
(a) Tokyo
(b) Yuwata
(c) Osaka
(d) Kobe

Ans:-B


5. Which of the following is called ‘Herring Pond’?
(a) Atlantic Ocean
(b) Black Sea
(c) Dead Sea
(d) Pacific Ocean

Ans:-A

6. Grand Bank and Dogger Bank along the Atlantic regions are associated with
(a) Coal mining
(b) Animal ranching
(c) Fishing
(d) Power projects

Ans:-C

7. Which of the following countries is I known as the ‘Sugar bowl of the World’?
(a) India
(b) Cuba
(c) Brazil
(d) U.S.A

Ans:-B

8.In the earliest days when life originated on earth, the atmosphere contained.
(a) Free oxygen
(b) No oxygen
(c) Oxygen in fixed form
(d) Oxygen bound to carbon

Ans:-B


9. Match the following;
A. Falkland 1. Indian Ocean
B. Kurile 2. North Atlantic
C. Labrador 3 North Pacific
D. Peruvian 4. South Atlantic
5. South Pacific
A B C D
(a) 4 2 1 5
(b) 5 3 2 1
(c) 4 3 2 5
(d) 4 1 2 3

Ans:-C


10. Match the following:
Planet Indian Name
A. Mercury 1. Brihaspati
B. Venus 2. Budha
C. Jupiter 3. Indra
D. Uranus 4. Shukra
A BCD
(a) 2 4 1 3
(b)3 4 1 2
(c) 1 4 2 3
(d) 2 3 1 4

Ans:-A

11. The largest volcano crater in the world is
(a) Vesuvius (Italy)
(b) Toba (Indonesia)
(c) Etna (Sicily)
(d) Streenboli (Sicily)

Ans:-B

12. ‘Galileo Satellites’ are four large moons of the planet
(a) Saturn
(b) Uranus
(c) Jupiter
(d) Neptune

Ans:-C

13. Bourkina Fasso is the new name of
(a) Trinidad and Tobago
(b) Tuvalu
(c) Upper Volta
(d) Vatican City State

Ans:-C

14. The time interval between a high tide and a low tide is
(a) 5 hrs. 29 mm
(b) 5 hrs. 56 mm
(c) 6 hrs. 13 mm
(d) 6 hrs. 49 mm

Ans:-C


15. Mineral deposits on the ocean -floor are charactensed by the occurrence of
(a) Phosphorous bearing minerals
(b) Petroleum
(c) Manganese nodules
(d) Calcium bearing minerals.

Ans:-C





16. Which of the following makes the planet Saturn unique in the solar family?
(a) It sends out very strong radio a signal which sounds like the noise of sea waves
(b) It is the biggest among the planets
(c) There is a well developed system of rings around it.
(d) It shows phases like those of the Earth’s moon.

Ans:-C

17. Which one of the following is not an African country?
(a) Cameroon
(b) Gabon
(c) Mauritania
(d) Yemen

Ans:-D


18. The Great Galaxy in Andromeda, which is the most remote heavenly body that can be seen with naked eye, is about how many lights -years distant from the Earth?
(a) 2.2 million light years
(b) 1.0 million light years
(c) 0.5 million light years
(d) 0.2 million light years

Ans:-A



19. Match the following:
A. Glacier
B. River
C. Waves
D. Wind

1. Dunes
2. Moraines
3. Spits
4. Terraces

A B C D
(a) 2 3 4 1
(b) 1 4 3 2
(c) 2 4 3 1
(d) 3 4 2 1

Ans:-C


20. Which country is the largest producer of platinum?
(a) Canada
(b) U.S.A.
(c) China
(d) U.S.S.R.

Ans:-A