GK Practice Test: Question Set - 02
1. The geographic unity among the South-east Asian countries is maintained by the
- (A) Climate
- (B) Education
- (C) Economy
- (D) Topography
2. The land of the Midnight Sun is
- (A) Belgium
- (B) Russia
- (C) Italy
- (D) Norway
3. The largest Island of the world is
- (A) Greenland
- (B) Austria
- (C) Sri
Lanka
- (D) Great
Britain
4. The Harmattan is
- (A) Cool,
extremely dry wind that forms over the Sahara and blows westward or
south-westward to the African coast
- (B) Wind
that blows during the dry season from December to February
- (C) Tertiary
wind that carry great quantities of fine dust from the Sahara
- (D) All
of the above
5. The mountains which come into being after the continental drift started, with the break up of the large land mass of pangola are
- (A) Young
mountains
- (B) Old
mountains
- (C) Volcanic
mountains
- (D) Fold
mountains
6. The heavy day soils that show significant expansion and contraction due to the presence or absence of moisture is called
- (A) Aridsols
- (B) Vertisols
- (C) Histosols
- (D) Andisols
7. Which of the following is an inland sea?
- (A) Caribbean
sea
- (B) Caspian
sea
- (C) Red
sea
- (D) Yellow
sea
8. The islands with coral covered surfaces in Bay of Bengal are
- (A) Andaman
Islands
- (B) Nicobar
Islands
- (C) Both (a) and
(b)
- (D) None
of the above
9. The modern theory of plate tectonics states
- (A) The
creation of oceanic crust and the drifting of continents
- (B) The
convention currents within the earth's mantle cause the creation of new oceanic
crust at the mid oceanic ridges
- (C) That
the oceanic crust is destroyed at areas where this crust type becomes subducted
under the lighter continental crust
- (D) All
of the above
10. The hot, dry wind on the east or leeward side of the Rocky Mountains (North America) is called
- (A) The
Chinook
- (B) The
Sirocco
- (C) The
Harmattan
- (D) The
Loo
11. The tropical cyclones do not occur to the equator because of
- (A) Weak
Coriolis force
- (B) Light
and variable width
- (C) Excessive
humidity
- (D) Connective
activity
12. The shortest day (longest night) in the southern hemisphere is
- (A) June 21
- (B) December 21
- (C) December 22
- (D) June 20
13. The polar diameter is _________ to the equatorial diameter.
- (A) More
- (B) Equal
- (C) Less
- (D) They
cannot be compared
14. The tide produced when the moon and the sun are at right angles to the earth, thus pulling in opposite directions, is called
- (A) Neap
tide
- (B) Spring
tide
- (C) Diurnal
tide
- (D) Ebb
tide
15. The second largest island (next to Greenland) in the world is
- (A) Borneo
- (B) Malagasy
- (C) New
Guinea
- (D) Sumatra
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