GK Practice Test: Question Set - 04
1. The Homolographic projection (elliptical projection) has the correct representation of
- (A) Shape
- (B) Area
- (C) Baring
- (D) Distance
2. The major crops found in Sudan are
- (A) Rice,
barley, bananas, cocoa
- (B) Maize,
cotton, bananas, groundnut
- (C) Bajra,
oats, tobacco
- (D) Wool,
wine, jute
3. Which of the following is tropical grassland?
- (A) Taiga
- (B) Savannah
- (C) Pampas
- (D) Prairies
4. The leading state in India in producing paper is
- (A) Bihar
- (B) West
Bengal
- (C) Kerala
- (D) Orissa
5. The main objective of multi-purpose river projects are
- (A) Extension
of irrigation facilities by constructing dams to store surplus water during the
rainy season, for release in summer
- (B) Power
generation by constructing hydro power stations
- (C) Flood
controls and making rivers navigable
- (D) All
of the above
6. The infrared radiation by sun are strongly absorbed by
- (A) Carbon
dioxide
- (B) Water
vapors
- (C) Carbon
dioxide and water vapors
- (D) Ozone
7. The island of Sri Lanka formerly known as
- (A) Madagascar
- (B) Tasmania
- (C) Ceylon
- (D) None
of the above
8. The mean surface temperature of the sun is estimated to be of the order of
- (A) 5500°C
- (B) 4000°C
- (C) 2000°C
- (D) 1000°C
9. The limit beyond which the stars suffer internal collapse is called the
- (A) Raman Effect
- (B) Chandrasekhar
limit
- (C) Aurora
Borealis
- (D) Quasan Zone
10. The imaginary axis at which the earth rotates remains inclined at an angle of ________ to the plane of earth's orbit.
- (A) 4 ½ º
- (B) 55½ º
- (C) 66½ º
- (D) 0 º
11. The polar regions of earth cannot support forest growth because
- (A) The growing
season is short in these areas
- (B) The ground
is often frozen or snow or ice covered
- (C) The rainfall
is very low
- (D) All
of these factors
12. The Plio-Pleistocene boundary lies about ________ years ago, at the beginning of the interval of warming after the last Pleistocene glaciations.
- (A) 1,00,000
- (B) 1,000
- (C) 10,000
- (D) 100
13. The process of capture of precipitation by the plant canopy and its subsequent return to the atmosphere is called
- (A) Sublimation
- (B) Stem flow
- (C) Interception
- (D) Through fall
14. The southernmost part of the world is
- (A) Cape of Good
Hope, Africa
- (B) Cape of
Horn, S. America
- (C) Colombo, Sri
Lanka
- (D) Wellington,
New Zealand
15. The planet with the maximum number of natural satellites (moons), so far discovered is
- (A) Jupiter
- (B) Neptune
- (C) Saturn
- (D) Uranus
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