1. The International date line deviates from 1800 meridian in the North Pacific Ocean due to
1 Aleutian Islands
2 Samoa Islands
3 Fuji Islands
4 Cook Islands
Ans:1
2. The world's highest hydel power project 'Rongtong' is located in
1 Rangoon
2 Kathmandu
3 Himachal Pradesh
4 Beijing
Ans:3
3. Artesian wells are found in
1 Sedimentary rocks
2 Igneous rocks
3 Metamorphic rocks
4 None of these
4. Which one of the following is the farthest from the centre of the earth?
1 Equator
2 Tropic of Capricorn
3 Antarctic Circle
4 South Pole
Ans:1
5. The multipurpose Sardar Sarovar Project is being built across which river ?
1 Tapti
2 Narmada
3 Sabarmati
4 Godavari
Ans:2
6. Which one of the following rivers orginates near Mahabaleshwar?
1 Godavari
2 Krishna
3 Kaveri
4 Tapi
Ans:2
7. Put in descending order of content of fixed carbon 1.Peat 2.Lignite 3.Bituminous Coal 4.Anthracite
1 4, 2, 3, 1
2 1, 2, 3, 4
3 3, 4, 2, 1
4 4, 3, 2, 1
Ans:4
8. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? (Lake --- Location)
1 Superior -- US-Canada
2 Baikal -- Russia
3 Great Bear -- Canada
4 Great Slave -- Russia
Ans:4
9. Which of the following has the minimum humus?
1 Gray-desert soil
2 Red-desert soil
3 Chestnut soil
4 Cher nozem
Ans:2
10. Choose incorrect statement
1 Capacity of air to hold moisture decreases with a rise in temperature of the air
2 The air pressure decreases with an increase in temperature
3 Absolute humidity is expressed in grams per cubic metre of air
4 With an ascent of every 165 metres, the temperature is reduced by 10C
Ans:1
11. Which of the following crops requires water logging?
1 Tea
2 Oil seeds
3 Cotton
4 Rice
Ans:1
12. Coal is found in
1 volcanic rocks
2 metamorphic rocks
3 igneous rocks
4 sedimentary rocks
Ans:1
13. Trade winds blow in the norhtern hemisphere from
1 North to south
2 South to north
3 Northwest to southwest
4 Northeast to southwest
14. "Namibia" was earlier known as
1 South- West Africa
2 New Guinea
3 British Guyana
4 British Columbia
Ans:1
15. Which one of the following gases is predominant in the atmosphere?
1 Argon
2 Nitrogen
3 Carbon Dioxide
4 Oxygen
Ans:2
16. Osaka (japan) is known as the
1 Queen of the Adriatic
2 Manchaster of the Orient
3 Land of Morning Calm
4 Land of Cakes
Ans:2
17. Most of the weather phenomena take place in the -
1 Stratosphere
2 Troposphere
3 Tropopause
4 Ionosphere
Ans:2
18. `Sakshat' is
1 A website
2 A missile
3 An artificial satellite
4 A railway project
Ans:1
19. Which one of the following nations has recently pushed back its time and synchronised with the Indian Standard Time?
1 Sri Lanka
2 Bangladesh
3 Bhutan
4 Nepal
Ans:1
20. The mainstream of river Ganga which flows beyond Farakka is known as
1 Bhagirathi
2 Hooghly
3 Padma
4 Subarnarekha
Ans:3
21. The collective farms in the steppes of Eurasia are termed as
1 Campos
2 Estancias
3 Kolkhoz
4 Corals
Ans:3
22. Duncan Pass is between
1 India and Sri Lanka
2 Andaman and Nicobar
3 North and South Andaman
4 North and East Andaman
Ans:3
23. Which type of rain is caused by ascent of moisture laden air along a mountain?
1 Convectional rainfall
2 Orographic rainfall
3 Cyclonic rainfall
4 All of the above
24. In India which of the following are the southernmost hills?
1 Annamalai hills
2 Cardamom hills
3 Nilgiri hills
4 Javadi hills
Ans:2
25. Which of the following is known as "Island of precipitation" ?
1 Fault Mountains
2 Fold Mountains
3 Dome Mountains
4 Block Mountains
Ans:3
26. A sudden fall in the barometric reading indicates
1 rain
2 storm
3 fine weather
4 extreme cold
Ans:2
27. Winds and air currents differ in the aspect that
1 air currents blow much faster than winds
2 air currents are always moisture laden while winds are usually dry
3 the winds blow on lands while air currents blow over seas and oceans
4 winds are horizontal movements of air while air currents are the vertical movements of air
Ans:4
28. The Chilka Lake region lies in between the deltas of
1 Mahanadi and Godavari
2 Krishna and Kaveri
3 Godavari and Krishna
4 Ganga and Mahanadi
Ans:1
29. Black Soil is best suited for -
1 Tea
2 Rice
3 Cotton
4 Coffee
Ans:3
30. The controversial Perambikulam-Aliyar project (PAP) which is built on the river Aliyar serves mainly for irrigation purpose involves which two states
1 Kerala & TN
2 Kerala & Karnataka
3 Kerala & Goa
4 Kerala & Maharashtra
Ans:1
