## INDIAN GEOGRAPHY GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS ##

Q1. Which type of forests occupies the highest percentage of area in India?

[A]Tropical deciduous [B]Savanna and desert vegetation

[C]Equatorial evergreen [D]Tropical Rainforests

Q2. The Pir Panjal range is located in which of the following states?

[A]Arunachal Pradesh                         [B]Jammu and Kashmir

[C]Punjab                                              [D]Uttarakhand

Q3. The Sankosh river forms boundary between which of the following two states?

[A]Bihar and West Bengal [B]Assam and Arunachal Pradesh

[C]Assam and West Bengal                [D]Bihar and Jharkhand

Q4. Which of the following is a correct sequence?

[A]Vishnuprayag, Nandprayag, Karnaprayag, Rudraprayag, Devprayag

[B]Devprayag,, Nandprayag, Karnaprayag, Rudraprayag, Vishnuprayag [C]Rudraprayag,Vishnuprayag, Nandprayag, Karnaprayag, Devprayag

[D]Devprayag, Nandprayag, Rudraprayag, Vishnuprayag, Karnaprayag

Q5. Which of the following countries are examples of highly scientific development and management of pastoral farming?

[A]France & Spain                                                                [B]Denmark & Holland

[C]Greenland & Norway                                                     [D]Belgium & Germany

Q6. Pebble transport by rivers, sand drift over desert surfaces, soil blowing over fields are examples of which of the following phenomena?

[A]Deposition                       [B]Saltation                           [C]Attrition                            [D]Siltation

Q7. Mushroom rocks or Rock pedestals or Zeugen are one of the most striking manifestations of __?

[A]Water Erosion                                                                [B]Wind Erosion

[C]Gravity Erosion                                                                [D]River Deposition

Q8. Which is the most abundant metal in the Earth’s crust?

[A]Aluminium                      [B]Nickel                                [C]Iron                                   [D]Silicon

Q9. Which of the following is a key geographical feature of Western Australia?

[A]Inselbergs                                                                       [B]Coral Reefs

[C]Black Swamps                                                                [D]Barchans

Q10. In which of the following ecosystems, the annual average rate of net plant production is highest? [A]Temperate Grasslands                                                            [B]Temperate Forests

[C]Savannah                                                                         [D]Swamps and Marshes

Q11. Which among the following is not among the ancient list of seven wonders of world?

[A]Statue of Zeus at Olympia                                            [B]Great Wall of China

[C]Colossus of Rhodes                                                        [D]Lighthouse at Alexandria

Q12. In which country is located world’s largest temple?

[A]Indonesia                                                                        [B]Cambodia

[C]India                                                                                  [D]United States

Q13. Who among the following is associated with the discovery of rings of Saturn?

[A]Galileo                                                                             [B]Newton

[C]Edmund Halley                                                               [D]Christian Huygens

Q14. Chagos Archipelago is located in which of the following?

[A]Pacific Ocean                                                                [B]Indian Ocean

[C]Mediterranean Sea                                                       [D]Atlantic Ocean

Q15. Hkakabo Razi is a border tripoint between which countries?

[A]India-Nepal-China                                                          [B]India-Bhutan-China

[C]India-Bangladesh-Myanmar                                          [D]India-China-Myanmar

Q16. Which among the following is only Gulf nation which has an FTA with the United States?

[A]Qatar                                 [B]Oman                              [C]Saudi Arabia                     [D]Bahrain

Q 17. Hawar Islands have been a disputed territory among the following neighbors?

[A]Bahrain Oman                [B]Bahrain Iran                     [C]Bahrain Qatar                 [D]None of them

Q18. What is the number of Governorates in Bahrain?

[A]4                                       [B]5                                         [C]6                                        [D]7

Q19. Which among the following country is an example of Absolute Monarchy?

[A]Bahrain                            [B]Bhutan                             [C]Oman                                [D]Belize

Q20. Where was organized the first South America-Arab Summit?

[A]Dubai                                [B]Rio de Janeiro                  [C]Brasilia                              [D]Riyadh

Q21. Which among the following was a consequence of “Brasilia Declaration”?

[A]IBSA                                 [B]BRIC                                   [C]BIMSTEC                           [D]SACU

Q22. In which year India and Mercosur signed Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA)?

[A]2003                                 [B]2004                                 [C]2005                                  [D]2006

Q23. Which among the following has led to the formation of a Southern Common Market?

[A]Mercosur                                        [B]Latin American Economic System (SELA)

[C]Union of South American Nations (UJAN)                   [D]None of them

Q24. From which of the following states in India, the Nelore cattle were originally brought to Brazil?

[A]Haryana                           [B]Rajasthan         [C]Andhra Pradesh                              [D]Karnataka

Q25. To begin diplomatic relationships with Brazil, at which among the following places India opened its diplomatic mission in 1948?

[A]Rio de Janeiro                                [B]Brasilia             [C]Sao Paulo                                         [D]Salvador

Q26. Brazil has been nominally a federal republic ever since 1930. however, this period has also seen overt dictatorship for ________?

[A]Once                                [B]Twice                 [C]Thrice                                                [D]Four Times

Q27. Which among the following is Brazil’s Independence day?

[A]January 23                      [B]March 7           [C]September 23                                [D]September 7

Q28. Which among the following in America’s had not their own indigenous monarchy?

[A]Brazil                                [B]Mexico              [C]Haiti                                                  [D]USA

Q29. Who among the following was the Zamorin of Kozhikode, famous for being the ruler who received the Portuguese trader and navigator Vasco da Gama on May 18, 1498?

[A]Manikkan                        [B]Manavikraman Raja

[C]Vikraman                          [D]Samudrathiri

Q30. Which among the following is the currency of Peru?

[A]Guarani                            [B]Peso                 [C]Nuevo Sol                                        [D]Euro

Q31. Bolivar furte is the currency of which of the following countries?

[A]Bolivia                                                               [B]Venezuela

[C]Suriname                                                         [D]Argentina

Q32. Which among the following is smallest sovereign state in terms of Area in South America?

[A]French Guyana                                               [B]Republic of Suriname

[C]Venezuela                                                       [D]Guyana

Q33. Which among the following country in South America comes under the Lusopshere?

[A]Argentina & Brazil                                         [B]Brazil and Paraguay

[C]Brazil and Bolivia                                            [D]Brazil only

Q34. Consider the following statements:

1. Stromatolites, or colonies of the cyanobacteria were much more abundant on the planet Earth in Precambrian times.
2. Coral reefs made their first appearance during the precambrian era Which among the above statements is/ are correct ?

[A]1 only                              [B]2 only                [C]Both                                 [D]None

Q35. Recently a news appeared in the newspapers that the a Human Sperm gene called “Boule gene” has remained unaltered since 600 million years from development of insects till humans. Which among the following era represents the 600 million years back time on Geological time scale?

[A]Paleozoic Era                                                 [B]Mesozoic Era

[C]Neo-proterozoic Era                                      [D]Meso-proterozoic Era

Q36. Consider the following statements in context with Earth:

1. Earth’s Equatorial Circumference is slightly more than Meridional Circumference
2. Earth’s Equatorial radius is slightly more than the Polar radius Which among the above statements is/ are correct ?

[A]1 only               [B]2 only               [C]1 and 2 both                    [D]neither 1 nor 2

Q37. Earth’s albedo is 0. 36. What is the albedo of an absolute black body?

[A]1                        [B]0                         [C]100                                   [D]Infinite

Q38. Consider the following statements:

1. Iron is the most common element in the earth as a whole, but fourth most common in the Earth’s crust
2. Oxygen is most abundant element by mass in the Earth’s crust as oxides but second most abundant gas in Atmosphere Which among the above statements is / are correct?

[A]1 only                                               B]2 only

[C]Both 1 & 2                                       [D]neither 1 nor 2

Q39. An 1995 realignment of the International Date Line made the Caroline Island one of the first points of land on Earth to see sunrise on January 1, 2000. In which of the following countries is located this easternmost point of the earth with reference to IDL?

[A]East Timor                                       [B]Kiribati

[C]Madagascar                                     [D]Japan

Q40. The Narora atomic power plant is located in which district of Uttar Pradesh?

[A]Bulandshahar                                 [B]Barabanki

[C]Saharanpur                                     [D]Chanduali
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1.A          2.B          3.B          4.A          5.B          6.B   7.B   8.A   9.B   10.D   11.B   12.B   13.A   14.B   15.D   16.D   17.C   18.B   19.C  20.C 21. A   22. B   23.A   24. C   25.A    26. C   27. D   28.D   29. B  30.C 31.B  32.B  33.D   34.A 35.C  36.C  37.B   38.C  39.B  40.A

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