World Geography Questions_and_Answers

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➡1. When does the distance between the sun and the earth is minimum?
A.) January 3
B.) June 21
C.) Sepetember 22
D.) December 22

Answer: Option 'A'
January 3
➡2. When the sun is nearest to the earth, the earth is said to be in
A.) Aphelion
B.) Apogee
C.) Perigee
D.) Perihelion

Answer: Option 'D'
Perihelion
➡3. When does the earth is at its maximum distance from the sun?
A.) January 31
B.) July 4
C.) September 23
D.) December 22

Answer: Option 'B'
July 4
➡4. When is the rate of rotation of the earth is highest on its axis?
A.) January 3
B.) December 22
C.) July 4
D.) It never changes

Answer: Option 'D'
It never changes
➡5. The International Date Line is
A.) Equator
B.) 0° longitude
C.) 90° east longitude
D.) 180° longitude

Answer: Option 'D'
180° longitude
➡6. The difference between solar day and sidereal day is
A.) Both are equal
B.) Solar day longer than sidereal day
C.) Solar day shorter than sidereal day
D.) None of the above

Answer: Option 'B'
Solar day longer than sidereal day

➡7. The average distance between ……… and ………… is called one astronomical unit.
A.) Earth and sun
B.) Earth and moon
C.) Sun and moon
D.) Sun to Pluto

Answer: Option 'A'
Earth and sun
➡8. What percentage of the surface of the moon is visible from the earth?
A.) More than 75%
B.) 50%
C.) 100%
D.) About 59%

Answer: Option 'D'
About 59%
➡9. The unit of measurement of the distance of stars from the sun is called
A.) Light year
B.) Fathoms
C.) Nautical miles
D.) Nano meters

Answer: Option 'A'
Light year
➡10. Which of the following is the largest producer of Coco in Africa?
A.) Ghana
B.) Sudan
C.) Nigeria
D.) Ivory Coast

Answer: Option 'A'
Ghana

➡11. The most thinly populated part of North America is
A.) Alaska
B.) California
C.) Eastern Part of U.S.A.
D.) The region of great lakes

Answer: Option 'A'
Alaska
➡12. ......... is exported from Halifax.
A.) Wood and its articles
B.) Fish and Fruits
C.) Petroleum
D.) Wheat

Answer: Option 'A'
Wood and its articles
➡13. The chief agricultural product of the U.S.A is
A.) Maize
B.) Cotton
C.) Barley
D.) Rice

Answer: Option 'A'
Maize
➡14. Which of the following is the chief occupation of Brazilians?
A.) Sugar Production
B.) Mining
C.) Producing Coffee
D.) Sheep rearing

Answer: Option 'C'
Producing Coffee
➡15. Which of the following implies on the surface of the moon?
A.) Mass and weight becomes lesser
B.) Mass remains constant and only weight becomes lesser
C.) Only mass becomes lesser and weight is constant
D.) Both mass and weight are constant

Answer: Option 'B'
Mass remains constant and only weight becomes lesser
➡16. What is the name of the comet that appears every 76 years?
A.) Alpha Centauri
B.) Donati
C.) Halley
D.) Holmes

Answer: Option 'C'
Halley

➡17. With reference to the sun, the moon’s period of revolution is
A.) Equal to one solar month
B.) Equal to one sidereal month
C.) Equal to one Synodic month
D.) None of the above

Answer: Option 'C'
Equal to one Synodic month
➡18. Which of the following planets lie between mars and Uranus in order of their distances from the sun?
A.) Earth and neptune
B.) Jupiter and Saturn
C.) Saturn and venus
D.) Saturn and Neptune

Answer: Option 'B'
Jupiter and Saturn
➡19. Selene-1, the lunar orbiter mission belongs to
A.) China
B.) European union
C.) Japan
D.) USA

Answer: Option 'C'
Japan
➡20. When will be the longest day in Australia?
A.) March 23
B.) June 21
C.) September 22
D.) December 22

Answer: Option 'D'
December 22

➡21. The difference in the duration of day and night increases as one moves from the ………… to the ………
A.) Equator, poles
B.) Poles, equator
C.) Tropic of cancer, Equator
D.) Tropic of cancer, Tropic of Capricorn

Answer: Option 'A'
Equator, poles
➡22. ......... causes wind to deflect toward left in the southern hemisphere.
A.) Magnetic field
B.) Temperature
C.) Pressure
D.) Rotation of the earth

Answer: Option 'D'
Rotation of the earth
➡23. At what time the South Pole experiences continuous light?
A.) Autumnal equinox
B.) Summer solstice
C.) Vernal equinox
D.) Winter solstice

Answer: Option 'D'
Winter solstice
➡24. The population is very low in one of the following places. What is it?
A.) Southern part of Holland
B.) North plain of Italy
C.) Plain of Douro in Portugal
D.) Interior part of Spain

Answer: Option 'D'
Interior part of Spain
➡25. When one crosses ............, a day is added.
A.) 180° longitude from east to west
B.) 180° longitude from west to east
C.) The equator from north to south
D.) The equator from south to north

Answer: Option 'A'
180° longitude from east to west
➡26. Which weather condition is indicated by a sudden fall in barometer reading?
A.) Stormy weather
B.) Cold and dry weather
C.) Calm weather
D.) Hot and sunny weather

Answer: Option 'C'
Calm weather

➡27. Where does the most of the weather phenomena takes place?
A.) Tropopause
B.) Stratosphere
C.) Troposphere
D.) Ionosphere

Answer: Option 'C'
Troposphere
➡28. ........ layer of the atmosphere maintains an almost uniform horizontal temperature.
A.) Ionosphere
B.) Tropopause
C.) Stratosphere
D.) Troposphere

Answer: Option 'C'
Stratosphere
➡29. When does the thickness of the troposphere increase?
A.) Autumn
B.) Winter
C.) Spring
D.) Summer

Answer: Option 'D'
Summer
➡30. ........ gas in the atmosphere absorbs Ultra Violet.
A.) Ozone
B.) Helium
C.) Methane
D.) Nitrogen

Answer: Option 'A'
Ozone

➡31. The doldrums belt is located at
A.) Equator, poles
B.) Poles, equator
C.) Tropic of cancer, Equator
D.) Tropic of cancer, Tropic of Capricorn

Answer: Option 'A'
Equator, poles
➡32. The name of the winds blowing from subtropical high pressure regions to the equator is
A.) Westerlies
B.) High latitude easterlies
C.) Doldrums
D.) Tropical easterlies

Answer: Option 'D'
Tropical easterlies
➡33. The term 'Horse latitudes' is applied to
A.) 0-5° N and S latitudes
B.) Polar circles
C.) 30-40° N and S latitudes
D.) 40-60° N and S latitudes

Answer: Option 'C'
30-40° N and S latitudes
➡34. What is the biggest fresh water lake in the world?
A.) Baikal lake
B.) Nyasa lake
C.) Superior lake
D.) Victoria lake

Answer: Option 'C'
Superior lake
➡35. One of the following towns is not the railway station of Canadian Pacific Railway. What is it?
A.) Vancouver
B.) San Francisco
C.) Winning
D.) Regina

Answer: Option 'B'
San Francisco
➡36. Where does the river Mississipi fall?
A.) Atlantic Ocean
B.) Superior lake
C.) Pacific Ocean
D.) The Gulf of Mexico

Answer: Option 'D'
The Gulf of Mexico

➡37. Which of the following has the name "Sierra Nevada"?
A.) A mountain in America
B.) A fruit found in America
C.) An animal of America
D.) A disease found in America

Answer: Option 'A'
A mountain in America
➡38. Where is the biggest meat market of the world?
A.) Boston
B.) Chicago
C.) London
D.) Winnipeg

Answer: Option 'B'
​Chicago
➡39. How does the velocity of winds is governed?
A.) Rotation of the earth
B.) Farrel’s law
C.) Pressure gradient
D.) Temperature

Answer: Option 'C'
Pressure gradient
➡40. Near the Tropo pause, over which region the temperature is the highest?
A.) Near the tropic of cancer
B.) Near the tropic of Capricorn
C.) Over the arctic region
D.) Around the equator

Answer: Option 'C'
Over the arctic region
➡41. What is the tributary of Indus that does not flow through Pakistan?
A.) Satluj
B.) Beas
C.) Chenab
D.) Ravi

Answer: Option 'B'
Beas
➡42. ......... plateau is a piedmont plateau.
A.) Kaimur plateau
B.) Ranchi plateau
C.) Rohtas plateau
D.) Malwa plateau

Answer: Option 'D'
Malwa plateau
➡43. What is the instrument used for measuring humidity?
A.) Hygrometer
B.) Hydrometer
C.) Barometer
D.) Thermometer

Answer: Option 'A'
Hygrometer
➡44. ........ is not a planetary wind.
A.) Westerlies
B.) Drainage winds
C.) Trade winds
D.) Easterlies

Answer: Option 'B'
Drainage winds
➡45. The pressure exerted by the atmosphere at sea level is
A.) One kg per sq.cm
B.) One pound per sq.cm
C.) Five kg per sq.cm
D.) Two kg per sq.cm

Answer: Option 'A'
One kg per sq.cm
➡46. What is referred as 'Mackeral sky'?
A.) Cumulonimbus
B.) Cirrocumulus
C.) Cirrostratus
D.) Cirrus

Answer: Option 'B'
Cirrocumulus

➡47. What changes occur if the temperature of water is lowered from 8 to 3 degrees centigrade?
A.) Water will freeze
B.) Water will not change in volume
C.) The volume will first increase & then decrease
D.) The volume will first decrease & then increase

Answer: Option 'D'
The volume will first decrease & then increase
➡48. The chief mineral of Russia is
A.) Coal
B.) Copper
C.) Tin
D.) Iron

Answer: Option 'A'
Coal
➡49. The phenomenon of mid-night sun can be observed in ........ region.
A.) In the tropical zone
B.) In warm temperate regions
C.) In the arctic and Antarctic regions
D.) Anywhere at the time of solar eclipse

Answer: Option 'C'
In the arctic and Antarctic regions
➡50. .......... is called as great Circle.
A.) Arctic circle
B.) Tropic of cancer
C.) Tropic of capricorn
D.) Equator

Answer: Option 'D'
Equator