GK Practice Test: Question Set - 06
1. The metamorphism which involves the chemical replacement of elements in rock minerals when gases and liquids permute into bedrock is called
- (A) Metasomatic metamorphism
- (B) Dynamic metamorphism
- (C) Thermal metamorphism
- (D) Contact metamorphism
2. The gulf that separates Finland and Sweden in Europe is
- (A) The Gulf of Bothnia
- (B) The Gulf of Lions
- (C) The Gulf of Genoa
- (D) The Gulf of Venice
3. The main dividing line between the geological regions of the Indo Gangetic plain and the peninsula is
- (A) The Vindhya Range
- (B) The Aravallis
- (C) The Nilgiri hills
- (D) The Satpwas
4. The horizontal of soil profile is composed of
- (A) Weathered parent material that is not affected by translocation and organic modification
- (B) Material affected by translocation & organic modification
- (C) Unweathered bedrock
- (D) None of the above
5. The low latitude zone of globe extends between
- (A) Tropic of Capricorn and Cancer
- (B) North Pole to South Pole
- (C) Tropic of Capricorn and equator
- (D) Equator and Tropic of Cancer
6. The hunting and gathering economy can support only
- (A) 1 person per sq. km
- (B) 3 person per sq. km
- (C) 5 person per sq. km
- (D) 7 person per sq. km
7. The most densely populated country of Africa is
- (A) Mauritius
- (B) Rwanda
- (C) Burundi
- (D) Sierra Leone
8. The main types of air mass include
I. Maritime tropical (mT)
II. Maritime polar (mP)
III. Maritime arctic (mA)
IV. Continental polar (cP)
- (A) I, II
- (B) I, III, IV
- (C) I, IV
- (D) All of the above
9. The headquarters of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), formed out of erstwhile USSR, is at
- (A) Minsk in Byelorussia
- (B) Moscow in Russia
- (C) Kiev in Ukraine
- (D) Kistiner in Moldavia
10. The model that describes how various geological processes create, modify and influence rock is called
- (A) Water cycle
- (B) Energy cycle
- (C) Rock cycle
- (D) None of the above
11. The tide produced as a consequence of the moon and the sun pulling the earth in the same direction is called
- (A) Ebb tide
- (B) High tide
- (C) Spring tide
- (D) Neap tide
12. The smallest state, population wise, in the world is
- (A) Vatican City
- (B) Monaco
- (C) Nauru
- (D) Liechtenstein
13. The thickness of biosphere is
- (A) 8-10 km above the earth's surface
- (B) 5-8 km above the earth's surface
- (C) 5-10 km above the earth's surface
- (D) 10-12 km above the earth's surface
14. Which of the following is not a kharif crop?
- (A) Jute
- (B) Maize
- (C) Mustard
- (D) Rice
15. The temperature needed to keep the earth's surface and the atmosphere in thermal equilibrium is called
- (A) The surface temperature
- (B) Equilibrium temperature
- (C) The mean global surface temperature
- (D) Global temperature