GK Practice Test: Question Set - 03
1. The highest mountains in Africa, which is not part of any mountains chain, is
- (A) Mt. Aconcagua
- (B) Mr. Kilimanjaro
- (C) Mt. Kosciusco
- (D) Mont Blanc
2. The mountains that separate European and Arctic Russia are
- (A) The Pyranees
- (B) The Balkans
- (C) The Carpathians
- (D) The Urals
3. The landforms that are created by massive earth movements due to place tectonics are called
- (A) Structural landforms
- (B) Weathering landforms
- (C) Erosional landforms
- (D) Depositional landforms
4. The highest and lowest values of a weather element observed over the entire period of record are
- (A) Extremes
- (B) Average extremes
- (C) Absolute extremes
- (D) Relative extremes
5. The major countries of Central America are
- (A) Belize, Costa Rica, Panama
- (B) China, Taiwan, Japan
- (C) Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait
- (D) All of the above
6. The main watershed of most of the peninsular river lies in the
- (A) Aravalli hills
- (B) Raj Mahal hills
- (C) Siwalik hills
- (D) Western Ghats
7. The land-sea distribution or the positions of the world's continents and major oceans influences
- (A) The major pressure belts that develop from the general circulation of the atmosphere
- (B) The development of the mid-latitude cyclonic depressions, at the convergence zone between polar and subtropical air masses
- (C) Both (a) and (b)
- (D) None of the above
8. The minor planets revolving between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars are called
- (A) Novas
- (B) Comets
- (C) Meteors
- (D) Asteroids
9. The hazards of radiation belts include
- (A) Deterioration of electronic circuits
- (B) Damage of solar cells of spacecraft
- (C) Adverse effect on living organisms
- (D) All of the above
10. The iron and steel industries of which of the following countries are almost fully dependent on imported raw materials?
- (A) Britain
- (B) Japan
- (C) Poland
- (D) Germany
11. The three recognized major fishing grounds of the world are located in the
- (A) Northern hemisphere only
- (B) Southern hemisphere only
- (C) Two in the southern hemisphere only and one in the northern hemisphere
- (D) One in the southern hemisphere only and two in the northern hemisphere
12. The slow down slope movement of soil and sediment because of frost heaving and thawing is called
- (A) Solifluction
- (B) Gelifluction
- (C) Frost creep
- (D) Rockfall
13. The smallest division of geological time scale is
- (A) Eon
- (B) Eras
- (C) Stage
- (D) Periods
14. The Rhine River of northern Europe empties into
- (A) The Baltic Sea
- (B) The North Sea
- (C) The Bay of Biscay
- (D) The Adriatic Sea
15. The snow line of the Rocky Mountains of the USA is about
- (A) 3 km above sea level
- (B) 6 km above sea level
- (C) It is at the sea level
- (D) None of the above