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GK_Miscellaneous World Geography

Practice Test 6

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Which one of the following countries is not in South America?

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Sunda Trench lies in ________

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Most of the people of the middle east belong to ________ group of people.

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What is the “cloud burst”? It is

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There are two types of crusts – the continental and the oceanic. The continental crust is

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Rubber is the coagulated Juice or latex or an equatorial tree called

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The forces responsible for the movements of the earth’s crust, eruption of volcanoes and earthquakes are

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A sierra is a/an

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Moho discontinuity refers to a discontinuity between the ________ and ________ layers of the earth.

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Inversion of temperature refers to ________ temperature with height.

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Which of the following countries is the largest producer of uranium in the world?

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The countries with the lowest and worst economic conditions in the world referred to as the ‘Pole of hunger’ are

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The winter temperatures of north-western Europe are higher than those of eastern Europe in the same latitudinal zone because ________

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The temperature at which the air is saturated is known as

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The World’s biggest concrete structure “Three Gorges Dam” is located in which of the following countries?

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When does winter solstice occur in the Northern Hemisphere?

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Pedology is a science of the study of

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Which of the following States of the U.5A are attached to Mexico?

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A huge muss of ice fed by snow on a high mountain slowly sliding downhill before It starts melting is called

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‘Abadan’ is well known as

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Liverpool Hull, Bristol and Southampton are ports in

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Which one of the following straits is nearest to the International Date Line?

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What is the shortest route from Moscow to San Francisco?

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Which of the following reflects radio waves back to the Earth?

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‘The Scented Isle’ in the Mediterranean Sea is

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Burkina Faso is the new name of ________ Republic.

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The line dividing North Korea and South Korea is

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Which of these countries has/have Adriatic Sea as a boundary?
1. Albania
2. Bosnia Herzegovina
3. Croatia
4. Macedonia

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Which of the following is not a member of SAARC

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Jurollo volcano, Mexico is an example of ________ type of volcano.

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Which of the following countries is included in the North-West Pacific fishing grounds?

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The Earth’s population has ________ since the turn of the century.

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Humidity in the air is measured in a

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The world’s largest reserves of petroleum are located in

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Grand Bank, Sable Bank, Middle Bank and Jeffery Bank are the major fishing grounds of

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Botswana was formerly known as

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If one watches a distant ship coming towards the shore through a telescope one first sees

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The wettest place in the world is Cherrapunji (Assam). The Hottest place is

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The age of a tree can be estimated by

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A hinterland is

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“Dark Continent” is

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Which country is known as the “Cockpit of Europe”?

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The ________ current is a cold water current.

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The highest navigable lake in the world is

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Which of the following countries does not share its border with Iraq?

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Which one of the following types of plains is not formed by the action of the riven?

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A fumarole is

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Suez Canal route handles more traffic than the Panama Canal route mainly because

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The United Kingdom’ consists of England and ________

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A strait is

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The yield or food grain per man is high under

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The 38th parallel separates ________

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17th Parallel separates ________

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Blizzards are more frequent in

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The busy port of Rotterdam is situated in ________

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If the atmospheric air is cooled because of expansion, the cooling is known as

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Which of the following is known as ‘golden fiber’?

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Latvia does not share its borders with which one of the following countries?

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The strait that separates Tasmania from the mainland of Australia is

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Shwedagon pagoda is located in

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Nautical mile is a unit of distance used in

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Which, among the following countries, lies at the junction of three continents (Asia, Africa ad Europe)?

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Collective Farm of Ukraine is also known as

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The river Irrawaddy is the life blood of

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The Asian and North American continents almost meet at the narrow and shallow Bering Strait, only ________ kilometres across.

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Life expectancy of a region is ________

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The first oil well in the world was drilled at

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The largest country in the world (area-wise) is

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The world’s largest river is

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If A and B are two stations antipode to each other then their

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Zueder Zee in Netherlands is known for

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“Europe point” is

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The earlier name of Surinam was ________

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Foehn is a local wind of ________.

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________ is called the ‘land of a thousand lakes’.

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________ is called “the land of thousand lakesโ€.

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The nuclear reactor, where the leak of radioactive substance was detected in Japan following the tsunami of 11 March, 2011 are in

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A river erodes by

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The shipping canal that connects the North Sea and the Baltic Sea is called the ________.

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Uranus takes ________ years to orbit the Sun.

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Which one of the following is correct? Benguela current flows ________

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Which of the following lies on the Nile Rivers?

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The world’s largest delta system is the ________.

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Which of these oceans touches the shores of Asia on one side and that of America on the other?

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The fog that commonly occurs along the sea-coasts is of the ________ type.

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Limestone changes into ________ due to metamorphism.

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In spite of the very high temperature at the Earth’s centre, the inner core is not in a molten state because the

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Which of the following is/are wrongly matched?
I. Bushman – Kalahari Desert
II. Masai – North America
III. Bindibus – Australia
IV. Kirghiz – Asian Steppes

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Temperate grasslands in South America are found on the ________ part of the continent.

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Mongoloid races are characterised by

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Which is the greatest archipelago on the globe?

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In Germany the Mittle Land Canal runs from the

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Pilgrim Fathers are the earliest migrants to

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India is developing Chabahar Port in which of the following countries?

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“Haneda” is the name of the international airport in

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The only cereal crop which originated in America is

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Cod, haddock, halibut, sole, garoupa and snapper are

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The internationally recognised scale for describing wind speeds is ________.

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The ocean currents allow the oceans to ________ year after year.

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The approximate distance between the Earth and the Sun is

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