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Top 50 World Geography GK Questions

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Q :  

Which among the following (Desert - Country) is correctly matched? 

(A) Nubian - Mexico

(B) Sonoran - Australia

(C) Chihuahuan - China

(D) Atacama - Chile

Correct Answer : D

Q :  

Match List - 1 with List - II and select the correct answer using the code given below-

List - 1                        List - II

1. Khamsin                a. West Africa

2. Bora                        b. Egypt

3. Loo                         c. Adriatic Sea

4. Harmattan            d. Northern Plains of India

Code-

(A) 1- ( b ), 2- ( c ), 3- ( d ), 4- ( a )

(B) 1- ( d ), 2- ( c ), 3- ( b ), 4- ( a )

(C) 1- ( c ), 2- ( a ), 3- ( b ), 4- ( d )

(D) 1- ( a ) , 2- ( b ), 3- ( c ), 4- ( d )

Correct Answer : A

Q :  

Brown Waterfalls are situated in - 

(A) Switzerland

(B) Peru

(C) Norway

(D) New Zealand

Correct Answer : D

Q :  

The world's greatest earthquake belt is - 

(A) Circum Atlantic Belt

(B) Circum Pacific Belt

(C) Mid continental Belt

(D) Mid oceanic Belt

Correct Answer : B

Q :  

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

Correct Answer : C

Q :  

The length of the tropical years (the time interval between successive occurrences of the spring equinox) is decreasing very slowly as a result of

(A) small, progressive changes in the earth's rotational speed

(B) small, progressive change in earth's orbit around the sun

(C) both (a) and (b)

(D) None of the above

Correct Answer : C

Q :  

The following is not a Kharif crop?

(A) Jute

(B) Maize

(C) Mustard

(D) Rice

Correct Answer : C

Q :  

Tertiary winds on the north of the Alps (Europe) are called

(A) the Chinook

(B) the foehn

(C) the sirocco

(D) the loo

Correct Answer : B

Q :  

Shape of the earth is

(A) sphere

(B) oblate spheroid

(C) circular

(D) spheroid

Correct Answer : B

Q :  

The highest mountain peak of Oceania is

(A) Mt. Victoria, Papua New Guinea

(B) Mt. Kosciusko, Australia

(C) Mt. Cook, South Island (New Zealand)

(D) Puncak Jaya, Indonesia.

Correct Answer : D

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