Top 100 World Geography GK Questions
The hunting and gathering economy can support only
(A) 1 person per sq. km
(B) 3 persons per sq. km
(C) 5 persons per sq. km
(D) 7 persons per sq. km
Correct Answer : A
A disease like cancer, cataract, skin disease is caused by
(A) Due to water pollution
(B) due to ultraviolet rays
(C) due to noise pollution
(D) all
Correct Answer : B
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
Correct Answer : A
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
Correct Answer : A
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
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
Shape of the earth is
(A) sphere
(B) oblate spheroid
(C) circular
(D) spheroid
Correct Answer : B
What was the river Ganga declared?
(A) State river declared
(B) declared a national river
(C) declared a government river
(D) none
Correct Answer : B
Which of the following is ocean water pollution?
(A) Because of the source of crude oil
(B) Nuclear waste from all over the world
(C) small organisms are produced which are harmful to the sea jay Nikita
(D) all
Correct Answer : D
Which of the following are measures to control soil pollution?
(A) Priority should be given to their disposal
(B) Improper use of DDT chemical fertilizers and pesticides should be banned in agriculture
(C) Waste material waste should be properly disposed of
(D) all
Correct Answer : D