Geography : Model Test Paper

GK Geography 1

1. Who was the first man to reach the South Pole?
a) Robert Walpole
b) Amundson
c) Robert Peary
d) none of these
2. Which of the following cities are situated on the banks of river ‘Tigris’?
a) Sharjah
b) Baghdad
c) Dubai
d) London
3. Which of the following is not an island?
a) Greenland
b) Ireland
c) Cuba
d) Sweden
4. Which of the following places is called the ‘Land of Golden Pagoda’?
a) Japan
b) Thailand
c) Myanmar
d) Java
5. Which of the following places are connected by the Adam’s bridge?
a) Israel and Jerusalem
b) Amman and Damascus
c) Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman
d) Dhanushkodi and Talaimannar
6. Which of the following represent the International Date Line?
a) 1000 meridian
b) 00 meridian
c) 1800 meridian
d) 900 meridian
7. Excessively dry climate with very cold temperature throughout the year correspond to which of the following?
a) Arctic deserts
b) Tundra
c) Alpine meadows
d) Antarctica
8. Which one of the following is a cold current?
a) Gulf stream
b) Kuroshio
c) Benguela
d) Brazil
9. The disintegration and decomposition of rocks is known as
a) weathering
b) erosion
c) denudation
d) mass washing
10. What are the tropical cyclones of the Bay of Bengal called?
a) hurricanes
b) typhoons
c) depressions
d) tornadoes
11. Which of the following is the only latitude that forms a great circle?
a) The Equator
b) The Arctic circle
c) The Antarctic circle
d) The Tropic of Cancer
12. Which of the following is the most ideal condition for chemical weathering?
a) hot and humid
b) hot and dry
c) cold and dry
d) cold and humid
13. If two points are placed just on either side of the International Date Line, the difference in time between these two points will approximately be how many hours?
a) 12 hours
b) 18 hours
c) 24 hours
d) nil
14. Which one of the following rivers flows near Paris?
a) Rhine
b) Volga
c) Danube
d) Thames
15. The Pacific Ocean was so named by
a) Bartholomew Diaz
b) Magellan
c) Vasco da Gama
d) Columbus

Answers

1. Amundson
2. Baghdad
3. Sweden
4. Myanmar
5. Dhanushkodi and Talaimannar
6. 1800 meridian
7. Antarctica
8. Benguela
9. weathering
10. depressions
11. the Equator
12. hot and humid
13. 24 hours
14. Rhine
15. Magellan

GK Geography 2

1. In northern hemisphere, the wind blowing from the Horse latitude to the Doldrums is called?
a) Westerly wind
b) Trade wind
c) Polar Easterly wind
d) jet stream
2. What is the maximum length of a day on the poles?
a) 12 hours
b) 24 hours
c) 3 months
d) six months
3. Which one of the following latitudes forms a great circle?
a) 00
b) 23 ½ 0
c) 66 ½ 0
d) 900
4. The International Date Line is located in the
a) Pacific Ocean
b) Atlantic ocean
c) Indian ocean
d) Arctic ocean
5. Which one of the following is a volcano located in Italy?
a) Vesuvius
b) Mauna Loa
c) Krakotao
d) Stromboli
6. Dark skin shields the body from the damaging effects of ultraviolet radiations. Therefore which of the following regions are inhabited by people with darker skin?
a) Tropical regions
b) Temperate regions
c) desert regions
d) forest regions
7. Which one of the following is not a form of precipitation?
a) hail
b) snowfall
c) rainfall
d) fog
8. What term is used to refer to the process in which the fertile part of the soil is dissolved in water and washed away?
a) effusing
b) decaying
c) leaching
d) eroding
9. Which one of the following is known as the Pearl City?
a) Cochin
b) Tuticorin
c) Rameswaram
d) Masulippatanam
10. Who was the first navigator who had sailed around the earth and proved that the shape of earth is round?
a) James Cook
b) Ferdinand Magellan
c) Ptolemy
d) Vasco da Gama

 

Answers

1. Trade wind
2. 6 months
3. 00
4. Pacific Ocean
5. Vesuvius
6. Tropical regions
7. Fog
8. eroding
9. Tuticorin
10. Ferdinand Magellan