GK Geography

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