Thursday, January 9, 2014

GEOGRAPHY MCQs

1. Kampala is the capital of which of the following African countries? 

[A] Uganda 

[B] Zambia 

[C] Kenya 

[D]Angola 

2. KLM airways belongs to which of the following countries? 

[A] Kuwait 

[B] Netherlands 

[C] Japan 

[D]Kuwait 

3. Which among the following was the first comet to be observed by a manned spacecraft? 

[A]Comet Kohoutek 

[B]Halley's Comet‎ 

[C]Comet Borrelly 

[D]Kreutz Sungrazers 

4. The lines on a map connecting regions of equal rainfalls are called as which among the following? 

[A] Isobars 

[B] Isohyets 

[C] Isocons 

[D]Isotherms 

5. Littoral forests are rich sources of which among the following? 

[A] Bamboo 

[B] Firewood 

[C] Timber 

[D]Fodder 

6. What are the main criteria of dividing major natural regions of the world? 

[A] Temperature, rain fall and vegetation 

[B] Latitudes and Longitudes 

[C]Atmospheric Pressure and Winds 

[D]All of them 

7. Which among the following straits connects the Mediterranean Sea with Atlantic Ocean? 

[A] Strait of Gibraltar 

[B] Strait of Magellan 

[C] Strait of Panama 

[D]None of them 

8. Which among the following is the coastal water body that lies off the southwest coast of India, north of a line 

extending from the southern point of Sri Lanka to the southernmost of the Maldives Islands, and east of the 

Maldives? 

[A] Laccadive Sea 

[B] Gulf of Mannar 

[C] Palk Strait 

[D]Minicoy 

9. Amravati Reservoir is located in which national park in India? 

[A] Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National 

[B] Mudumalai National Park 

[C] Pampadum Shola National Park 

[D]None of them 

10. Where is the secretariat office of Birdlife International? 

[A] Geneva 

[B] Cambridge UK 

[C] Suva, Fiji 

[D]Mumbai, India 

11. Moraines are the deposits of which among the following kinds? 

[A] Tidal deposits 

[B] Glacial Deposits 

[C] Wind Deposits 

[D]None of them 

12. Where are the headquarters of International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources ? 

[A] Geneva 

[B] Philippines 

[C] Sydney 

[D]Paris 

13. Which among the following is the highest peak in Africa? 

[A]Mount Kilimanjaro 

[B]Mount Kenya 

[C]Mount Algan 

[D]Mount Hanang 

14. Alph River and Onyx River are located in which among the following continents? 

[A]Australia 

[B]Antarctica 

[C]North America 

[D]Europe 

15. Which among the following migratory bird species migrates from Arctic to Antarctica every year, making it 

longest migratory route on earth? 

[A]Arctic Tern 

[B]Black necked swan 

[C]Bobolink 

[D]American Robin 

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