WORLD GEOGRAPHY OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS

1. The strait of malacca lies between—
(A) Myanmar and Malaysia
(B) Malaysia and Indonesia
(C) Indonesia and Philippines
(D) Philippines and Taiwan
2. How many states of India border Myanmar ?
(A) Two
(B) Three
(C) Four
(D) Five
3. In which layer of the atmosphere do most weather phenomena occur ?
(A) Exosphere
(B) Stratosphere
(C) Ionosphere
(D) Troposphere
4. Which one of the following ocean currents converges with the Gulf stream ?
(A) Benguela Current
(B) South Atlantic Current
(C) Kuroshio Current
(D) Labrador Current
5. Compaction of soil—
(A) Decreases void ratio
(B) Decreases dry density and increases voids ratio
(C) Decreases shear strength and increases porosity
(D) Increases shear strength as well as porosity
6. The best method of applying water to sandy undulating area is—
(A) Free flooding
(B) Sub irrigation
(C) Furro method
(D) Sprinkler irrigation
7. Which one of the following topographic units receives the first monsoon in summer ?
(A) Western Ghats
(B) Himalayas
(C) Meghalaya Plateau
(D) Eastern Ghats
8. Which one of the following nations has recently pushed back its time and synchronised with the standard time ?
(A) Sri Lanka
(B) Bangladesh
(C) Bhutan
(D) Nepal
9. Which of the following countries is not in the African continent ?
(A) Togo
(B) Sierra Leone
(C) Costa Rica
(D) Mauritania
10. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?
Lake Location
(A) Superior — US-Canada
(B) Baikal — Russia
(C) Great Bear — Canada
(D) Great Slave — Russia
11. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched—
Line Countries
(A) Durand Line — Pakistan and Afghanistan
(B) Maginot Line — France and Germany
(C) 38th Parallel — Russia and Finland
(D) Radcliffe — India and Pakistan
12. The atmospheric layer reflecting radio waves is called ?
(A) Ozonosphere
(B) Ionosphere
(C) Statosphere
(D) Mesosphere
13. The deepest surface depression on the earth is—
(A) Kurile Trench
(B) Mariana Trench
(C) Tonga-Kermadec Trench
(D) Benfley Subglacial Trench
14. Shale is metamorphosed into which of the following rock ?
(A) Graphite
(B) Gneiss
(C) Marble
(D) Slate
15. A metal is exposed to the atmosphere for sometime. It becomes coated with green carbonate the metal must be—
(A) Silver
(B) Copper
(C) Aluminium
(D) Zinc
16. Where are the hot deserts generally found ?
(A) On the eastern margins of the tropics
(B) On the western margins of the tropics
(C) Nearer the Equator
(D) In the middle of the continents
17. Why are winters more severe in Southern Hemisphere that in Northern Hemisphere ?
(A) Earth is titled towards the sun in the Northern Hemisphere
(B) Northern Hemisphere receives more sunlight
(C) Because of more iceberg activity in Southern Hemisphere
(D) Southern Hemisphere is less in habited

18. Consider the following statements and give the answer with the help of codes given below—
Assertion (A) : Only one side of the moon's surface is visible from the earth.
Reason (R) : The period of rotation of the moon on its axis is equal to the period of its revolution round the earth.
Codes :
(A) Both A and R are correct R is the correct explanation of A
(B) Both A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A
(C) A is correct but R is wrong
(D) A is wrong but R is correct
19. On which of the following dates is your shadow at noon the smallest.
(A) December 25
(B) March 21
(C) June 22
(D) February 14
20. Ozone layer in atmosphere—
(A) Produces rain
(B) Produces pollution
(C) Provides safty to life on earth from ultraviolet radiation
(D) Produces oxygen in the atmosphere
21. 'Threat of global warming' is increasing due to increasing concentration of—
(A) Ozone
(B) Nitrozen
(C) Sulphur oxide
(D) Carbon dioxide
22. When a body is taken from the earth to the moon—
(A) Its weight increase
(B) Its weight decrease
(C) Its weight remains unchanged
(D) It becomes completely weightless
23. Shahtoosh Shawl is made from the hairs of—
(A) Hangul
(B) Chinkara
(C) Chiru
(D) Merino
24. Environment refers—
(A) As the Natural world of land, water, air, plants and animals that exist around it
(B) To the sum total of conditions which surround man at a given point of time
(C) The interacting systems of physical, biological and cultural elements which are interlinked
(D) All the above
25. Environmental degradation means—
(A) Overall lowering of environmental qualities
(B) Adverse changes brought in by human activities
(C) Ecological imbalance because of ecological diversity
(D) All the above
26. The local time of a place is 6 : 00 a.m. when the Greenwitch mean time (G.M.T.) is 3 : 00 a.m. What is the longitude of the place ?
(A) 45° W
(B) 45° E
(C) 120° E
(D) 120° W
27. Which of the following is also known as 'Eternal city' ?
(A) London
(B) Rome
(C) Athens
(D) Berlin
28. The largest island in the world is Greenland. It is an integral part of—
(A) Norway
(B) North America
(C) Denmark
(D) Canada
29. Dolomite is a/an—
(A) Sedimentary rock
(B) Plutonic rock
(C) Igneous rock
(D) Metamorphic rock
30. El Nino is—
(A) A warm ocean current
(B) Sea storm
(C) Tropical disturbance
(D) Another name of Typhoon
31. The instrument of measuring intensity of earthquakes is called—
(A) Ediograph
(B) Pantagraph
(C) Ergograph
(D) Seismograph
32. Arrange the following countries of South Asia in descending order of their population literacy—
1. Bangladesh
2. India
3. Pakistan
4. Sri Lanka
(A) 1, 4, 3, 2
(B) 3, 2, 4, 1
(C) 4, 2, 3, 1
(D) 4, 3, 2, 1
33. Out of the following which country is dependent on others for the raw material for its iron steel industry ?
(A) England
(B) Australia
(C) Japan
(D) Turkey
34. Brightest planet in our solar system is—
(A) Venus
(B) Mercury
(C) Mars
(D) Jupiter
35. The source of suns energy is the process of—
(A) Photoelectric emission
(B) Nuclear fission
(C) Nuclear fusion
(D) Thermionic emission
36. Which is the hottest planet of the solar system?
(A) Venus
(B) Mars
(C) Earth
(D) Saturn
37. The 'Milky way' Galaxy was first observed by—
(A) Galileo
(B) Maarten Schmidt
(C) Marcone
(D) Newton
38. Submerged objects can be located using—
(A) Radar
(B) Sonar
(C) Quassar
(D) Pulsar
39. The approximate time taken for the light from the sun to reach the earth is—
(A) 2 minutes
(B) 4 minutes
(C) 8 minutes
(D) 16 minutes
40. Which of the following atmospheric layers is responsible for the deflection of radio-waves?
(A) Troposphere
(B) Stratosphere
(C) Mesosphere
(D) Ionosphere

Answers

1. (B) 2. (C) 3. (D) 4. (D) 5. (A)
6. (D) 7. (A) 8. (A) 9. (C) 10. (D)
11. (C) 12. (B) 13. (B) 14. (D) 15. (B)
16. (B) 17. (B) 18. (A) 19. (C) 20. (C)
21. (D) 22. (B) 23. (C) 24. (D) 25. (D)
26. (B) 27. (B) 28. (C) 29. (A) 30. (A)
31. (D) 32. (C) 33. (C) 34. (A) 35. (C)
36. (A) 37. (A) 38. (B) 39. (C) 40. (D)