General Awareness-13

  1.      A V- shaped valley is a feature produced by:

a.      Youthful river

b.      Mature river

c.       Old river

d.      All of the above

  2.      Moon shaped sand-dunes, formed by wind action are called:

a.       Cirque

b.      Bajada

c.       Barkhans                               

d.      Mesa 

  3.      Which of the following is the highest plateau in the world?

a.       Colorado Plateau

b.      Pamir Plateau

c.       Patagonia Plateau     

d.      Potwar Plateau

  4.      Longest mountain range in the world is:

a.       Himalayas           

b.      Andes

c.       Karakoram

d.      Ural mountains

  5.      The highest grade of coal whose surface is shining and has the highest calorific value, is:

a.      Anthracite                      

b.      Bituminous

c.       Lignite                        

d.      Peat

  6.      The largest reserves of fresh water on the Earth’s surface is in :

a.      North America           

b.      South America

c.       Russia                        

d.      Africa

  7.      Which one of the following countries does not border the Caspian sea?

a.      Armenia                       

b.      Azerbaijan

c.       Kazakhstan                

d.      Turkmenistan

  8.      The highest lake above the sea level in the world is:

a.       Lake Avernus          

b.      Lake Tanzania

c.       Lake Toba     

d.      Lake Titicaca

  9.      A ship met with an accident at 30ºE and 35ºN. The ship was sailing in the:

a.       Baltic Sea                        

b.      Black Sea

c.       Mediterranean Sea         

d.      Red Sea

  10.  What is the average salt content in a litre of sea water?

a.       39 gm       

b.      37 gm    

c.       35 gm  

d.      32 gm

  11.  Which is the largest sea in the world?

a.       Caspian Sea         

b.      South China Sea

c.       Mediterranean Sea 

d.      North Sea

  12.  The World’s longest river is

a.      Nile       

b.      Ganges

c.       Amazon       

d.      Mississippi

  13.  The highest waterfall of the world is:

a.       Niagara Falls          

b.      Boyoma Falls

c.       Salto Angel Falls     

d.      Khone Falls 

  14.  Which river has the largest drainage basin?

a.       Nile    

b.      Mississippi

c.       Congo                             

d.      Amazon

  15.  The largest and the busiest inland waterways in the world is:

a.       River Rhine in Germany

b.      River Ganges in India

c.       The Great Lakes and the rivers St. Lawrence  in U.S.A.

d.      River Lena and Lake Baikal in Russia

  16.  Which of the following is called ‘Herring Pond’?

a.      Atlantic Ocean  

b.      Black Sea

c.       Dead Sea   

d.      Pacific Ocean

  17.  Which of the following would be the shortest route?

a.       Sydney, Mumbai, Cairo, Moscow

b.      Sydney, Durban, Cairo, Moscow

c.       Sydney, Singapore, Delhi, Moscow

d.      Sydney, Tokyo, Tashkent, Moscow 

  18.  Which of the following country is known as the ‘Sugar bowl of the World’? 

a.       India                                      

b.      Cuba

c.       Brazil                                   

d.      U.S.A.

  19.  Numerically the largest human race in the world is:

a.      Caucasoid  

b.      Mongoloid

c.       Negroid    

d.      Austroloid

  20.  Israel has common borders with:

a.      Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Egypt

b.      Lebanon, Syria, Turkey and Jordan

c.       Cyprus, Turkey, Jordan and Egypt

d.      Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Yemen