General Awareness : Geography
1. Q: The chemically inactive gas present in the atmosphere is
a) Nitrogen
b) Argon
c) Water Vapour
d) Oxygen
Ans: b) Argon
2. Q: A sudden fall in the barometric reading indicates
a) Rain
b) Strom
c) Fine weather
d) Extreme cold
Ans: b) Strom
3. Q: Which of the following is produced by the raid ascent of moist air?
a) Frost
b) Fog
c) Hail
d) Snow
Ans: c) Hail
4. Q: Molten rock below the surface of the earth is called
a) Basalt
b) Laccolith
c) Lava
d) Magma
Ans: d) Magma
5. Q: The instrument used for recording earthquake waves is
a) Barograph
b) Hydrograph
c) Pantograph
d) Seismograph
Ans: d) Seismograph
6. Q: When it is nine O’clock in London, it will be the same time in
a) Ghana
b) Bali
c) Latvia
d) Norway
Ans: a) Ghana
7. Q: Which European country has over 200 volcanoes, many of them still active?
a) Finland
b) Iceland
c) Ireland
d) Norway
Ans: b) Iceland
8. Q: Which of the following is not a sedimentary rock?
a) Limestone
b) Marble
c) Sandstone
d) Shale
Ans: b) Marble
9. Q: Which of the following rocks is transformed into marble?
a) Granite
b) Limestone
c) Peat
d) Shale
Ans: b) Limestone
10. Q: Which planet looks reddish in the night sky
a) Mercury
b) Mars
c) Jupiter
d) Saturn
Ans: b) Mars