a) Arctic Ocean
b) Indian ocean
c) Atlantic Ocean
d) Pacific ocean
2. The important fishing areas called Grand Bank and Georges Bank are located in the waters of which one of the following?
a) North Pacific
b) South West Atlantic
c) North West Atlantic
d) South Pacific
3. Which country has the largest coastline?
a) USA
b) Australia
c) Canada
d) India
4. Which is the greatest archipelago on the globe?
a) Indonesia
b) Japan
c) West Indies
d) Philippines
5. Which one of the following is a land locked country?
a) Angola
b) Gabon
c) Zimbabwe
d) Tanzania
6. The movement inside the earth’s crust is studied by:
a) Geodesy
b) Plate Tectonics
c) Seismology
d) Geology
7. Which of the following countries is known as the ‘Sugar Bowl of the world’?
a) India
b) Cuba
c) Brazil
d) USA
8. The “Alamatti Dam” is constructed on the river:
a) Kaveri
b) Seeleru
c) Krishna
d) Tungabhadra
9. The outermost layer of the sun is called:
a) Chromosphere
b) Photosphere
c) Corona
d) Lithosphere
10. El Nino is:
a) a warm ocean current
b) a sea storm
c) tropical disturbance
d) another name of typhoon
11. Hanging valley is formed due to the action of:
a) River
b) Glacier
c) Ocean
d) Wind
12. Land and sea breezes occur due to:
a) Conduction
b) Convection
c) Radiation
d) Tides
13. The sea bed sloping gradually and bordering the continent is known as:
a) Coast
b) Continental shelf
c) Continental platform
d) Continental slope
14. Speed of wind is measured by:
a) Barometer
b) Hygrometer
c) Thermometer
d) Anemometer
15. The solar radiation coming to Earth is called:
a) Radiant energy
b) Insolation
c) Sunshine
d) Terrestrial radiation
16. The Indus and Brahmaputra rivers are examples of:
a) Subsequent drainage
b) Superimposed drainage
c) Consequent drainage
d) Antecedent drainage
17. Which state has the largest acreage under rubber?
a) Karnataka
b) Kerala
c) Maharashtra
d) Orissa
18. Which was the first piloted spacecraft to orbit Earth?
a) Sputnik
b) Vostok
c) Pioneer
d) Freedom
19. Study of atmospheric phenomena is called:
a) Astrology
b) Meteorology
c) Seismology
d) Astronomy
20. Energy flows through an ecosystem along a circuit called the:
a) Food web
b) Niche order
c) Food chain
d) Tropic place
21. The highest mountain peak of the Himalayas is situated in:
a) India
b) Tibet
c) China
d) Nepal
22. The cup shaped mouth of the volcano is:
a) Focus
b) Epicentre
c) Crater
d) Cylinder cone
23. “Slash and burn agriculture” is the name given to:
a) Method of potato cultivation
b) Process of deforestation
c) Mixed farming
d) Shifting cultivation
24. When was the first national forest policy issued by the government of India?
a) 1952
b) 1940
c) 1942
d) 1998
25. Which of the following is known as “Eternal city”?
a) London
b) Rome
c) Athens
d) Berlin
26. Which of the following is the fuel for continental drift and plate tectonics?
a) Nuclear fusion
b) Solar energy
c) Chemical reactions
d) Radio Active Decay
27. “Manchester of South India” is:
a) Coimbatore
b) Madurai
c) Bangalore
d) Chennai
28. Which of the following is a mineral?
a) Zinc
b) Camphor
c) Tobacco
d) Nickel
29. The steel plant located in Bihar is:
a) IISCO
b) TISCO
c) VSP
d) Dholavi