1. Which one of the following is a fresh water fish ? (A) Pomfret (B) Rohu (C) Sardine (D) Salmon Answer: Rohu 2. More than 90% of the rock forming minerals in the earths crust consist of— (A) Silicates (B) Oxides (C) Carbonates (D) Sulphides and sulphates Answer: Silicates 3. Which of the following is the largest island ? (A) Sumatra (B) Madagascar (C) Honshu (D) Cuba Answer: Madagascar 4. When the Sun is nearest to the Earth, the Earth is said to be in— (A) Aphelion (B) Perihelion (C) Apogee (D) Perigee Answer: Perihelion 5. Where is the Doldrums Belt located ? (A) Near the Equator (B) Near the Poles (C) Near the Tropic of Cancer (D) Near the Tropic of Capricorn Answer: Near the Equator 6. The most important activity of the Tundra region is— (A) Fish farming (B) Cattle rearing (C) Hunting (D) Cropping Answer: Hunting 7. The most urbanised country in the world is— (A) Japan (B) Singapore (C) Germany (D) Israel Answer: Singapore 8. Which is the poorest country among the following ? (A) Sierra Leone (B) Uganda (C) Bangladesh (D) Somalia Answer: Somalia 9. Which is the land of morning calm ? (A) Finland (B) Korea (C) Japan (D) Thailand Answer: Korea 10. Richter scale is a/an …… scale to measure earth tremors. (A) Exponential (B) Logarithmic (C) Geometric (D) Physical Answer: Logarithmic 11. The correct sequence of the given planets in increasing order of their distance from the Sun is— (A) Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter (B) Venus, Mercury, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter (C) Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn (D) Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, Mars, Saturn Answer: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn 12. Water from an artesian well flows up automatically due to— (A) Heavy rainfall in region (B) Volcanic activity (C) Hydrostatic pressure (D) Geothermal energy Answer: Hydrostatic pressure 13. On which particular date does the sun remain at its shortest distance from the earth ? (A) 21st March (B) 22nd December (C) 3rd January (D) 4th July Answer: 3rd January 14. Which of the following is known as the morning star ? (A) Saturn (B) Jupiter (C) Mars (D) Venus Answer: Venus 15. The innermost layer of the earth is known as— (A) Lithosphere (B) Mesosphere (C) Asthenosphere (D) Barysphere Answer: Barysphere 16. Which one of the following is not a cold current ? (A) California (B) Oyashio (C) Kuroshio (D) Canaries Answer: Kuroshio 17. Which of the following absorbs part of the insolation and preserves earths radiated heat ? (A) Oxygen (B) Nitrogen (C) Water vapour (D) Carbon dioxide Answer: Carbon dioxide 18. Arakan yoma is the extension of the Himalayas located in— (A) Baluchistan (B) Myanmar (C) Nepal (D) Kashmir Answer: Myanmar 19. Sun belt of U.S.A. is important for which one of the following industries ? (A) Cotton textile (B) Petro chemical (C) Hi-tech electronics (D) Food processing Answer: Food processing 20. Coffee is a— (A) Sub-tropical shrub (B) Warm temperate shrub (C) Tropical shrub (D) Cool temperate shrub Answer: Tropical shrub
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