Sunda Trench lies in ________
A. Atlantic Ocean
B. Pacific Ocean
C. Indian Ocean
D. Antarctic Ocean
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Collective Farm of Ukraine is also known as
A. Kolkhoz
B. Dom
C. Ryckay Eezik
D. Sovkhoz
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Nautical mile is a unit of distance used in
A. Space travel
B. Navigation
C. Aviation
D. Communication
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Which of the following reflects radio waves back to the Earth?
A. Ionosphere
B. Thermosphere
C. Tropopause
D. Mesopause
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The internationally recognised scale for describing wind speeds is ________.
A. The Richter Scale
B. The Moho's Scale
C. The Modified Mercalli Scale
D. The Beaufort Scale
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The world's largest river is
A. Amazon
B. Nile
C. Mississippi
D. Brahmaputra
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"Dark Continent" is
A. Africa
B. South America
C. Australia
D. Asia
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"Europe point" is
A. The southern most tip of Gibraltar
B. A small French island in Mozambique channel
C. A famous sea resort near Naples
D. A summer resort for the Pope in Itlay
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Which, among the following countries, lies at the junction of three continents (Asia, Africa ad Europe)?
A. Turkey
B. Cyprus
C. Syria
D. Yemen
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Cod, haddock, halibut, sole, garoupa and snapper are
A. Major species of Tropical Forests
B. Cattle breeds
C. Fish varieties
D. Pacific Islands
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If the atmospheric air is cooled because of expansion, the cooling is known as
A. Adiabatic
B. Lapse rate
C. Alto-cooling
D. Inverse cooling
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Which of these countries has/have Adriatic Sea as a boundary?
1. Albania
2. Bosnia Herzegovina
3. Croatia
4. Macedonia
A. 1 and 2
B. Only 4
C. 1, 2 and 3
D. 3 and 4
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Which of the following is/are wrongly matched?
I. Bushman - Kalahari Desert
II. Masai - North America
III. Bindibus - Australia
IV. Kirghiz - Asian Steppes
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Uranus takes ________ years to orbit the Sun.
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Temperate grasslands in South America are found on the ________ part of the continent.
A. Northern
B. Southern
C. North-western
D. South-eastern
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Limestone changes into ________ due to metamorphism.
A. Marble
B. Quartzite
C. Gneiss
D. Schists
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Moho discontinuity refers to a discontinuity between the ________ and ________ layers of the earth.
A. Sial and Sima
B. Sima and Mantle
C. Sial and Mantle
D. Mantle and Core
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The Asian and North American continents almost meet at the narrow and shallow Bering Strait, only ________ kilometres across.
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Most of the people of the middle east belong to ________ group of people.
A. Negro
B. Nordic
C. Alpine
D. Mediterranean
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Jurollo volcano, Mexico is an example of ________ type of volcano.
A. Acid lava cone
B. Shield volcano
C. Lava plateau
D. Composite
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