CSS Geography Questions & Answers - Part-1 - Set 20

1)   The local time of a place is known with reference to its:

a. Distance from the capital city
b. Longitudinal position
c. Latitudinal position
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Longitudinal position

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


2)   How many lines of latitude are there on the globe?

a. 90
b. 180
c. 181
d. 360
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 180

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


3)   What is a chronometer?

a. An instrument used to measure the degree of latitude
b. Al highly accurate time piece which is used to keep Greenwich meantime
c. A scale which tells the distance between any tow places
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Al highly accurate time piece which is used to keep Greenwich meantime

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


4)   What is Graticule?

a. The complete network of parallels and meridian on the earth
b. The latitudinal extent of country
c. The difference between standard time
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: The complete network of parallels and meridian on the earth

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


5)   Which of the following is a small circle?

a. Equator
b. 23.5
c. 20.5
d. 25
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 20.5

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


6)   Prime Meridian is also called:

a. Arctic circle
b. Equator
c. Greenwich Meridian
d. Artie pole
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Greenwich Meridian

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


7)   In how many time zones has the world been divided?

a. 1.5
b. 24
c. 30
d. 32
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 24

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


8)   Which is the longest of the following lines?

a. 0
b. 45
c. 90
d. All are equal
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All are equal

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


9)   Which of the following is a warm ocean current?

a. Kuroshio
b. Peruvian
c. Labrador
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Kuroshio

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


10)   Pceans are most important for us because:

a. They are the largest source of water
b. They provide the most convenient like between the continents
c. They are the ultimate source of water
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: They provide the most convenient like between the continents

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


11)   Which of the following is a cold current:

a. Kuroshio
b. Brzail
c. Benguela
d. Gulf of Stream
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Benguela

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


12)   The most salty sea in the world is:

a. Ural Sea
b. Dead Sea
c. Red Sea
d. Black Sea
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Dead Sea

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


13)   The direction of ocean currents is reversed with season:

a. In the Pacific Ocean
b. In the Indian Ocean
c. In the Mediterranean Ocean
d. In the Atlantic Ocean
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: In the Indian Ocean

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


14)   What is the average salt content in a litre of sea water?

a. 49 gm
b. 37 gm
c. 35 gm
d. 40 gm
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 35 gm

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


15)   Among the following, the deepest sea is:

a. Red Sea
b. Caribbean Sea
c. Bering Sea
d. Mediterranean Sea
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Caribbean Sea

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


16)   The deepest trench "Mariana Trench" is in:

a. Atlantic Ocean
b. Pacific Ocean
c. Indian Ocean
d. Arctic Ocean
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Pacific Ocean

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


17)   In the ocean, water moves horizontally over vest areas due to:

a. Density difference
b. Slope of the ocean floor
c. Waves
d. Currents
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Density difference

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


18)   The world's largest lake is:

a. Lake Victoria
b. Caspian Sea
c. Black Sea
d. Red Sea
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Caspian Sea

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


19)   Sargasso sea is located in:

a. North Pacific Ocean
b. North Atlantic Ocean
c. South Pacific Ocean
d. Indian Ocean
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: North Atlantic Ocean

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


20)   The North and South Equatorial currents are caused by:

a. Differencein temperatures
b. The prevailing trades
c. The prevailing westerlies
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: The prevailing trades

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


21)   The world's deepest trench is in:

a. Pacific Ocean
b. Indian Ocean
c. Atlantic Ocean
d. Mediterranean Sea
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Pacific Ocean

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


22)   The tide at its maximum height is known as:

a. Equinox
b. Neap tide
c. Spring tide
d. Tsunami
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Spring tide

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


23)   The Benguela current touches:

a. The eastern coast of South America
b. West African coast
c. India coast
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: West African coast

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


24)   A huge mass of ice fed by snow on a high mountain slowly sliding downhill before it starts melting is called:

a. Avalanche
b. Glacier
c. Iceberg
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Glacier

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


25)   The greatest known ocean depth which lies in the Pacific Ocean is:

a. 8890 m
b. 11033 m
c. 10000 m
d. 12008 m
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 11033 m

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


26)   Which is the smallest among the following water bodies?

a. Arctic Sea
b. Hudson Bay
c. Japan Sea
d. Okhotsk Sea
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Japan Sea

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


27)   Which ocean current is popularly known as warm blanket of Europe?

a. East Australian current
b. Gulf Stream
c. Brazil current
d. Equatorial current
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Gulf Stream

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


28)   Gulf Stream carries:

a. Warm equatorial water to West American coast
b. Warm equatorial water to eastern coast of Brazil
c. Warm equatorial water to the western coast of Europe
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Warm equatorial water to the western coast of Europe

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


29)   The largest reserves of fresh water on the earth's surface is in:

a. North America
b. South America
c. USSR
d. Africa
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: South America

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


30)   Victoria Falls in Africa is located on:

a. River Niger
b. River Zambezi
c. River Congo
d. River Nile
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: River Zambezi

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


31)   The phenomenon of an opening occurring in the earth's surface through which a jet of hot water and steam is forced out at regular intervals, is called

a. Gorge
b. Stream
c. Geyser
d. Canyon
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Geyser

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


32)   Which of the following is not a fresh water lake?

a. Lake Huron
b. Lake Titicaca
c. Lake Ontario
d. Lake Erie
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Lake Titicaca

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


33)   Which is the largest sea in the world?

a. North Sea
b. South China Sea
c. Caspian Sea
d. Mediterranean Sea
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: South China Sea

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


34)   The smallest ocean in the world is:

a. Atlantic Ocean
b. Indian Ocean
c. Pacific Ocean
d. Arctic Ocean
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Arctic Ocean

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


35)   Arrange the following three atmospheric layers starting from the surface of the earth

a. Stratosphere
b. Ionosphere
c. Troposphere
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Troposphere

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


36)   What does 'Roaring forties' refer to?

a. The tract of stormy westerly winds between latitudes 20-30? S
b. Whirl winds caused in Atlantic Ocean
c. The region between latitudes 40 and 50? S where the prevailing westerly winds blow over the open oceans with great regularity and strength
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: The region between latitudes 40 and 50? S where the prevailing westerly winds blow over the open oceans with great regularity and strength

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


37)   Isotherms are lines on a map which join the places having the same

a. Hunidity
b. Pressure
c. Mean temperature
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Mean temperature

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


38)   A sextant is a scientific instrument for measuring

a. Rainfall
b. Altitude of the sun and other inaccessible heavenly bodies
c. Curvature of earth's surface
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Curvature of earth's surface

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


39)   A piece of land surrounded by water from all sides in an ocean, sea, lake or river, is called

a. Estuary
b. An island
c. Peninsula
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: An island

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


40)   Who was the first to reach the South Pole?

a. Amundsen
b. Magellan
c. Robert Peary
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Amundsen

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


41)   An extensive inlet penetrating far into the land (a large, deep bay), is known as

a. A Gulf
b. An Island
c. A Peninsula
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: A Gulf

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


42)   The Ozone Layer protects the earth from

a. Ultra-violet rays
b. Cosmic rays
c. Infrared rays
d. X-rays
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Ultra-violet rays

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


43)   High tides occur when

a. The earth, the sun and the moon are in a straight line, (the sun being in the middle)
b. The position of the sun and moon form a right angle with the earth's centre
c. The sun, the earth and the moon are in a straight line (the earth being in the middle)
d. The earth, the moon and the sun are in a straight line (the moon being in the middle)
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: The earth, the moon and the sun are in a straight line (the moon being in the middle)

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


44)   Moraines are debris deposited by

a. Rivers
b. Sea-waves
c. Winds
d. Glaciers
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Glaciers

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


45)   Distance between moon and earth is approximately

a. 4,06,700 km
b. 1,00,000 km
c. 12,00,000 km
d. 2,50,000 km
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 4,06,700 km

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


46)   Westerlies are

a. Cold winds
b. Warm wind-streams
c. Hot winds blowing
d. Rain-bearing winds from the west
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Cold winds

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


47)   The International Date Line refers to

a. The world calendar
b. The international boundary between North and South
c. Headquarters 6f the International Court of Justice
d. Line of international affairs
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: The international boundary between North and South

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


48)   What is the right combination of the following in the order of increasing distance from the outermost planet?

a. Earth, Mars, Venus, Mercury
b. Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury
c. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
d. Venus, Earth, Mercury, Mars
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


49)   The length of a shadow at noon would be the same all the year round at

a. The Equator
b. The South Pole
c. The North Pole
d. The Tropic of Cancer
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: The Equator

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


50)   A narrow strip of land, connecting two large areas of land is called

a. A Peninsula
b. An Isthmus
c. A Strait
d. An Archipelago
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: An Isthmus

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!