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1) Latitude is part of a geographical measurement. What is its function in combination with longitude? a. It helps in aviation b. It helps in oceans c. Make possible to locate anything on earth's surface d. Make possible to locate stars in the sky
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2) Through the crater or vents of volcano, molten rock is thrown out on to the Earth's surface. What is called this molten rock? a. Magma b. Lava c. Trash d. Molten mud
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3) What is called a flash or flashes of light that is seen during a thunderstorm? a. Rainbow b. Thunder light c. Liightning d. Thundering
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4) Which molten material is formed in the upper mantle or crust of the earth, which is composed of a mixture of various complex silicates in which various gaseous materials are dissolved including water? a. Liquid Lava b. Lava c. Fresh Lava d. Magma
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5) What is formed when Magma is cooled? a. Igneous rocks b. Calcium c. Mountains d. metamorphic rocks
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6) Anound the centre of the Earth there is a layer called the core and around the surface of the earth there is a layer called crust. What is called the layer between core and crust? a. Magma b. Inner core c. Mantle d. Outer core
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7) Metamorphic means to do with change. What is metamorphic rock? a. One of the three types of rocks making up earth's ionosphere b. One of the three types of rocks making up earth's inner c. One of the three types of rocks making up earth's mental d. One of the three types of rocks making up earth's crust
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8) Mention the example(s) of metamorphic rock? a. Marble b. Slate c. Both of them d. None of them
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9) Name the type of tropical wind that blows strongest in Pakistan, India and Southeast Asia. During winter it blows from the land to the sea, and in summer it blows from sea onto land? a. Tropical winds b. Tropical storms c. Monsoon d. Hurricane
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10) In Arctic Ocean, about 700 km from the tip of Greenland is located the northernmost point of the earth. What is this point called? a. South Pole b. North Pole c. Epicentre d. Zero Point
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11) In 1909, an American explorer was the first man who reached at the North Pole. Name the explorer? a. Robert Mogabay b. Robert E. Peary c. Pearson d. Neil Armstrong
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12) How is termed an area in a desert where there is sufficient water for plants to grow? a. Oasis b. Green desert c. Island d. Greenland
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13) Name the largest Oasis, bordered by barren desert and which is the home of most of Egypt's people? a. The Euphrates valley b. The Cairo Valley c. The Alps Valley d. The Nile Valley
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14) Which theory explains the movements of the continents of the Earth? a. Plate tectonics b. Earth tectonics c. Big Bang d. Continental Divide
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15) What is called the study of radio waves emitted naturally by objects in space, by means of radio telescope? a. Astronomy b. Tele astronomy c. Radio astronomy d. Telepathy
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16) Rain is water drops falling through the atmosphere. It is the liquid form of precipitation. Raindrops range in size up to 4 mm in diameter. What is rain called when raindrops are smaller than 0.5mm? a. drizzle b. snow falling c. dew dropping d. fog
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17) Which instrument is used to measure the quantity of rainfall? a. Barometer b. Rain meter c. Hydrometer d. Rain gauge
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18) Light rain is less than 2.5m m/h; moderate rain is up to 7.6 m m/h. What is the ration of heavy rain? a. More them 0.1 inches/hr b. More them 0.3 inches/hr c. More them 0.2 inches/hr d. More them 0.5 inches/hr
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19) When rain falls during the sunshine a bow or arc is seen in the sky opposite the sun. What this bow is called? a. Spectrum b. Rainbow c. Coloursplit d. Colouring
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20) Rainforests are dense forests usually found on or near equator where the climate is hot and wet. Over half the tropical rainforests are in central and south America. Where rest of rainforests is founded? a. Asia b. Africa c. Both of them d. None of them
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21) River is a long channel of water. What the ground beneath the river is called? a. Bed b. River land c. Riverbase d. Riverine
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22) Point out the hard, solid matter of earth's crust that is sometimes a combination of one or more minerals? a. Calcium b. Rock c. Magma d. Stone
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23) What is Savannah? a. A desert in Africa b. Area of tropical grasslands, bordering the equatorial rainforests c. Area of tropical wetlands bordering the equatorial rainforests d. Deserts in America
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24) How is known the divisions of the year that is characterized by cyclical changes in the predominant weather pattern? a. Climate b. Season c. Weather d. Month
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25) In which regions four season, spring, summer, autumn and winter are observed? a. Temperate zones b. None-temperate zones c. Antarctica d. Australia
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26) What occurs when water vapour condenses in the atmosphere at a temperature below freezing point and forms ice crystals? a. Glaciations b. Snow c. Ice d. Moisture
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27) South Pole is the southernmost tip of the Earth in Antarctica. Who was the first man who reached at South Pole in 1911? a. Ronald Andrew b. Ronald Amundsen c. Ronald Armstrong d. Ralph Amundsen
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28) Which of the following are the vast rolling grasslands of Eastern Europe, and central and eastern Asia, stretching as far as Siberia? a. Tropical forests b. Savannah c. Temperate forests d. Steppe
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29) Where does most of steppe lie? a. In tajikistan b. In Poland c. In Central Asia d. Within the borders of Russia.
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30) The moon orbits the Earth because it is pulled towards it by the earth's gravity. The earth is also pulled by the Moon's gravity. This causes the movement of water on earth. What is called this movement? a. Tide b. Waves c. Watershake d. Water quake
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31) When the sun and moon are in a line with the earth, they pull together to give very high tides. What these tides are called? a. Heavy Hides b. Storm tides c. Spring tides d. Storm
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32) What are called those tides which are formed when Sun and Moon are at right angles with the earth; they pull against each other to give lowered tides? a. Passive tides b. Neap tides c. Weak tides d. Low tides
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33) What are Tropics? a. Land and water 3000 km north and south of equator b. Land and water 2, 570 km east and west of equator c. Land and water 2, 570 km north and south of equator d. None of these
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34) Tropic of cancer is: a. Northern boundary of tropics, 23.5 b. Northern boundary of tropics, 33.5 c. Northern boundary of tropics, 43.5 d. Northern boundary of tropics, 53.5
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35) The southern boundary of tropics, 23.5 South ltitudes is called: a. Southern tropics b. Tropic of Capricorn c. Semi tropics d. Tropics of cancer
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36) Undersea earth quake or volcanic eruption generates a wave. What is it called? a. Oceanic earthquake b. Tsunami (Japanese 'harbour wave') c. Seismic d. None of these
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37) What is called a region of high latitude almost without trees, which results from the presence of permafrost (permanently frozen land to a great depth)? a. Barren land b. Tundra c. Desert d. savannah
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38) A crack in the earth's crust through which hot magma and gases well up is known as: a. Eruption b. Volcano c. Fault d. Crack
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39) How is known magma when it reaches the surface? a. Molten Magma b. Volcano c. Ingenious lava d. Lava
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40) What is meant by the term 'Archipelago'? a. an inland sea b. an entrance under an arch c. a chain of islands d. undersea rocks
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41) Which of the following is/are the effects of Rotation"? a. Occurrence of day and night b. The position of a place on earth can be fixed c. Change in the direction of wind and Ocean currents d. All of these
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42) Mention the cause(s) of change in seasons? a. Revolution of the Earth around the Sun b. A fixed inclination of earth's axis at 66 1/2 to the plane of its orbit. c. both of these d. none of these
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43) Winds are divided into three board groups that are: a. Regular, Periodical and variable winds b. Regular, Seasonal and cosmic winds c. Trade, Periodical and monsoon winds d. none of these
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44) Who led first marine expedition to travel around the earth? a. Vasco da Game b. Marco Polo c. Columbus d. Ferdinand Megallan
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45) What is the highest record of staying in space? a. 237 days b. 250 days c. 30 days d. 99 days
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46) Asia is the largest continent and cover about one-third of the world's total land area. How much area is covered by Asia? a. 11, 390, 959 Sq. Km b. 33, 390, 959 Sq. Km c. 22, 390, 959 Sq. Km d. 44, 390, 959 Sq. Km
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47) The conventional boundary between Europe and Asia is drawn along the Ural Mountains, the River Ural, the Caspian Sea and then west along the Caucasus Mountains to the Black Sea. Which term is used by geographers to refer Europe and Asia as a single continent? a. Asiatic b. Asiana c. Asiana d. Euro-Asia
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48) The maximum elevation of continent Asia is: a. 6,848 m b. 8,848 m c. 7,848 m d. 9,848 m
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49) In which continent both the lowest and highest points on the earth's surface are located? a. Northern Africa b. South Africa c. Asia d. Central Africa
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50) Mount Everest, with 8,848 m elevation, is the highest point of the world located in Asia. Which of the following is the lowest point and what is its elevation? a. Dead, Sea, 497 m below sea level b. Dead, Sea 297 m below sea level c. Dead, Sea, 597 m below sea level d. Dead, Sea, 397 m below sea level
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