General Knowledge - World
The rocks formed out of layers of sediment bonded together are known as
A) Metamorphic rocks
B) Sedimentary rocks
C) Igneous rocks
D) None of the above
The fine yellowish dust or silt spread and deposited by the winds, that is very fertile is called:
A) Alluvium
B) Loess
C) Sediment
D) None of the above
The mixture of silt, sand, and gravel deposited by flowing water such as rivers and streams is called
A) Sediment
B) Loess
C) Alluvium
D) All of the above
The part of a river near the coast into which the sea flows is termed as
A) Tributary
B) Bank
C) Estuary
D) None of the above
The areas of grassland totally without trees in South America especially around the estuary of the River Plate are called
A) Savanna
B) Pampas
C) Loess
D) All of the above
The Great Barrier Reef is a huge coral reef off the northeast coast of
A) Australia
B) Maldives
C) Sri Lanka
D) Uzbekistan
What is the name of tropical grassland that has tree clumps scattered about it?
A) Pampas
B) Moraines
C) Savanna
D) None of the above
The floor of a valley that is regularly flooded by a river and which receives a layer of alluvium each time is called
A) Delta
B) Flood Plain
C) Confluence
D) All of the above
What is the name given to areas of land in the higher latitudes where short, cool summers do not permit trees to grow?
A) Arctic
B) Tropical
C) Tundra
D) Terrain
The study of earthquakes and the waves generated by them is termed as
A) Volcanology
B) Seismology
C) Geomorphology
D) All of the above
What is the name given to the material borne along by, beneath or within glaciers?
A) Moraines
B) Pampes
C) Loess
D) None of the above
The flat-topped hill or mountain left isolated by the erosion of softer rocks all around it is generally known as
A) Mesa
B) Munatak
C) Savanna
D) None of the above
A hill or peak sticking through an ice cap, mostly found in Green land or Antarctica is called
A) Mesa
B) Moraines
C) Munatak
D) Loess
A vent in the Earth’s surface that emits steam and gases, essentially associated with volcanic regions is known as:
A) Fumarole
B) Mesa
C) Munatak
D) None of the above
What is 38th Parallel line?
A) Boundary line between South Korea and North Korea
B) Boundary line between India and Pakistan
C) Boundary line between Canada and United States of
America
D) Boundary line between India and Bangladesh
Which one is a boundary line between Finland and Russia?
A) Hindenburg Line
B) Curzon Line
C) Mannerheim Line
D) Maginot Line
Which are the boundary lines between India and Pakistan?
A) Working Boundary
B) Line of Contro
C) Line of actual contact
D) All of the above
Where lies Macmohan line?
A) Boundary line between India and Pakistan
B) Boundary line between India and China
C) Boundary line between India and Nepal
D) Boundary line between India and Bangladesh
Which of these mountain passes are in Pakistan?
A) Babusar Pass
B) Shandur Pass
C) Lowari Pass
D) All of the above
Gobi desert is in
A) Mongolia and China
B) Iran and Iraq
C) Saudi Arabia and Yemen
D) Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan
Seattle is a seaport of
A) Hong Kong
B) United Kingdom
C) United states of America
D) Singapore