World Geography : General knowledge questions and answers

World Geography : General knowledge questions and answers

1. Who was the first person to use the word “geography”?

a. Eratosthenes
b. Strabo
c. Ptolemy
d. William Morris Davis

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2. The Earth is comprised of how many continental and oceanic tectonic plates?

a. 10
b. 13
c. 20
d. 14

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3. Mantle layer is situated between _____________

a. Crust and Lithosphere
b. Crust and Core
c. Core and Lithosphere
d. Inner Core and Outer Core

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4. Mantle is composed of _____________

a. Silicon and Magnesium
b. Silicon
c. Magnesium
d. None of the above

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5. After oxygen which is the most abundant element in the earth’s crust?

a. Sodium
b. Silicon
c. Magnesium
d. Aluminium

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6. Which one of the following is the cause for a change in the season?

a. Earth’s Rotation and Revolution
b. Earth’s Rotation
c. Earth’s Revolution
d. None of the above

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7. In which direction earth spins on its axis?

a. West to East
b. East to West
c. South to North
d. North to South

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8. How long does Earth takes to complete one rotation?

a. 23 Hours, 56 minutes
b. 23 Hours, 55 minutes
c. 23 Hours, 54 minutes
d. 22 Hours, 60 minutes

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9. Which is the longest and shortest day in the northern hemisphere?

a. 21 June, 21 December
b. 20 June, 21 December
c. 21 June, 20 December
d. 20 June, 20 December

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10. ______________ is the longest and shortest day in the southern hemisphere.

a. 21 December, 20 June
b. 20 December, 20 June
c. 22 December, 21 June
d. 22 December, 20 June

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11. The spring tides occur when _______________________________

a. The Earth and the Moon are in a line
b. The Earth, the Sun and the Moon are in a line
c. The Moon and the Sun are in a line
d. None of the above

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12. What is the time difference between the Greenwich time and Indian Standard time?

a. 5
b. 5 and ½
c. 5 and ¼
d. 4 and ½

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13. What is the number of latitudes and longitudes?

a. 180 latitudes, 360 meridians of longitudes
b. 180 latitudes, 180 meridians of longitudes
c. 90 latitudes, 180 meridians of longitudes
d. 360 latitudes, 180 meridians of longitudes

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14. _____________ is the oldest mountain?

a. Aravallis
b. Himalayas
c. Andes
d. Alps

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15. Which line demarcates the boundary of India and Pakistan?

a. Radcliffe Line
b. 24th Parallel
c. 38th Parallel
d. Mc Mohan Line

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16. Which is known as “Pearl Island”?

a. Baharain
b. Ireland
c. Greenland
d. Madagascar

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17. Arrange the world’s longest rivers in the descending order of length

Nile, Amazon, Missisipi-Missouri, Chang Jiang

a. Nile, Amazon, Chang Jiang, Missisipi-Missouri
b. Nile, Chang Jiang, Amazon, Missisipi-Missouri
c. Chang Jiang, Nile, Amazon, Missisipi-Missouri
d. Nile, Missisipi-Missouri, Amazon, Chang Jiang

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18. Which is the largest freshwater lake in the world?

a. Lake Superior
b. Caspian Sea
c. Lake Baikal
d. Lake Titicaca

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19. Select the longest river of Asia from the following

a. Yangtze (Chang Jiang)
b. Nile
c. Amazon
d. Euphrates

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20. Which is the third largest ocean in the world?

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

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