IMPORTANT MCQS OF GEOGRAPHY REQUIRED FOR SUB INSPECTOR EXAM, Widely repeated questions in all test series.
1)– The circumference of the Earth at the equator is:
(a) 60,075 km (b) 50,075 km
(c) 40,075 km (d) None of these
2)– The proportion of radiation reflected from the snow covered
surface is called:
(a) brook (b) caldera
(c) sinusoid (d) None of these
3) –Worldwide geocaching is carried out by:
(a) GIS (b) Remote sensing
(c) GPS (d) None of these
3)– Speed of the Earth at 45o Nis:
(a) 1180.7 km/h (b) 2180.7 km/h
(c) 3180.7 km/h (d) None of these
5– Chemical composition of the Earth dominating 34.6% by:
(a) Silicon (b) Iron
(c) Magnesium (d) None of these
6)– Temperate, Torrid and Frigid zones, one ancient example of
world climates is attributed to:
(a) Plato (b) Herodotus
(c) Aristotle (d) None of these
7)– In Koppen Climate System Aw stands for:
(a) tropical rainforest (b) tropical monsoon
(c) tropical savanna (d) None of these
8– Which of the following civilization was shut down by droughts
combined with devastating
floods?
(a) Nile (b) Indus
(c) Inca (d) None of these
9)– Pumice, gabbro and andesites are identified as:
(a) sedimentary rocks (b) metamorphic rocks
(c) Igneous rocks (d) None of these
10)– Great Barrier Reef is in the:
(a) Atlantic Ocean (b) Pacific Ocean
(c) Indian Ocean (d) None of these
11)–A new sea has been officially created in the pacific Northwest
is called:
(a) Palish sea (b) Salish sea
(c) Valish sea (d) None of these
12)—- On March 28, 2001 a tornado outbreak in Pakistan was
experienced in:
(a) Sahiwal (b) Bhalwal
(c) Sajawal (d) None of these
13)– Agulhas is one of the worm currents of:
(a) Indian Ocean (b) Atlantic Ocean
(c) Arctic Ocean (d) None of these
14)– A land formation with many caves caused by dolomite being dissolved by underground drainage is termed:
(a) Horst (b) Mesa
(c) Scree (d) None of these
15)– Frontal zones where air masses are not moving against each other are called:
(a) Occluded fronts (b) Stationary fronts
(c) Warm fronts (d) None of these
16)– Mountain ranges near water sources can receive high rainfalls
because of:
(a) Cyclonic activity (b) Rain shadow effect
(c) Orographic uplift (d) None of these
17)– Cartographers classify maps into two broad categories,
(a) Topographic maps (b) Thematic maps
(c) Attases (d) None of these
18)– The oldest known projection dating back to about 500 B.C. is:
(a) Cylindrical Homolographic (b) Gnomonic
(c) Mollweide (d) None of these
19)– Alexander – Von – Humboldt famous biogeographer produced
five volumes of work in 1845, was
called:
(a) Kosmos (b) Helios
(c) Mellios (d) None of these
20).– More determined and driven work ethics due to frequent variability in the weather of the:
(a) Higher Latitudes (b) Middle Latitudes
(c) Lower Latitudes (d) None of these