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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Which are the two water bodies connected by the Suez Canal ? |
| A. | The Adriatic Sea and the Persian Gulf |
| B. | The Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea |
| C. | The Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea |
| D. | The Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2. |
Why are Distances on earth are measured in 'statute miles' whereas in the sea they are measured in 'nautical miles' ? |
| A. | None of the above |
| B. | Of difference in land and sea distances |
| C. | The nautical mile is longer than the statute mile |
| D. | There are no milestones in the sea |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3. |
TheRing of Fireis found along the margins of the _____________ |
| A. | Mediterranean Sea |
| B. | Atlantic Ocean |
| C. | Pacific Ocean |
| D. | Indian Ocean |
| Answer» D. Indian Ocean | |
| 4. |
Where is The river 'Nile' ? |
| A. | India |
| B. | Egypt |
| C. | USA |
| D. | Mongolia |
| Answer» C. USA | |
| 5. |
Karachi is situated on the banks of ? |
| A. | Jhelum |
| B. | Chenab |
| C. | Indus |
| D. | Ravi |
| Answer» B. Chenab | |
| 6. |
Which is the highest country in the world? |
| A. | Finland |
| B. | Nepal |
| C. | Tibet |
| D. | Bolivia |
| Answer» D. Bolivia | |
| 7. |
Which one of the following is the main culprit in the thinning of Ozone layer in the earth's stratosphere? |
| A. | Methane |
| B. | Chlorofluorocarbons |
| C. | Carbon dioxide |
| D. | Nitrogen oxide |
| Answer» C. Carbon dioxide | |
| 8. |
Where is the Torrid Zone located on the earth's surface? |
| A. | Between the Equator and the Tropic of Cancer |
| B. | Between the Tropic of Canter and the Arctic Circle |
| C. | Between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn |
| D. | Between the Equator and the Tropic of Capricorn |
| Answer» D. Between the Equator and the Tropic of Capricorn | |
| 9. |
The use of the harpoon is associated with _____________ |
| A. | Bushmen of Africa |
| B. | Nagas of dense forests |
| C. | Eskimos of cold deserts |
| D. | Khirghiz of temperate grasslands |
| Answer» B. Nagas of dense forests | |
| 10. |
Zaire is the new name of ? |
| A. | Basutoland |
| B. | Congo |
| C. | Rhodesia |
| D. | Gold Coast |
| Answer» C. Rhodesia | |
| 11. |
What are Prairies ? |
| A. | Hot winds blowing in America |
| B. | Birds of Indonesia |
| C. | Place of prayer for Negro |
| D. | Temperate grasslands of North America |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. |
Where are Oranges lemons and grapes abundantly grown ? |
| A. | Monsoonal regions |
| B. | Cool temperate areas |
| C. | Mediterranean regions |
| D. | Equatorial regions |
| Answer» D. Equatorial regions | |
| 13. |
What is the capital of Germany ? |
| A. | None of the above |
| B. | Berne |
| C. | Vienna |
| D. | Berlin |
| Answer» E. | |
| 14. |
Where are the South Alps ranges found ? |
| A. | Australia |
| B. | Canada |
| C. | North America |
| D. | South Africa |
| Answer» B. Canada | |
| 15. |
Jaffna is in the _____________ part of Sri Lanka . |
| A. | Eastern |
| B. | Central |
| C. | Northern |
| D. | Southern |
| Answer» D. Southern | |
| 16. |
Which is the largest wool producing country in the world ? |
| A. | Greenland |
| B. | Australia |
| C. | USA |
| D. | India |
| Answer» B. Australia | |
| 17. |
Where is Seikan, the longest railway tunnel , located ? |
| A. | Namibia |
| B. | Switzerland |
| C. | Egypt |
| D. | Japan |
| Answer» D. Japan | |
| 18. |
Which of the following countries is associated with Magyars? |
| A. | Czech |
| B. | Hungary |
| C. | Belgium |
| D. | Denmark |
| Answer» B. Hungary | |
| 19. |
Who is the largest producer of rubber ? |
| A. | None of the above |
| B. | Indonesia |
| C. | Thailand |
| D. | Malaysia |
| Answer» D. Malaysia | |
| 20. |
Why the North Atlantic Sea route is regarded as an important international trade route ? |
| A. | There are lesser numer of sea storms in this waterway |
| B. | It connects two industrially developed parts of the world |
| C. | It is the oldest sea route |
| D. | Trade winds will help the shipping |
| Answer» C. It is the oldest sea route | |
| 21. |
Pastoral nomadism is the typical occupation of the people of _____________ |
| A. | Outer Mongolia |
| B. | South east Australiia |
| C. | Nigeria |
| D. | Northern Siberia |
| Answer» C. Nigeria | |
| 22. |
Which is the largest man-made canal in the world ? |
| A. | None of these |
| B. | Suez Canal |
| C. | Panama Canal |
| D. | Rhine Canal |
| Answer» C. Panama Canal | |
| 23. |
Which is the largest mica producing country in the world ? |
| A. | Germany |
| B. | India |
| C. | USA |
| D. | Japan |
| Answer» C. USA | |
| 24. |
Which sea does the Volga river flow into? |
| A. | Dead Sea |
| B. | Caspian Sea |
| C. | Mediterranean Sea |
| D. | Black Sea |
| Answer» C. Mediterranean Sea | |
| 25. |
Which is the top ranking country in the production of rubber ? |
| A. | Sri Lanka |
| B. | Brazil |
| C. | India |
| D. | Malaysia |
| Answer» E. | |
| 26. |
Which country has the largest area under tea cultivation ? |
| A. | China |
| B. | India |
| C. | Sri Lanka |
| D. | Burma |
| Answer» C. Sri Lanka | |
| 27. |
The term meteor is applied to an interplanetary body ? |
| A. | Before it enters the earth's atmosphere |
| B. | After it enters the earth's atmosphere and lands on the surface of the earth without exploding in mid air |
| C. | After it enters the earth's atmosphere and explodes in the mid air as a ball of fire |
| D. | After it enters the atmosphere of the earth |
| Answer» D. After it enters the atmosphere of the earth | |
| 28. |
Why does the change in colour of stars arise ? |
| A. | Irregular absorption or scattering in earth's atmosphere |
| B. | Fluctuations in their composition and size |
| C. | Variation in their surface temperature |
| D. | Variation in their distance from the earth |
| Answer» D. Variation in their distance from the earth | |
| 29. |
What is solar wind composed of ? |
| A. | All of these |
| B. | Plasma |
| C. | Ionized gas |
| D. | Outward stream of protons on the sun surface |
| Answer» B. Plasma | |
| 30. |
Which of the following celestial bodies bear, 'The Sea of Tranquility' and 'The Ocean of Storms'? |
| A. | Mars |
| B. | Sun |
| C. | Venus |
| D. | Moon |
| Answer» E. | |
| 31. |
When are tides highest ? |
| A. | When the earth is nearest to the sun |
| B. | None of these |
| C. | When the earth is nearest to the moon |
| D. | When the sun, moon and earth are in line |
| Answer» E. | |
| 32. |
Which is the fastest planet ? |
| A. | Pluto |
| B. | Mercury |
| C. | Jupiter |
| D. | Saturn |
| Answer» C. Jupiter | |
| 33. |
What keeps the planets in motion in their respective orbits ? |
| A. | Rotation of sun on its axis. |
| B. | Their great size |
| C. | The rotation and density |
| D. | Gravitation nad centrifugal force |
| Answer» E. | |
| 34. |
When does Solar eclipse occur ? |
| A. | Sun comes between moon and earth |
| B. | Moon comes between sun and earth |
| C. | Moon is at right angle to earth |
| D. | Earth comes between sun and moon |
| Answer» C. Moon is at right angle to earth | |
| 35. |
What is the path of Comets moving around the solar system ? |
| A. | Hyperbolic orbit without projecting any tail |
| B. | Hyperbolic orbit always accompanied by a shinning head |
| C. | Elliptical orbits usually accompanied by longshinning tail |
| D. | Elliptical or hyperbolical orbits, usually accompanied by a shinning tail |
| Answer» E. | |
| 36. |
Huge congregation of stars that are held together by the force of gravity are known as ? |
| A. | Solar system |
| B. | Comets |
| C. | Galaxies |
| D. | Constellations |
| Answer» D. Constellations | |
| 37. |
What does sunspots cause ? |
| A. | All of these |
| B. | Polar auroras |
| C. | Magnetic storms on the surface of the sun |
| D. | Aurora australis and aurora borealis |
| Answer» B. Polar auroras | |
| 38. |
Why does not Lunar-eclipse occur every month ? |
| A. | The sun's orbit is not always in the same plane as the moon |
| B. | None of these |
| C. | The moon's orbit is not all the time in the same plane as the earth |
| D. | The moon revolves at a slower speed than the earth |
| Answer» D. The moon revolves at a slower speed than the earth | |
| 39. |
An observer at a point on the earth where only the penumbra region of moon's shadow will move past, will observe a ___________ |
| A. | Total solar eclipse |
| B. | None of these |
| C. | Partial solar eclipse |
| D. | Total lunar eclipse |
| Answer» D. Total lunar eclipse | |
| 40. |
When is the Lunar eclipse caused ? |
| A. | Moon comes between the sun and the earth |
| B. | None of these |
| C. | Earth comes between the sun and the moon |
| D. | Sun comes between the earth and the moon |
| Answer» D. Sun comes between the earth and the moon | |
| 41. |
Which one of the following statement regarding shooting stars is incorrect? |
| A. | They are kind of stars |
| B. | They emit light |
| C. | They are debris |
| D. | They are meteors |
| Answer» E. | |
| 42. |
Which one of the following is not a satellite of Jupiter? |
| A. | Callisto |
| B. | Titan |
| C. | Lo |
| D. | Eurpa |
| Answer» C. Lo | |
| 43. |
What is the unit of measuring distances between the stars called? |
| A. | Steller mile |
| B. | Cosmic kilometre |
| C. | Light year |
| D. | Galactic unit |
| Answer» D. Galactic unit | |
| 44. |
What is the outermost layer of the sun called ? |
| A. | Lithosphere |
| B. | Photosphere |
| C. | Chromosphere |
| D. | Corona |
| Answer» D. Corona | |
| 45. |
How many years does Pluto take in revolving around the sun? |
| A. | 300 years |
| B. | 248 years |
| C. | 200 years |
| D. | 100 years |
| Answer» C. 200 years | |
| 46. |
Which planet is known as 'watery planet'? |
| A. | Mercury |
| B. | Jupiter |
| C. | Earth |
| D. | Mars |
| Answer» D. Mars | |
| 47. |
What is the position of a planet when it is nearest to the sun called ? |
| A. | Perigee |
| B. | Apogee |
| C. | Aphelion |
| D. | Perihelion |
| Answer» E. | |
| 48. |
Which of the following is brightest planet? |
| A. | Jupiter |
| B. | Mars |
| C. | Venus |
| D. | Mercury |
| Answer» D. Mercury | |
| 49. |
Among the planets of the solar system, the one which has the longest period of rotation is ? |
| A. | Pluto |
| B. | Saturn |
| C. | Venus |
| D. | Mars |
| Answer» D. Mars | |
| 50. |
Which among the following four planets is the biggest in size ? |
| A. | Mars |
| B. | Earth |
| C. | Mercury |
| D. | Venus |
| Answer» C. Mercury | |