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This section includes 68 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Basic GK knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 51. |
About what percent of the total mass of the Earth is found in the mantle? |
| A. | 40% |
| B. | 45% |
| C. | 68% |
| D. | 90% |
| Answer» D. 90% | |
| 52. |
Basalt rocks are required in which layer of earth surface? |
| A. | NIFE |
| B. | boundary |
| C. | Seal |
| D. | All these |
| Answer» C. Seal | |
| 53. |
In which part of the earth is nickel and iron predominant? |
| A. | boundary |
| B. | NIFE |
| C. | Seal |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Seal | |
| 54. |
Who first used the word sial for the topmost layer of the earth? |
| A. | Sway |
| B. | Daily |
| C. | Homes |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Daily | |
| 55. |
In which month does the earth's peak state occur? |
| A. | January |
| B. | March |
| C. | April |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. March | |
| 56. |
Europeans worshiped which planet as the goddess? |
| A. | Moon |
| B. | Earth |
| C. | Venus |
| D. | Mars |
| Answer» D. Mars | |
| 57. |
The only zone in the country that produces gold is also rich in iron is |
| A. | North-eastern zone |
| B. | North-western zone |
| C. | Southern zone |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 58. |
Salal Project is on the river |
| A. | Chenab |
| B. | Jhelum |
| C. | Ravi |
| D. | Sutlej |
| Answer» B. Jhelum | |
| 59. |
Yarlung Zangbo river, in India, is known as |
| A. | Ganga |
| B. | Indus |
| C. | Brahmaputra |
| D. | Mahanadi |
| Answer» D. Mahanadi | |
| 60. |
Pass located at the southern end of the Nilgiri Hills in south India is called |
| A. | the Palghat gap |
| B. | the Bhorghat pass |
| C. | the Thalgat pass |
| D. | the Bolan pass |
| Answer» B. the Bhorghat pass | |
| 61. |
Southernmost point of peninsular India, that is, Kanyakumari, is |
| A. | north of Tropic of Cancer |
| B. | south of the Equator |
| C. | south of the Capricorn |
| D. | north of the Equator |
| Answer» E. | |
| 62. |
Percentage of irrigated land in India is about |
| A. | 45 |
| B. | 65 |
| C. | 35 |
| D. | 25 |
| Answer» D. 25 | |
| 63. |
Paithan (Jayakwadi) Hydro-electric project, completed with the help of Japan, is on the river |
| A. | Ganga |
| B. | Cauvery |
| C. | Narmada |
| D. | Godavari |
| Answer» E. | |
| 64. |
Almatti Dam is situated on which river? |
| A. | Krishna River |
| B. | Cauvery River |
| C. | Tungabhadra River |
| D. | Malaprabha River |
| Answer» B. Cauvery River | |
| 65. |
Which is the largest salt producing state of India? |
| A. | Rajasthan |
| B. | Gujarat |
| C. | Tamil Nadu |
| D. | Odisha |
| Answer» C. Tamil Nadu | |
| 66. |
Which of the following words is not used for glacial deposit? |
| A. | Moren |
| B. | drumlins |
| C. | Kettle |
| D. | Scree |
| Answer» E. | |
| 67. |
What is the reduction of ice due to melting, evaporation and avalanche from the glacier? |
| A. | Erosion |
| B. | galing |
| C. | creep |
| D. | plucking |
| Answer» B. galing | |
| 68. |
Which of the following stream is called 'Christmas Children's Stream'? |
| A. | California Stream |
| B. | Gulf Stream Current |
| C. | El Nino Current |
| D. | Peru Current |
| Answer» D. Peru Current | |