Trade winds of the northern hemisphere blow from the north-east to south-west due to:
(a) Coriolis force✓
(b) Gravitational force
(c) Centripetal force
(d) None of these
Which country is known as Thunderbolt of Asia?
(a) Bhutan ✓
(b) Mongolia
(c) China
(d) None of the above
One of the country through which equator passes is?
(a) Malaysia✓
(b) China
(c) Malta
(d) Pakistan
The depletion of ozone layer has been caused mainly by.
(a) the deforestation of large area of land
(b) the release of chlorofluoro carbons into the atmosphere✓
(c) changes in asteroid activity in the solar system
(d) the release of Industrial waste
Which layer of atmosphere provides ideal conditions for flying aeroplanes?
(a) Troposphere✓
(b) Stratosphere
(c) Ionosphere
(d) Exosphere
Through which one of the following countries the equator does not pass?
(a) Tanzania✓
(b) Kenya
(c) Zaire
(d) Uganda
A line on a map joining places of equal monthly or yearly rainfall is called.
(a) Isobar
(b) Isohyet✓
(c) Isotherm
(d) Isoneph
The Earth revolves around the Sun in an elliptical orbit. Its speed.
(a) Is greatest when it is farthest from the Sun
(b) Is greatest when it is closest to the Sun✓
(c) Remains the same at all points on the orbit
(d) Goes on decreasing continuously
The origin of earth dates back to approximately.
(a) 3.6 billion years
(b) 4.6 billion years✓
(c) 5.6 billion years
(d) 6.6 billion years
The term ‘Ecliptic’ is used for the—.
(a) Sun when eclipsed
(b) Moon when eclipsed
(c) Sun s path in the sky during a year✓
(d) Path of Earth around the Sun
(a) Coriolis force✓
(b) Gravitational force
(c) Centripetal force
(d) None of these
Which country is known as Thunderbolt of Asia?
(a) Bhutan ✓
(b) Mongolia
(c) China
(d) None of the above
One of the country through which equator passes is?
(a) Malaysia✓
(b) China
(c) Malta
(d) Pakistan
The depletion of ozone layer has been caused mainly by.
(a) the deforestation of large area of land
(b) the release of chlorofluoro carbons into the atmosphere✓
(c) changes in asteroid activity in the solar system
(d) the release of Industrial waste
Which layer of atmosphere provides ideal conditions for flying aeroplanes?
(a) Troposphere✓
(b) Stratosphere
(c) Ionosphere
(d) Exosphere
Through which one of the following countries the equator does not pass?
(a) Tanzania✓
(b) Kenya
(c) Zaire
(d) Uganda
A line on a map joining places of equal monthly or yearly rainfall is called.
(a) Isobar
(b) Isohyet✓
(c) Isotherm
(d) Isoneph
The Earth revolves around the Sun in an elliptical orbit. Its speed.
(a) Is greatest when it is farthest from the Sun
(b) Is greatest when it is closest to the Sun✓
(c) Remains the same at all points on the orbit
(d) Goes on decreasing continuously
The origin of earth dates back to approximately.
(a) 3.6 billion years
(b) 4.6 billion years✓
(c) 5.6 billion years
(d) 6.6 billion years
The term ‘Ecliptic’ is used for the—.
(a) Sun when eclipsed
(b) Moon when eclipsed
(c) Sun s path in the sky during a year✓
(d) Path of Earth around the Sun
One-hour difference in local time between two places is equivalent to a difference of
(a) 10° longitude
(b) 15° longitude✓
(c) 15° latitude
(d) 20° latitude
The local time at a place is 6 a.m. when the GMT. is 3 a.m. the longitude of that place is
(a) 45 degrees east✓
(b) 45 degrees west
(c) 120 degrees east
(d) 120 degrees west
Upto about 50 km from the surface of earth the atmosphere consists of approximately
(a) 78% oxygen and 21% nitrogen
(b) 21% oxygen and 78% nitrogen
(c) 88% oxygen and 32% nitrogen ✓
(d) 33% oxygen and 66% oxygen
Name the instrument used for measuring humidity
(a) Barometer
(b) Thermometer
(c) Hygrometer✓
(d) Hydrometer
Most of the weather phenomena take place in which of the following layers of the atmosphere?
(a) Stratosphere
(b) Mesosphere
(c) ionosphere
(d) Troposphere✓
That the earth is rotating on its axis is established by the fact that ———.
(a) The moon and stars move in the sky
(b) The earth experiences day and night✓
(c) The planetary winds are blowing
(d) The time in different parts of the earth is not the same
Funnel shaped clouds with violent whirl winds are named as.
(a) Tsunami
(b) Cirrus
(c) Tornado✓
(d) Stratus
The tropical cyclones often follow the direction of movement from.
(a) South to north
(b) East to west
(c) West to east ✓
(d) North to south
An upper wind system with very high velocities in the stratosphere is called (a) A cyclone
(b) An anticyclone
(c) Monsoon
(d) Jet stream ✓
(a) 10° longitude
(b) 15° longitude✓
(c) 15° latitude
(d) 20° latitude
The local time at a place is 6 a.m. when the GMT. is 3 a.m. the longitude of that place is
(a) 45 degrees east✓
(b) 45 degrees west
(c) 120 degrees east
(d) 120 degrees west
Upto about 50 km from the surface of earth the atmosphere consists of approximately
(a) 78% oxygen and 21% nitrogen
(b) 21% oxygen and 78% nitrogen
(c) 88% oxygen and 32% nitrogen ✓
(d) 33% oxygen and 66% oxygen
Name the instrument used for measuring humidity
(a) Barometer
(b) Thermometer
(c) Hygrometer✓
(d) Hydrometer
Most of the weather phenomena take place in which of the following layers of the atmosphere?
(a) Stratosphere
(b) Mesosphere
(c) ionosphere
(d) Troposphere✓
That the earth is rotating on its axis is established by the fact that ———.
(a) The moon and stars move in the sky
(b) The earth experiences day and night✓
(c) The planetary winds are blowing
(d) The time in different parts of the earth is not the same
Funnel shaped clouds with violent whirl winds are named as.
(a) Tsunami
(b) Cirrus
(c) Tornado✓
(d) Stratus
The tropical cyclones often follow the direction of movement from.
(a) South to north
(b) East to west
(c) West to east ✓
(d) North to south
An upper wind system with very high velocities in the stratosphere is called (a) A cyclone
(b) An anticyclone
(c) Monsoon
(d) Jet stream ✓
The Great Pyramid of Giza, the oldest of the ancient 7 wonders of the world, is located in
(A) Egypt✔️
(B) Portugal
(C) Switzerland
(D) Turkey
Lake Lucerne that has complicated shape with several sharp bends and four arms is located in
(A) Egypt
(B) Portugal
(C) Switzerland ✓
(D) Turkey
Which city is also called The City of 1,000 Minarets?
(A) Istanbul
(B) Cairo ✓
(C) Makkah
(D) Islamabad
The South Pole of the Earth is located in
(A) Norway
(B) Antarctica ✓
(C) Arctic Ocean
(D) Pacific Ocean
The North Pole of the Earth is located in
(A) Norway
(B) Antarctica
(C) Arctic Ocean ✓
(D) Pacific Ocean
Which statement is true about South and North Poles of the Earth?
(A) South Pole is warmer than the North Pole
(B) North Pole is warmer than the South Pole ✓
(C) Both poles have equal temperature
(D) Both poles lie in the Ocean
The Sinai Peninsula is located in
(A) Egypt ✓
(B) Portugal
(C) Switzerland
(D) Turkey
Augusta Raurica, a Roman archaeological site, was a/an
(A) theater
(B) open-air theater
(C) museum
(D) open-air museum ✓
Augusta Raurica is located in
(A) Egypt
(B) Portugal
(C) Switzerland ✓
(D) Turkey
The Pena Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is located in
(A) Egypt
(B) Portugal ✓
(C) Switzerland
(D) Turkey
(A) Egypt✔️
(B) Portugal
(C) Switzerland
(D) Turkey
Lake Lucerne that has complicated shape with several sharp bends and four arms is located in
(A) Egypt
(B) Portugal
(C) Switzerland ✓
(D) Turkey
Which city is also called The City of 1,000 Minarets?
(A) Istanbul
(B) Cairo ✓
(C) Makkah
(D) Islamabad
The South Pole of the Earth is located in
(A) Norway
(B) Antarctica ✓
(C) Arctic Ocean
(D) Pacific Ocean
The North Pole of the Earth is located in
(A) Norway
(B) Antarctica
(C) Arctic Ocean ✓
(D) Pacific Ocean
Which statement is true about South and North Poles of the Earth?
(A) South Pole is warmer than the North Pole
(B) North Pole is warmer than the South Pole ✓
(C) Both poles have equal temperature
(D) Both poles lie in the Ocean
The Sinai Peninsula is located in
(A) Egypt ✓
(B) Portugal
(C) Switzerland
(D) Turkey
Augusta Raurica, a Roman archaeological site, was a/an
(A) theater
(B) open-air theater
(C) museum
(D) open-air museum ✓
Augusta Raurica is located in
(A) Egypt
(B) Portugal
(C) Switzerland ✓
(D) Turkey
The Pena Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is located in
(A) Egypt
(B) Portugal ✓
(C) Switzerland
(D) Turkey
21. The bridge in Istanbul, Turkey that connects Asia and Europe is called
(A) Golden Gate Bridge
(B) Akashi Kaikyo Bridge
(C) Bosphorus Bridge ✓
(D) Royal Gorge Bridge
22. Alexandria is a city in
(A) Turkey
(B) Egypt ✓
(C) Jordan
(D) Greece
23. About __________% of Antarctica is covered by ice.
(A) 97
(B) 98 ✓
(C) 99
(D) 100
24. Ross Island in the Ross Sea is located near
(A) Greenland
(B) Norway
(C) Continent of Antarctica ✓
(D) continent of Australia
25. The first European to reach India by sea was
(A) Christopher Columbus
(B) Marco Polo
(C) John Cabot
(D) Vasco da Gama ✓
26. Vasco da Gama was a/an __________ explorer.
(A) British
(B) French
(C) German
(D) Portuguese ✓
27. The World Wide Web was invented by
(A) Tim Berners-Lee ✓
(B) Bob Kahn
(C) Steve Jobs
(D) Bill Gates
28. The birthplace of the World Wide Web was
(A) NASA
(B) Pentagon
(C) CERN ✓
(D) Microsoft
29. The headquarter of the European Organization for Nuclear Research, called CERN, is located in
(A) Belgium
(B) Switzerland ✓
(C) Germany
(D) England
30. The book “Emile” or “On Education” was written by
(A) Rousseau ✓
(B) Socrates
(C) Plato
(D) Aristotle
(A) Golden Gate Bridge
(B) Akashi Kaikyo Bridge
(C) Bosphorus Bridge ✓
(D) Royal Gorge Bridge
22. Alexandria is a city in
(A) Turkey
(B) Egypt ✓
(C) Jordan
(D) Greece
Alexandria is situated on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt, 179km (111 miles) north of Cairo. It is Egypt's second largest city, behind Cairo, but is sadly overlooked by tourists in some ways.
23. About __________% of Antarctica is covered by ice.
(A) 97
(B) 98 ✓
(C) 99
(D) 100
24. Ross Island in the Ross Sea is located near
(A) Greenland
(B) Norway
(C) Continent of Antarctica ✓
(D) continent of Australia
25. The first European to reach India by sea was
(A) Christopher Columbus
(B) Marco Polo
(C) John Cabot
(D) Vasco da Gama ✓
26. Vasco da Gama was a/an __________ explorer.
(A) British
(B) French
(C) German
(D) Portuguese ✓
27. The World Wide Web was invented by
(A) Tim Berners-Lee ✓
(B) Bob Kahn
(C) Steve Jobs
(D) Bill Gates
28. The birthplace of the World Wide Web was
(A) NASA
(B) Pentagon
(C) CERN ✓
(D) Microsoft
29. The headquarter of the European Organization for Nuclear Research, called CERN, is located in
(A) Belgium
(B) Switzerland ✓
(C) Germany
(D) England
30. The book “Emile” or “On Education” was written by
(A) Rousseau ✓
(B) Socrates
(C) Plato
(D) Aristotle
The amount of water vapour (grams) in a given volume of air (cubic metre) is known as
(a) Specific humidity
(b) Relative humidity
(c) Vapour pressure
(d) Absolute humidity✓
Nobel Prize for Economics was instituted in the year
(a) 1901
(b) 1936
(c) 1957
(d) 1968 ✓
The book "Mein Kampf" is written by
(a) Alexander the Great
(b) Sir Winston Churchill
(c) Benito Mussolini
(d) Adolf Hitler ✓
The first Asian Games were held at
(a) Manila
(b) Tokyo
(c) Jakarta
(d) New Delhi ✓
Mughal Painting reached its climax during the reign of
(a) Akbar
(b) Humayun
(c) Jahangir ✓
(d) Shajahan
National Institute of Nutrition is located at
(a) Chennai
(b) Bangalore
(c) New Delhi
(d) Hyderabad ✓
Which of the following is not a form of Carnatic music?
(a) Kriti
(b) Thillana
(c) Slokem
(d) Tappa ✓
Who among the following is not associated with sitar?
(a) Amir Khusrau
(b) Ravi Shankar
(c) Ustad Alaudin Khan ✓
(d) Amjad Ali Khan
Group of 7 (G-7) was formed in
(a) 1980
(b) 1975
(c) 1988
(d) 1985 ✓
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) is made up of
(a) 10 members
(b) 15 members and 1 associate member
(c) 11 members and 1 associate member ✓
(d) 8 Members
(a) Specific humidity
(b) Relative humidity
(c) Vapour pressure
(d) Absolute humidity✓
Nobel Prize for Economics was instituted in the year
(a) 1901
(b) 1936
(c) 1957
(d) 1968 ✓
The book "Mein Kampf" is written by
(a) Alexander the Great
(b) Sir Winston Churchill
(c) Benito Mussolini
(d) Adolf Hitler ✓
The first Asian Games were held at
(a) Manila
(b) Tokyo
(c) Jakarta
(d) New Delhi ✓
Mughal Painting reached its climax during the reign of
(a) Akbar
(b) Humayun
(c) Jahangir ✓
(d) Shajahan
National Institute of Nutrition is located at
(a) Chennai
(b) Bangalore
(c) New Delhi
(d) Hyderabad ✓
Which of the following is not a form of Carnatic music?
(a) Kriti
(b) Thillana
(c) Slokem
(d) Tappa ✓
Who among the following is not associated with sitar?
(a) Amir Khusrau
(b) Ravi Shankar
(c) Ustad Alaudin Khan ✓
(d) Amjad Ali Khan
Group of 7 (G-7) was formed in
(a) 1980
(b) 1975
(c) 1988
(d) 1985 ✓
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) is made up of
(a) 10 members
(b) 15 members and 1 associate member
(c) 11 members and 1 associate member ✓
(d) 8 Members
Year 2008 is declared by UNO as
(a) International Year of Nutrition
(b) International Year of Peace
(c) International Year of Sanitation ✓
(d) None of these
Buddhism was founded in
(a) 6th Century BC ✓
(b) 5th Century BC
(c) 3rd Century BC
(d) 4th Century BC
"Analects" is the sacred book of
(a) Shintoism
(b) Taoism
(c) Confucianism ✓
(d) Judaism
Peking is the sacred place of
(a) Confucianism ✓
(b) Judaism
(c) Taoism
(d) Shintoism
Islam was founded in
(a) 7th Century AD ✓
(b) 5th Century AD
(c) 5th Century BC
(d) 3rd Century BC
Shintoism is present in
(a) China
(b) Japan ✓
(c) Singapore
(d) Australia
Synagogue is the place of worship of
(a) Judaism ✓
(b) Shintoism
(c) Zoroastrianism
(d) Taoism
What is the age of the Sun?
(a) 10 billion years ✓
(b) 15 billion years
(c) 7 billion years
(d) 5 billion years
The smallest continent of the earth is
(a) Europe
(b) Australia ✓
(c) Antarctica
(d) South America
India won its first tri series against Australia in :
(a) Sydney
(b) Perth
(c) Brisbane ✓
(d) Melbourne
Olympic torch relay began in :
(a) 1952 ✓
(b) 1954
(c) 1956
(d) 1951
The term ‘Butterfly Stroke’ is referred to which game ?
(a) Tennis
(b) Table Tennis
(c) Swimming ✓
(d) Football
The first Kanshi Ram Khel Ratna Award was given to :
(a) Praveen Kumar ✓
(b) Sachin Tendulkar
(c) M S Dhoni
(d) Yuvraj Singh
In the 15th Asian Games India bagged the largest number of medals in :
(a) Shooting ✓
(b) Boxing
(c) Swimming
(d) Athletics
The 2010 men’s Hockey World Cup will be held in :
(a) India ✓
(b) Pakistan
(c) Australia
(d) Germany
2012 Olympic Games will be held in :
(a) London ✓
(b) Sydney
(c) Beijing
(d) Athens
Radha Mohan Cup is associated with :
(a) Cricket
(b) Polo ✓
(c) Hockey
(d) Football
The captain of India Hockey team who won Asia Cup 2007 was :
(a) Prabodh Tirkey ✓
(b) Dalip Tirkey
(c) Gagandeep Singh
(d) Danraj pillay
When was Nepal declared a Secular Nation?
(a) 2005
(b) 2007
(c) 2004
(d) 2006 ✓
Joint SAARC University of eight SAARC nations will be established in:
(a) New Delhi ✓
(b) Mumbai
(c) Kolkata
(d) Ahmadabad
The World Telecommunication Day is observed on :
(a) May 19
(b) May 17 ✓
(c) May 15
(d) May 13
Ranbaxy Company is being asquired by a company of :
(a) India
(b) Germany
(c) France
(d) Japan ✓
Blindness is caused by the deficiency of :
(a) Vitamin C
(b) Vitamin A ✓
(c) Vitamin D
(d) Vitamin B
Which country’s government report is known as yellow book ?
(a) Germany
(b) France ✓
(c) Italy
(d) Russia
Islam was founded in
(a) 7th Century AD ✓
(b) 5th Century AD
(c) 5th Century BC
(d) 3rd Century BC
Shintoism is present in
(a) China
(b) Japan ✓
(c) Singapore
(d) Australia
Synagogue is the place of worship of
(a) Judaism ✓
(b) Shintoism
(c) Zoroastrianism
(d) Taoism
What is the age of the Sun?
(a) 10 billion years ✓
(b) 15 billion years
(c) 7 billion years
(d) 5 billion years
The smallest continent of the earth is
(a) Europe
(b) Australia ✓
(c) Antarctica
(d) South America
Nobel Prize for Economics was instituted in the year
(a) 1901
(b) 1936
(c) 1957
(d) 1968 ✓
The book "Mein Kampf" is written by
(a) Alexander the Great
(b) Sir Winston Churchill
(c) Benito Mussolini
(d) Adolf Hitler ✓
The first Asian Games were held at
(a) Manila
(b) Tokyo
(c) Jakarta
(d) New Delhi ✓
Mughal Painting reached its climax during the reign of
(a) Akbar
(b) Humayun
(c) Jahangir ✓
(d) Shajahan
National Institute of Nutrition is located at
(a) Chennai
(b) Bangalore
(c) New Delhi
(d) Hyderabad ✓
Which of the following is not a form of Carnatic music?
(a) Kriti
(b) Thillana
(c) Slokem
(d) Tappa ✓
Who among the following is not associated with sitar?
(a) Amir Khusrau
(b) Ravi Shankar
(c) Ustad Alaudin Khan ✓
(d) Amjad Ali Khan
Group of 7 (G-7) was formed in
(a) 1980
(b) 1975
(c) 1988
(d) 1985 ✓
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) is made up of
(a) 10 members
(b) 15 members and 1 associate member
(c) 11 members and 1 associate member ✓
(d) 8 members
Year 2008 is declared by UNO as
(a) International Year of Nutrition
(b) International Year of Peace
(c) International Year of Sanitation ✓
(d) None
The deepest point in the world is
(A) Dead Sea
(B) South Pole
(C) Mariana Trench ✓
(D) Sinai Peninsula
The Mariana Trench is in the __________ Ocean.
(A) Atlantic
(B) Arctic
(C) Antarctic
(D) Pacific ✓
The depth of the Mariana Trench is __________ meters.
(A) 10,011
(B) 10,411
(C) 10,611
(D) 10,911 ✓
Panama (a country) connects the two continents
(A) Asia and Europe
(B) Asia and Africa
(C) South America and North America ✓
(D) Asia and Australia
Turkey connects the two continents
(A) Asia and Europe ✓
(B) Asia and Africa
(C) South America and North America
(D) Asia and Australia
Egypt connects the two continents
(A) Asia and Europe
(B) Asia and Africa ✓
(C) South America and North America
(D) Asia and Australia
The Panama Canal in Panama is a man-made 77 km waterway that connects
(A) Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean ✓
(B) Atlantic Ocean and Arctic
(C) Arctic Ocean and Antarctic Ocean
(D) Pacific Ocean and Arctic Ocean
The Engadin Valley is located in
(A) Switzerland ✓
(B) Portugal
(C) Turkey
(D) Egypt
The Pico Island is located in
(A) Switzerland
(B) Portugal ✓
(C) Turkey
(D) Egypt
Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul is popularly known as the
(A) Green Mosque
(B) Blue Mosque ✓
(C) Red Mosque
(D) Yellow Mosque
(A) Dead Sea
(B) South Pole
(C) Mariana Trench ✓
(D) Sinai Peninsula
The Mariana Trench is in the __________ Ocean.
(A) Atlantic
(B) Arctic
(C) Antarctic
(D) Pacific ✓
The depth of the Mariana Trench is __________ meters.
(A) 10,011
(B) 10,411
(C) 10,611
(D) 10,911 ✓
Panama (a country) connects the two continents
(A) Asia and Europe
(B) Asia and Africa
(C) South America and North America ✓
(D) Asia and Australia
Turkey connects the two continents
(A) Asia and Europe ✓
(B) Asia and Africa
(C) South America and North America
(D) Asia and Australia
Egypt connects the two continents
(A) Asia and Europe
(B) Asia and Africa ✓
(C) South America and North America
(D) Asia and Australia
The Panama Canal in Panama is a man-made 77 km waterway that connects
(A) Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean ✓
(B) Atlantic Ocean and Arctic
(C) Arctic Ocean and Antarctic Ocean
(D) Pacific Ocean and Arctic Ocean
The Engadin Valley is located in
(A) Switzerland ✓
(B) Portugal
(C) Turkey
(D) Egypt
The Pico Island is located in
(A) Switzerland
(B) Portugal ✓
(C) Turkey
(D) Egypt
Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul is popularly known as the
(A) Green Mosque
(B) Blue Mosque ✓
(C) Red Mosque
(D) Yellow Mosque
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