GK-World Geography Question and Answer
GK-World Geography Question and Answer
31. The hot and cold deserts together occupy nearly ____ land area of the world.
- 1/2
- 1/4th
- 1/3rd
- 3/4th
32. The highest average salinity amongst the following seas is reported from
- Dead Sea
- Red Sea
- Black Sea
- Mediterranean Sea
33. The Himalayan mountain system belongs to which of the following?
- Volcanic mountains
- Residual mountains
- Block mountains
- Fold mountains
34. The heavy day soils that show significant expansion and contraction due to the presence or absence of moisture is called
- aridsols
- vertisols
- histosols
- andisols
35. The HBJ Upgradation project, upgraded the capacity of HBJ pipeline from 18.2 MM SC MD to
- 20 MM SC MD
- 33.4 MM SC MD
- 22.3 MM SC MD
- 29.6 MM SC MD
36. The highest mountains on earth namely Mount Everest, K2, Kanchenjanga are located in
- the greater Himalayas
- the Lesser Himalayas
- the outer Himalayas
- None of the above
37. The infrared radiation by sun are strongly absorbed by
- carbon dioxide
- water vapours
- carbon dioxide and water vapours
- ozone
38. The latitude of a place expresses its angular position relative to the plane of
- axis of earth
- north pole
- south pole
- equator
39. The landforms that are influences by several process namely, weathering, erosion, deposition are known as
- polygenetic landforms
- structural landforms
- polycyclic landforms
- None of the above
40. The initial increase of magnetic field in magnetic storms is caused
- when the shock wave, associated with the gusty solar wind, compresses the magnetosphere
- when there is a large decrease in field intensity
- when the gust wind itself engulfs the magnetosphere
- None of the above