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Q. A ship met with an accident at 30ºC and 35ºN. The ship was sailing in the ________

A
Mediterranean Sea
B
Baltic Sea
C
Black Sea
D
Red Sea

Correct Answer

Mediterranean Sea

More Questions on Geography

  • Q. Pearl Harbour, (the target of Japanese attack on the American fleet) is in
    A)Hawaiian Islands
    B)Japan
    C)Philippines
    D)Singapore
    Answer: Hawaiian Islands
  • Q. Where was the first Nuclear Power Plant constructed in India?
    A)Narora
    B)Kaiga
    C)Tarapur
    D)Kota
    Answer: Tarapur
  • Q. Which European country has over 200 volcanoes, many of them active?
    A)Ireland
    B)Norway
    C)Finland
    D)Iceland
    Answer: Iceland
  • Q. The velocity of winds is related to ________
    A)Pressure gradient in the direction of their flow
    B)The amount of moisture they carry
    C)The nearness to the sea
    D)The direction in which they blow
    Answer: Pressure gradient in the direction of their flow
  • Q. World’s largest synthetic rubber and tyre making centre is ________
    A)Akron
    B)Cleveland
    C)Sharon
    D)Wheeling
    Answer: Akron
  • Q. Most of India’s rainfall is ________
    A)Elusive
    B)Cyclonic
    C)Convectional
    D)Orographic
    Answer: Convectional
  • Q. Wavy hair is characteristic or
    A)Mongoloid race
    B)Neanderthal man
    C)Nordic race
    D)Cromagnon man
    Answer: Nordic race
  • Q. Selvas is a word denoting
    A)The equatorial rain forest of the Amazon basin
    B)Long narrow depression formed in the land sunk between two parallel faults
    C)A southerly region of the oceans located between 45°S and N
    D)The grasslands of North America
    Answer: The equatorial rain forest of the Amazon basin
  • Q. Where is Copacabana Beach located?
    A)Rio de Janeiro
    B)Buenos Aires
    C)Hawaiian Islands
    D)Valletta
    Answer: Rio de Janeiro
  • Q. Tehri Hydro Power complex is constructed on which of the following river
    A)Dhauli Ganga
    B)Alaknanda
    C)Mandakini
    D)Bhagirathi
    Answer: Bhagirathi
  • Q. The mean thickness of oceanic crust is:
    A)5 kilometer
    B)10 kilometer
    C)8 kilometer
    D)4 kilometer
    Answer: 5 kilometer
  • Q. Which of the following is a correct sequence of increasing depth?
    A)Continental shelf, Continental slope, Ocean depths, Deep sea plains
    B)Continental shelf, Continental slope, Deep sea plains, Ocean depths
    C)Continental slope, Continental shelf, Deep sea plains, Ocean depths
    D)Continental slope, Continental shelf, Ocean depths, Deep sea plains
    Answer: Continental shelf, Continental slope, Ocean depths, Deep sea plains
  • Q. Consider the following statements: 1. Troposphere varies in its thickness between equator and poles. 2. Stratosphere does not experience Normal Lapse Rate. 3. Ozone layer occurs in the Mesosphere. 4. Ionosphere lies between Stratosphere and Mesosphere Which of these statements are correct?
    A)3 and 4
    B)1 and 2
    C)2 and 3
    D)1, 2 and 4
    Answer: 1 and 2
  • Q. In which form can the cultivable land be defined?
    A)Old fallow land + new follow land
    B)The land which can grow the crops
    C)Waste land + fallow land
    D)Total fallow land + net sown land
    Answer: Total fallow land + net sown land
  • Q. The acceleration due to gravity at the equator
    A)Is equal to that at the poles
    B)Is less than that at the poles
    C)Is greater than that at the poles
    D)Does not depend on the Earth centripetal acceleration
    Answer: Is less than that at the poles
  • Q. Which of the geological phenomena cause earthquakes? 1. Development of fault 2. Movement along a fault 3. Impact produced by a volcanic eruption 4. Folding of rocks
    A)1, 3 and 4
    B)1, 2 and 3
    C)2 and 4
    D)1, 2, 3 and 4
    Answer: 1, 2, 3 and 4
  • Q. Power minerals are
    A)Coal, oil, natural gas
    B)Manganese, platinum, tungsten
    C)Mica, potash, sulphur
    D)Lead, zinc, bauxite
    Answer: Coal, oil, natural gas
  • Q. Sucrose content in sugarcane decreases ________
    A)If there is high temperature during the time of ripening
    B)If frost occurs during the process of ripening
    C)If high rainfall occurs during the period of growth of the plant
    D)If there is fluctuation in temperature during the period of growth of the plant
    Answer: If high rainfall occurs during the period of growth of the plant
  • Q. The method of soil conservation in which different crops are grown in alternate rows and are sown at different times to protect the soil from rain wash is called?
    A)Rockdam
    B)Mulching
    C)Intercropping
    D)Terrace farming
    Answer: Intercropping
  • Q. Which one of the following hydroelectric projects does not belog to Tamil Nadu?
    A)Periyar
    B)Idukki
    C)Aliyar
    D)Kundah
    Answer: Idukki

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