Tuesday, November 13, 2012

General Studies Quiz

1. The International date line deviates from 1800 meridian in the North Pacific Ocean due to
1 Aleutian Islands      2 Samoa Islands       3 Fuji Islands      4 Cook Islands


2. The world's highest hydel power project 'Rongtong' is located in
1 Rangoon          2 Kathmandu         3 Himachal Pradesh        4 Beijing

3.Which of the following crops requires water logging?
1.Tea        2.Oil seeds       3.Cotton     4.Rice

4. Which one of the following is the farthest from the centre of the earth?
1 Equator            2 Tropic of Capricorn        3 Antarctic Circle      4 South Pole

5. The multipurpose Sardar Sarovar Project is being built across which river ?
1 Tapti          2 Narmada         3 Sabarmati       4 Godavari

6. Which one of the following rivers orginates near Mahabaleshwar?
1 Godavari       2 Krishna       3 Kaveri      4 Tapi

7. Put in descending order of content of fixed carbon 1.Peat 2.Lignite 3.Bituminous Coal  4.Anthracite
1 4, 2, 3, 1         2 1, 2, 3, 4       3 3, 4, 2, 1        4 4, 3, 2, 1

8. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? (Lake --- Location)
1 Superior -- US-Canada      2 Baikal -- Russia     3 Great Bear -- Canada   4 Great Slave -- Russia

9. Which of the following has the minimum humus?
1 Gray-desert soil        2 Red-desert soil     3 Chestnut soil    4 Cher nozem

10. Choose incorrect statement
1 Capacity of air to hold moisture decreases with a rise in temperature of the air
2 The air pressure decreases with an increase in temperature
3 Absolute humidity is expressed in grams per cubic metre of air
4 With an ascent of every 165 metres, the temperature is reduced by 10C

Answer
QUE
ANS
QUE
ANS
1
1
6
2
2
3
7
4
3
1
8
4
4
1
9
2
5
2
10
1

No comments:

Post a Comment