GK Practice Test: Question Set - 19
1. The sidereal month may be defined as
- (A) The period
in which the moon completes an orbit around the earth
- (B) The period
in which the moon completes an orbit around the earth and returns to the same
positions in the sky
- (C) The
period of rotation of moon
- (D) None of the
above
2. The period of daylight
- (A) Is
nearly constant near the equator
- (B) Varies
with latitude and the season
- (C) Reaches
a maximum of 24 hour in the polar zones in summer
- (D) All of the
above
3. The soil found in areas of heavy rainfall and high humidity, where there is good growth of vegetation is
- (A) Peat and
marshy soil
- (B) Saline and
alkaline soil
- (C) Black soil
- (D) Alluvial
soil
4. The region that has a typical dispersed rural settlement pattern is the
- (A) Kerala
coastal plain
- (B) Western
Ganga plain
- (C) Eastern
Rajasthan
- (D) Telengana
plateau
5. The tide of minimum rise is called
- (A) Spring tide
- (B) Low tide
- (C) Ebb tide
- (D) None of the
above
6. The phosphate is a group of minerals of one or more metallic elements chemically associated with the phosphate compound _________.
- (A) Oxides
- (B) Silicates
- (C) Carbonates
- (D) Phosphates
7. The Suez Canal connects the
- (A) Baltic Sea
and the Caspian Sea
- (B) Mediterranean
Sea and the Red Sea
- (C) Red sea and
the Caspian Sea
- (D) Mediterranean
sea and the North Sea
8. The planet that takes the highest time for completing a rotation is
- (A) Mercury
- (B) Venus
- (C) Earth
- (D) Pluto
9. The time interval between one vernal equinox and the next is nearest to which of the following figures?
- (A) 359 days
- (B) 361 days
- (C) 363 days
- (D) 365 days
10. The phosphate is a group of minerals of one or more metallic elements chemically associated with the phosphate compound _________.
- (A) PO4
- (B) PO3
- (C) PO2
- (D) PO
11. The river Jordan drains into the
- (A) Dead Sea
- (B) Adriatic
Garden
- (C) Gulf of Suez
- (D) Resaca
Garden
12. The process that directs precipitation down plant branches and stems is called
- (A) Stem flow
- (B) Through flow
- (C) Interception
- (D) Canopy drip
13. The process that creates a sub layer, which is white to gray in colour and composes of silica sand in the A horizon is called
- (A) Podsolosation
- (B) Calcification
- (C) Laterisation
- (D) Gleisation
14. The phenomenon of an opening occurring in the earth's surface through which a jet of hot water and steam is forces out at irregular intervals is called
- (A) Crater
- (B) Geyser
- (C) Hot spring
- (D) Volcano
15. The northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere are separated by
- (A) The
International Date Line
- (B) The plane of
the equator
- (C) The plane of
Tropic of Cancer
- (D) The plane of
Tropic of Capricorn
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