World Geography - General Knowledge Questions

A)
Plateau and Plains
B)
Interior of the earth
C)
Oceans and their depth
D)
Mountains

Correct Answer :   Interior of the earth

The Earth's interior is composed of four layers, three solid and one liquid not magma but molten metal, nearly as hot as the surface of the sun. The mapping of interior of the Earth of the following is most difficult.

A)
Astana
B)
Bishkek
C)
Dushanbe
D)
Ashgabat

Correct Answer :   Ashgabat

Ashgabat , formerly named Poltoratsk between 1919 and 1927, is the capital and the largest city of Turkmenistan. It is situated between the Karakum Desert and the Kopet Dag mountain range in Central Asia. It is also near the Iran-Turkmenistan border.

A)
Johannesburg
B)
Cape town
C)
Pretoria
D)
Bloemfontein

Correct Answer :   Johannesburg

A)
South Africa
B)
Sudan
C)
Algeria
D)
Egypt

Correct Answer :   South Africa

A)
Obstructed all light from the sun
B)
Is black in colour
C)
Behaved as a black hole during its transit
D)
Was invisible due to bright rays from the Sun

Correct Answer :   Behaved as a black hole during its transit

A)
Jupiter
B)
Mars
C)
Earth
D)
None of the above

Correct Answer :   Mars

Arsia Mons is among the three volcanos of the planet Mars. Arsia Mons is a shield volcano with a slow slope. Arsia Mons is thirty times in volumes of Mauna Loa in Hawaii, the largest volcano on Earth.

A)
Crust
B)
Mantle
C)
Central core
D)
Both (B) and (C)

Correct Answer :   Central core

The layers of the earth that is believed to have the heaviest mineral materials of highest density is Central core. Earth's core is the very hot, very dense center of our planet. The ball-shaped core lies beneath the cool, brittle crust and the mostly-solid mantle.

A)
The Amazon , Brazil
B)
The Mississippi, USA
C)
The Nile, Egypt
D)
Ganges-Brahmaputra, India/ Bangladesh

Correct Answer :   Ganges-Brahmaputra, India/ Bangladesh

This Envisat image highlights the Ganges Delta, the world's largest delta, in the south Asia area of Bangladesh (visible) and India. The delta plain, about 350-km wide along the Bay of Bengal, is formed by the confluence of the rivers Ganges, the Brahmaputra and Meghna.
 
The Ganges, Brahmaputra delta covers an area of about 75000 sq km.

A)
Bushman, Pigmy and Eskimo
B)
Pigmy, Eskimo and Kirghiz
C)
Boro, Bushman, and Masai
D)
Masai, Kirghiz, and Boro

Correct Answer :   Bushman, Pigmy and Eskimo

A)
Latitude
B)
Direction of winds
C)
Ocean curents
D)
Distance from sea

Correct Answer :   Latitude

Climate of a place is mainly dependent on Latitude. Therefore, higher latitudes receive less heat than lower latitude areas nearer the equator.