SSC CGL GEOGRAPHY The Water World Facts on Countries
1. Which is the Smallest among the following water bodies?
(a) Arctic Sea (b) Hudson Bay
(c) Japan Sea (d) Okhotsk Sea
2. The largest reserves of fresh water a the Earth’s surface is in
(a) North America (b) South America
(c) Russia (d) Africa
3. Hawaiian islands are located in
(a) North Atlantic Ocean (b) South Atlantic Ocean
(c) North Pacific Ocean (d) South Pacific Ocean
4. The highest lake above the sea level in the World is :
(a) lake Avernus (b) lake Tanzania
(c) lake Toba (d) lake Titicaca
5. Which of the following Is called the “Gateway to the Pacific”?
(a) Suez Canal (b) Panama Canal
(c) Bering Sea (d) Gulf of Alaska
6. Coral reefs are formed by:
(a) Volcanic rocks
(b) Marine sediments
(c) chlorine materiel precipitated from sea water
(d) tiny colonial marine animals which construct limestone skeleton material
7. The world’s highest waterfall is in :
(a) Brazil (b) U. S. A.
(c) Venezuela (d) Zambia
8. The oceanic current named as ‘Kuroshio, Kurile and Alaskan’
are located in :
(a) North Atlantic Ocean (b) South Atlantic Ocean
(c) North Pacific Ocean (d) North Indian Ocean
9. Which one of the following seas is without a coastline ?
(a) White sea (b) Sargasso sea
(c) Sea of Okhotsk (d) Tasman sea
10. The Grand Banks are famous fishing grounds in the.... region
(a) North-West Pacific (b) South-East Pacific
(c) North-West Atlantic (d) North-East Atlantic
11. The worlds largest lake is :
(a) Lake Victoria (b) Lake Superior
(c) Caspian Sea (d) Black Sea
12. Which of the following features is not formed by running water?
(a) Valleys (b) Tunnels
(c) Gorges (d) Canyons
13. The Ocean currents transfer heat from
(a) one sea or ocean to another
(b) one coast to another
(c) the surface of the sea to greater depths
(d) lower to higher latitudes
14. Which of the following is a warm ocean current?
(a) Kuroshio (b) Peruvian
(c) Labrador (d) None of these
15. Which of the following is a cold current?
(a) Kuroshio (b) Benguela
(c) Brazil (d) Gulf stream
16. The greatest known ocean depth (which lies In the Pacific Ocean) is :
(a) 8,890 m (b) 9,653 m
(c) 10,589 m (d) 11,033 m
17. The World’s largest shipping canal is:
(a) Suez in Egypt (b) Panama in America
(c) Kiel in Germany (d) Gota in Sweden
18. Strait of Florida runs in between
(a) Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea
(b) Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea
(c) Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico
(d) Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean
19. The Strait which separates Asia from North America is :
(a) The Bering Strait (b) The Palk Strait
(c) The Strait of Gibratlar (d) The Strait of Malacca
20. The Panama Canal links:
(a) Mediterranean Sea with Red Sea
(b) Atlantic Ocean with Indian Ocean
(c) Indian Ocean with Mediterranean Sea
(d) Atlantic Ocean with Pacific Ocean
21. The Strait which separates Africa from Europe is :
(a) Hook Strait (b) Strait of Gibraltar
(c) Palk Strait (d) Bering Strait
22. The Kiel Canal lines the:
(a) Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea
(b) Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean
(c) North Sea and Baltic Sea
(d) Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea
23. Which is the largest Gulf in the World?
(a) The Gulf of Cambay (b) The Gulf of Mexico
(c) The Persian Gulf (d) The Strait of Hormuz
24. The World’s longest river is
(a) Nile (b) Ganges
(c) Amazon (d) Mississippin-Missouri
25. Which of the following is the largest river in the world?
(a) Nile (b) Gorges
(c) Congo (d) Amazon
26. The highest waterfall of the world is
(a) Niagara Fans (b) Boyoma Falls
(c) Salto Angel Falls (d) Khone Falls
27. Which river crosses the Equator twice?
(a) Amazon (b) Congo
(c) Nile (d) Orinoco
28. The largest lake in Africa is :
(a) Lake Victoria (b) Lake Malawi
(c) Lake Tanganyika (d) Lake Chad
29. Niagara Falls are in :
(a) Australia (b) U.K.
(c) South Africa (d) U.S.A.
30. Match the following
A. Titicaca 1. Longest mountain range
B. Caspian 2. Highest lake
C. Bering 3. Largest lake
D. Andes 4. Strait separating two continents
A B C D A B C D
(a) 1 2 3 4 (b) 2 3 4 1
(c) 2 3 1 4 (d) 3 2 4 1
of which river is New York situated:
(a) River Colorado (b) River Hudson
(c) River Mississippi (d) River Amazon
33. The largest and the busiest inland waterways in the world is:
(a) Rhine in Germany
(b) Ganga In India
(c) The Great Lakes and the rivers St. Lawrence in U.S.A.
(d) Lena and Lake Baikal in Russia
34. Fog is common around Newfoundland coast because:
(a) high tides occur, causing storms
(b) the rainfall is heavy
(c) warm and cold currents meet
(d) icebergs melt around the coast
35. Which of the following is called ‘Herring Pond’?
(a) Atlantic Ocean (b) Black Sea
(c) Dead Sea (d) Pacific Ocean
36. Match the following:
Rivers Towns
A. Amazon 1. Niamey
B. Nile 2. Kinshasa
C. Niger 3. Manaus
D. Congo 4. Rio de Janeiro
5. Khartoum
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 3 5 1 2
(b) 3 1 5 2
(c) 4 2 3 5
(d) 4 5 1 3
37. Match the following :
Rivers Continents
A . Paraguay 1. Australia
B. Congo 2. Europe
C. Volga 3. South America
D. Ob 4. Asia
5. Africa
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 4 5 1 2
(b) 3 5 2 4
(c) 4 5 2 4
(d) 3 4 1 2
38. The tip of South America is :
(a) Cape Verde (b) Cape York
(c) Cape Horn (d) Cape Cod
39. Which one of the following is not an African country?
(a) Cameroon (b) Gabon
(c) Mauritania (d) Yemen
40. Which of the following countries is known as the ‘Sugar bowl of the World’?
(a) India (b) Cuba
(c) Brazil (d) U.S A
41. Maoris are the inhabitants of
(a) Nigeria (b) Egypt
(c) Brazil (d) New Zealand
42. The indigenous people living in Fiji and Papua New Guinea belong to :
(a) Mongolian group (b) Polynesian group
(c) Micronesian group (d) Melanesian group
43. Numerically the largest human race in the world is:
(a) Caucasoid (b) Mangoloid
(c) Negroid (d) Austroloid
44. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(a) Abuja : Nigeria
(b) Ashkhabad : Turkmenistan
(c) Pretoria : South Africa
(d) Rabat: Yemen
45. What is the country through which both Equator and Tropic of Capricorn pass ?
(a) Brazil (b) Uruguay
(c) Colombia (d) Ecuador
46. Asia accounts for nearly percent of world population.
(a) 40 (b) 45
(c) 55 (d) 70
47. The country with the highest density is :
(a) China (b) Bangladesh
(c) India (d) Singapore
48. Which one of the following countries is not in South America?
(a) Cape Town (b) Adelaide
(c) Perth (d) San Francisco
49. Which of the following is the largest island?
(a) Sumatra (b) Madagascar
(c) Honshu (d) Cuba
50. The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through :
(a) Egypt (b) India
(c) Iran (d) Mexico
51. The 38th parallel separates:
(a) North Korea and South Korea
(b) East Germany and West Germany
(c) China and Tibet
(d) Asia and Europe
52. 17th Parallel separates
(a) North and South America
(b) North and South Korea
(c) North and South Vietnam
(d) North and South Yemen
53. Durand line is the border common to which two countries?
(a) India and China (b) China and Afghanistan
(c) India and Tibet (d) Pakistan and Afghanistan
54. The largest Island in the Indian Ocean is:
(a) Madagascar (b) Maldives
(c) Sri Lanka (d) Sumatra
55. The equator cuts through which of the following islands:
(a) Madagascar (b) Tasmania
(c) Java (d) Borneo
56. The Australian state which is an island is:
(a) Queensland (b) Java
(c) Tasmania (d) New Guine
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