Gk Questions this week
Q. What is Khetri in Rajasthan famous for?
1 Copper mines
2 Mica mines
3 Bauxite mines
4 Limestone mines
Ans:1
Q. “Nature does not drive man along a particular road, but it offers a number of opportunities from among which man is free to select”. This statement implies-
1 Deterministic approach
2 Possibilistic approach
3 Deterministic and possibilistic both approach
4 Probabilistic approach
Ans:4
Q. The book ‘COSMOS’ of Alexander Von Humboldt was based on his travel to one of the following continents-
1 Asia
2 North America
3 Europe
4 South America
Ans:4
Q. Which one of the following is Taiga biome?
1 Sub-Arctic biome
2 Sub-Saharan biome
3 Savanna grass
4 None of the above
Ans:1
Q. In which of the following States the Chipco movement was started?
1 Madhya Pradesh
2 Jharkhand
3 Uttaranchal
4 Rajasthan
Ans:3
Q. Which of the following is a coral island?
1 Tasmania
2 Lakshadweep
3 Maldives
4 Rameswaram
Ans:2
Q. Eustatic changes in the sea levels are caused by-
1 Ice ages
2 Epirogenic movements
3 Orogenic movements
4 Isostatic changes
Ans:1
Q. Who had used the concept of evapo transpiration in climate classification?
1 Thornthwaite
2 Koppen
3 Kendrew
4 Austin Miller
Ans:1
Q. Surface inversion of temperature is a phenomenon related to-
1 Increase in temperature with increase in elevation
2 Decrease in temperature with increasing elevation
3 Decrease in temperature with decreasing elevation
4 Increase in temperature with decreasing elevation
Ans:1
Q. What is the point of origin of an earthquake called?
1 Quake centre
2 Epicentre
3 Seismic focus
4 Tectonic point
Ans:3
