Home / General Knowledge / Miscellaneous World Geography :: section-8

General Knowledge :: Miscellaneous World Geography

  1. Llanos and Campos are grasslands found in

  2. A.

     Siberia

    B.

     North America

    C.

     South America

    D.

     India

    View Answer

    Workspace

    Discuss Discuss in Forum


  3. St Andreas Fault passes close to the US city of

  4. A.

     Los Angeles

    B.

     New Orleans

    C.

     Hollywood

    D.

     San Francisco

    View Answer

    Workspace

    Discuss Discuss in Forum


  5. The correct decreasing order of the population of the various continents is ________

  6. A.

     Asia, Europe, America, Africa, Australia

    B.

     Asia, America, Europe, Africa, Australia

    C.

     Asia, Europe, Africa, America, Australia

    D.

     Asia, America, Africa, Europe, Australia

    View Answer

    Workspace

    Discuss Discuss in Forum


  7. ________ canal is gateway to the Pacific.

  8. A.

     Suez

    B.

     Panama

    C.

     Kiel

    D.

     Grand Union

    View Answer

    Workspace

    Discuss Discuss in Forum


  9. Lines Joining places having equal height are

  10. A.

     Contours

    B.

     Isobars

    C.

     Isohalines

    D.

     Isohyet

    View Answer

    Workspace

    Discuss Discuss in Forum


  11. Main hunting ground for blue whales is located in ________

  12. A.

     Antarctic region

    B.

     Arctic Ocean

    C.

     Indian Ocean

    D.

     Southern Atlantic Ocean

    View Answer

    Workspace

    Discuss Discuss in Forum


  13. The deepest or the Oceanic trenches is the ________ trench.

  14. A.

     Mariana

    B.

     Puerto Rico

    C.

     Japanese

    D.

     Sunda

    View Answer

    Workspace

    Discuss Discuss in Forum


  15. What is meant by 'brain drain'?

  16. A.

     Increase in the population of mentally retarded or brainless people

    B.

     The increasing medical facilities which have resulted in decrease in the number of mentally retarded people

    C.

     The marriage of highly intellectual people so as to add more intelligent progency to the population

    D.

     The migration of highly qualified or skilled people to better places of employment

    View Answer

    Workspace

    Discuss Discuss in Forum


  17. Which part of Europe is most densely populated?

  18. A.

     Eastern Europe

    B.

     Western Europe

    C.

     Northern Europe

    D.

     Area around the Black Sea

    View Answer

    Workspace

    Discuss Discuss in Forum


  19. The world's most humid continent is

  20. A.

     Asia

    B.

     Europe

    C.

     North America

    D.

     South America

    View Answer

    Workspace

    Discuss Discuss in Forum