GEOGRAPHY PART 1 (P-G-H) MOCK TEST NO:-A-1(2)-2015 1. How many kilometers and represented by 1° of latitude?Ans. 111km 2. What is meant by the term ‘Midnight Sun’?Ans. Sun shining in the polar circle for long time 3. What planet in our solar system is nearly as big as the earth?Ans. Venus 4. The planet that takes 88days to make one revolution of the sun is –Ans. Mercury 5. Titan is the largest natural satellite of planet –Ans. Saturn 6. One astronomical unit is the average distance between –Ans. The earth and the Sun 7. The ‘blue moon’ phenomenon occurs –Ans. when two full moons occur in the same month 8. Quartz composed of which two elements –Ans. Oxygen and silicon 9. The main constituents of earth’s crust are –Ans. Igneous rocks 10. The Australian state which is an island is –Ans. Tasmania 11. The largest island in the Indian Ocean is –Ans. Tasmania 12. The World’s longest river is –Ans. Nile 13. Which river crosses the Equator twice?Ans. Congo 14. Which river has the largest drainage basin?Ans. Amazon 15. The highest waterfall of the world is –Ans. Salto Angles Falls 16. The world’s largest shipping canal is –Ans. Suez in Egypt 17. The 38th parallel separates –Ans. North Korea and South Korea 18. Which infulence the oceaninc salinity ans:-river 19. Which two seas are connected by the Suez canal ? ans: Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea 20. In which of the following the direction of Ocean currents is reversed with season ? ans: In the Indian Ocean 21. Kuroshio current is a Oceanic current and it is available in ans: North Pacific Ocean 22. What is the highest waterfall in the world ? ans: Angel Falls of Venezuela 23. What is the highest lake above the Sea level in the world ? ans: Lake Titicaca 24. What is the worlds largest lake by surface area ? ans:Caspian Sea 25. Which one of the following is not the part of North Atlantic Ocean current system ? ans: Benguela Current 26. Nearest star to the Earth Answer: Sun The Sun, which is at a distance of 92,955,900 miles from Earth is the nearest star to Earth. The distance of the Sun from the Earth is termed as 1 Astronomical Unit. Light from the Sun takes nearly 8 minutes to reach the Earth. 27. Nearest star to the Earth (other than the Sun) Answer: Proxima Centauri Proxima Centauri, which was discovered in the year 1915, is at a distance of nearly 4.2 light years from Earth. One light year is equal to the distance light travels in one year. 28. Brightest star as seen from the Earth Answer: Dog Star (Sirius) Sirius A (Alpha Canis Majoris), also known as the Dog Star, is the brightest star visible from the surface of Earth. It has an apparent brightness magnitude of -1.46. It is nearly 8.65 light years away from the Earth and has luminosity 26 times greater than that of the Sun. It is visible in the winter months of the northern hemisphere. 29. Largest planet of our solar system Answer: Jupiter Jupiter, with an equatorial diameter of 88,080 miles is the largest of the nine planets that revolve around the Sun. Its mass is approximately 320 times, and volume 1300 times that of the Earth. In other words, Jupiter could contain 1300 Earths. 30. Smallest planet of our solar system Answer: Pluto Contrary to popular opinion, Mercury is not the smallest planet. Pluto, the outermost planet, with a diameter of 1430 miles is the smallest planet of our solar system. 31. Coldest planet of our solar system Answer: Pluto Pluto, discovered by William Tombaugh, is the planet which is farthest from the Sun. It is the coldest planet of the solar system. It is so cold that when in 1992, scientists discovered nitrogen on Pluto, it was in SOLID form. It is the only outer planet made of solid material. 32. Planet of our solar system with fastest orbiting speed Answer: Mercury Mercury, at a speed of 107,030 mph, takes about 88 days to orbit the Sun and is the fastest planet of our solar system. 33. Hottest planet of our solar system Answer: Venus American and Russian space probes have found out the temperature on the surface of Venus is 465 oC, making it the hottest planet of our solar system. 35. Planet closest to Earth Answer: Venus Venus is at times about 25 million miles away from the Earth. Mars is at a distance of 34 million miles. 36. Brightest planet as viewed from the Earth Answer: Venus Venus, also known as the Evening star, is the brightest planet as seen from the surface of the Earth. It has an apparent brightness magnitude of -4.4. 37. Densest planet of the solar system Answer: Earth Our planet Earth, with a density of nearly 5.5 times that of water, is the densest planet of our solar system. Saturn, with a density about 0.69 times that of water, is the one with the lowest density. If the planets were placed in a huge ocean, then Saturn would be the only one to float on the water. 38. Largest satellite (natural) of our solar system Answer: Ganymede Ganymede, the satellite of Jupiter, with a diameter of 3275 miles is the largest satellite of our solar system. 39. Heaviest satellite (natural) of our solar system Answer: Ganymede Ganymede is one of the 16 satellites of Jupiter. It has a mass nearly double that of the moon. 40. Satellite closest to the parent planet Answer: Phobos Phobos is one of the 2 satellites of Mars. It is at a distance of nearly 5800 miles from the center of Mars making it the satellite that is closest to the parent planet. 41. Satellite farthest from the parent planet Answer: Sinope Sinope is the outermost of the 16 satellites of Jupiter. It is at a staggering distance of 14 million miles from Jupiter. 42. Largest ocean in the world Answer: Pacific Ocean Pacific Ocean represents nearly half of all the worlds oceans. Oceans represent 94% of the Earths water. 43. Deepest part of the ocean Answer: Marianas Trench Marianas Trench, pinpointed by HM Survey Ship Challenger, is located in the Pacific Ocean. The bathyscape Trieste descended to its bottom at 35,813 ft. 44. Largest sea Answer: South China Sea 45. Largest bay (in terms of shoreline length) Answer: Hudson Bay 46. Largest bay (in terms of area) Answer: Bay of Bengal 47. Largest continent Answer: Asia Asia is the largest continent accounting for about 29.5% of all the land on the Earth. 48. Smallest continent Answer: Australia The Australian continent consists of Australia along with New Zealand, Tasmania, Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands. It is also sometimes referred to as the Oceania. 49. Largest peninsula Answer: Arabia 50. Largest island Answer: Greenland Greenland was discovered by Eric the Red. Australia, which is larger that Greenland, is considered a continent. Greenland is 3 times as large as Borneo, the second largest island in the world, and 9 times as big as Honshu, the largest island of Japan. 51. Highest mountain Answer: Mount Everest Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first people to reach the top of Mount Everest. The 10 highest peaks are all found in the Himalayan mountain range north of India. The 3 highest peaks are Mount Everest (29,030 ft), K2 (28,250 ft) and Kanchenjunga (28,210 ft). 52. Highest waterfall Answer: Angel Falls Angel Falls with a total drop of 3210 ft and the longest single drop of 2610 ft are located in Venezuela on the river Carrao. They are named after the American Pilot Jimmy Angel who recorded them in his log book while flying over them in 1935. The Tugela Falls in South Africa with a drop of 3110 ft are the second highest waterfall. 53. Greatest waterfall (in terms of flow rate)Answer: Boyoma (formerly Stanley) Falls The greatest waterfalls are Boyoma Falls in Zaire (17,000 m3/s), Khône Falls in Laos (11,600 m3/s) and Niagara Falls on the Canada / US border (5,830 m3/s). 54. Widest waterfallAnswer: Khône Falls Khône Falls are in Laos. 55. Longest river Answer: Amazon The total length of the Amazon in South America is 4195 miles. Its navigable length of 3750 miles is the greatest of any river. River Nile had been regarded as the longest but its present estimated length is about 4145 miles. 56. Largest lake Answer: Caspian Sea Caspian Sea is located in Azerbaijan (Asia) and has a total area of 143,240 square miles. 57. Deepest lake Answer: Lake Baikal Lake Baikal is located in Siberia and is the deepest lake in the world at 5315 ft. 58. Highest lake Answer: Lake Titicaca Lake Titicaca is located at the border of Peru and Bolivia. 59. Largest freshwater lake Answer: Lake Superior Lake Superior is one of the Great Lakes. About 65% of Lake Superior is located in the United States and the rest is in Canada. 60. Largest desert Answer: Sahara Desert The Sahara Desert in Africa covers a surface area of 3.5 million square miles. 61. River with the greatest water flow Answer: Amazon The Amazon flows into the ocean at a rate of 18,000 m3/s. 62. Smallest ocean in the world Answer: Arctic Ocean 63. Hottest place on the Earth (for extended periods of time) Answer: Death Valley, California 64. Place where the hottest temperature was recorded Answer: Al Aziziyah 65. Place where lowest temperature was recorded Answer: Vostok 66. Place with highest annual rainfall Answer: Meghalaya, India 67. Largest active volcano Answer: Mauna Loa, Hawaii Mauna Loa, Hawaii last erupted in 1984. 68. Place which has had the longest drought Answer: Atacama Desert 69. Largest star Answer: Betelgeuse (Alpha Orionis) 70) Name the founder of social site Facebook who was recently in New Delhi on a two day visit from 9 October to 10 October 2014?Ans. Mark Zuckerberg 71) Who won the Nobel Prize for literature for the year 2014?Ans. Patrick Modiano 72) Which bollywood actor was appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF in South Asia on 9 October 2014?Ans. Aamir Khan 73) Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) on the birth anniversary of whom on 11 October 2014?Ans. Jai Prakash NarayanNote: The programme is an ambitious village development project under which each Member of Parliament will take the responsibility for developing physical and institutional infrastructure in three villages by 2019. 74) Which Bollywood actor on 4 October 2014 received Global Diversity Award 2014 at the Britain’s House of Commons?Ans. Shah Rukh Khan Note: He was conferred the award for his outstanding achievements in the field of cinema and his involvement in philanthropic endevours. 75) Name the winners of 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine?Ans. John O´Keefe, May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser 76) Which country topped the Asian Games 2014 medals tally? Ans. China with 151 Gold, 108 silver and 83 bronze 77) What was Indias position in the Asian Games concluded recently? Ans. 8thNote: India bagged a total of 57 medals with 11 Gold, 10 Silver and 36 bronze. 78) Name the website launched by Union Government on 7 October 2014 to monitor the attendance of government employees in real time?Ans. attendance.gov.in 79) Who was appointed by Union Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) on 1 October 2014 as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Jet Airways?Ans. Cramer Ball Note: He will serve for the next three-year till 2017. Earlier, he was serving as the acting CEO of the Jet Airways. 80) Name the winners of 2014 Nobel Prize for Chemistry?Ans. Eric Betzig, Stefan W Hell and William E. Moerner 81) Who has resigned as the Chairperson of Sangeet Natak Akademi on 30 September 2014?Ans. Leela Samson 82) Third International Day of the Girl Child (IDGC) was observed across the world on 11 October 2014 with the theme?Ans. Empowering Adolescent Girls: Ending the Cycle of Violence. 83) Technology giant HP on 6 October 2014 announced that it will split itself into two separate publicly traded companies. Expand HP?Ans. Hewlett-Packard 84) Which country recorded the highest number of polio cases in 14 years as revealed by the data of polio cases released recently?Ans. Pakistan 85) Who was Indias flag bearer at 17th Asian Games opening ceremony held on 19 September 2014?Ans. Sardar SinghNote: Sardar Singh is the captain of Indian Hockey team. 86) Name the Mandolin maestro who died on 19 September 2014 in Chennai?Ans. Uppalapu Srinivas 87) Name Asias first women Grand Slam winner who on 19 September 2014 announced her retirement from Tennis at the age of 32?Ans. Li Na 88) Who was appointed as chairperson of National Commission for Women (NCW) recently? Ans. Lalitha Kumaramangalam 89) International Day for the preservation of the Ozone Layer was observed on 16 September 2014. What was the theme this year?Ans. Ozone Layer Protection: The Mission Goes On. 90) National Hindi Divas (Hindi Day) was observed across India on 14 September 2014. Why was Hindi Diwas celebrated on this day?Ans. Hindi Day is observed because on 14 September 1949, the Constituent Assembly of India adopted Hindi written in Devanagari script as the Official Language of the Union. 91) Which country on 19 September 2014 rejected the historic referendum for independence from United Kingdom through public voting?Ans. Scotland 92) 17th Asian Games also known as XVII Asiad commenced at Asiad Main Stadium in Incheon, South Korea on 19 September 2104. What is the theme of Asian Games 2014? Ans. Meet Asia’s Future 93) What was the slogan of Asian Games 2014?Ans. Diversity Shines Here 94) Union Sports Ministry on 17 September 2014 agreed to honour which Boxer with Arjuna Award?Ans. Manoj KumarNote: Ministry admitted in the court that Manoj was initially not considered for the award by the committee as they mistakenly believed that he was involved in a doping case. 95) US President Barack Obama on 18 September 2014 nominated which Indian-American as the next US Ambassador to India?Ans. Richard Rahul Verma 96) Which state became the first Indian state to ratify the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Bill 2014?Ans. RajasthanNote: The Bill seeks to end the two-decade-old collegium system of appointments and transfers of judges to higher judiciary. 97) Which place became a permanent venue for the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) as decided by Union Government recently?Ans. Goa 98) Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah on 12 September 2014 released his autobiography named?Ans. And then One Day: A Memoir. 99) Who won the Miss America pageant on 14 September 2014?Ans. Miss Kira Kazantsev 100) Which country won FIBA Basketball World Cup 2014 by defeating Serbia on 14 September 2014?Ans. USA
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