Gk Questions interview questions – page 108

The percentage of the agricultural land is very high in all the following except

1. Sikkim
2. Haryana
3. Punjab
4. Uttar Pradesh

Which one of the following co-operative societies is responsible for the production of fertilizers?

1. TRI FED
2. NCDC
3. NAFED
4. IFFCO

In which of the following years was the Food Corporation of India (FCI) set up?

1. 1955
2. 1960
3. 1965
4. 1970

Where is Pushkar Lake located?

1. Jammu & Kashmir
2. Punjab
3. Rajasthan
4. Uttar Pradesh

The youngest mountain in India are the

1. Himalayas
2. Aravallis
3. Vindhyas
4. Satpuras

The Siachen Glacier is in

1. Garhwal
2. Ladakh
3. Jammu
4. Aksaichin

The Atlantic Ocean routes are busier than the Pacific Ocean routes because Atlantic Ocean

1. Has better shipping facilities
2. Is surrounded on both sides by industrialized nations
3. Routes are not so dangerous
4. Routes are shorter

Of the following the busiest oceanic trade route is

1. Suez canal
2. Panama canal
3. Cape route
4. North Atlantic route

The busiest inland waterway of Europe is

1. R. Danube
2. R.Dneiper
3. R.Rhine
4. R.Volga

Railways are not well developed in Siberia mainly because

1. River transport is more common there
2. It has dense forests
3. The climate is unsuitable
4. It is sparsely populated

The New National Food Security Mission (NFSM) aims at ensuring adequate supply of

1. rice, cereals, wheat
2. wheat, cereals, pulses
3. rice, cereals, pulses
4. rice, wheat, pulses

Which one of the following countries is the largest producer of bauxite in the world?

1. Australia
2. Argentina
3. Brazil
4. South Africa

Who decides the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for agricultural crops in India?

1. Agriculture Cost and Price Commission (ACPC)
2. Ministry of Commerce
3. Ministry of Agriculture
4. NABARD

Indian Green Revolution is the most successful in which of the following?

1. Wheat and rice
2. Tea and Coffee
3. Wheat and Potato
4. Jowar and oil seeds

Broad roads in the U.S.A on which all the vehicles move only in one direction are known as

1. Broadway
2. Highways
3. Superways
4. Motels

The canals in western Europe are mainly used for

1. Trade
2. Ship building
3. Inland navigation
4. Irrigation

What is the chief export of Egypt?

1. Cotton
2. Oil
3. Tea
4. Diamonds

The largest centreport in Asia is

1. Singapore
2. Hongkong
3. Macao
4. Colombo

The first public railway was opened in England between

1. Bristol and Bournemouth
2. Stockton and Darlington
3. Dover and Manchester
4. Cardiff and Edinburgh

K.L.M., a worldwide airline belongs to which of the following countries?

1. The Netherlands
2. Germany
3. Japan
4. France

India’s railway network is the fourth largest in the world standing next to

1. Japan, U.S.S.R., Germany
2. Japan, China, U.K
3. Germany, Italy and France
4. U.S.S.R., U.S.A., Canada

The main exporter of copper is

1. Zambia
2. Morocco
3. Belgium
4. Ghana

Which of the following is not a fresh water lake?

1. L. Titicaca
2. L. Erie
3. L. Ontario
4. L. Huron

Which of the following is a current of the Pacific Ocean?

1. Kuroshio current
2. Labrador current
3. West Australian current
4. None of the above

The greatest known ocean depth (which lies in the Pacific Ocean) is

1. 8,890m
2. 9,653m
3. 10,589m
4. 11,033m

Gulf Stream carries

1. Cold polar water to East American coast
2. Warm equatorial water to the western coast of Europe
3. Warm equatorial water to the eastern coast of Brazil
4. Warm equatorial water to West American coast

Among the following, the deepest sea is

1. Bering Sea
2. Mediterranean Sea
3. Red Sea
4. Caribbean Sea

The cold Labrador current brings nine months winter to

1. Northern Sweden
2. Western Norway
3. Eastern Newfoundland
4. Canada

Which is the smallest among the following water bodies?

1. Okhotsk Sea
2. Japan Sea
3. Arctic sea
4. Hudson Bay

The ocean current Kuroshio flows as a

1. Cold current near the coast of Japan and her islands
2. Cold current near the coast of China
3. Warm current near the coast of China
4. Warm current near the coast of Japan and her islands