Gk Questions interview questions – page 109

A huge mass of ice fed by snow on a high mountain slowly sliding downhill before it starts melting is called

1. Typhoon
2. Avalanche
3. Glacier
4. Iceberg

Which of the following currents is associated with the Indian Ocean?

1. Agulhas current
2. Benguela current
3. Kuroshio current
4. Canaries current

What is the average salt content in a liter of sea water?

1. 32 gm
2. 35 gm
3. 37 gm
4. 39 gm

Which country among the following has the largest cultivated area of cotton in the world?

1. India
2. Egypt
3. Pakistan
4. U.S.A.

Which one of the following does not have coal deposits?

1. Portugal
2. Poland
3. Germany
4. France

What is the major function of NABARD?

1. Deal in government securities
2. Provide loans to the public
3. Provide loans to Commercial Banks and Regional Rural Banks for the development of the rural sector
4. Accept deposits from the public

The term Green Revolution was coined by

1. Dr. MS. Swaminathan
2. Dr. Norman Borlaug
3. Dr. Manmohan Singh
4. Dr. William Gande

Which one of the following coal fields is not located in Russia?

1. Lena Basin
2. Chukot Basin
3. Pechora Basin
4. Donbas Basin

Agricultural income tax is assigned to the State Government by

1. Inter state Council
2. National Development Council
3. Finance Commission
4. Constitution of India

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

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

Which one of the following regions has the largest area of wheat production?

1. Asia
2. North America
3. Europe
4. South America

Which decade of Indian planning has the best for agricultural growth?

1. Fifties
2. Sixties
3. Seventies
4. Eighties

What is the meaning of Embargo?

1. Stopping of inland trade
2. Order that forbids trade
3. Banning exports
4. Restriction on imports

Which is the largest sea in the world?

1. North Sea
2. Caspian Sea
3. South China Sea
4. Mediterranean Sea

Which of the following is a warm ocean current?

1. Kuroshio
2. Peruvian
3. Labrador
4. None of these

The world’s deepest trench is in

1. Atlantic Ocean
2. Indian Ocean
3. Pacific Ocean
4. Mediterranean Sea

In the ocean, water moves horizontally over vast areas due to

1. Currents
2. Density difference
3. Slope of the ocean floor
4. Waves

The ocean currents transfer heat from

1. Lower to higher altitudes
2. The surface of the sea to greater depths
3. One coast to another
4. One sea or ocean to another

The nature of the winter rainfall in north western India is

1. Convectional
2. Cyclonic
3. Orographic
4. Monsoonal

Cyclonic rainfall largely occurs in

1. Mexico
2. U.K.
3. India
4. Mexico

Which cloud is known as high cloud?

1. Greenland
2. Cuba
3. Cirrus
4. Stratus

Clear nights are colder than cloudy nights because of

1. Radiation
2. Precipitation
3. Condensation
4. Insolation

Less dew is formed on cloudy nights because

1. On cloudy nights the radiation takes place very quickly
2. Clouds scatter moisture
3. On cloudy nights the radiation takes place very slowly
4. Clouds absorb the falling dew

Relatively humidity of the atmosphere is directly affected by

1. Change in atmospheric temperature
2. Change in direction of winds
3. Change in atmospheric pressure
4. None of these

Which of the following types of rainfall is often accompanied with lightning and thunder?

1. Convectional
2. Orographic
3. Frontal
4. None of these

Which of the following clouds is made up of tiny ice particles?

1. Cirrus cloud
2. Cumulus cloud
3. Stratus cloud
4. Cumulonimbus cloud

Scanty rainfall of less than 50cm per annum is received by

1. The coastal areas in the warm temperature zone
2. The eastern parts of the temperature lands
3. The areas of high latitudes
4. The areas of equatorial regions

Which type of rainfall is caused by ascent of moisture laden air along a mountain

1. Cyclonic rainfall
2. Convectional rainfall
3. Orographic rainfall
4. Al of the above

The smallest ocean in the world is

1. Atlantic Ocean
2. Indian Ocean
3. Pacific Ocean
4. Arctic Ocean

Which of the following is a cold ocean current?

1. Gulf Stream
2. Mozambique
3. Kuroshio
4. Labrador