World geography

1. Which is the largest ocean current of the Indian Ocean?
Answer - The Agulhas Current

2. Which Ocean's powerful, warm ocean current is the Gulf Stream?
Answer - Atlantic Ocean

3. Which strong surface oceanic current of the Pacific Ocean has the nickname of 'The Black Current'?
Answer -  Kuroshio Current

4. Which ocean current is popularly known as 'The Warm Blanket of Europe'?
Answer - The Gulf Stream

5. Which is the smallest ocean in the world?
Answer - Arctic Ocean

6. Which ocean's part is the Sargasso Sea?
Answer - Atlantic Ocean

7. Name the only sea in the world without coastline?
Answer - Sargasso Sea

8. Which is the only ocean to be named after a country?
Answer - Indian Ocean

9. Name the area which is home to about 90% of world's earthquakes and 75% of the world's volcanoes?
Answer - The Ring of Fire

10. 'The Ring of Fire', an area where the largest number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur is situated in the basic of which ocean?
Answer - Pacific Ocean

11. Which ocean's part is the notorious Bermuda Triangle?
Answer - Atlantic Ocean

12. Part of which ocean has the nick name of 'The Herring Pond'?
Answer - North Atlantic Ocean

13. Which ocean has the shape of the letter 'S'?
Answer - Atlantic Ocean

14. Which is the second largest ocean?
Answer - Atlantic Ocean

15. Which ocean has the shape of a triangle?
Answer - Pacific Ocean

16. Which is the deepest part of the world's oceans, situated in the Pacific Ocean?
Answer - Mariana Trench in Challenger Deep

17. Who coined the name 'Pacific' to the Pacific Ocean?
Answer - Ferdinand Magellan

18. Which is the largest ocean?
Answer - Pacific Ocean

19. Aurora appears in the southern polar region is known as ?
Answer - Aurora Australis (Southern Lights)

20. What is the name of the aurora appears in the Northern polar region?
Answer - Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)

21. What is the name of the area encircling the Earth near the equator where the north east and south east trade winds come together?
Answer - The Inter Tropical Convergence one (ITCZ) or Doldrums

22. Which is the only Asian country to be situated on the equator?
Answer - Indonesia

23. Which is the only continent through which the equator and both of the tropics passes through?
Answer - Africa

24. What is the major non-gas contributor to the Earth's green house effect?
Answer - Clouds

25. What are the major gases contributing to the green house effect on Earth?
Answer - Water Vapour, Carbon dioxide, Methane and Ozone

26. Which layer of the atmosphere is affected by most weather phenomena?
Answer - Troposphere

27. The meteorological elements in a given region over a period of two to three weeks is known as
Answer - Weather

28. The statistics of temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind, rainfall and other meteorological elements in a given region over a long period of time is known as
Answer - Climate

29.  Which is the largest lake in the world?
Answer - Caspian Sea

30. Which country is known as 'The store house of the world'?
Answer - Mexico

31. Which river is popularly known as the 'Yellow River'?
Answer - Huang He (China)

32. The Three Gorges Dam is built across the river
Answer - Yangtze

33. Which country has the largest forest area in the world?
Answer - Russia

34. Which is the longest river of Europe?
Answer - Volga

35. Which is the largest country in South America?
Answer - Brazil

36. Which country is considered as the birthplace of coffee?
Answer - Ethiopia

37. Which is the largest country in Africa?
Answer - Algeria

38. Which is the second largest country in the world?
Answer - Canada

39. Which is the longest river of Asia?
Answer - Yangtze

40. Pampas are the grasslands of which continent?
Answer - South America

41. Which grassland lies on both sides of the equator roughly between 5 degrees and the tropics?
Answer - Savannah

42. Which river crosses the equator in the V shape?
Answer - Congo River

43. Which canal links the great oceans of Pacific and Atlantic?
Answer - Panama Canal

44. What is the interval between two tides?
Answer - 12 hours 25 minutes

45. What is the unit used to measure the speed of the ships?
Answer - Knot

46. 'Slack Water' is the phenomenon associated with ____?
Answer - Tides

47. Fathom is the unit used to measure____?
Answer - Sea depth

48. The Grand Canyon is on the river_____?
Answer - Colorado River (USA)

49. The Greater Barrier Reefs are the part of which country?
Answer - Australia

50. A line that connects points on a map that have the same temperature is
Answer - Isotherm

51. A line that indicates equal or constant pressure on a map is called
Answer - Isobar

52. Which instrument is used to measure atmospheric humidity?
Answer - Hygrometer

53. The tornadoes are associated with which type of clouds?
Answer - Cumulonimbus

54. Which local wind has the nick-name of 'The Snow eater'?
Answer - Chinook

55. The Sea breeze flows from
Answer - Sea to Land

56. How many islands are there in the Lakshadweep Islands?
Answer - 36

57. Ahmedabad is on the banks of which river?
Answer - Sabarmati

58. Which is the "The Tiger State of Inida"?
Answer - Madhya Pradesh

59. Which state is the leading producer of saffron?
Answer - Jammu Kashmir

60. The pre-monsoon shower in Karnataka during April is known as
Answer - Cherry Blossoms

61. Amarnath Cave is situated in
Answer - Jammu Kashmir

62. Which Indian State has the longest coastline?
Answer - Gujarat

63. Which Indian state is the leading producer of salt?
Answer - Gujarat

64. Where is the Salt Lake Stadium?
Answer - Kolkata

65. Kanchenjunga is situated in the state of
Answer - Sikkim

66. Which is the Standard meridian of India?
Answer - 82 degree 30 minute East

67. Indian Standard Time is ahead of Greenwich Mean Time by
Answer - 5 hours and 30 minutes

68. Which Indian mountain range has a triangular shape?
Answer - Satpura

69. Which is the only river in India that flows in a rift valley?
Answer - Narmada

70. Which Indian state covers the 61 percent of the Thar Desert?
Answer - Rajasthan

71. Which is India's only active volcano?
Answer - Barren Island

72. Which is the only mud volcano in India?
Answer - Baratang

73. How many Indian states have coast lines?
Answer - Nine

74. How many Indian states are situated on the Tropic of Cancer?
Answer - Eight

75. Honeymoon, Breakfast Islands are situated in
Answer - Chilka Lake

76. Tehri Dam is across the river
Answer - Bhagirathi

77. The Hindu Raj Mountain range is situated in
Answer - Pakistan

78. In which state is the Garo-Khasi range situated
Answer - Meghalaya

79. What is the name of the water body that divide the Andaman & Nicobar island groups?
Answer - Ten degree channel

80. South and Little Andaman are seperated by
Answer - Duncan Passage

81. Which lake in Manipur is famous for its floating islands?
Answer - Loktak

82. Which is the only tidal port in India?
Answer - Kandla

83. Which part of India are the coniferous forests found?
Answer - The Himalayas

84. Which type of soil is also known as 'regur soil'
Answer - Black soil

85. Which type of soils are famous for 'self ploughing'?
Answer - Black soil

86. The presence of which metal give color to the red soil?
Answer - Iron oxide

87. Which type of soil is developed in areas with high temperature & high rainfall?
Answer - Laterite soil

88. Which mountain ranges of India run parallel to the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea respectively
Answer - Eastern and Western Ghats

89. In which Indian river is the islands of Sivasamudram and Srirangam are situated?
Answer - Kaveri

90. Who publishes the topographic maps of India?
Answer - The Survey of India

91. Which country is known as 'Junior America'
Answer - Canada

92. Which country has the longest coastline in the world?
Answer - Canada

93. Which countries are seperated by the Medicine line?
Answer - Canada, USA

94. In which mountain range is the peak Godwin Austin situated?
Answer - Karakoram Range

95. What is the usual shape of the deltas?
Answer - Triangular

96. The days when the Sun shines vertically on the equator is called
Answer - Equinoxes

97. Which is the biggest circle drawn on the globe?
Answer - Equator

98. Which ocean is the originating place of the Benguela Current?
Answer - Atlantic Ocean

99. Which sea was historically known as 'The Erythraean Sea'?
Answer - The Red Sea

100. Which canal connects the Red sea and the Mediterranean Sea?
Answer - Suez Canal

101. Which sea is connected with the Atlantic Ocean b the Strait of Gibraltor?
Answer - Mediterranean Sea

102. Which sea, bordering India has the shape of triangle?
Answer - Bay of Bengal

103. Which is the largest Bay in the world?
Answer - Bay of Bengal

104. Which is the largest land-locked  country in the world?
Answer - Kazhakstan

105. Which is the only city to be situated in two continents?
Answer - Istanbul (Turkey)

106. Which is the only city centre in the world without any cars?
Answer - Venice (Italy)

107. How many states are there in the United States of America?
Answer - 50

108. Which countries other than India celebrates August 15 as independence day?
Answer - South Korea & Republic of Congo

109. The extensive coffee plantations in Brazil are called
Answer - Fazendas

110. Which Brazilian city is known as 'The Coffee port of the world'?
Answer - Santos

111. In a map, water features & water bodies are coloured in
Answer - Blue

112. All cultivated or agricultural land is shaded ____ in a map?
Answer - Yellow

113. What is the color given to uncultivated lands & waste lands in a map?
Answer - White patches