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
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