Geography Questions and Answers (2021): Best questions on Geography GK for all competitive exams like- UPSC, PSC, SSC, Banking, RRB, etc.
Geography Questions and Answers
Q 1: Name of the person called as the father of Geography.
(A) Herodotus
(B) Eratosthenes
(C) Hipparcos
(D) None of these
Ans: Eratosthenes
Q 2: Name of the person that used ‘Geography Word’ for the first time
(A) Herodotus
(B) Eratosthenes
(C) Hipparcos
(D) None of these
Ans: Eratosthenes
Q 3: Name of the person that is known as the father of ‘Human Geography’
(A) Carl Ritter
(B) Humbolt
(C) Herodotus
(D) None of these
Ans: Carl Ritter
Q 4: When a body moves around the sun then that body known as
(A) Star
(B) Satelite
(C) Planet
(D) None of these
Ans: Planet
Q 5: Number of planets that are present in the solar system
(A) 9
(B) 7
(C) 8
(D) None of these
Ans: 8
Q 6: When a small body move around a planet then that small body called as
(A) Planet
(B) Satelite
(C) Star
(D) None of these
Ans: Satelite
Q 7: Name of the person that predicated the law of motion of the planet
(A) Kepler
(B) Newton
(C) Galileo
(D) None of these
Ans: Kepler
Q 8: Name of the person that discovered the solar planet
(A) Galileo
(B) Newton
(C) Copernicus
(D) None of these
Ans: Copernicus
Q 9: Select the correct answer that known as the father of the solar system
(A) Venus
(B) Earth
(C) Sun
(D) None of these
Ans: Sun
Q 10: Which option related to the maximum distance between the own axis of a planet and the sun
(A) Aphelion
(B) Perihelion
(C) Perigee
(D) None of these
Ans: Aphelion
Q 11: Which option related to the minimum distance between the own axis of a planet and the sun
(A) Perigee
(B) Perihelion
(C) Aphelion
(D) None of these
Ans: Perihelion
Q 12: Number of planetarium present in space
(A) 90
(B) 88
(C) 89
(D) None of these
Ans: 89
Q 13: Which option given below known as the star
(A) Earth
(B) Venus
(C) Sun
(D) None of these
Ans: Sun
Q 14: Name of the planet that has a maximum distance from the sun
(A) Mercury
(B) Neptune
(C) Pluto
(D) None of these
Ans: Neptune
Q 15: Name of the planet that has a minimum distance from the sun
(A) Mercury
(B) Neptune
(C) Pluto
(D) None of these
Ans: Mercury
Q 16: Name of the fast-moving planet in the solar system
(A) Venus
(B) Mercury
(C) Neptune
(D) None of these
Ans: Mercury
Q 17: Name of the planet that is known as the sister of earth
(A) Venus
(B) Mercury
(C) Neptune
(D) None of these
Ans: Venus
Q 18: Name of the planet that has no satellite
(A) Venus and Mercury
(B) Neptune and Mercury
(C) Sun and Mercury
(D) None of these
Ans: Venus and Mercury
Q 19: Name of the planet that named as an evening star
(A) Neptune
(B) Mercury
(C) Venus
(D) None of these
Ans: Venus
Q 20: Name of the month that related to perihelion position
(A) July
(B) January
(C) March
(D) None of these
Ans: January
Q 21: Percentage of earth surface where continents present
(A) 29.2%
(B) 30.2%
(C) 28.2%
(D) None of these
Ans: 29.2%
Q 22: The number of total latitudes is
(A) 200
(B) 360
(C) 180
(D) None of these
Ans: 180
Q 23: The number of total longitudes is
(A) 200
(B) 180
(C) 360
(D) None of these
Ans: 360
Q 24: Name of the country located nearest to the equator line
(A) Singapore
(B) Manila
(C) Jakarta
(D) None of these
Ans: Singapore
Q 25: Name of the country where ‘Greenwich mean line’ located
(A) India
(B) U.S.A.
(C) U.K.
(D) None of these
Ans: U.K.
Q 26: Year when International date line demarcated
(A) 1843
(B) 1845
(C) 1844
(D) None of these
Ans: 1884
Q 27: Name of the place in India that shows ‘Authentic Time’
(A) Lucknow
(B) Kanpur
(C) Allahabad
(D) None of these
Ans: Allahabad
Q 28: Name of the place where the highest peak located all over the world
(A) Japan
(B) Nepal
(C) China
(D) None of these
Ans: Nepal
Q 29: Name of the mountain series that is known as the longest mountain series in the world
(A) Himalaya
(B) Alaska
(C) Andes
(D) None of these
Ans: Andes
Q 30: Name of the volcano that is known as the most active volcano in the world
(A) Cotopaxi
(B) Fujiyama
(C) Kilauea
(D) None of these
Ans: Kilauea
Q 31: Name of the place where Cotopaxi volcano located
(A) India
(B) Equator
(C) Canada
(D) None of these
Ans: Equator
Q 32: Name of the most inactive gas that available in the environment
(A) Hellion
(B) Neon
(C) Argon
(D) None of these
Ans: Argon
Q 33: Name of the gas that has the highest percentage in the environment
(A) Nitrogen
(B) Oxygen
(C) Carbon
(D) None of these
Ans: Nitrogen
Q 34: Name of the most static element that available in the environment
(A) Oxygen
(B) Nitrogen
(C) Water-Vapour
(D) None of these
Ans: Water-Vapour
Q 35: Which option related to the safety valve of the earth
(A) River
(B) Ozone gas
(C) Volcano
(D) None of these
Ans: Volcano
Q 36: Which given below option related to the newest mountain series
(A) Rockies
(B) Aplacian
(C) Ural
(D) None of these
Ans: Ural
Q 37: Name of the country where Vesuvius volcano located
(A) Indonesia
(B) Maximo
(C) Italy
(D) None of these
Ans: Italy
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