GENERAL KNOWLEDGE GEOGRAPHY -2020 / LATEST GK 2020/UPSC/MPSC/BANKING
1. Which planet did Europeans worship as a goddess?
(A) Moon
(B) Earth
(C) Venus
(D) Mars
2. In which month does the subsoil state of the Earth occur?
(A) January
(B) March
(C) April
(D) None of these
3. Who first used the word Sial for the topmost layer of the Earth?
(A) Sway
(B) Daily
(C) Homes
(D) None of these
4. In which part of the earth is nickel and iron predominant?
(A) Limit
(B) NIFE
(C) Seal
(D) None of these
5. Which layer of the earth is required for basalt rocks?
(A) NIFE
(B) boundary
(C) Seal
(D) All these
6. What is the source of important information regarding the internal structure of the Earth?
(A) Plate Tectonics
(B) Unnatural means
(C) Volcanic activity
(D) Seismology
7. Approximately what percentage of the total mass of the Earth is found in the mantle?
(A) 40%
(B) 45%
(C) 68%
(D) 90%
8. How many km of the expansion of the venue. To the depth of?
(A) 110 km
(B) 155 km
(C) 200 km
(D) 100 km
9. Which element is found in abundance in the earth’s crust?
(A) Iron
(B) Chromium
(C) Aluminum
(D) Potassium
10. On what percentage of the earth’s surface is the expansion of continents found?
(A) 30.1
(B) 28.4
(C) 29.2
(D) 38.7
11. The core below the mantle in the structure of the planet Earth is made up of which one of the following?
(A) Iron
(B) Aluminum
(C) Potassium
(D) Chromium
12. What is the name of the second layer above the three concentric layers of the earth?
(A) NIFE
(B) boundary
(C) Seal
(D) None of these
13. What is the total number of latitudes?
(A) 70
(B) 90
(C) 160
(D) 180
14. What is the number of longitudes?
(A) 60
(B) 360
(C) 180
(D) 90
15. Which one of the following cities is closest to the equator?
(A) Singapore
(B) Manila
(C) Jakarta
(D) None of these
16. Which of the following countries does not pass through the Tropic of Cancer?
(A) Zaire
(B) China
(C) India
(D) All these
17. Where does the international date line pass through?
(A) 180º
(B) 120º
(C) 270º
(D) 90º
18. Greenwich is in which country?
(A) K.
(B) Holland
(C) U.P. s. a.
(D) India
19. What is the difference between the local time of two places in crossing a longitude?
(A) 7 minutes
(B) 0 minutes
(C) 4 minutes
(D) 1 minute
20. In which year was the international date line determined?
(A) 1955
(B) 1896
(C) 1997
(D) 1884
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