General Awareness Quiz – Geography
General Awareness Quiz Set 85 for SSC CGL, SSC CHSL and Railways exams. Geography Quiz for SSC CGL, SSC CHSL, Railways etc.
Topic: Geography
- Which among the following is not a metamorphic rock
(A) Marble
(B) Granite
(C) Quartzite
(D) Schist
- Volcanoes with quiet eruptions are known as
(A) Hawaiian type
(B) Strombolian type
(C) Vulcanian type
(D) Peleantype
- Who had written the book “Geographia”
(A) Ptolemy
(B) Alexander von Humboldt
(C) Bernhardus Varenius
(D) Abu Rayhan Biruni
- Who proposed the theory of continental drift
(A) Sven Hedin
(B) Harry Hess
(C) Alfred Wegener
(D) Peter Kropotkin
- Name the first Geographer to ascertain the length of the equator
(A) Anaximander
(B) Thales
(C) Herodotus
(D) Eratosthenes
- The Geographical Society of London was founded in the year
(A) 1820
(B) 1830
(C) 1935
(D) 1872
- Which one is the highest layer of the atmosphere
(A) Thermosphere
(B) Exosphere
(C) Troposphere
(D) Mesosphere
- The “weather layer” of the atmosphere is the
(A) Mesosphere
(B) Ionosphere
(C) Troposphere
(D) Stratosphere
- Cold and dry local winds are
(A) Brickfieder
(B) Harmattan
(C) Mistral
(D) Chinooks
- Which of these is the most appropriate method for showing the distribution of soils?
(A) Isopleth
(B) Dot
(C) Choropleth
(D) Chorochromatic