General Awareness Quiz – Geography

General Awareness Quiz Set 92 for SSC CGL, SSC CHSL and Railways exams. Geography Quiz for SSC CGL, SSC CHSL, Railways etc.

Topic: Geography

1. Which one is not a rock types: 
   (A) Igneous
   (B) Sedimentary
   (C) Metamorphic
   (D) Geomorphic
   
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     Option D.
   Explanation: Geomorphic.
2. What is the temperature of the inner core of the Earth
   (A) Approximately 4500 K
   (B) Approximately 5700 K
   (C) Approximately 6200 K
   (D) Approximately 6800 K
   
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     Option B.
   Explanation: Approx 5700K.
3. Which one is the last Supercontinent (single landmass of continents) in Earth surface
   (A) Rodinia
   (B) Pannotia
   (C) Pangaea
   (D) Pliocene
   
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   Option C.
   Explanation: Pangaea.
4. In which year the continental drift theory was proposed by Alfred Wegener
   (A) 1905
   (B) 1910
   (C) 1912
   (D) 1915
   
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   Option C.
   Explanation: 1912.
5. Cerussite is a mineral of
   (A) Lead carbonate
   (B) Barium carbonate
   (C) Copper carbonate
   (D) Zinc silicate
   
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     Option A.
   Explanation: Lead Carbonate.
6. Parrot coal is a variety of
   (A) Lignite
   (B) Anthracite
   (C) Peat
   (D) Bituminous Coal
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     Option B.
   Explanation: Anthracite.
7. Aluminium ores are called
   (A) Cryolite
   (B) Bauxite
   (C) Gibbsite
   (D) All
   
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   Option B.
   Explanation: Bauxite.
8. Who is known as the “father of Crystallography”
   (A) Hauy
   (B) N Steno
   (C) F C Philips
   (D) R Hooke
   
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     Option A.
   Explanation: Hauy.
9. The basic and fundamental unit of Lithostratigraphic classification is
   (A) Supergroup
   (B) Group
   (C) Formation
   (D) Member
   
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     Option C.
   Explanation: Formation.
10. The matrix of packstone is
    (A) Sand
    (B) Silt
    (C) Mud
    (D) Clay
    
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      Option C.
    Explanation: Mud.

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