Geography Quiz for SSC - Questions and Answers

1. Arrange the following from lower to upper layers in the atmosphere:

1. Stratosphere

2. Ionosphere

3. Troposphere

4. Mesosphere

 Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

 Codes:

a) 1, 2, 3, 4

b) 3, 1, 4, 2

c) 3, 1, 2, 4

d) 1, 3, 2, 4

2. Which one of the following plateaus is a piedmont plateau?

a)Malwa plateau

b) Kaimur plateau

c) Ranchi plateau

d) Rohtas plateau

3. Winters of North and South Japan are influenced respectively by

a) Cold Kuroshio and warm Oyashio

b) Cold Oyashio and warm Kuroshio

c)  Warm Kuroshio and cold Oyashio

d) Warm Oyashio and cold Kuroshio

4. The tributary of Indus which does not flow through Pakistan is

a) Ravi

b) Beas

c)  Satluj

d) Chenab

5. Which of the following statements is/are not correct?

1. Conrad discontinuity can occur at variety of depths

2. Birch discontinuity occurs only beneath the contients

3. Mohrovic discontinuity have a considerable effect on seismic waves, for this marks the boundary between a solid and a liquid layer.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

Codes:

a) 1 and 2

b) 2 and 3

c) 1 and 3

d) 1, 2 and 3

6. Diastrophism includes

1. Folding

2. Faulting

3. Depression

4. Uplift

5. Vulcanicity

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

Codes:

a) 1, 2 and 5

b) 1 and 2

c) 1, 2, 3 and 4

d) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

7. Which one of the following ocean currents is associated with the ‘EL NINO’ Phenomenon?

a) Humboldt

b) Benguela

c) Canaries

d) Kurushio

8. A submarine mountain or peak rising more than 1000m above the ocean floor is known as

a) Guyots

b) Seamounts

c) Abyssal hills

d) Trenches

9. Tress with buttress roots are common in

a) Equatorial rain forest

b) Monsoon forest

c) Temperate deciduous

d) Coniferous forest

10.Arrange in the decreasing order of their composition in air

1. Hydrogen

2. Helium

3. Ozone

4. Krypton

Select the correct answer from the codes given below.

Codes:

a) 1, 3, 2, 4

b) 2, 3, 1, 4

c) 2, 1, 3, 4

d) 1, 2, 3, 4

ANSWERS

1.   B 
2.   A 
3.   B
4.   B
5.   B
6.   C
7.   A 
8.   B
9.   A
10.  B