MPSC Civil Servicea General Knowledge Questions 2014 - GK

UPSC/SSC/IBPS Test GK Question 2014 (Climate of Earth/Facts on Agriculture, Minerals and Industries)

Question 1. Summer rains in Australia broadly decreases from

A. East to West 

B. West to East

C. North to South 

D. South to North

Question 2. Which one the following is a landlocked country ?

A. Bulgaria

B. Hungary

C. Romania

D. Ukraine

Question 3. Factory farming is the characteristic of

A. North-Western North America

B. North-Western Europe

C. Eastern Europe 

D. South-East Asia

Question 4. The planetary winds that blow from the sub-tropical high pressure belts to the equator are know as

A. westerlies

B. doldrums

C. polar winds 

D. trade winds

Question 5. Which one the following countries has the highest agricultural production in Europe ?

A. France 

B. Switzerland

C. Denmark

D. Germany

Question 6. Among the following countries, the only one to have about half of its area under cultivation is

A. China

B. India 

C. Japan

D. USA

Question 7. Which one of the following ecosystems covers the largest area of the Earth,s surface ?

A. Desert ecosystem

B.Grassland ecosystem

C. Mountain ecosystem

D. Marine ecosystem

Question 8. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched ?

A. Abyssinian Plateau : Arabia

B. Atlas Mountains : North-Western Africa

C. Guiana Highlands : South-Western Africa

D. Okavango Basin : Patagonia

Question 9. Which one the following regions of the world is called the 'bread basket of the world' ?

A. Temperate grassland

B. Tropical monsoonal region

C. Mediterranean region 

D. Savanna grassland

Question 10.Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the climatic regions while going from Zaire to Netherlands ?

 1. Equatorial climate 

2. Mediterranean climate

3. Hot desert climate

4. West European climate

 Codes

A.1, 3, 2, 4

B. 1, 4, 2, 3

C. 2, 3, 4, 1

D. 3, 2, 1, 4

Answer : 1.(c), 2.(b), 3.(d), 4.(d), 5.(a), 6.(b), 7.(d), 8.(b), 9.(a), 10.(a).