Geography QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

General Knowledge : Geography QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS :: part6 : 16 to 20

Following General Knowledge Multiple choice objective type questions and answers will help you in TRB, SSC and UPSC 2014 examinations :

16.Where was the worlds first oil - well drilled in the nineteenth century

Baku in U.S.S.R.

Titusfills in Pennsylvania, U.S.A..

Digboi in Assam, India

Dhahran in Saudi Arabia

17.Deforestation results in 1. Flora destruction2. Fauna destruction3. Ecologial disbalance

2 and 3

1, 2 and 3

1 only

1 and 3

18.Which of the following is a correct arrangement of soils in the order of decreasing particle size ?

Gravel, sand, silt and clay

Sand, gravel, clay and silt

Silt, sand, gravel and clay

Clay, gravel, sand and silt

19.The Worlds major commerical fishing grounds are located in the

cool waters of the northern hemisphere in comparatively higher latitudes

equatorial water

temperate waters of tropical seas

warm water of seas in southern hemisphere

20.One degree of the circumference of the earth measures (approx.)

100Km

111Km

151Km

175Km

More Geography QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS available in next pages

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