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SSC CGL Geography – Mock Test 1 – Tier I Style – Mock Test 1 · Tier I Style – 25 questions, subject: Geography – India & World. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.
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1.
Which planet completes one revolution round the Sun in about 88 days?
Correct Answer: A [Mercury]
Explanation:
Mercury – nearest the Sun, shortest year.
2.
Which moon of the Solar System is bigger than the planet Mercury?
Correct Answer: B [Ganymede]
Explanation:
Ganymede (Jupiter) is the largest moon; Titan is also bigger than Mercury, but Europa, Triton and Phobos are smaller.
3.
Which dwarf planet lies in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter?
Correct Answer: C [Ceres]
Explanation:
Eris, Makemake and Haumea lie beyond Neptune.
4.
On which date is the noon Sun overhead at the Tropic of Capricorn?
Correct Answer: D [22 December]
Explanation:
Winter solstice of the Northern Hemisphere.
5.
The point where the Equator meets the Prime Meridian lies in the:
Correct Answer: C [Gulf of Guinea]
Explanation:
0° latitude, 0° longitude – off West Africa.
6.
Which parallel of latitude is also a great circle?
Correct Answer: B [The Equator]
Explanation:
All other parallels are smaller circles.
7.
Which earthquake waves travel only through solids?
Correct Answer: D [S-waves]
Explanation:
S-waves are transverse; P-waves pass through solids, liquids and gases.
8.
Ruby and sapphire are both varieties of the mineral:
Correct Answer: A [corundum]
Explanation:
Corundum is 9 on the Mohs scale.
9.
Marble is formed by the metamorphism of:
Correct Answer: C [limestone]
Explanation:
Sandstone → quartzite; shale → slate; granite → gneiss.
10.
A line on a map joining places of equal earthquake intensity is called:
Correct Answer: B [an isoseismal line]
Explanation:
Isoseismal – equal intensity; isobar – pressure; isohyet – rainfall; isotherm – temperature.
11.
In a limestone cave, a stalagmite is a deposit that:
Correct Answer: A [rises from the floor]
Explanation:
Stalactite hangs; stalagmite rises; they join as a pillar.
12.
Mount Fuji and Vesuvius are examples of:
Correct Answer: D [composite (strato) volcanoes]
Explanation:
Explosive cones of alternate lava and ash layers.
13.
The most abundant inert gas in dry air is:
Correct Answer: D [argon]
Explanation:
Argon about 0.93% of dry air.
14.
The mercury barometer was invented by:
Correct Answer: C [Torricelli]
Explanation:
Beaufort graded wind force; Buys Ballot gave the wind–pressure law.
15.
The Harmattan, called 'the doctor' by local people, is a dry wind of:
Correct Answer: B [West Africa]
Explanation:
It brings relief from humid heat.
16.
Tropical cyclones over the western Pacific and the South China Sea are called:
Correct Answer: A [typhoons]
Explanation:
Hurricanes – Atlantic; willy-willies – Western Australia.
17.
Names for tropical cyclones over the North Indian Ocean are assigned by:
Correct Answer: D [IMD's RSMC New Delhi, from the WMO/ESCAP Panel list]
Explanation:
13 member countries; list released in April 2020.
18.
A halo round the Sun or the Moon is seen through a thin layer of:
Correct Answer: B [cirrostratus cloud]
Explanation:
Ice crystals of cirrostratus bend the light.
19.
The deepest trench of the Indian Ocean is the:
Correct Answer: C [Java (Sunda) Trench]
Explanation:
Mariana – Pacific; Puerto Rico – Atlantic.
20.
Which of these is a cold current of the Pacific Ocean?
Correct Answer: A [Oyashio]
Explanation:
The other three are warm.
21.
The highest tidal range in the world is found in the:
Correct Answer: B [Bay of Fundy]
Explanation:
Bay of Fundy, Canada.
22.
The Blue Nile flows out of:
Correct Answer: D [Lake Tana]
Explanation:
White Nile – Lake Victoria; they meet at Khartoum.
23.
The Strait of Gibraltar separates:
Correct Answer: C [Spain and Morocco]
Explanation:
It links the Mediterranean with the Atlantic.
24.
The Downs are temperate grasslands of:
Correct Answer: A [Australia]
Explanation:
Pampas – Argentina; Puszta – Hungary; Veld – South Africa.
25.
At its Mediterranean end the Suez Canal begins at:
Correct Answer: B [Port Said]
Explanation:
Port Said (Mediterranean) to Suez (Red Sea).
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