Geography 2008 Paper 1 – Solved MCQs NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc. Set 1

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(1) Corundum falls in the ________ rank of Moho Scale of Hardness:

(a) Tenth

(b) Second

(c) Ninth

(d) None of these

Answer: (c)

(2) Standard Parallel is a part of ________ projection:

(a) Cylinderical

(b) Conical

(c) Zenithal

(d) None

Answer: (b)

(3) Conical Projection is suitable for ________ areas:

(a) Tropical

(b) Temperate

(c) Polar

(d) None

Answer: (b)

(4) Zenithal Projection is suitable for ________ areas:

(a) Tropical

(b) Equatorial

(c) Polar

(d) None

Answer: (c)

(5) Sandstone is a/an ________ rock:

(a) Sedimentary

(b) Igneous

(c) Metamorphic

(d) None

Answer: (a)

(6) Granite is a/an ________ rock:

(a) Sedimentary

(b) Igneous

(c) Metamorphic

(d) None

Answer: (b)

(7) A line which is drawn on Mercator՚s Projection is known as:

(a) Laxodrome

(b) Rhumb Line

(c) Great Circle

(d) Both (a) & (b)

Answer: (b)

(8) The shadow zone of an earthquake exists between ________ from an earthquake focus:

(a) 130 - 140 degrees

(b) 110 - 150 degrees

(c) 103 - 143 degrees

(d) None

Answer: (c)

(9) One of the following is also known as an international scale:

(a) Linear

(b) Diagonal

(c) R. F

(d) None

Answer: (c)

(10) The 8th October, 2005 Earthquake of Pakistan had a magnitude of:

(a) 7.6

(b) 5.5

(c) 4.6

(d) None

Answer: (a)