CSS General Knowledge Topic 1 Everyday Science With Answers

CSS General Knowledge Topic 1 Everyday Science

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1 Which country does not border France? Netherlands Belgium Switzerland Monaco
2 What is the highest waterfall in the world? Yosemite Falls Victoria Falls Niagara Falls Angel Falls
3 What is the largest island in the Mediterranean? Cyprus Crete Sardinia Sicily
4 Which U.S state is statistically most likely to be hit by a tsunami? California Alaska Hawaii Florida
5 What bay in Canada could hold the entire state of Texas with room to spare? Hudson Bay Bay of Fundy James Bay Baffin Bay
6 What is the name of the gulf located between Sweden and Finland? Gulf of Bothnia Gulf of Finland Gulf of Bosnia Gulf of Gotland
7 What body of water is located directly west of Latvia? North Sea Gulf of Bothnia Gulf of Riga Gulf of Finland
8 Which country is on an island in the Persian Gulf? Qatar Kuwait Oman Bahrain
9 The word "Tsunami" comes from the Japanese words which mean? Divine Wind Wave of Terror Huge Wave Harbour Wave
10 Which Island was epicenter of Tsunami on 26, December 2004? Jawa Sumatra Bali None of these
11 "Ring of Fire" refers to the ring of volcanoes present in Ring of earthquakes Five Permanent members of UN Circum-Pacific Seismic belt Five continents
12 Which strait is the only natural passage between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea? Strait of Dover Palk Strait Strait of Gibraltar Magellan
13 The Florida Strait connects the Atlantic Ocean to: Caribbean Sea Gulf of Mexico Pacific Ocean Bermuda
14 The Bosporus is a strait separating what large land masses? Asia and Europe Australia and New Zealand Europe and Afirca Iceland and Greenland
15 What is the name of the strait between Australia (mainland) and Tasmania? Cook Strait Torres Strait Bass Strait Lock Strait
16 Alexandria is the seaport of: Egypt Greece France Spain
17 "Seattle" is the seaport of which country? Germany Canada China USA
18 Where is the Rub al-Khali desert located? South Arabian Penisula South Africa South America South Europe
19 Which desert is known as the Great Indian Desert (also known as friendly desert)? Nafud Gobi Thar Arabian
20 Antarctica is classified as a desert. How big is the desert? 8.95 million square km 7.25 million square km 12.1 million square km 14 million square km
21 In what country is the Chihuahuan desert located? South Africa North Africa Arabian Peninsula Mexico
22 This desert can be found in northern China and Mongolia? Taklimakan Atacama Victoria Gobi
23 Which desert can be found across the north of Africa? Sahara Gobi Kalahari Kara Kum
24 Which strait is located connecting the Atlantic and pacific Oceans Strait of Dover Palk Strait Strait of Gibraitar Magellan
25 According to definition of deserts, which desert is the largest in the world? Antractica Gobi, Mongolia/northern China Shahra, northern Africa Kalahari, southwestern Africa
26 An area in which rainfall is usually less than 250 mm per year and vegetation covers less than 50 percent of the ground is called: Desert Lake Gulf Sand
27 Which strait connects the South Atlantic with the South Pacific? Cook Strait Makassar Strait Strait of Magellan Soya Strait
28 The Cook Strait runs between two islands of New Zealand. Name them. North Island, South Island Cook Island, Stewart Island North Island, Chatham Island Chatham Island, Steward Island
29 Which of these lies between Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula? Andaman Sea Sunda Strait Strait of Malacca Java Sea
30 Which strait connects the Sea of Marmara with the Aegean Sea Dardanelles Strait Shelekhov Gulf Tatar Strait Yellow Sea
31 Bosphorus Strait connects Black Sea with the? Sea of Marmara Aegean Sea Mediterranean Lonean Sea
32 Through which choke point does the least oceanic cargo pass? Strait of Gibraltar Strait of Malacca Strait of Magellan Strait of Hormuz
33 Mt.Ararat, 5166 m is the highest mountain of which country? Armenia Turkey Georgia Azerbaijan
34 K2 (Mt.Godwin Austen), 8611 m is the highest mountain of which country? Nepal India China Pakistan
35 What is the highest peak in Australia? Mount Canberra Mount Erebus Mount Kosciusko Mount Blanc
36 Both Japan and Indonesia are made up of a chain of islands called A peninsula An atoll An archipelago A delta
37 The Strait of Hormuz joins which of the following water bodies- Red Sea and Mediterranean sea Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman Caspian sea and black sea Gulf of Oman and Arabian sea
38 Which Isthmus connects the continents of North and South America? Isthmus of Panama Isthmus of Suez Madison Isthmus Isthmus of Dubrovnik
39 Which strait is famous for export of oil? Strait of Hormuz Palk strait Strait of Gibraltar Strait of Magellan
40 The biggest island in the world is? New Guinea Borneo Greenland Sumatra
41 What is the new name of the island of Madagascar? Haiti Malagasy Mozambique Maputo
42 When did Sir Edmund Hillary (New Zealand) reach the summit of Mount Everest? March 2, 1954 May 29, 1953 July 27, 1952 June 18, 1951
43 What is the official height (feet above sea level) of Everest? 29,200 29,000 29,035 28,500
44 What is the 3rd highest peak in the world called? Kanchenjunga K2 Lhotse Makalu
45 Aconcagua is the highest mountain of which country? Alaska Argentine Yukon, Canada California
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