General Knowledge MCQ Questions Answers

1. The dominant economic activity in venezuela's lake maracaibo lowland is ___________.

2. The climate of ________ is dominated by the westerly wind belt.

3. The information economy mostly embodies the ____________ sector of a nations economy.

4. Europe's unofficial lingua franca (common language) today is ____________.

5. Europe is home to approximately ________ muslims.

6. China's current population is closest to _______________.

7. Southeast asian physiography is dominated by _____________.

8. In 2008, gas and oil accounted for roughly ________ of russia's export earnings.

9. When the ayatollahs took power, they demanded that _____.

10. The transcaucasian transition zone includes all of the following except ___________.

11. Russias territorial size is such that it encompasses ___ time zones.

12. Colombian criminal organizations have _____________ organizational structures.

13. Uzbekistan is situated between _________ to the north and __________ to the south.

14. Earth probably formed _____ years ago, and the first life evolved as early as _____ years ago

15. Diaspora is defined as the spatial ________ of a previously homogeneous group.

16. Cultural differences between roman catholics and byzantine christians contributed to the _____.

17. Crustal movements of various kinds in the earth's crust is collectively called ________ activity.

18. The ussrs economic policies _______ income inequality and _______ living standards.

19. The russian port of ______ is kept open year-round by warm water from the north atlantic.

20. The physiologic density of india is ________ the arithmetic population density.

21. Soil erosion in haiti is caused largely by _____.

22. More than half of pakistans exports consist of __________

23. Mestizos are persons who are of mixed ____________ heritage.

24. Mercosur originated as a(n) _____ between brazil and argentina in 1988.

25. Mangrove forests were traditionally viewed as _______.

26. Complete this analogy: the bible is to christianity as the _______ is to islam.

27. Appeal of the compliance officer's findings is a ______ level process.

28. Faustus's powers corrupt him by making him _____ and _____. select all that apply.

29. For most domestic animals, trophic-level efficiency is usually ________.

30. Unlike peru's coastal zones, ecuador's coastland consists of ______________.

31. Russia is the world's largest gas exporter and has ________% of the world's natural gas reserves.

32. New zealand's original human population probably arrived about ________ years ago from ________.

33. A stove that circulates heated air to uniformly cook food is an example of ________ heat transfer.

34. The cracking of rock due to heat is an example of _______.

35. Historically west africa shows a high degree of regional complementarity between ____________.

36. Within a single mountain range, ________.

37. When air __________, it is compressed and warmed.

38. When a fault is expressed at the surface, it is called a __________.

39. Ultramafic rocks contain __________ and are commonly found in __________.

40. The warm zone near the top of the stratosphere is the result of heating from ________.

41. The tropopause altitude is highest ________ because of the ________.

42. The trophic level of "producers" includes ________.

43. The three principal river systems running through this region are the _____.

44. The stream gradient of most rivers ________.

45. The southernmost of china's three great rivers is the _______________.

46. The south asian wet monsoon originates over the ________ and moves ________.

47. The role of a watershed is to _____.

48. The raj meant the rule of the ________ in india.

49. The plate tectonic theory can best be described as _____.

50. The place with the fastest average winds on earth is ________.

51. The most rapid type of mass movement is a ________.

52. The most important factor that causes ocean tides on earth is the __________.

53. The most common and widespread form of precipitation is ________.

54. The minerals gold, silver and mercury are often found in ________.

55. The majority of people in the united states work in the __________ industry.

56. The major abiotic reservoir for phosphorus is ______.

57. The gulf stream _____.

58. The growth of the size of the gobi desert is primarily the result of _____.

59. The greenhouse effect involves warming of earth's surface and the ________.

60. The greatest concentration of metals occurs in earths _____.

61. The great plains are also referred to as____.

62. The great lakes region of canada is dominated by the __________ industry.

63. The first step in deforestation in the amazon is _______.

64. The first nearly correct measurement of the earth's circumference was made by ________.

65. The figure above shows that sedimentary rocks are changed to sediment by ____.

66. The caves of ajanta provide evidence for ____.

67. The atacama desert in chile is the ______ area in the world.

68. The "eye" of the hurricane is a zone characterized by ________.

69. The ________ is/are found in the equatorial zone.

70. Sympatric speciation typically occurs by all of the following mechanisms except __________.

71. Soils, forests, and minerals are among earths _____ resources.

72. Soils that allow water to pass through them faster are more _______.

73. Sedimentary rocks formed from broken fragments of other rocks are ____.

74. Sedimentary rocks form because of all of the following except ____.

75. Sedimentary rock _____

76. Sand grains found in dunes are commonly _______.

77. Remains or traces of organisms preserved in rock are called _______.

78. Placer mining involves _______ to extract minerals.

79. Pastoral farming is best described as _______.

80. One of the main features of the western siberian plain is that it __________.

81. On earth, the sun passes directly overhead at 25 north latitude ________ times a year.

82. Naturally occurring compounds in the earth are called _____.

83. Most processes which shape topography are ________.

84. Most mountain ranges are the result of ________ stress.

85. More solar radiation is absorbed by earths surface than by __________.

86. Medium- and deep-focus earthquakes occur along only ________.

87. Mechanically formed sedimentary rocks are those formed from ________.

88. Liquefaction will ________.

89. Japan is located in the _______ biogeographic region.

90. Inselbergs are ________.

91. Inexhaustible and renewable resources are used less than ______ resources.

92. In nutrient cycles in general, minerals tend to be dispersed through ________.

93. Igneous rocks that form ____ the surface are intrusive.

94. Eroded soil can enter ______, causing them to fill up with sediment.

95. Earthquakes are likely to occur ________.

96. Creep is __________.

97. Coarse infertile soil _____

98. Buffer zones _______.

99. Both warm air and warm water generally flow _____.

100. Both deltas and moraines are _____.