Important Gk Set No.70 For all Competitive Exams

1. The largest site of Indus Civilization is
a) Dholavira
b) Banwali
c) Rakhigarhi
d) Mohenjodaro
Answer d) Mohenjodaro.

2. Transfer of heat through horizontal movement of air is known as
a) Abrasion
b) Advection
c) Bearing
d) Ablation
Answer b) Advection.

3. A ring or horse shoe shaped Coral Reef is called
a) Azonal
b) Atoll
c) Beufort
d) Aurora
Answer b) Atoll.

4. Beufort Scale is used for identifying
a) Solar Waves
b) Water Flow
c) Wind Strength
d) Soil Fertility
Answer c) Wind Strength

5. Which of the following is in the inner portion of the Earth or below the Lithosphere ot Outer Crust?
a) Barysphere
b) Bathysphere
c) Centrosphere
d) All the above
Answer d) All the above

6. Which of the following is the accurate time keeping instrument?
a) Gycrometer
b) Clinometer
c) Chronometer
d) Fathometer
Answer c) Chronometer.

7. A narrow and deep valley of river is called
a) Geyser
b) Glacier
c) Fauna
d) Gorge
Answer d) Gorge

8. Lines of equal depth in sea is known as
a) Isopleth
b) Isonomal
c) Isobars
d) Isobaths
Answer d) Isobaths.

9. Plant growing in wetlands are called
a) Saprophytes
b) Hydrophytes
c) Hygrophytes
d) Salophytes
Answer c) Hygrophytes.

10. The energy radiated from the sun received by the earth is known as
a) Isolation
b) Insolation
c) Illuviation
d) Nivation
Answer b) Insolation.