100 Must Know Geography Questions For NDA CDS AFCAT 2020

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Defence aspirants who are preparing for the defence exams like NDA Exam, CDS Exam, AFCAT, INET, TA, Group X and Y and others will be facing Geography questions in General Awareness Paper. SSBCrackExams is sharing 100+ must know Geography notes and questions for your preparation in defence exams. Aspirants can also download the Geography notes and Geography Questions PDF from the link given below. These Geography questions will be helpful for you to revise for the upcoming defence exams.

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100 Most Asked Geography Questions For NDA CDS AFCAT 2020

Which one of the following layers of the atmosphere is
responsible for the deflection of radio waves?
(a) Troposphere (b) Stratosphere
(c) Mesosphere (d) Ionosphere
Which one of the following stars is nearest to the Earth?
(a) Polaris (b) Alpha Centauri
(c) Sun (d) Sirius
Which one of the following conditions is most relevant for
the presence of life on Mars?
(a) Atmospheric composition
(b) Thermal conditions
(c) Occurrence of ice caps and frozen water
(d) Occurrence of ozone
The correct sequence of different layers of the atmosphere
from the surface of the Earth upwards is
(a) Troposphere, Stratosphere, Ionosphere, Mesosphere
(b) Stratosphere, Troposphere, Ionosphere, Mesosphere
(c) Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Ionosphere
(d) Stratosphere, Troposphere, Mesosphere, Ionosphere
Which one of the following weather conditions is indicated
by a sudden fall in barometer reading?
(a) Stormy
(b) Calm weather
(c) Cold and dry weather
(d) Hot and sunny weather
Who amongst the following was the first to state that the
earth was spherical ?
(a) Aristotle (b) Copernicus
(c) Ptolemy (d) Strabo
Volcanic eruptions do not occur in
(a) Baltic Sea (b) Black Sea
(c) Caribbean Sea (d) Caspian Sea
Which one of the following is not a lagoon?
(a) Ashtamudi lake (b) Chilka lake
(c) Periyar lake (d) Pulicat lake
In order of their distances from the Sun, which of the
following planets lie between Mars and Uranus?
(a) Earth and Jupiter (b) Jupiter and Saturn
(c) Saturn and Earth (d) Saturn and Neptune
In the structure of planet Earth, below the mantle, the core is
mainly made up of which one of the following?
(a) Aluminium (b) Chromium
(c) Iron (d) Silicon
The earth’s rotation does not cause
(a) deflection of ocean currents
(b) phases of the moon
(c) tides
(d) difference in time between two meridians
The difference in the duration of day and night increases as
one moves from
(a) west to east
(b) east and west of the prime meridian
(c) poles to equator
(d) equator to poles
On the day the sun is nearest to the earth, the earth is said to
be in
(a) aphelion (b) perihelion
(c) apogee (d) perigee
In aeroplanes, the atmospheric pressure is measured with
(a) Aneroid barometer (b) Barometer
(c) Barogram (d) Altimeter
All of the following types of climates occur in the southern
hemisphere expect
(a) hot desert (b) savannah
(c) equatorial (d) tundra
The density of air is normally _ at higher attitude.
(a) increases (b) decreases
(c) remains constant (d) varies from place to place
Farrel’s Law is concerned with the
(a) direction of winds (b) velocity of winds
(c) intensity of waves (d) None of these
The layer of the atmosphere which contains dust particles
and water vapour is called
(a) Stratosphere (b) Troposphere
(c) Ionosphere (d) Mesophere
Which of the following cities is nearest to the equator?
(a) Colombo (b) Jakarta
(c) Manila (d) Singapore
The waterfall ‘Victoria’ is associated with the river
(a) Amazon (b) Missouri
(c) St. Lawrence (d) Zambezi
The biggest hot desert of the world is
(a) Kalahari (b) Gobi
(c) Sahara (d) Thar
In which one of the following areas is monsoon climate found?
(a) Pacific Coast of Columbia
(b) South-Eastern United States
(c) Southern Part of South Africa
(d) Central California
The equator passes through
(a) Cameroon (b) Costa Rica
(c) Kenya (d) Venezuela
The Black Mountains are located in
(a) Canada (b) Norway
(c) Switzerland (d) U.S.A.
The driest area of the Earth is
(a) Arabian desert (b) Atancama desert