Know Your World - 30


1. Where is the headquarters of Oil and National Gas Commission?

Dehradun

2. Which river emerges from Amarkantak plateau in Madhya Pradesh?

Narmada

3. Which is the 193rd member of UNO?

South Sudan

4. Gangotri, Yamunotri, Kedarnath, Badrinath and Mussorie lie in which state?

Uttrakhand

5. What is the word used to describe the shape of earth?

Oblate spheroid

6. From which of the country, Constitution of India has adopted fundamental duties?

Erstwhile USSR

7. What is the radius of the earth approximately?

6400 km

8. Frontal rain is caused which activity?

Cyclonic activity

9. Which type of rainfall is often accompanied with lightning and thunder?

Convectional

10. What is the period of revolution of a geostationary satellite?

24 hours

11. What does the contact of two air masses differing sharply in humidity originate?

Temperate cyclones

12. Compared to other slopes in the northern hemisphere which is the warmest?

South facing

13. On moving from a pole to the equator what we find in population of plants and animals?

Increase

14. Petroleum is generally found in which rocks?

Folded marine sedimentary rocks

15. Which Rocks are formed by the solidification of lava on the earth’s surface?

Basalts.

16. Which is the highest grade of coal whose surface is shining and has the highest calorific value?

Anthracite

17. What is the administrative capital of South Africa?

Pretoria

18. Arakan Yoma is the extension of the Himalayas located in which country?

Myanmar

19. Of the floating iceberg in the sea, how much is the portion remaining above the sea level?

1/10th

20. Which plain formed due to the weathering of lime stone?

Karst plains

21. Which fertilizer has more nitrogen content?

Urea

22. Trees in tropical deciduous forest shed their leaves in which season?

Dry season

23. Which is the planet its length of its day and the tilt of its axis are almost identical to those of the earth?

Mars

24. Which is the hottest planet?

Venus

25. By whom was the temple of Konark built?

Narsimha of the Eastern Ganges

26. What is the distance between two consecutive longitudes (910 E and 920 E) at-the Poles?

0 km

27. How many kilometers are represented by 10 of latitude?

111 km

28. The highest annual precipitation occurs in which basin?

Amazon basin

29. What is Snow line?

The altitude above which snow never melts

30. In which type of rocks are metals like gold and copper mostly found?

Old Igneous