Question # 1

A huge mass of ice fed by snow on a high mountain slowly sliding downhill before it starts melting is called:

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Avalanche

Glacier

Iceberg

None of these

Which country is farthest north?

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Botswana

Chad

Zambia

Congo

Which of the following is a warm ocean current?

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Kuroshio

Peruvian

Labrador

None of these

Two places on the same meridian must have the same:

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Length of summer

Latitude

Length of winter

Solar Time

The lowest layer of atmosphere is known as:

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Stratosphere

Troposphere

Mesosphere

None of these

The intensity of earthquake is measured on:

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Beaufort scale

Richter scale

Mercalli scale

Secant Scale

Oxygen in the upper atmosphere converted into:

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Hydrogen

Ozone

Nitrogen

CO₂

What is the main cause of the movement in the earth's atmosphere?

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Difference in air pressure

Solar energy

Difference in temperature

Wind

The only snake that builds a nest is:

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Krait

King Cobra

Chain viper

None of these

The deficiency of which vitamin cause anemia?

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Vitamin B₁

Vitamin B₆

Vitamin B₁₂

None of these

Pituitary gland is located just below the:

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Brain

Heart

Liver

Kidney

Study of life in outer space is:

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Endobiology

Exobiology

Entrobiology

none of these

How many planets are present in our galaxy?

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9

8

10

11

The science of vegetable culture is known as:

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Arboriculture

Horticulture

Apiculture

Agriculture

The point in the Earth's orbit when it is farthest from the sun (152.5 million kilometers) and it occurs on the 3rd or 4th of july is called:

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Aphelion

Perihelion

Latitude

Solar time

Spring tide means:

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Higher high tide, higher low tide

Higher high tide, lower low tide

Lower high tide, lower low tide

Lower high tide, higher low tide

Who are the only people allowed to touch the Stonehenge monument?

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Druids

Stuarts

Lords

None of these

The volcanic region "Ring of Fire" surrounds:

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Arabian Sea

Pacific Ocean

Indian Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

Who won the race to become the first to reach the South Pole when he arrived there on December 14, 1911?

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Roald Amundsen

Jean Charcot

Erich Drygalski

W.S Bruce

Which is the largest seaport of Pakistan'

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Karachi

Bin Qasim

Gadani

Gwadar

Who among the following contributed most to be development of Astronomy?

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Greeks

Romans

Indians

Arabs

The world's deepest trench is in:

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Pacific Ocean

Indian Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

Mediterranean Sea

Where is Edmund Hillary from?

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United Kingdom

Australia

New Zealand

Canada

The study of how organisms interact with each other and their environment

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Ecology

Archaeology

Hematology

None of these

What is the highest point on Antarctica?

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Vinson Massif

Mt. Markham

Mt. Kirkpatrick

Mt. Menzies

Where is Easter Island located?

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Pacific Ocean

Caribbean Sea

Atlantic Ocean

Indian Ocean

What is the philately?

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Stamp Collecting

Art of compiling book

Art of arrangement of flowers

Art of compiling dictionary

Which nutrients are most likely to be affected by food processing and storage?

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Fats

Carbohydrates

Vitamins

Proteins

What is the rank of Pakistan in the world with respect to the population?

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Second

First

Third

Sixth

A chronometer measures:

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Sound waves

Time

Water waves

Colour contrast

Which desert can be found across the north of Africa?

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Sahara

Gobi

Kalahari

Kara Kum

One register ton is equal to:

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300 cubic feet

100 cubic feet

200 cubic feet

400 cubic feet

On which river is New York situated?

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River Colorado

River Hudson

Rhine River

None of these

The tallest waterfall of them all, "Angel Falls" is located in which country?

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Bolivia

Colombia

Uruguay

Venezuela

point out the Wilson's discovery.

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chlorine

calcium carbide

electron

chloroform

who discoverer cosmic rays?

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soddy

wheeler

victor hess

planck

The study of animals is called what?

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Hematology

Taxonomy

Zoology

Anatomy

Naples is the seaport of:

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Switzerland

Italy

Spain

Greece

The Cook Strait runs between two islands of New Zealand. Name them.

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North Island, South Island

Cook Island, Stewart Island

North Island, Chatham Island

Chatham Island, Steward Island

Deficiency of iron in diet cause:

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Jaundice

Anaemia

Vomiting

Tension

What is called the art of making maps and charts?

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Phycology

Cartography

Philately

Lexicography

The Bosporus is a strait separating what large land masses?

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Asia and Europe

Australia and New Zealand

Europe and Afirca

Iceland and Greenland

Where is Apalachicola?

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Kentucky

South Carolina

Florida

West Virginia

Earthquakes rarely occur in:

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Brazil

Alaska

Mexico

Russia

The tropical cyclone of the Bay of Bengal are usually calle:

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Hurricanes

Typhoons

Depression

Tornadoes

How many furlongs make one mile?

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8

6

10

12