GK Questions from Geography - 002

01.	The desert of North America ? Ans :   Arizona
02.	The difference in time per degree longitude between any two places on globe is ? Ans :   4 minutes
03.	The international date line pass through ? Ans :   Beiring Strait
04.	The largest sea ? Ans :   South China sea
05.	The longest day in the Northern Hemisphere is on ? Ans :   June 21
06.	The lowest layer of atmosphere ? Ans :   Troposphere
07.	The main activity associated with fold mountains ? Ans :   Earthquake
08.	The map projection which is most suitable for navigational purpose ? Ans :   Mercator's Projection
09.	The map which is mostly used by military experts ? Ans :   Topographical Maps
10.	The rays of the sun are vertical over the Tropic of Capricorn on ? Ans :   December 22
11.	The sinking of Earth's crust between two parallel faults results in ? Ans :   Rift Valley
12.	The tropical cyclone of South China sea is known as ? Ans :   Typhoon
13.	The Type of rainfall common in the Konkan Coast ? Ans :   Orographic
14.	The World's continents are mainly composed of ? Ans :   Sial
15.	Which desert is known as cold desert ? Ans :   Gobi
16.	Which is known as land of Dense Forest ? Ans :   Paris
17.	Which is the shortest sea in the world ? Ans :   North Sea
18.	Which part of India is sparsely populated in spite of good rainfall ? Ans :   Arunachal Pradesh
19.	Which part of India receives rainfall from both South - West and North - East monsoons ? Ans :   Orissa
20.	which place low rainfall due to its location in a rain shadow area ? Ans :   Raichur