1. What is the deepest place on Earth ? āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§ā§° āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻāĻā§ā§° āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻā§āύāĻā§ ?
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: Mariana Trench / āĻŽāĻžā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāύāĻž āĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āĻ
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Mariana Trench is the deepest known part of the world's oceans. āĻŽāĻžā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāύāĻž āĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āĻ āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§ā§° āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϏāĻžāĻā§°āϏāĻŽā§āĻšā§° āĻāĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻāĻā§ā§° āĻāύāĻžāĻāĻžāϤ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĨ¤
2. Which is the largest island in the world ? āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§ā§° āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻĄāĻžāĻā§° āĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻĒ āĻā§āύāĻā§ ?
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: Greenland / āĻā§ā§°ā§āĻŖāϞā§āĻŖā§āĻĄ
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Greenland is the world's largest island. Australia is classified as a continent. āĻā§ā§°ā§āĻŖāϞā§āĻŖā§āĻĄ āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§ā§° āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻĄāĻžāĻā§° āĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻĒāĨ¤ āĻ
āώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻĻā§āĻļ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻāĻŖā§āϝ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
3. Which is the smallest continent in the world ? āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§ā§° āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āϏ⧰⧠āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻĻā§āĻļ āĻā§āύāĻā§ ?
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: Australia / āĻ
āώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Australia is the smallest of the seven continents by area. āϏāĻžāϤāĻāύ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻĻā§āĻļā§° āĻāĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāϞāĻŋā§° āĻĢāĻžāϞ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻ
āώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āϏ⧰ā§āĨ¤
4. Which is the smallest ocean in the world ? āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§ā§° āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āϏ⧰⧠āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϏāĻžāĻā§° āĻā§āύāĻā§ ?
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: Arctic Ocean / āĻā§°ā§āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϏāĻžāĻā§°
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: The Arctic Ocean is the smallest of the five oceans. āĻā§°ā§āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϏāĻžāĻā§° āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻāĻāύ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϏāĻžāĻā§°ā§° āĻāĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āϏ⧰ā§āĨ¤
5. How many continents are there in the world ? āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§ā§° āĻŽā§āĻ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻĻā§āĻļ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāĻāύ ?
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: 7 / ā§āĻāύ
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe and Australia. āĻāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻĢā§ā§°āĻŋāĻāĻž, āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻāĻŽā§ā§°āĻŋāĻāĻž, āĻĻāĻā§āώāĻŋāĻŖ āĻāĻŽā§ā§°āĻŋāĻāĻž, āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻāĻāĻŋāĻāĻž, āĻāĻā§°ā§āĻĒ āĻā§°ā§ āĻ
āώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĨ¤
6. How many oceans are there in the world ? āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§ā§° āĻŽā§āĻ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϏāĻžāĻā§° āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāĻāύ ?
Ans/ āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: 5 / ā§ĢāĻāύ
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern and Arctic Oceans. āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļāĻžāύā§āϤ, āĻāĻāϞāĻžāĻŖā§āĻāĻŋāĻ, āĻāĻžā§°āϤ, āĻĻāĻā§āώāĻŋāĻŖ āĻā§°ā§ āĻā§°ā§āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϏāĻžāĻā§°āĨ¤
7. What is the solid outermost layer of the Earth called ? āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§ā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻā§° āĻāĻ āĻŋāύ āϏā§āϤ⧰āĻ āĻāĻŋ āĻā§ā§ąāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: Crust / āĻā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻ
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: The crust is the outermost solid layer of the Earth. āĻā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻ āĻšā§āĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§ā§° āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋā§°ā§° āĻāĻ āĻŋāύ āϏā§āϤ⧰āĨ¤
8. Which is the hottest layer of the Earth ? āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§ā§° āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻā§°āĻŽ āϏā§āϤ⧰ āĻā§āύāĻā§ ?
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: Inner Core / āĻ
āĻā§āϝāύā§āϤ⧰ā§āĻŖ āĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§ā§°
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: The inner core is the hottest part of Earth's interior. āĻ
āĻā§āϝāύā§āϤ⧰ā§āĻŖ āĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§ā§° āĻ
āύā§āϤ⧰ā§āĻāĻžāĻā§° āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻāώā§āĻŖ āĻ
āĻāĻļāĨ¤
9. What is the gaseous layer surrounding the Earth called ? āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§ā§° āĻāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻāĻĢāĻžāϞ⧠āĻĨāĻāĻž āĻā§āĻā§āϝāĻŧ āĻā§ąā§°āĻŖāĻ āĻāĻŋ āĻā§ā§ąāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: Atmosphere / āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞ
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž:The atmosphere is the layer of gases surrounding the Earth. āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§āĻ āĻāĻā§ā§°āĻŋ āĻĨāĻāĻž āĻā§āĻāϏāĻŽā§āĻšā§° āĻā§ąā§°āĻŖāĻ āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞ āĻā§ā§ąāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
10. What is the approximate ratio of water area to land area on Earth ? āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§ā§° āĻāϞāĻāĻžāĻ āĻā§°ā§ āϏā§āĻĨāϞāĻāĻžāĻā§° āĻ
āύā§āĻĒāĻžāϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ?
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: 71 : 29
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: About 71% of Earth's surface is covered by water and 29% by land. āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§ā§° āĻĒā§āώā§āĻ ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧ ā§ā§§% āĻāϞāĻāĻžāĻ āĻ⧰⧠⧍⧝% āϏā§āĻĨāϞāĻāĻžāĻāĨ¤
Trick / āĻā§ā§°āĻŋāĻ: Water = 71% | Land = 29%
11. Where is the North Pole located ? āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§ā§° āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻŽā§ā§°ā§ āĻ'āϤ āĻ
ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ ?
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: Arctic region / āĻā§°ā§āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻ
āĻā§āĻāϞāϤ
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: The North Pole is located in the Arctic region, in the Arctic Ocean. āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻŽā§ā§°ā§ āĻā§°ā§āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻ
āĻā§āĻāϞāϤ, āĻā§°ā§āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϏāĻžāĻā§°ā§° āĻŽāĻžāĻāϤ āĻ
ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
12. Where is the South Pole located ? āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§ā§° āĻĻāĻā§āώāĻŋāĻŖ āĻŽā§ā§°ā§ āĻ'āϤ āĻ
ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ ?
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: Antarctica / āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻāĻāĻŋāĻāĻž
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: The South Pole is located on the continent of Antarctica.
āĻĻāĻā§āώāĻŋāĻŖ āĻŽā§ā§°ā§ āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻāĻāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻĻā§āĻļāϤ āĻ
ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
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61. What is the hottest place on Earth ?
Ans: Al-Azizia (Libya)
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§ā§° āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻā§°āĻŽ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ — āĻāϞ āĻāĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž (āϞāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž)
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: It once recorded very high temperatures, often cited in GK
62. What is the lowest point on Earth ?
Ans: Dead Sea Coast
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§ā§° āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āϤāϞ⧰ āĻŦāĻŋāύā§āĻĻā§ — āĻŽā§āϤ āϏāĻžāĻā§°ā§° āϤāĻ
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: It is below sea level.
63. What is the highest plateau in the world ?
Ans: Pamir Plateau
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦā§° āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻāĻ āĻĒāĻ āĻžā§° - āĻĒāĻžāĻŽāĻŋā§° āĻĒāĻ āĻžā§°
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Known as the “Roof of the World”.
64. What is the highest plateau in India ?
Ans: Deccan Plateau
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻāĻ āĻĒāĻ āĻžā§° - āĻĻāĻžāĻā§āώāĻŋāĻŖāĻžāϤā§āϝ āĻĒāĻ āĻžā§°
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Covers a large part of southern India.
65. What is the length of the Tropic of Cancer ?
Ans: 36,788 km
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āĻāĻā§° ā§°ā§āĻāĻžā§° āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āϝ - 36,788 āĻāĻŋāϞā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻžā§°
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Passes through 8 states of India.
66. What is the length of the Equator ?
Ans: 40,075 km
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āĻā§āĻŽāϧā§āϝ ā§°ā§āĻāĻžā§° āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āϝ - 40,075 āĻāĻŋāϞā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻžā§°
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Longest latitude on Earth.
67. Which is the largest country in the world (area) ?
Ans: Russia
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§ā§° āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻĄāĻžāĻā§° āĻĻā§āĻļ - ā§°āĻžāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Largest by land area.
68. Which is the smallest country in the world ?
Ans: Vatican City
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§ā§° āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āϏ⧰⧠āĻĻā§āĻļ - āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāύ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋ
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Located inside Rome, Italy.
69. Which is the most populous state in India ?
Ans: Uttar Pradesh
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻāύāϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻ
āϧāĻŋāĻ ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝ - āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻā§āĻļ
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Highest population among Indian states.
70. Which is the least populous state in India ?
Ans: Sikkim
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻāĻŽ āĻāύāϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻĨāĻāĻž ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝ - āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻŽ
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: A Himalayan state.
71. Which Indian state has the longest coastline ?
Ans: Gujarat
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻāϞ āĻāĻĒāĻā§āϞ āĻĨāĻāĻž ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝ — āĻā§āĻā§°āĻžāĻ
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Lies along the Arabian Sea.
72. What is the total length of India’s coastline ?
Ans: 7,516.6 km
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻāĻĒāĻā§āϞ⧰ āĻŽā§āĻ āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āϝ - 7,516.6 āĻāĻŋāϞā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻžā§°
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Includes mainland and islands.
73. Which country has the longest coastline in the world ?
Ans: Canada
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāϤ āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻāϞ āĻāĻĒāĻā§āϞ āĻĨāĻāĻž āĻĻā§āĻļ - āĻāĻžāύāĻžāĻĄāĻž
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Due to many islands and bays.
74. What is the highest waterfall in the world ?
Ans: Angel Falls (Venezuela)
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦā§° āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻāĻ āĻāϞāĻĒā§ā§°āĻĒāĻžāϤ - āĻāĻā§āĻā§āϞ āĻĢāϞāĻ (āĻā§āύāĻŋāĻā§ā§ąā§āϞāĻž)
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Height about 979 meters.
75. What is the highest waterfall in India ?
Ans: Jog Falls
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻāĻ āĻāϞāĻĒā§ā§°āĻĒāĻžāϤ — āĻāĻ āĻĢāϞāĻ
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Located in Karnataka.
76. Which is the coldest ocean on Earth ?
Ans: Arctic Ocean
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§ā§° āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻ āĻžāĻŖā§āĻĄāĻž āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϏāĻžāĻā§° — āĻā§°ā§āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϏāĻžāĻā§°
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Mostly covered with ice.
77. Which is the longest tunnel in India ?
Ans: Atal Tunnel (Himachal Pradesh)
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻāϞ āϏā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻ — āĻāĻāϞ āϏā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻ (āĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻāϞ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻā§āĻļ)
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Connects Manali to Lahaul-Spiti.
78. Kaziranga National Park is famous for what ?
Ans: One-horned Rhinoceros
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āĻāĻžāĻāĻŋā§°āĻāĻž ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āϝāĻŧ āĻāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāύ āĻāĻŋāĻšā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĒā§ā§°āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧ? - āĻāĻ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻāĻĄāĻŧ
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Located in Assam.
79. Sundarbans is famous for what ?
Ans: Royal Bengal Tiger
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āϏā§āύā§āĻĻāϰāĻŦāύ āĻāĻŋāĻšā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĒā§ā§°āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧ ? - ā§°āϝāĻŧā§āϞ āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻāϞ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻžā§°
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Largest mangrove forest.
80. Gir National Park is famous for which animal ?
Ans: Lion
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āĻāĻŋā§° ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āϝāĻŧ āĻāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāύ āĻāĻŋāĻšā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĒā§ā§°āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧ? - āϏāĻŋāĻāĻš
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Only natural habitat of Asiatic lions.