Geological Quiz (General Knowledge Unit-2)

 State the following statements as ‘True’ or ‘False’:

1. Tsunamis most frequently occur in the Pacific Ocean.

Ans. True

2. Sahara desert covers an area that is roughly three-times the total area of India.

Ans. True

3. All rivers eventually drain their water into a sea or an ocean.

Ans. True

4. The coldest place where people live is Siberia.

Ans. True

5. Mont Blanc is the highest mountain peak of Europe.

Ans. False

6. In summers Antarctica becomes smaller than Australia.

Ans. False

7. Greenland, the biggest island on Earth is even bigger than India.

Ans. False

8. The Caribbean Sea is a part of the Atlantic Ocean.

Ans. True

9. The Earth’s crust is thicker beneath the oceans than it is beneath the land.

Ans. True

10. The continent of Antarctica contains two-thirds of the world’s fresh water.

Ans. True

11. The Great Barrier reef which is considered as the largest living organism on Earth is situated in the Coral Sea off the coast of Australia.

Ans. True

12. Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica are island countries which lie in the Arabian Sea.

Ans. False

KNOW MORE

In 1995, an iceberg large enough to supply a fifth of the world’s population with water broke away from Antarctica.

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