A land mass bounded by sea on three sides is referred to as:

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SOCIAL STUDIES QUIZ 2008-09
ORGANISED BY SST DEPTT. HOSTED BY S CHAWLA
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Geography

• Multiple Choice Round
• Each team will Answer
• three Question

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1. A land mass bounded by sea on three sides is
referred to as

1. Coast
2. Island
3. Peninsula
4. Bay

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2.The largest gulf in the world is

• a) Gulf of Bothnia
• b) Gulf of Po Hai
• c) Persian Gulf
• d) Gulf of Mexico

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3.Which one of the following is the largest
island in the world

• a) Green land
• b) New Guinea
• c) Victoria
• d) Sumatra

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4.The highest peak in the Eastern Ghats is

1. Anai Mudi
2. Dodabeta
3. Kanchenjunga
4. Mahendragiri

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5. Which one among the following rivers flows
through a rift valley?

1. Damodar
2. Tungabhadra
3. Tapi
4. Krishna

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6. The least populous country in the world is

• a) Taiwan
• b) Vatican
• c) Qatar
• d) San Marino

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7.Which one among the following is the longest
river of the Peninsular India?

1. Krishna
2. Godavari
3. Mahanadi
4. Narmada

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8.Tropopause, a boundary is separating

• a) Stratosphere and troposphere
• b) Stratosphere and ozonsphere
• c) Ozonesphere and ionosphere
• d) none

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9. How many satellites does Jupiter have?

1. 10
2. 12
3. 13
4. 15

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10.The largest ocean in the world

1. Indian
2. Atlantic
3. Pacific
4. Artic

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11. The Tehri Dam in U.P is Being built across
which river

• Ganga
• Yamuna
• Ton
• Rihanda

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12.The Ghana Bird Sanctuary is situated in

• Lucknow
• Patna
• Bharatpur
• Chandigarh