Start learning →

GK Olympiad Geography — practice by topic

Browse 90 questions across 5 Geography topics. Choose what you want to revise, then open a question to check its answer and worked solution.

Start learning GK Olympiad with Quill →

Geography topics

Try a Geography question

Worked practice questions

A child digs into rock and soil under her feet. This solid part of the earth is the:

  1. Lithosphere
  2. Hydrosphere
  3. Thermosphere
  4. Mesosphere
Show answer and solution

Correct answer: A. Lithosphere

1. The earth has solid, liquid and gas domains. 2. The solid portion on which we live has its own name. 3. That name is the lithosphere. _Source: syllabus The Earth Our Habitat, Class VI, Chapter 5, Major Domains of the Earth._

Open this question →

The blanket of gases wrapped around the earth is called the:

  1. Stratosphere
  2. Atmosphere
  3. Lithosphere
  4. Hydrosphere
Show answer and solution

Correct answer: B. Atmosphere

1. Gases surround the planet in layers. 2. That gaseous envelope has a name. 3. It is the atmosphere. _Source: syllabus The Earth Our Habitat, Class VI, Chapter 5, Major Domains of the Earth._

Open this question →

All the water on earth, as ice, liquid and vapour, together forms the:

  1. Hydrosphere
  2. Lithosphere
  3. Atmosphere
  4. Troposphere
Show answer and solution

Correct answer: A. Hydrosphere

1. Water appears in three forms on the planet. 2. All of it together makes one domain. 3. That domain is the hydrosphere. _Source: syllabus The Earth Our Habitat, Class VI, Chapter 5, Major Domains of the Earth._

Open this question →

How to practise

  1. Choose a Geography question and try to work out your answer.
  2. Open the question to check the correct answer and read its worked solution.
  3. Continue in the app for bite-sized lessons, explanations and review with Quill. You can start without creating an account.