World Geography Selected Questions and Answers Set 6

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Q.1:- Which one of the following is a planetary wind ?

  1. Monsoon
  2. Trade
  3. Chinook
  4. Mistral

Q.2:- Cyclonic rainfall largely occurs in ?

  1. Egypt
  2. India
  3. UK
  4. Mexico

Q.3:- Jet streams blows ?

  1. From west to east
  2. From east to west
  3. From north to south
  4. None of the above

Q.4:- Sea Breeze is formed during ?

  1. Day time
  2. Night time
  3. Seaonal
  4. (A) and (B)

Q.5:- The phenomenon of ‘Trade Winds’ takes place due to ?

  1. Conduction of heat
  2. Convection of heat
  3. Radiation
  4. None

Q.6:- What causes wind to deflect toward left in the Southern hemisphere ?

  1. Temperature
  2. Magnetic Field
  3. Rotation of the Earth
  4. Pressure

Q.7:-Which one of the following stands for the symbol pH ?

  1. Phosphorus and Hydrogen content in soil
  2. Percentage of Hydrogen in soil
  3. Proportion of Potash and Hydrogen in soil
  4. Concentration of Hydrogen ions in the soil

Q.8:- Soil water available to plants is maximum in ?

  1. Clayey Soil
  2. Silty Soil
  3. Sandy Soil
  4. Loamy Soil

Q.9:- What happens to tropical soils when the rainforest is cleared ?

  1. The soil improves to the extent that soluble nutrients are no longer depleted by the trees
  2. There is little effect on the soil because of its depth of richness
  3. Clearing interrupts the critical nutrient cycle and leads to soil leaching
  4. The soil stabilise and become excellent for grain crops
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Q.10:- Spot the odd item in the following ?

  1. Basalt
  2. Ruby
  3. Emerald
  4. Sapphire

Q.11:- Atakama desert covers ?

  1. Central South America
  2. Western South America
  3. Coastal region of Peru and some parts of North Chile
  4. None of these

Q.12:- Salinization occurs when the irrigation water accumulated in the soil evaporates, leaving behind salts and minerals. What are the effects of salinization on the irrigated land ?

  1. It greatly increases the crop production
  2. It makes some soils impermeable
  3. It raises the water table
  4. It fills the air spaces in the soil with water

Q.13:- Most of the people in the world live in lowland areas except those in ?

  1. Central and Western Africa
  2. Southern and South-Eastern Europe
  3. Southern and South-Eastern Asia
  4. Central America and North-Western South America

Q.14:- The Semitic People belong to the ?

  1. Caucasoid race
  2. Mongoloid race
  3. Negroid race
  4. Australoid race

Q.15:- Why South-East Asia has the largest concentration of peasant population at the global scale ?

  1. The area is dominated by shifting cultivation due to favourable terrain character
  2. Intensive subsistence farming is practised in the region
  3. The region has favourable and healthier climate
  4. The area has a large forested area which is cleared for cultivation of various crops
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Q.16:- Which of the following is a tribal group  of Africa ?

  1. Eskimos
  2. Ainu
  3. Fula
  4. None

Q.17:- Tides in the sea have stored in them ?

  1. Gravitational potential energy
  2. A combination of all the three forms of energy
  3. Hydraulic Energy
  4. Kinetic Energy

Q.18:- Sea water is saltier than rain water because ?

  1. Sea animals are salt producing
  2. The air around the sea is salty
  3. River wash away salts from Earth and pour them into the sea
  4. Sea beds have salts producing mines

Q.19:- Benthos is the name given to those organisms which live ?

  1. At the bottom of the ocean
  2. In enclosed sea
  3. In the upper layers of ocean
  4. Along the shore

Q.20:- Victoria Falls in Africa are located on ?

  1. River Niger
  2. River Congo
  3. River Zambezi
  4. River Nile

Q.21:- Which strait separates Australia and Tasmania ?

  1. Bering Strait
  2. Bass Strait
  3. Palk Strait
  4. Dover Strait

Q.22:- The difference in temperature between the warm, black side and the cooler white side causes gasses to creep along the surface of eh vanes. This effect is known as ?

  1. Radiation creep
  2. Nuclear creep
  3. Thermal creep
  4. Conduction creep
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Q.23:- The following statements are associated with precipitation which is incorrect ?

  1. Air is saturated at dew point
  2. Precipitation is any moisture that falls from clouds
  3. Relief rainfall only occurs in the summer
  4. Convectional rainfall only occurs in the summer months in the UK

Q.24:- The Ozone Layer in the upper part of the atmosphere protects us from ?

  1. Cosmic Rays
  2. Ultrasonic waves
  3. Infra-Red Rays
  4. Ultraviolet Rays

Q.25:- What is the latent energy ?

  1. It is a hidden energy or invisible energy
  2. It is found in the form of stored energy
  3. It is thermal energy
  4. It is latent energy

 

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