Q.1:- Scale used for recording weather condition is known as ?
- Hydrometer
- Hygrometer
- Opisometer
- Centigrade
Q.2:- Equatorial lowland usually experience ?
- A large diurnal temperature range
- Heavy thunder rain in the afternoon
- Strong winds
- Cold nights
Q.3:- Because of which one of the following factors, clouds do not precipitate in deserts ?
- Low Pressure
- Low Humidity
- High Wind Velocity
- High Temperature
Q.4:- Humidity is the result of ?
- Evaporation
- Transpiration
- Presence of heat
- Presence of moisture content in the air
Q.5:- “Climate is extreme, rainfall is scanty and the people used to be nomadic herder”.
The above statement best describes which of the following regions ?
- African Savannah
- Central Asian Steppe
- North American Prairie
- Siberian Tundra
Q.6:- Which of the following instrument is used to measure humidity ?
- Kata Thermometer
- Anemometer
- Sling Psychrometer
- Clinical Thermometer
Q.7:- Tsunamis are produced by ?
- Shrinking of the Earth’s crust
- Cyclones
- Submarine Earthquakes
- Tides
Q.8:- A cold local wind draining occasionally down the Rhone valley is known as ?
- Chinook
- Mistral
- Bora
- Blizzard
Q.9:- If the atmosphere is cooled its capacity for water vapour is ?
- Lowered
- Increased
- Constant
- None of the above
Q.10:- The dry wind ‘Santa Ana’ blows in ?
- Siberia
- Argentina
- Switzerland
- California
Q.11:- The hot dust-laden wind blowing from Sahara desert to Mediterranean region is called the ?
- Chinook
- Fohn
- Mistral
- Sirocco
Q.12:- Hurricanes are also called ………….. in Australia ?
- Baguio
- Willy Willy
- Taifu
- Typhoon
Q.13:- The game country is the name given to ?
- Tropical grassland region
- Mid-Latitude forest region
- Rain – forest region
- Mid-Latitude grassland region
Q.14:- Hail is the product of ?
- Thunder Storm
- Water Droplets
- Frost
- Mist
Q.15:- The ‘Eye’ of the cyclone has ?
- Abnormally high temperature and lowest pressure
- Abnormally low temperature and pressure
- Clear sky and lowest temperature
- Dense cloud cover and low pressure
Q.16:- The cyclones of temperate latitude differ from those of the tropics in a number of ways. Which one of the following is the most prominent of them all ?
- Their Size is far greater
- They are caused by frontal system whereas the tropical cyclones are not
- These occur more frequently
- The precipitation is more evenly distributed in a temperate cyclone
Q.17:- The most suitable measure for soil conservation is ?
- Afforestation
- Irrigation
- Crop rotation
- Contour farming
Q.18:- What happens to the soil, where soil water freezes and it tends to form ice layers parallel with the ground surface ?
- It heaves the soil upward in an uneven manner
- It heaves the soil downward in an uneven manner
- It heaves the soil both upward and downward in an even manner
- It remains unaffected
Q.19:- The main cause of Kalahari being a desert is ?
- The cold current near the coast
- Its location on the west coast in the tropics
- Its location in the tropics
- That its people primitive
Q.20:- In which country is ‘Takla Makan’ desert situated ?
- Kazakhstan
- Turkmenistan
- Uzbekistan
- China
Q.21:- Which one of the following deserts is famous for its deposits of Nitrates ?
- Atacama
- Kalahari
- Gobi
- Sahara
Q.22:- 95% of world’s diamond reserves are found in ?
- Ghana
- Kimberly
- Johannesburg
- Zambia
Q.23:- Which of the following is the major Copper producing country ?
- Indonesia
- Russia
- Sri Lanka
- Chile
Q.24:- Which one of the following minerals contains mostly Silica ?
- Mica
- Quartz
- Olivine
- Pyroxene
Q.25:- Energy that is produced commercially from coal is called ?
- Light Energy
- Kinetic Energy
- Thermal Energy
- Potential Energy
