World Geography – Set 2 January 28, 2025January 27, 2025 by aasi 0% Report a question What’s wrong with this question? You cannot submit an empty report. Please add some details. 1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950 World Geography – Set 2 Dear ! This is World Geography – Set 2 Quiz and it contains 50 questions. Keep Learning! 1 / 50 1) The island of Sri Lanka formerly known as Madagascar Tasmania Ceylon None of the above 2 / 50 2) The HBJ Upgradation project, upgraded the capacity of HBJ pipeline from 18.2 MM SC MD to 33.4 MM SC MD 20 MM SC MD 22.3 MM SC MD 29.6 MM SC MD 3 / 50 3) The highest and lowest values of a weather element observed over the entire period of record are average extremes relative extremes absolute extremes extremes 4 / 50 4) The ionosphere contains ionized air that protects the earth from the infrared rays of the sun the ultraviolet rays of the sun None of the above the falling meteorites 5 / 50 5) The greatest variety of animal and plant species is found in temperate grasslands tundra regions in hot deserts tropical moist forests 6 / 50 6) The luminous coloured ring, surrounding the sun is called the asteroid corona comet nebula 7 / 50 7) The longest ship canal in the world is the St. Laurence Seaway (USA and Canada) Panama canal, Central America Kiel canal, Germany Suez canal, Egypt 8 / 50 8) The largest part of our hydrosphere is Pacific ocean Atlantic Ocean Indian Ocean Antarctica ocean 9 / 50 9) The highest mountains on earth namely Mount Everest, K2, Kanchenjanga are located in the Lesser Himalayas None of the above the outer Himalayas the greater Himalayas 10 / 50 10) The largest fresh water lake of Africa, area wise is lake Victoria lake Malawi lake Rudot lake Tanganyika 11 / 50 11) The island state of Australia is Queensland Tasmania Victoria New South Wales 12 / 50 12) The latitude ‘AA’ on the map represents the Tropic of Capricorn Equator Tropic of Cancer None of the above 13 / 50 13) The imaginary axis at which the earth rotates remains inclined at an angle of ____ to the plane of earth’s orbit. 66¹/² 44¹/² 55¹/² 0 14 / 50 14) The initial increase of magnetic field in magnetic storms is caused None of the above when the gust wind itself engulfs the magnetosphere when there is a large decrease in field intensity when the shock wave, associated with the gusty solar wind, compresses the magnetosphere 15 / 50 15) The imaginary line on the earth’s surface, which closely follows the 180o meridian, is called the Equator International Date Line Tropic of Cancer Prime Meridian 16 / 50 16) The hot, dry wind on the east or leeward side of the Rocky mountains (North America) is called the Sirocco the Harmattan the Chinook the Look 17 / 50 17) The Ice age ended about ____ years ago. 14,000 140,000 1,400 140 18 / 50 18) The highest mountain peak of Oceania is Puncak Jaya, Indonesia. Mt. Victoria, Papua New Guinea Mt. Cook, South Island (New Zealand) Mt. Kosciusko, Australia 19 / 50 19) The last major glacial period began about 2,000,000 years before present and is commonly known as Paleocene or ice age Pliocene or ice age Pleistocene or ice age Holocene or ice age 20 / 50 20) The land-sea distribution or the positions of the world’s continents and major oceans influences None of the above the development of the mid-latitude cyclonic depressions, at the convergence zone between polar and both (a) and (b) the major pressure belts that develop from the general circulation of the atmosphere 21 / 50 21) The largest city in Latin America is Caracas Rio-de-Janeiro Mexico city Buenos Aires 22 / 50 22) The knowledge about the topography of the ocean basins has been derived from seismic surveying All of these side-scan sonar echo sounder 23 / 50 23) The lowermost and the oldest epoch of the Tertiary Period of geologic time is Pliocene Palaeocene Palaeozoic Holocene 24 / 50 24) The infrared radiation by sun are strongly absorbed by carbon dioxide and water vapours water vapours ozone carbon dioxide 25 / 50 25) The hunting and gathering economy can support only 1 person per sq. km 7 persons per sq. km 5 persons per sq. km 3 persons per sq. km 26 / 50 26) Within the transporting medium, transport can occur by All of these suspension solution and traction solution 27 / 50 27) The major geological events of the Palaeozoic era include both (a) and (b) Appalachians and Central European mountains come up None of the above Caledonian mountain rise, life comes ashore 28 / 50 28) The landforms that are influences by several process namely, weathering, erosion, deposition are known as polycyclic landforms structural landforms polygenetic landforms None of the above 29 / 50 29) The gulf that separates Finland and Sweden in Europe is the Gulf of Lions the Gulf of Venice the Gulf of Bothnia the Gulf of Genoa 30 / 50 30) The landforms that are created by massive earth movements due to place tectonics are called erosional landforms structural landforms depositional landforms weathering landforms 31 / 50 31) The import of crude oil and petroleum done from national oil companies of producer countries, which have a net exportable surplus of oil is by term contracts All of these monthly tenders term tenders 32 / 50 32) The limit beyond which the stars suffer internal collapse is called the Raman Effect Chandrasekhar limit Quasan Zone Aurora Borealis 33 / 50 33) The layer of the earth, immediately below the crust, is called inner core inner mantle outer mantle outer core 34 / 50 34) The highest mountains in Africa, which is not part of any mountains chain, is Mount Aconcagua Mount Kilimanjaro Mount Kosciusco Mount Blanc 35 / 50 35) The horizontal of soil profile is composed of material affected by translocation & organic modification None of the above unweathered bedrock weathered parent material that is not affected by translocation and organic modification 36 / 50 36) The important mountains of Europe include Alps, Carpathians, Pyrenees, Apennines Andes, Alps, Pyrenees None of the above Alps, Himalayas, Rock mountains 37 / 50 37) The length of the tropical years (the time interval between successive occurrences of the spring equinox) is decreasing very slowly as a result of small, progressive change in earth's orbit around the sun small, progressive changes in the earth's rotational speed None of the above both (a) and (b) 38 / 50 38) The largest production of mica in Asia is from Malaysia Indonesia Myanmar India 39 / 50 39) The ground water that occurs when flow of the subterranean water is not confined by the presence of impermeable layers is called artesian confined groundwater unconfined groundwater aquifer 40 / 50 40) The largest gulf in the world is Gulf of Carpentaria Gulf of Mannar Gulf of Mexico Persian Gulf 41 / 50 41) The languages used in China is Chinese, English Chinese, Arabic Chinese, Korean Chinese, French 42 / 50 42) The largest continent in the world is Africa Asia Antarctica Australia 43 / 50 43) The length of the day is determined in None of the above astronomical units solar terms length of the hours 44 / 50 44) The minor planets revolving between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars are called Asteroids Comets Meteors Novas 45 / 50 45) The islands of Seychelles are located in the Atlantic Ocean Indian Ocean Arctic Ocean Pacific Ocean 46 / 50 46) The islands with coral covered surfaces in Bay of Bengal are Nicobar islands Andaman islands None of the above both (a) and (b) 47 / 50 47) The heavier silicates named as ‘Sima’ or silica + magnesium are most abundant in the ocean floors mantle core crust 48 / 50 48) The highest sand dunes are found in the Atacama desert the Sahara desert the Gobi desert the Kalahari desert 49 / 50 49) The headquarters of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), formed out of erstwhile USSR, is at Moscow in Russia Minsk in Byelorussia Kiev in Ukraine Kistiner in Moldavia 50 / 50 50) The latitude of a place expresses its angular 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