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