World Geography – Set 4 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 4 Dear ! This is World Geography – Set 4 Quiz and it contains 50 questions. Keep Learning! 1 / 50 1) The moon has no liquid water is the natural satellite of earth has no atmosphere All of these 2 / 50 2) The moon’s volume is about ____ that of earth. 1/20th 1/60th 1/40th 1/50th 3 / 50 3) The part of continental margin that is structurally a part of continent? Continental shelf both (a) and (b) None of the above Continental Slope 4 / 50 4) The progressive wave theory regarding of tides was put forth by G.B. Airy R.A. Harris William Whewell Issac Newton 5 / 50 5) The minimum values of annual receipts of solar radiation occur at the tropics None of the above the arctic the equator 6 / 50 6) The reaction between compounds and oxygen is called oxidation carbonation hydrolysis solution 7 / 50 7) The moon orbits the earth at a mean distance approximately 0.384 million km 579 million km 227.9 million km 149.6 million km 8 / 50 8) The pyramidal peaks that form when several cirques chisel a mountain form three more sides are called horns aretes cirques medial moraines 9 / 50 9) The process of capture of precipitation by the plant canopy and its subsequent return to the atmosphere is called stem flow sublimation interception through fall 10 / 50 10) The rock formations that cannot store groundwater are called aquifers spring perched aquifer aquicludes 11 / 50 11) The original founders of Common wealth of Independent States, in December 1991, are Moldavia, Khazakhastan and Uzbekistan Russia, Ukraine and Byelorus Tadjikistan, Khirghizia and Turkemenistan Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan 12 / 50 12) The plants of which of the following crops are highly sensitive to frost? Barely None of the above Cotton Maize 13 / 50 13) The longest epoch of the tertiary period is Miocene Palaeocene Eocene Oligocene 14 / 50 14) The R-horizon of soil horizon consists of unweathered bedrock weathered parent material plant litter at various levels of decomposition None of the above 15 / 50 15) The oldest rocks found in ocean basins are ____ than the oldest continental rocks. smaller younger older larger 16 / 50 16) The relative abundance of dissolved salts in seawater in descending order is as follows sodium, chlorine, magnesium, potassium, sulphate, calcium chlorine, magnesium, calcium, sodium, potassium, sulphate chlorine, sodium, sulphate, magnesium, calcium, potassium chlorine, sodium, magnesium, calcium, potassium, sulphate 17 / 50 17) The mountains that separate European and Arctic Russia are the Carpathians the Pyranees the Balkans the Urals 18 / 50 18) The process of weathering results into the addition of specific atoms or compounds to the weathered surface a breakdown of one mass in to two or more masses, with no chemical change in the mineral or rock All of these the complete loss of particular atoms or the compounds from the weathered surface 19 / 50 19) The main watershed of most of the peninsular river lies in the Raj Mahal hills Siwalik hills Western Ghats Aravalli hills 20 / 50 20) The minerals resources of north-eastern zone include coal, Fe, Mn, Cu, Mica, U, diamond crude Petroleum and natural gas natural gas, Fe, Au, Mn, U Fe, Au(gold) 21 / 50 21) The main objective of centrally sponsored Command Area Development programme is None of the above optimizing agricultural productivity and production from the irrigated area both (a) and (b) improving the utilisation of irrigation potential 22 / 50 22) The main properties of cosmic ray particles are All of these are its properties its electric charge its energy its rest mass 23 / 50 23) The main factor determining a region’s climate is longitude latitude temperature All of these 24 / 50 24) The planet that takes the highest time for completing a rotation is Pluto Earth Mercury Venus 25 / 50 25) The major pedogenic process acting on soils at the macro scale are salinisation and gleisation laterisation and podsolisation calcification and salinisation All of these 26 / 50 26) The magnetic field of earth, Magnetosphere expands to about 64,000 km above the earth's surface 9600 km above the earth's surface None of the above 8000 km above the earth's surface 27 / 50 27) The longest day (shortest night) in the southern hemisphere is December 22 November 22 July 21 June 21 28 / 50 28) The main percentage of the volume of water in the hydrosphere is in groundwaters, rivers and streams glaciers and ice sheets freshwater lakes and water vapours oceans and seas 29 / 50 29) The longest era of the classification of the history of earth is Pre-Cambrian era Palaeozoic era Mesozoic era Cainozoic era 30 / 50 30) The mean radius of the earth is approximately 9,600 km 6,400 km 32,000 km 12,800 km 31 / 50 31) The major countries of central America are China, Taiwan, Japan All of these Belize, Costa Rica, Panama Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait 32 / 50 32) The propagation of radio signals is greatly influence by thermosphere ionosphere troposphere exosphere 33 / 50 33) The ministry of Water Resources lays down policies and programmes for the development and regulation of the country’s water resources. It covers sartorial planning, coordination and policy guidelines technical examination and techno- appraisal of project providing central assistance to specific proj All of these facilitation of external assistance in resolution of interstate water disputes, policy formulation p 34 / 50 34) The religion of Afghanistan is Hinduism Christianity Buddhism Islam 35 / 50 35) The pedogenic process associated with poor drainage and which involves the accumulation of organic matter in the upper layers of the soil is called calcification podsolisation salinisation gleisation 36 / 50 36) The process that involves the eroded material being dissolved and carried along in water as individual ions is called solution traction saltation suspension 37 / 50 37) The main crops of kharif are ragi, maize rice, jowar, bajra otton, jute All of these 38 / 50 38) The most obvious effect of pressure on rocks is lineation the reorientation of mineral crystals lithification foliation 39 / 50 39) The percentage of sun’s radiation reflected back into space is about 36 percent None of the above 47 percent 17 percent 40 / 50 40) The original landmass, pangola split into Laurissa in the north and Godwanaland in the south Laurissa in the east and Godwanaland in the west Laurissa in the west and Godwanaland in the east Laurissa in the south and Godwanaland in the north 41 / 50 41) The percentage of the incident radiation reflected back to space is called None of the above planet's albedo earth's albedo both are similar terms 42 / 50 42) The main producers of free gas are both (a) and (b) None of the above the gas fields in Tripura and Andhra Pradesh (KG Basin) the south Bassein and Tapti fields in the western offshore 43 / 50 43) The magnetic field generated due to magnetic storm is directed in the ____ direction to the earth’s main field. same southward northward opposite 44 / 50 44) The river situated along the border between the USA and Mexico is the Amazon the Mississippi the Colorado the Rio Grande 45 / 50 45) The planets with no natural satellites (reported so far) are Mars and Neptune Mercury and Venus Earth and Pluto Jupiter and Saturn 46 / 50 46) Which of the following is a warm current? South Pacific current Labrador current Benguela current Kurosiwo current 47 / 50 47) The period of daylight is nearly constant near the equator All of these reaches a maximum of 24 hour in the polar zones in summer varies with latitude and the season 48 / 50 48) The region that has a typical dispersed rural settlement pattern is the Kerala coastal plain Telengana plateau eastern Rajasthan western Ganga plain 49 / 50 49) The model that describes how various geological processes create, modify and influence rock is called water cycle None of the above rock cycle energy cycle 50 / 50 50) The Penumbra is the outer portion of the moon's shadow both (a) and (b) formed by the tangent that intersects between the sun and the moon None of the above 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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