World Geography – Set 5 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 5 Dear ! This is World Geography – Set 5 Quiz and it contains 50 questions. Keep Learning! 1 / 50 1) The process of soil development is called illuviation leaching pedogenesis eluviations 2 / 50 2) The right ascension is the equivalent of longitude on the celestial sphere, and it is given in the units of time-hours, minutes and seconds degrees only seconds only hours 3 / 50 3) The rate at change of temperature is called temperature gradient temperature difference isotherm None of the above 4 / 50 4) The river Jordan drains into the Dead Sea Resaca Garden Adriatic Garden Gulf of Suez 5 / 50 5) The polar regions of earth cannot support forest growth because All of these factors the growing season is short in these areas the ground is often frozen or snow or ice covered the rainfall is very low 6 / 50 6) The rainfall in the peninsular interior averages about 850 mm a year 750 mm a year 550 mm a year 650 mm a year 7 / 50 7) The northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere are separated by the plane of Tropic of Capricorn the plane of the equator the International Date line the plane of Tropic of Cancer 8 / 50 8) The Palaeozoic era contains ____ time periods. five six seven four 9 / 50 9) The platform and the basement rock together form craton both (a) and (b) None of the above shield 10 / 50 10) The process that may cause physical weathering or mechanical rupture are abrasion, crystallization, pressure release crystallization, carbonation, thermal insolation abrasion, oxidation, hydrolysis None of the above 11 / 50 11) The river Sutlej, on which the Bhakra Dam has been built, originates from Rakas lake in Tibet Mansarovar lake a spring in Vering near Bara Lacha Pass in Lahul 12 / 50 12) The process that explains the recent changes in the height of sea level in coastal areas of eastern and northern Canada and Scandinavia is plate tectonics isostasy continental drift None of the above 13 / 50 13) The phenomenon of an opening occurring in the earth’s surface through which a jet of hot water and steam is forces out at irregular intervals is called crater hot spring volcano geyser 14 / 50 14) The phosphate are a group of minerals of one or more metallic elements chemically associated with the phosphate compound ____ silicates phosphates carbonates oxides 15 / 50 15) The polar Easterlies lie at 30-60ᵒ latitude 60-90ᵒ latitude 90ᵒ latitude 0-30ᵒ latitude 16 / 50 16) The place where material is excavated when the zone of maximum stream velocity approaches the stream’s bed is called ox-bow lakes riffles flood plain scoured pools 17 / 50 17) The process where the particle moves from the surface to the medium in quick, continuous, repeated cycles is called traction saltation solution suspension 18 / 50 18) The process of destruction or dying of fronts is called both (a) and (b) frontolysis None of the above fromtogenesis 19 / 50 19) The process of particle detachment by moving glacial ice is called scouring abrasion plucking None of the above 20 / 50 20) The ozone layer at high altitude contains only ozone (O₃) mixture of atomic oxygen (O), ordinary oxygen (O₂) and Ozone (O₃) only ordinary oxygen (O₂) atomic oxygen (O) and ordinary oxygen (O₂) 21 / 50 21) The ratio of the weight of water vapour to the total weight of air (including the water vapor) is called mixing ratio specific humidity relative humidity absolute humidity 22 / 50 22) The polar diameter is ____ to the equatorial diameter. they cannot be compared equal less more 23 / 50 23) The phosphate are a group of minerals of one or more metallic elements chemically associated with the phosphate compound ____ PO₄ PO₃ PO PO₂ 24 / 50 24) The ratio of land to ocean in the southern hemisphere is 1 to 1.5 1 to 10 1 to 1 1 to 4 25 / 50 25) The phenomenon associated with collision and subduction of the planet is volcanoes earthquakes island arcs All of these 26 / 50 26) The planets that are called superior planets are Mercury, Pluto, Venus, Neptune and Earth Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars and Jupiter Earth, Uranus, Mars, Saturn and Jupiter 27 / 50 27) The planet with the maximum number of natural satellites (moons), so far discovered is Uranus Neptune Jupiter Saturn 28 / 50 28) The Pyrenees mountains are located on the border between ____ and ____ Romania, Bulgaria Norway, Sweden Hungary, Romania France, Spain 29 / 50 29) The ridges of the waves are where the jet stream of waves closes to the prime meridian None of the above poles equator 30 / 50 30) The number of a topographic map is 47A/16/NW. Its scale must be 1 : 50,000 1 : 100,000 1 : 250,000 1 : 25,000 31 / 50 31) Which of the following is concerned with the description and mapping of the main features of the universe? Cosmology Geomorphology Cosmography None of these 32 / 50 32) The planets called the inner planets are Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto 33 / 50 33) The panama canal links Canada with Greenland Siberia with Greenland None of the above North America with South America 34 / 50 34) The points in the ecliptic farthest north and south of the celestial equator are called autumnal and vernal equinox None of the above north celestial pole and south celestial pole summer and winter solstices 35 / 50 35) The plants grown in equatorial regions include evergreen coniferous forests, oats, cocoa wheat, barley, maize groundnuts, soyabeens, potatoes evergreen dense forests, rubber trees, groundnuts 36 / 50 36) The process of evaporation of water in nature is one of the basic components of the hydrological cycle. The other process that is considered to be essential for the completion of hydrological cycle is the flow tide and ebb tide in a river movement of water vapour in the atmosphere movement of water in the water table flow of water in the sea 37 / 50 37) The process that creates the deep oceanic trenches is called isostasy continental drift sea floor spreading plate tectonics 38 / 50 38) The obscuring of one celestial body by another, particularly that of the sun or a planetary satellite eclipse elliptic None of the above ecliptic 39 / 50 39) The reaction is carbonate and bicarbonate ions with mineral is called oxidation carbonation hydrolysis solution 40 / 50 40) The northern portion of the western coastal plain is called Malabar coast Coromendel coast Konkan plain None of the above 41 / 50 41) The periodic rise and fall of the sea level on the earth, gives rise to tides. This is related to None of the above infrared rays from the sun ultraviolet rays from the sun the position of the moon with reference to the earth and the gravitational pull exerted mainly by the moon and partly by the sun 42 / 50 42) The process that creates a sub layer, which is white to gray in colour and composes of silica sand in the A horizon is called calcification podsolosation gleisation laterisation 43 / 50 43) The region of three W’s that is wheat, wool and wine is china type climatic regions steppe type climatic regions mediterranean climatic regions equatorial regions 44 / 50 44) The ocean water is saline due to volume of fresh water added by rainfall both (a) and (b) salts are already present in sea water evaporation of its surface 45 / 50 45) The products of ____ are a major source of sediments for erosion and ____ rocks, deposition deposition, weathering rocks, weathering weathering, deposition 46 / 50 46) The Palaeozoic era starts at ____ million years ago and ends at ____ million years ago. 500, 100 470, 225 570, 225 470, 150 47 / 50 47) The rate of infiltration normally declines rapidly during the early part of rainstorm event and reaches a constant value after several hours of rainfall. The factors responsible for this phenomenon areI. the filling of fine soil pores with water, which reduces capillary forces II. moistened soil, clay particles to swell and reduce the size of pores III. raindrop impact breaking up with soil clumps, splashing fine particles into pores I, II All of these I, III II, III 48 / 50 48) The Rhine river of northern Europe empties into the Baltic sea the Bay of Biscay the Adriatic sea the North sea 49 / 50 49) The process that directs precipitation down plant branches and stems is called stem flow canopy drip through flow interception 50 / 50 50) The part of the earth and thin layer of air above its surface, which support life on earth, are referred to as ionosphere stratosphere mesosphere biosphere 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! Your feedback means the world to us. 🙏💖 Send feedback
