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