World Geography – Set 6 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 6 Dear ! This is World Geography – Set 6 Quiz and it contains 50 questions. Keep Learning! 1 / 50 1) The South Frigid Zone is the region All of these lying between the Antarctic circle to the south pole lying between 661/2 degree south and 90o south has the coldest climate throughout the year 2 / 50 2) The southernmost part of the world is Cape of Horn, South America Wellington, New Zealand Colombo, Sri Lanka Cape of Good Hope, Africa 3 / 50 3) The tropical cyclones do not occur to the equator because of excessive humidity connective activity light and variable width weak coriolis force 4 / 50 4) The sediment deposited at the base of the glacier is called None of the above glacial sand moraine till 5 / 50 5) The tropical cyclones with maximum sustained surface winds of 33 ms are called None of the above hurricane tropical depressions tropical storms 6 / 50 6) The steady or initial phase of the magnetic storms is a sharp increase of the field preceded by storm sudden commencement None of the above magnetic storm at middle and low altitudes 7 / 50 7) The variation in the duration of the day and the night is due to earth’s rotation on its axis inclination of an angle of 60¹/² degrees revolution around the sun both (a) and (b) 8 / 50 8) The transverse, longitudinal and surface waves in an earthquake originate from the focus on the surface of the earth the epicentre within the body of the earth the epicentre on the body of the earth the focus within the body of the earth 9 / 50 9) The temperature needed to keep the earth’s surface and the atmosphere in thermal equilibrium is called global temperature the mean global surface temperature equilibrium temperature the surface temperature 10 / 50 10) The uppermost epoch of the Neogene period is the Oligocene epoch the Miocene epoch the Pleistocen epoch the Pliocene epoch 11 / 50 11) The soils common to the south eastern USA are called mollisols ultisols alfisols aridsols 12 / 50 12) The sequence of layers of atmosphere from earth to upwards is troposphere, tropopause, stratosphere, thermosphere, exosphere troposphere, stratosphere, stratopause, mesosphere , ionosphere troposphere, tropopause, stratosphere, mesosphere , exosphere, thermosphere, thermopause troposphere, tropopause, stratosphere, stratopause, mesosphere, mesopause, ionosphere(thermosphere, thermopause, exosphere) 13 / 50 13) The smallest division of geological time scale is stage periods eras eon 14 / 50 14) The smallest state, population wise, in the world is Monaco Nauru Liechtenstein Vatican City 15 / 50 15) The tide produced as a consequence of the moon and the sun pulling the earth in the same direction is called ebb tide spring tide high tide neap tide 16 / 50 16) The periods of different eras are further divided into stages Any of these eons epochs 17 / 50 17) The texture of a soil refers to the distribution of mineral particles in the soil the crystal distribution in soil None of the above the size distribution of the mineral particles composing the soil 18 / 50 18) The study of soils is called hydrology biogeography pedology geomorphology 19 / 50 19) The tropical easterlies wind lie at 60-90ᵒ latitude 30-60ᵒ latitude 10-40ᵒ latitude 0-30ᵒ latitude 20 / 50 20) The third world includes about 120 countries of Asia, Africa and Central America Asia, Australia and Europe None of the above Africa, North America 21 / 50 21) The short term variations of the atmosphere, ranging from minutes to months are called weather temperature climate humidity 22 / 50 22) The production of wheat has increased mainly due to increase in area under wheat increase in prices increase in demand for wheat increase in yield per hectare 23 / 50 23) The two ‘equinoxes’ take place respectively in the months of July and December March and September September and December January and June 24 / 50 24) The type of igneous rock that form from magma is a function of temperature of solidification the chemical composition of the magma the rate of cooling, which influences the crystallisation process All of these 25 / 50 25) The spring season in the north temperate zone is when the sun is directly overhead the Tropic of Cancer the sun returns to equator the sun is at the Tropic of Cancer the sun is directly overhead the equator 26 / 50 26) The smallest annual temperature range occurs in the subtropical climate zone temperate climate zone equatorial tropical climate zone polar climate zone 27 / 50 27) The Suez canal connects the Mediterranean sea and the North sea Mediterranean sea and the Red sea Red sea and the Caspian sea Baltic sea and the Caspian sea 28 / 50 28) The time at a place is determined by distance from equator the parallels of longitude the parallels of latitude distance from prime meridian 29 / 50 29) The time interval from when the given star passes directly overhead to when it next passed directly overhead, is defined as None of the above both the terms are similar, so any of these may be used one sidereal day one solar day 30 / 50 30) The tunnel that connects France and Italy is Orange Fish rivers tunnel Mont Blane tunnel St. Gothard road tunnel Mersey (Queens way) tunnel 31 / 50 31) The smallest country of the world is Vatican city Brazil Russia Canada 32 / 50 32) The traditional lands of the nomads of Central Asia are Mongolia and Tibet Kirghiz steppe Sinkiang and Turkistan All of these 33 / 50 33) Which of the following is not a kharif crop? Maize Mustard Rice Jute 34 / 50 34) Which of the following is concerned with the study of characteristics, origin and development of land forms? Geography Geomorphology Ecology Geology 35 / 50 35) The radiation belts are zones in space around the Mercury Earth, Jupiter and Saturn Earth Jupiter and Saturn 36 / 50 36) The term ‘Abyssal’ refers to organism found in the shallow water zone of the seas deeper parts of the oceans inner most part of the earth None of the above 37 / 50 37) The umbra is the inner portion of the moon's shadow both (a) and (b) None of the above formed by tangents to the sun and moon 38 / 50 38) The Plio-Pleistocene boundary lies about ____ years ago, at the beginning of the interval of warming after the last Pleistocene glaciations. 1,000 10,000 100 1,00,000 39 / 50 39) The term ‘flora’ in the context of natural vegetation refers to plants of a particular region or period, listed by species and considered as a group role played by species of animals in the maintenance of ecological balance assemblage of plant species living in association with each other in a given environmental frame a large tract covered by trees and shrubs and its administration for assessing economic benefits 40 / 50 40) The three recognized major fishing grounds of the world are located in the northern hemisphere only two in the southern hemisphere only and one in the northern hemisphere one in the southern hemisphere only and two in the northern hemisphere southern hemisphere only 41 / 50 41) The shape of earth is oblate spheroid spheroid sphere circular 42 / 50 42) The slow down slope movement of soil and sediment because of frost heaving and thawing is called gelifluction rockfall frost creep solifluction 43 / 50 43) The term ‘regur’ refers to deltaic alluvial soils lateral soils red and yellow soils black cotton soils 44 / 50 44) The typical soil of tropical region, formed by the weathering of laterite rock, which promotes leaching of the soil is peat and marshy soil laterite soils black soil red and yellow soil 45 / 50 45) The tropical and temperate deserts of the world, occupy nearly ____ of the land surface of the worlds. Half 1/7th 1/4th 1/3rd 46 / 50 46) The tertiary winds on the north of the Alps (Europe) are called the loo the Chinook the foehn the sirocco 47 / 50 47) The troughs of the waves are where the jet stream of waves is closest to the None of the above equator poles Prime meridian 48 / 50 48) The transport of warm air toward the poles and cold air toward the equator is due to the temperature gradient the latitude difference the development of waves the longitude difference 49 / 50 49) The sulphites are a mineral group that contain one or more metallic elements in combination with the sulphate compound ____ SO₂ SO₃ SO SO₄ 50 / 50 50) The various types of plate convergence isI. oceanic-oceanic convergence II. oceanic-continental convergence III. continental-continental convergence II, III All of these I, II I, III 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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