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