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