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