World Geography – Set 1 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 1 Dear ! This is World Geography – Set 1 Quiz and it contains 50 questions. Keep Learning! 1 / 50 1) The hydrological cycle is a conceptual model that describes both (a) and (b) None of the above the movement of water between biosphere, atmosphere, lithosphere and hydrosphere the storage of water between biosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere and lithosphere 2 / 50 2) Upper Volta is the old name of: Angola Cape Verde Burkina Burkina Faso 3 / 50 3) The Hwang Ho River falls into: Indian Ocean Yellow Sea. Bay of China Red Sea 4 / 50 4) Yokohama and Kobe are the main centres of ship building industry in: Japan North Korea China South Korea 5 / 50 5) The highest point of Australia is: Mount Kosciusko. Mount Twonsend Abbott Peak Mount Twynam 6 / 50 6) The largest dune files are found in both (a) and (b) None of the above North Africa Middle East 7 / 50 7) Which country is known as the “Sugar Bowl” of the world? Cuba Australia India China 8 / 50 8) Which of the following is tropical grassland? Pampas Prairies Savannah Taiga 9 / 50 9) The hazards of radiation belts include adverse effect on living organisms All of these deterioration of electronic circuits damage of solar cells of spacecraft 10 / 50 10) The latitudinal differences in pressure delineate a number of major pressure zones, which correspond with zones of land zones of oceans zones of climate zones of cyclonic depressions 11 / 50 11) The largest country of the world by geographical area is USA Australia Vatican City Russia 12 / 50 12) The habitats valuable for commercially harvested species are called None of the above sea grass bed coral reefs hot spots 13 / 50 13) The iron ore mined at Bailadila is mostly haematite limonite magnetic siderite 14 / 50 14) The Himalayan mountain system belongs to which of the following? Fold mountains Block mountains Volcanic mountains Residual mountains 15 / 50 15) The leading state in producing paper is Bihar Orissa West Bengal Kerala 16 / 50 16) The light of distant stars is affected by both (a) and (b) interstellar dust the earth's atmosphere None of the above 17 / 50 17) Who constructed Suez Canal? Voin Rimsky-Korsakov Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky Ferdinand de Lesseps Fyodor Litke 18 / 50 18) The Harmattan is wind that blows during the dry season from December to February tertiary wind that carry great quantities of fine dust from the Sahara All of these cool, extremely dry wind that forms over the Sahara and blows westward or south-westward to the Af 19 / 50 19) The largest fish exporting region in the world is the north-west pacific region the north-east pacific region the south-east asian region the north-east atlantic region 20 / 50 20) Intensity of production declines with distance from the market and the type of land use varies with distance from the market are the two basic tenets of: Probabilism Possibilism Environmental determinism Von Thunen’s Agriculture Location Theory. 21 / 50 21) The least explosive type of volcano is called Cinder cone Basalt plateau Shield volcanoes Composite volcanoes 22 / 50 22) The names of Harry Hess, R . S . Dietz, W . J . Morgan and Le Pichon are associated with: None of these Plate Tectonics Theory Diversion of Wind Theory Agriculture Location Theory 23 / 50 23) The iron and steel industries of which of the following countries are almost fully dependent on imported raw materials? Japan Britain Poland Germany 24 / 50 24) The temperature increases rapidly after stratosphere troposphere exosphere ionosphere 25 / 50 25) The humidity of the air depends upon location temperature weather All of these 26 / 50 26) With the disintegration of USSR in end 1991, comprised of ____ Union Republics. 15 10 25 5 27 / 50 27) The grasslands in Canada are known as: Steppes Dawns Prairies. Pampas 28 / 50 28) The hot and cold deserts together occupy nearly ____ land area of the world. 1/3rd 3/4th 1/4th 1/2 29 / 50 29) The Homolographic projection has the correct representation of shape area baring distance 30 / 50 30) The ionosphere includes mesosphere thermosphere, exosphere and mesosphere thermosphere and exosphere thermosphere 31 / 50 31) Mindanoo Island is located in: The Pacific Ocean North Atlantic South Atlantic The Indian Ocean 32 / 50 32) India’s major contacts with out-side world for the last two millennia have been by sea there-by earning the title for India: The Mistress of the Northern Seas The Mistress of the Eastern Seas The Mistress of the Western Seas The Mistress of the Southern Seas 33 / 50 33) Brown Waterfalls are situated in: Australia New Zealand Canada SwitSwitzerland 34 / 50 34) The intersecting lines drawn on maps and globes are longitudes None of the above latitudes geographic grids 35 / 50 35) The heavy day soils that show significant expansion and contraction due to the presence or absence of moisture is called andisols aridsols vertisols histosols 36 / 50 36) Without ____ the equator would be much hotter than it is while the poles would be much cooler. cycle of air circulation All are similar terms latitudinal redistribution of heat global wind pattern 37 / 50 37) The group of minerals chemically containing hydrocarbons is hydride group organic group oxide group silicate group 38 / 50 38) The oldest rock system of the world is: The Archaean Rock system None of these The Zircons Rock system The Primitive Rock system 39 / 50 39) The groundwater can become confined between two impermeable layers. This type of enclosed water is called artesian well artesian confined groundwater unconfined groundwater 40 / 50 40) The highest average salinity amongst the following seas is reported from Black Sea Red Sea Mediterranean Sea Dead Sea 41 / 50 41) Cincinnati (U .S .A.) is famous in the making of: Bio-technical Industry Aviation Tools Machine Tools. Cement Industry 42 / 50 42) The concept of sustainable development relates to: Extrageneration Equity Intergenerational Equity. Intrageneration Equity All of the above 43 / 50 43) The higher the wind speed and the longer the fetch or distance of open water across which the wind blows and waves travel, the ____ waves and the ____ energy they process. smaller, more larger, more larger, less smaller, less 44 / 50 44) The landmass of which of the following continents is the least? Asia Africa Australia Europe 45 / 50 45) Greenland is under the rule of: Denmark Turkey Germany Portugal 46 / 50 46) The highest degree of concentration of mineral deposits are found in north western zone All of the above north eastern zone southern zone 47 / 50 47) The largest glaciers are mountain glaciers piedmont glaciers continental glaciers alpine glaciers 48 / 50 48) The great Victoria Desert is located in Australia West Africa North America Canada 49 / 50 49) Cocos plate lies between: South America and Pacific Plate. None of Above North America and Pacific Plate. . Central America and Pacific Plate. 50 / 50 50) The largest gold producing country in the world is China USA Canada South Africa 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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