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