World Geography – Set 2 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 2 Dear ! This is World Geography – Set 2 Quiz and it contains 50 questions. Keep Learning! 1 / 50 1) The largest fresh water lake of Africa, area wise is lake Tanganyika lake Victoria lake Malawi lake Rudot 2 / 50 2) The infrared radiation by sun are strongly absorbed by carbon dioxide water vapours ozone carbon dioxide and water vapours 3 / 50 3) The limit beyond which the stars suffer internal collapse is called the Raman Effect Aurora Borealis Chandrasekhar limit Quasan Zone 4 / 50 4) The longest ship canal in the world is the Suez canal, Egypt St. Laurence Seaway (USA and Canada) Panama canal, Central America Kiel canal, Germany 5 / 50 5) The length of the tropical years (the time interval between successive occurrences of the spring equinox) is decreasing very slowly as a result of small, progressive change in earth's orbit around the sun both (a) and (b) small, progressive changes in the earth's rotational speed None of the above 6 / 50 6) The initial increase of magnetic field in magnetic storms is caused None of the above when the shock wave, associated with the gusty solar wind, compresses the magnetosphere when there is a large decrease in field intensity when the gust wind itself engulfs the magnetosphere 7 / 50 7) The highest sand dunes are found in the Sahara desert the Atacama desert the Gobi desert the Kalahari desert 8 / 50 8) The important mountains of Europe include Alps, Himalayas, Rock mountains None of the above Alps, Carpathians, Pyrenees, Apennines Andes, Alps, Pyrenees 9 / 50 9) The highest mountains in Africa, which is not part of any mountains chain, is Mount Kosciusco Mount Aconcagua Mount Kilimanjaro Mount Blanc 10 / 50 10) The land-sea distribution or the positions of the world’s continents and major oceans influences the development of the mid-latitude cyclonic depressions, at the convergence zone between polar and None of the above the major pressure belts that develop from the general circulation of the atmosphere both (a) and (b) 11 / 50 11) The greatest variety of animal and plant species is found in tundra regions tropical moist forests in hot deserts temperate grasslands 12 / 50 12) The layer of the earth, immediately below the crust, is called inner mantle inner core outer core outer mantle 13 / 50 13) The knowledge about the topography of the ocean basins has been derived from seismic surveying echo sounder All of these side-scan sonar 14 / 50 14) The horizontal of soil profile is composed of material affected by translocation & organic modification weathered parent material that is not affected by translocation and organic modification None of the above unweathered bedrock 15 / 50 15) The major geological events of the Palaeozoic era include Caledonian mountain rise, life comes ashore Appalachians and Central European mountains come up None of the above both (a) and (b) 16 / 50 16) The luminous coloured ring, surrounding the sun is called the comet nebula asteroid corona 17 / 50 17) The island of Sri Lanka formerly known as None of the above Tasmania Madagascar Ceylon 18 / 50 18) The island state of Australia is Tasmania Victoria Queensland New South Wales 19 / 50 19) The islands with coral covered surfaces in Bay of Bengal are Nicobar islands None of the above Andaman islands both (a) and (b) 20 / 50 20) The highest mountain peak of Oceania is Mt. Victoria, Papua New Guinea Mt. Cook, South Island (New Zealand) Mt. Kosciusko, Australia Puncak Jaya, Indonesia. 21 / 50 21) The hunting and gathering economy can support only 7 persons per sq. km 1 person per sq. km 3 persons per sq. km 5 persons per sq. km 22 / 50 22) The latitude ‘AA’ on the map represents the Tropic of Capricorn None of the above Tropic of Cancer Equator 23 / 50 23) The largest gulf in the world is Gulf of Mexico Gulf of Carpentaria Gulf of Mannar Persian Gulf 24 / 50 24) The HBJ Upgradation project, upgraded the capacity of HBJ pipeline from 18.2 MM SC MD to 22.3 MM SC MD 33.4 MM SC MD 20 MM SC MD 29.6 MM SC MD 25 / 50 25) The largest city in Latin America is Rio-de-Janeiro Mexico city Buenos Aires Caracas 26 / 50 26) The highest and lowest values of a weather element observed over the entire period of record are average extremes absolute extremes extremes relative extremes 27 / 50 27) The imaginary axis at which the earth rotates remains inclined at an angle of ____ to the plane of earth’s orbit. 0 66¹/² 55¹/² 44¹/² 28 / 50 28) The last major glacial period began about 2,000,000 years before present and is commonly known as Pliocene or ice age Pleistocene or ice age Paleocene or ice age Holocene or ice age 29 / 50 29) The landforms that are influences by several process namely, weathering, erosion, deposition are known as polygenetic landforms None of the above polycyclic landforms structural landforms 30 / 50 30) The islands of Seychelles are located in the Pacific Ocean Indian Ocean Atlantic Ocean Arctic Ocean 31 / 50 31) The headquarters of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), formed out of erstwhile USSR, is at Kiev in Ukraine Kistiner in Moldavia Minsk in Byelorussia Moscow in Russia 32 / 50 32) The hot, dry wind on the east or leeward side of the Rocky mountains (North America) is called the Harmattan the Sirocco the Chinook the Look 33 / 50 33) The heavier silicates named as ‘Sima’ or silica + magnesium are most abundant in the mantle crust ocean floors core 34 / 50 34) The Ice age ended about ____ years ago. 14,000 140 1,400 140,000 35 / 50 35) The largest production of mica in Asia is from India Myanmar Malaysia Indonesia 36 / 50 36) The imaginary line on the earth’s surface, which closely follows the 180o meridian, is called the International Date Line Tropic of Cancer Prime Meridian Equator 37 / 50 37) The import of crude oil and petroleum done from national oil companies of producer countries, which have a net exportable surplus of oil is by term contracts term tenders All of these monthly tenders 38 / 50 38) The ground water that occurs when flow of the subterranean water is not confined by the presence of impermeable layers is called aquifer unconfined groundwater artesian confined groundwater 39 / 50 39) The latitude of a place expresses its angular position relative to the plane of north pole axis of earth south pole equator 40 / 50 40) The largest continent in the world is Australia Antarctica Africa Asia 41 / 50 41) Within the transporting medium, transport can occur by All of these suspension solution solution and traction 42 / 50 42) The languages used in China is Chinese, Korean Chinese, Arabic Chinese, English Chinese, French 43 / 50 43) The minor planets revolving between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars are called Asteroids Novas Meteors Comets 44 / 50 44) The largest part of our hydrosphere is Pacific ocean Atlantic Ocean Indian Ocean Antarctica ocean 45 / 50 45) The landforms that are created by massive earth movements due to place tectonics are called weathering landforms erosional landforms structural landforms depositional landforms 46 / 50 46) The highest mountains on earth namely Mount Everest, K2, Kanchenjanga are located in the Lesser Himalayas None of the above the greater Himalayas the outer Himalayas 47 / 50 47) The gulf that separates Finland and Sweden in Europe is the Gulf of Bothnia the Gulf of Venice the Gulf of Genoa the Gulf of Lions 48 / 50 48) The ionosphere contains ionized air that protects the earth from the falling meteorites the infrared rays of the sun the ultraviolet rays of the sun None of the above 49 / 50 49) The length of the day is determined in length of the hours solar terms astronomical units None of the above 50 / 50 50) The lowermost and the oldest epoch of the Tertiary Period of geologic time is Holocene Palaeocene Pliocene Palaeozoic 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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