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