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