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