World Geography – Set 4 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 4 Dear ! This is World Geography – Set 4 Quiz and it contains 50 questions. Keep Learning! 1 / 50 1) The longest era of the classification of the history of earth is Palaeozoic era Pre-Cambrian era Cainozoic era Mesozoic era 2 / 50 2) The part of continental margin that is structurally a part of continent? both (a) and (b) Continental shelf Continental Slope None of the above 3 / 50 3) The main factor determining a region’s climate is longitude temperature latitude All of these 4 / 50 4) The progressive wave theory regarding of tides was put forth by R.A. Harris G.B. Airy Issac Newton William Whewell 5 / 50 5) The period of daylight is nearly constant near the equator reaches a maximum of 24 hour in the polar zones in summer varies with latitude and the season All of these 6 / 50 6) The main properties of cosmic ray particles are its electric charge All of these are its properties its energy its rest mass 7 / 50 7) The process of capture of precipitation by the plant canopy and its subsequent return to the atmosphere is called stem flow through fall interception sublimation 8 / 50 8) The original founders of Common wealth of Independent States, in December 1991, are Russia, Ukraine and Byelorus Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan Tadjikistan, Khirghizia and Turkemenistan Moldavia, Khazakhastan and Uzbekistan 9 / 50 9) The propagation of radio signals is greatly influence by exosphere thermosphere troposphere ionosphere 10 / 50 10) The mean radius of the earth is approximately 6,400 km 12,800 km 9,600 km 32,000 km 11 / 50 11) The river situated along the border between the USA and Mexico is the Amazon the Colorado the Mississippi the Rio Grande 12 / 50 12) The Penumbra is formed by the tangent that intersects between the sun and the moon the outer portion of the moon's shadow None of the above both (a) and (b) 13 / 50 13) The longest day (shortest night) in the southern hemisphere is July 21 December 22 June 21 November 22 14 / 50 14) The moon orbits the earth at a mean distance approximately 579 million km 227.9 million km 0.384 million km 149.6 million km 15 / 50 15) The magnetic field of earth, Magnetosphere expands to about 8000 km above the earth's surface None of the above 9600 km above the earth's surface 64,000 km above the earth's surface 16 / 50 16) The pyramidal peaks that form when several cirques chisel a mountain form three more sides are called aretes cirques medial moraines horns 17 / 50 17) The ministry of Water Resources lays down policies and programmes for the development and regulation of the country’s water resources. It covers sartorial planning, coordination and policy guidelines technical examination and techno- appraisal of project providing central assistance to specific proj All of these facilitation of external assistance in resolution of interstate water disputes, policy formulation p 18 / 50 18) The reaction between compounds and oxygen is called oxidation solution hydrolysis carbonation 19 / 50 19) The main watershed of most of the peninsular river lies in the Siwalik hills Aravalli hills Raj Mahal hills Western Ghats 20 / 50 20) The R-horizon of soil horizon consists of None of the above unweathered bedrock plant litter at various levels of decomposition weathered parent material 21 / 50 21) The main objective of centrally sponsored Command Area Development programme is improving the utilisation of irrigation potential both (a) and (b) None of the above optimizing agricultural productivity and production from the irrigated area 22 / 50 22) The percentage of sun’s radiation reflected back into space is about None of the above 47 percent 17 percent 36 percent 23 / 50 23) The minimum values of annual receipts of solar radiation occur at the arctic None of the above the equator the tropics 24 / 50 24) The rock formations that cannot store groundwater are called spring aquicludes perched aquifer aquifers 25 / 50 25) Which of the following is a warm current? Kurosiwo current South Pacific current Labrador current Benguela current 26 / 50 26) The region that has a typical dispersed rural settlement pattern is the eastern Rajasthan Kerala coastal plain western Ganga plain Telengana plateau 27 / 50 27) The plants of which of the following crops are highly sensitive to frost? Cotton None of the above Maize Barely 28 / 50 28) The process of weathering results into a breakdown of one mass in to two or more masses, with no chemical change in the mineral or rock the addition of specific atoms or compounds to the weathered surface the complete loss of particular atoms or the compounds from the weathered surface All of these 29 / 50 29) The minerals resources of north-eastern zone include natural gas, Fe, Au, Mn, U coal, Fe, Mn, Cu, Mica, U, diamond crude Petroleum and natural gas Fe, Au(gold) 30 / 50 30) The main producers of free gas are the gas fields in Tripura and Andhra Pradesh (KG Basin) the south Bassein and Tapti fields in the western offshore both (a) and (b) None of the above 31 / 50 31) The moon’s volume is about ____ that of earth. 1/60th 1/50th 1/20th 1/40th 32 / 50 32) The planets with no natural satellites (reported so far) are Mercury and Venus Earth and Pluto Jupiter and Saturn Mars and Neptune 33 / 50 33) The percentage of the incident radiation reflected back to space is called both are similar terms planet's albedo None of the above earth's albedo 34 / 50 34) The magnetic field generated due to magnetic storm is directed in the ____ direction to the earth’s main field. opposite northward southward same 35 / 50 35) The major pedogenic process acting on soils at the macro scale are laterisation and podsolisation salinisation and gleisation All of these calcification and salinisation 36 / 50 36) The main crops of kharif are ragi, maize otton, jute rice, jowar, bajra All of these 37 / 50 37) The most obvious effect of pressure on rocks is the reorientation of mineral crystals foliation lineation lithification 38 / 50 38) The model that describes how various geological processes create, modify and influence rock is called rock cycle energy cycle water cycle None of the above 39 / 50 39) The moon has no atmosphere has no liquid water is the natural satellite of earth All of these 40 / 50 40) The original landmass, pangola split into Laurissa in the south and Godwanaland in the north Laurissa in the east and Godwanaland in the west Laurissa in the west and Godwanaland in the east Laurissa in the north and Godwanaland in the south 41 / 50 41) The process that involves the eroded material being dissolved and carried along in water as individual ions is called solution traction saltation suspension 42 / 50 42) The relative abundance of dissolved salts in seawater in descending order is as follows sodium, chlorine, magnesium, potassium, sulphate, calcium chlorine, magnesium, calcium, sodium, potassium, sulphate chlorine, sodium, sulphate, magnesium, calcium, potassium chlorine, sodium, magnesium, calcium, potassium, sulphate 43 / 50 43) The mountains that separate European and Arctic Russia are the Urals the Carpathians the Pyranees the Balkans 44 / 50 44) The religion of Afghanistan is Christianity Buddhism Islam Hinduism 45 / 50 45) The main percentage of the volume of water in the hydrosphere is in freshwater lakes and water vapours glaciers and ice sheets groundwaters, rivers and streams oceans and seas 46 / 50 46) The pedogenic process associated with poor drainage and which involves the accumulation of organic matter in the upper layers of the soil is called salinisation gleisation calcification podsolisation 47 / 50 47) The planet that takes the highest time for completing a rotation is Mercury Earth Pluto Venus 48 / 50 48) The major countries of central America are Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait All of these Belize, Costa Rica, Panama China, Taiwan, Japan 49 / 50 49) The longest epoch of the tertiary period is Oligocene Eocene Miocene Palaeocene 50 / 50 50) The oldest rocks found in ocean basins are ____ than the oldest continental rocks. younger older larger smaller 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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