World Geography – Set 4 January 28, 2025January 27, 2025 by aasi Home › Geography › World Geography World Geography World Geography – Set 4 📝 Model Practice Set ⚡ Instant Answers & Explanation 🎯 Exam Oriented 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 rock formations that cannot store groundwater are called perched aquifer spring aquifers aquicludes 2 / 50 2) The progressive wave theory regarding of tides was put forth by Issac Newton William Whewell R.A. Harris G.B. Airy 3 / 50 3) The river situated along the border between the USA and Mexico is the Colorado the Rio Grande the Mississippi the Amazon 4 / 50 4) The period of daylight varies with latitude and the season reaches a maximum of 24 hour in the polar zones in summer All of these is nearly constant near the equator 5 / 50 5) The minimum values of annual receipts of solar radiation occur at the arctic None of the above the equator the tropics 6 / 50 6) The mountains that separate European and Arctic Russia are the Pyranees the Balkans the Urals the Carpathians 7 / 50 7) The main crops of kharif are otton, jute ragi, maize All of these rice, jowar, bajra 8 / 50 8) The model that describes how various geological processes create, modify and influence rock is called water cycle energy cycle rock cycle None of the above 9 / 50 9) The process of capture of precipitation by the plant canopy and its subsequent return to the atmosphere is called sublimation interception stem flow through fall 10 / 50 10) The main factor determining a region’s climate is All of these latitude longitude temperature 11 / 50 11) The magnetic field generated due to magnetic storm is directed in the ____ direction to the earth’s main field. southward opposite northward same 12 / 50 12) The percentage of sun’s radiation reflected back into space is about 17 percent 36 percent 47 percent None of the above 13 / 50 13) The main properties of cosmic ray particles are its electric charge its rest mass All of these are its properties its energy 14 / 50 14) The longest era of the classification of the history of earth is Mesozoic era Palaeozoic era Cainozoic era Pre-Cambrian era 15 / 50 15) The oldest rocks found in ocean basins are ____ than the oldest continental rocks. younger larger smaller older 16 / 50 16) The longest day (shortest night) in the southern hemisphere is November 22 December 22 June 21 July 21 17 / 50 17) The main objective of centrally sponsored Command Area Development programme is improving the utilisation of irrigation potential optimizing agricultural productivity and production from the irrigated area None of the above both (a) and (b) 18 / 50 18) The magnetic field of earth, Magnetosphere expands to about 9600 km above the earth's surface None of the above 8000 km above the earth's surface 64,000 km above the earth's surface 19 / 50 19) The reaction between compounds and oxygen is called carbonation oxidation solution hydrolysis 20 / 50 20) The Penumbra is formed by the tangent that intersects between the sun and the moon both (a) and (b) the outer portion of the moon's shadow None of the above 21 / 50 21) Which of the following is a warm current? Labrador current South Pacific current Benguela current Kurosiwo current 22 / 50 22) The moon orbits the earth at a mean distance approximately 0.384 million km 579 million km 227.9 million km 149.6 million km 23 / 50 23) 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, magnesium, calcium, potassium, sulphate chlorine, sodium, sulphate, magnesium, calcium, potassium 24 / 50 24) The moon’s volume is about ____ that of earth. 1/20th 1/60th 1/50th 1/40th 25 / 50 25) The original landmass, pangola split into Laurissa in the west and Godwanaland in the east Laurissa in the south and Godwanaland in the north Laurissa in the east and Godwanaland in the west Laurissa in the north and Godwanaland in the south 26 / 50 26) The ministry of Water Resources lays down policies and programmes for the development and regulation of the country’s water resources. It covers technical examination and techno- appraisal of project providing central assistance to specific proj facilitation of external assistance in resolution of interstate water disputes, policy formulation p sartorial planning, coordination and policy guidelines All of these 27 / 50 27) The planets with no natural satellites (reported so far) are Jupiter and Saturn Earth and Pluto Mars and Neptune Mercury and Venus 28 / 50 28) The planet that takes the highest time for completing a rotation is Pluto Mercury Venus Earth 29 / 50 29) The plants of which of the following crops are highly sensitive to frost? Barely Maize None of the above Cotton 30 / 50 30) The religion of Afghanistan is Hinduism Islam Buddhism Christianity 31 / 50 31) The original founders of Common wealth of Independent States, in December 1991, are Russia, Ukraine and Byelorus Tadjikistan, Khirghizia and Turkemenistan Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan Moldavia, Khazakhastan and Uzbekistan 32 / 50 32) The pyramidal peaks that form when several cirques chisel a mountain form three more sides are called horns medial moraines cirques aretes 33 / 50 33) The main watershed of most of the peninsular river lies in the Siwalik hills Aravalli hills Raj Mahal hills Western Ghats 34 / 50 34) The percentage of the incident radiation reflected back to space is called None of the above planet's albedo earth's albedo both are similar terms 35 / 50 35) The R-horizon of soil horizon consists of plant litter at various levels of decomposition unweathered bedrock None of the above weathered parent material 36 / 50 36) The pedogenic process associated with poor drainage and which involves the accumulation of organic matter in the upper layers of the soil is called calcification salinisation gleisation podsolisation 37 / 50 37) The process that involves the eroded material being dissolved and carried along in water as individual ions is called suspension saltation traction solution 38 / 50 38) The process of weathering results into the addition of specific atoms or compounds to the weathered surface All of these the complete loss of particular atoms or the compounds from the weathered surface a breakdown of one mass in to two or more masses, with no chemical change in the mineral or rock 39 / 50 39) The minerals resources of north-eastern zone include natural gas, Fe, Au, Mn, U Fe, Au(gold) coal, Fe, Mn, Cu, Mica, U, diamond crude Petroleum and natural gas 40 / 50 40) The region that has a typical dispersed rural settlement pattern is the Telengana plateau Kerala coastal plain western Ganga plain eastern Rajasthan 41 / 50 41) The main producers of free gas are the south Bassein and Tapti fields in the western offshore both (a) and (b) None of the above the gas fields in Tripura and Andhra Pradesh (KG Basin) 42 / 50 42) The propagation of radio signals is greatly influence by exosphere troposphere ionosphere thermosphere 43 / 50 43) The major pedogenic process acting on soils at the macro scale are salinisation and gleisation All of these calcification and salinisation laterisation and podsolisation 44 / 50 44) The moon All of these has no atmosphere is the natural satellite of earth has no liquid water 45 / 50 45) The longest epoch of the tertiary period is Eocene Miocene Oligocene Palaeocene 46 / 50 46) The main percentage of the volume of water in the hydrosphere is in oceans and seas freshwater lakes and water vapours glaciers and ice sheets groundwaters, rivers and streams 47 / 50 47) The mean radius of the earth is approximately 9,600 km 12,800 km 32,000 km 6,400 km 48 / 50 48) The part of continental margin that is structurally a part of continent? Continental Slope Continental shelf None of the above both (a) and (b) 49 / 50 49) The major countries of central America are All of these Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait China, Taiwan, Japan Belize, Costa Rica, Panama 50 / 50 50) The most obvious effect of pressure on rocks is the reorientation of mineral crystals foliation lineation lithification 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! Your feedback means the world to us. 🙏💖 Send feedback
