World Geography – Set 5 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 5 Dear ! This is World Geography – Set 5 Quiz and it contains 50 questions. Keep Learning! 1 / 50 1) The polar diameter is ____ to the equatorial diameter. less more equal they cannot be compared 2 / 50 2) The reaction is carbonate and bicarbonate ions with mineral is called hydrolysis carbonation oxidation solution 3 / 50 3) The process of soil development is called illuviation eluviations leaching pedogenesis 4 / 50 4) The number of a topographic map is 47A/16/NW. Its scale must be 1 : 100,000 1 : 250,000 1 : 25,000 1 : 50,000 5 / 50 5) The right ascension is the equivalent of longitude on the celestial sphere, and it is given in the units of degrees time-hours, minutes and seconds only hours only seconds 6 / 50 6) The river Jordan drains into the Adriatic Garden Resaca Garden Dead Sea Gulf of Suez 7 / 50 7) The region of three W’s that is wheat, wool and wine is equatorial regions mediterranean climatic regions china type climatic regions steppe type climatic regions 8 / 50 8) The process of evaporation of water in nature is one of the basic components of the hydrological cycle. The other process that is considered to be essential for the completion of hydrological cycle is the movement of water in the water table movement of water vapour in the atmosphere flow tide and ebb tide in a river flow of water in the sea 9 / 50 9) The process of particle detachment by moving glacial ice is called scouring plucking None of the above abrasion 10 / 50 10) The Pyrenees mountains are located on the border between ____ and ____ France, Spain Romania, Bulgaria Hungary, Romania Norway, Sweden 11 / 50 11) The Palaeozoic era starts at ____ million years ago and ends at ____ million years ago. 570, 225 470, 150 470, 225 500, 100 12 / 50 12) The process that may cause physical weathering or mechanical rupture are None of the above abrasion, crystallization, pressure release abrasion, oxidation, hydrolysis crystallization, carbonation, thermal insolation 13 / 50 13) The phosphate are a group of minerals of one or more metallic elements chemically associated with the phosphate compound ____ PO₂ PO₃ PO₄ PO 14 / 50 14) The process that creates the deep oceanic trenches is called continental drift isostasy plate tectonics sea floor spreading 15 / 50 15) The rainfall in the peninsular interior averages about 750 mm a year 550 mm a year 650 mm a year 850 mm a year 16 / 50 16) The polar regions of earth cannot support forest growth because the ground is often frozen or snow or ice covered the rainfall is very low All of these factors the growing season is short in these areas 17 / 50 17) The ratio of the weight of water vapour to the total weight of air (including the water vapor) is called absolute humidity specific humidity relative humidity mixing ratio 18 / 50 18) The ozone layer at high altitude contains only ordinary oxygen (O₂) mixture of atomic oxygen (O), ordinary oxygen (O₂) and Ozone (O₃) only ozone (O₃) atomic oxygen (O) and ordinary oxygen (O₂) 19 / 50 19) The plants grown in equatorial regions include wheat, barley, maize evergreen dense forests, rubber trees, groundnuts evergreen coniferous forests, oats, cocoa groundnuts, soyabeens, potatoes 20 / 50 20) The place where material is excavated when the zone of maximum stream velocity approaches the stream’s bed is called ox-bow lakes flood plain scoured pools riffles 21 / 50 21) The rate of infiltration normally declines rapidly during the early part of rainstorm event and reaches a constant value after several hours of rainfall. The factors responsible for this phenomenon areI. the filling of fine soil pores with water, which reduces capillary forces II. moistened soil, clay particles to swell and reduce the size of pores III. raindrop impact breaking up with soil clumps, splashing fine particles into pores I, III All of these I, II II, III 22 / 50 22) The phenomenon associated with collision and subduction of the planet is volcanoes island arcs All of these earthquakes 23 / 50 23) The northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere are separated by the plane of Tropic of Cancer the plane of the equator the plane of Tropic of Capricorn the International Date line 24 / 50 24) The products of ____ are a major source of sediments for erosion and ____ deposition, weathering rocks, weathering weathering, deposition rocks, deposition 25 / 50 25) Which of the following is concerned with the description and mapping of the main features of the universe? None of these Geomorphology Cosmography Cosmology 26 / 50 26) The river Sutlej, on which the Bhakra Dam has been built, originates from a spring in Vering near Bara Lacha Pass in Lahul Mansarovar lake Rakas lake in Tibet 27 / 50 27) The process that directs precipitation down plant branches and stems is called stem flow canopy drip through flow interception 28 / 50 28) The northern portion of the western coastal plain is called Malabar coast Coromendel coast Konkan plain None of the above 29 / 50 29) The platform and the basement rock together form both (a) and (b) craton None of the above shield 30 / 50 30) The Rhine river of northern Europe empties into the Bay of Biscay the North sea the Adriatic sea the Baltic sea 31 / 50 31) The ocean water is saline due to both (a) and (b) salts are already present in sea water volume of fresh water added by rainfall evaporation of its surface 32 / 50 32) The panama canal links North America with South America Canada with Greenland Siberia with Greenland None of the above 33 / 50 33) The process where the particle moves from the surface to the medium in quick, continuous, repeated cycles is called traction suspension solution saltation 34 / 50 34) The ratio of land to ocean in the southern hemisphere is 1 to 10 1 to 1 1 to 4 1 to 1.5 35 / 50 35) The phenomenon of an opening occurring in the earth’s surface through which a jet of hot water and steam is forces out at irregular intervals is called volcano hot spring geyser crater 36 / 50 36) The process that explains the recent changes in the height of sea level in coastal areas of eastern and northern Canada and Scandinavia is plate tectonics isostasy continental drift None of the above 37 / 50 37) The ridges of the waves are where the jet stream of waves closes to the poles prime meridian equator None of the above 38 / 50 38) The obscuring of one celestial body by another, particularly that of the sun or a planetary satellite eclipse ecliptic elliptic None of the above 39 / 50 39) The process that creates a sub layer, which is white to gray in colour and composes of silica sand in the A horizon is called podsolosation gleisation laterisation calcification 40 / 50 40) The Palaeozoic era contains ____ time periods. five six seven four 41 / 50 41) The planets called the inner planets are Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus 42 / 50 42) The phosphate are a group of minerals of one or more metallic elements chemically associated with the phosphate compound ____ carbonates silicates phosphates oxides 43 / 50 43) The planet with the maximum number of natural satellites (moons), so far discovered is Uranus Jupiter Neptune Saturn 44 / 50 44) The process of destruction or dying of fronts is called both (a) and (b) None of the above frontolysis fromtogenesis 45 / 50 45) The points in the ecliptic farthest north and south of the celestial equator are called north celestial pole and south celestial pole autumnal and vernal equinox summer and winter solstices None of the above 46 / 50 46) The polar Easterlies lie at 60-90ᵒ latitude 90ᵒ latitude 0-30ᵒ latitude 30-60ᵒ latitude 47 / 50 47) The rate at change of temperature is called isotherm None of the above temperature difference temperature gradient 48 / 50 48) The part of the earth and thin layer of air above its surface, which support life on earth, are referred to as ionosphere stratosphere biosphere mesosphere 49 / 50 49) The planets that are called superior planets are Earth, Uranus, Mars, Saturn and Jupiter Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars and Jupiter Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto Mercury, Pluto, Venus, Neptune and Earth 50 / 50 50) The periodic rise and fall of the sea level on the earth, gives rise to tides. This is related to the position of the moon with reference to the earth and the gravitational pull exerted mainly by the moon and partly by the sun infrared rays from the sun None of the above ultraviolet rays from the sun 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
