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