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