World Geography – Set 6 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 6 Dear ! This is World Geography – Set 6 Quiz and it contains 50 questions. Keep Learning! 1 / 50 1) The radiation belts are zones in space around the Earth Earth, Jupiter and Saturn Jupiter and Saturn Mercury 2 / 50 2) The Plio-Pleistocene boundary lies about ____ years ago, at the beginning of the interval of warming after the last Pleistocene glaciations. 10,000 1,000 100 1,00,000 3 / 50 3) The sulphites are a mineral group that contain one or more metallic elements in combination with the sulphate compound ____ SO SO₂ SO₃ SO₄ 4 / 50 4) The production of wheat has increased mainly due to increase in area under wheat increase in yield per hectare increase in prices increase in demand for wheat 5 / 50 5) The texture of a soil refers to the crystal distribution in soil the distribution of mineral particles in the soil None of the above the size distribution of the mineral particles composing the soil 6 / 50 6) The transverse, longitudinal and surface waves in an earthquake originate from the focus within the body of the earth the epicentre on the body of the earth the focus on the surface of the earth the epicentre within the body of the earth 7 / 50 7) The smallest division of geological time scale is stage eon eras periods 8 / 50 8) The term ‘flora’ in the context of natural vegetation refers to a large tract covered by trees and shrubs and its administration for assessing economic benefits assemblage of plant species living in association with each other in a given environmental frame role played by species of animals in the maintenance of ecological balance plants of a particular region or period, listed by species and considered as a group 9 / 50 9) The shape of earth is spheroid sphere oblate spheroid circular 10 / 50 10) The periods of different eras are further divided into stages epochs eons Any of these 11 / 50 11) The tertiary winds on the north of the Alps (Europe) are called the foehn the loo the Chinook the sirocco 12 / 50 12) The umbra is the inner portion of the moon's shadow both (a) and (b) formed by tangents to the sun and moon None of the above 13 / 50 13) The tropical and temperate deserts of the world, occupy nearly ____ of the land surface of the worlds. Half 1/3rd 1/7th 1/4th 14 / 50 14) The temperature needed to keep the earth’s surface and the atmosphere in thermal equilibrium is called the surface temperature global temperature equilibrium temperature the mean global surface temperature 15 / 50 15) The sequence of layers of atmosphere from earth to upwards is troposphere, tropopause, stratosphere, thermosphere, exosphere troposphere, tropopause, stratosphere, mesosphere , exosphere, thermosphere, thermopause troposphere, tropopause, stratosphere, stratopause, mesosphere, mesopause, ionosphere(thermosphere, thermopause, exosphere) troposphere, stratosphere, stratopause, mesosphere , ionosphere 16 / 50 16) The third world includes about 120 countries of Asia, Africa and Central America Asia, Australia and Europe None of the above Africa, North America 17 / 50 17) Which of the following is not a kharif crop? Jute Mustard Maize Rice 18 / 50 18) The spring season in the north temperate zone is when the sun returns to equator the sun is at the Tropic of Cancer the sun is directly overhead the Tropic of Cancer the sun is directly overhead the equator 19 / 50 19) The steady or initial phase of the magnetic storms is preceded by storm sudden commencement a sharp increase of the field None of the above magnetic storm at middle and low altitudes 20 / 50 20) The tropical easterlies wind lie at 60-90ᵒ latitude 30-60ᵒ latitude 0-30ᵒ latitude 10-40ᵒ latitude 21 / 50 21) The southernmost part of the world is Cape of Horn, South America Cape of Good Hope, Africa Wellington, New Zealand Colombo, Sri Lanka 22 / 50 22) The smallest state, population wise, in the world is Nauru Vatican City Liechtenstein Monaco 23 / 50 23) The various types of plate convergence isI. oceanic-oceanic convergence II. oceanic-continental convergence III. continental-continental convergence All of these II, III I, III I, II 24 / 50 24) The soils common to the south eastern USA are called aridsols alfisols ultisols mollisols 25 / 50 25) The term ‘Abyssal’ refers to deeper parts of the oceans None of the above organism found in the shallow water zone of the seas inner most part of the earth 26 / 50 26) The Suez canal connects the Red sea and the Caspian sea Baltic sea and the Caspian sea Mediterranean sea and the North sea Mediterranean sea and the Red sea 27 / 50 27) The slow down slope movement of soil and sediment because of frost heaving and thawing is called solifluction frost creep gelifluction rockfall 28 / 50 28) The smallest annual temperature range occurs in the polar climate zone equatorial tropical climate zone temperate climate zone subtropical climate zone 29 / 50 29) The tropical cyclones with maximum sustained surface winds of 33 ms are called hurricane None of the above tropical depressions tropical storms 30 / 50 30) The study of soils is called geomorphology pedology hydrology biogeography 31 / 50 31) Which of the following is concerned with the study of characteristics, origin and development of land forms? Geography Geology Geomorphology Ecology 32 / 50 32) The tunnel that connects France and Italy is St. Gothard road tunnel Orange Fish rivers tunnel Mersey (Queens way) tunnel Mont Blane tunnel 33 / 50 33) The three recognized major fishing grounds of the world are located in the two in the southern hemisphere only and one in the northern hemisphere southern hemisphere only one in the southern hemisphere only and two in the northern hemisphere northern hemisphere only 34 / 50 34) The smallest country of the world is Canada Russia Vatican city Brazil 35 / 50 35) The two ‘equinoxes’ take place respectively in the months of January and June July and December September and December March and September 36 / 50 36) The troughs of the waves are where the jet stream of waves is closest to the None of the above poles equator Prime meridian 37 / 50 37) The time interval from when the given star passes directly overhead to when it next passed directly overhead, is defined as one sidereal day both the terms are similar, so any of these may be used None of the above one solar day 38 / 50 38) The tropical cyclones do not occur to the equator because of weak coriolis force excessive humidity light and variable width connective activity 39 / 50 39) The time at a place is determined by the parallels of latitude distance from equator distance from prime meridian the parallels of longitude 40 / 50 40) The sediment deposited at the base of the glacier is called glacial sand till None of the above moraine 41 / 50 41) The South Frigid Zone is the region lying between the Antarctic circle to the south pole lying between 661/2 degree south and 90o south has the coldest climate throughout the year All of these 42 / 50 42) The term ‘regur’ refers to red and yellow soils lateral soils black cotton soils deltaic alluvial soils 43 / 50 43) The traditional lands of the nomads of Central Asia are Mongolia and Tibet Kirghiz steppe All of these Sinkiang and Turkistan 44 / 50 44) The typical soil of tropical region, formed by the weathering of laterite rock, which promotes leaching of the soil is red and yellow soil laterite soils peat and marshy soil black soil 45 / 50 45) The transport of warm air toward the poles and cold air toward the equator is due to the latitude difference the development of waves the longitude difference the temperature gradient 46 / 50 46) The tide produced as a consequence of the moon and the sun pulling the earth in the same direction is called ebb tide neap tide spring tide high tide 47 / 50 47) The type of igneous rock that form from magma is a function of the rate of cooling, which influences the crystallisation process temperature of solidification the chemical composition of the magma All of these 48 / 50 48) The short term variations of the atmosphere, ranging from minutes to months are called weather humidity temperature climate 49 / 50 49) The variation in the duration of the day and the night is due to earth’s both (a) and (b) inclination of an angle of 60¹/² degrees revolution around the sun rotation on its axis 50 / 50 50) The uppermost epoch of the Neogene period is the Pliocene epoch the Oligocene epoch the Miocene epoch the Pleistocen epoch 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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