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