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