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