Basic Science - Geography (Fundamental of World Geography) MCQ's




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 421 :
A fumarole is

  1. a small crack on the side of volcano ejecting gas and steam
  2. a river truncated by river piracy
  3. a rock projecting through ice cap
  4. an underground cavern
  

Question 422 :
The world's largest inland sea is ______.

  1. the Black Sea
  2. the Dead Sea
  3. the Caspian Sea
  4. the Aral Sea
  

Question 423 :
What is a shaft mine?

  1. A query
  2. An open pit mine
  3. A mine dug deep into the earth
  4. A mine for descending into which a shaft is generally used
  

Question 424 :
Assemblage or ideas, beliefs, skills, institutions is represented by

  1. civilization
  2. culture
  3. mode of life
  4. None of these
  

Question 425 :
The capacity of rock to allow water to pass through it is called

  1. hardness
  2. jointing
  3. porosity
  4. permeability
  

Question 426 :
Name the mountain that separates France and Spain.

  1. Alps
  2. Pyrenees
  3. Jura
  4. Vosges
  

Question 427 :
_______ is called the 'low country' of the earth.

  1. Spain
  2. Holland (Netherlands)
  3. Italy
  4. Hungary
  

Question 428 :
The dwarf camels, known as Alpacas, Vicunas and Llamas are found in

  1. Tibet
  2. Afghanistan
  3. Myanmar
  4. Cyprus
  

Question 429 :
Which of the following is a hardwood tree?

  1. shisham
  2. pine
  3. spruce
  4. deodar
  

Question 430 :
Spot the odd item in the following

  1. Mt Fuji
  2. Mt Everest
  3. Mt Vesuvius
  4. Mt Pele
  

Question 431 :
The velocity of winds is related to

  1. revolution of the earth
  2. rotation of the earth
  3. temperature
  4. pressure gradient
  

Question 432 :
Milan, Turin and Genoa industrial triangle is in

  1. USA
  2. France
  3. Former USSR
  4. Italy
  

Question 433 :
Wheat and rice in China are cultivated in

  1. Lower Yangtse Basin
  2. Hwang Ho Basin
  3. The Lower Si Basin
  4. South East Coast
  

Question 434 :
The highest water fall in the world is

  1. Tugela
  2. Jog
  3. Angel
  4. Yosemite
  

Question 435 :
The most important oil producing area of the USA is

  1. the Applachian region
  2. the Texas-Louisiana belt
  3. the Ohio-Indiana belt
  4. the California-Colorado belt
  

Question 436 :
The internationally recognised scale for describing wind speeds is_____.

  1. The Richter Scale
  2. The Moho's Scale
  3. The Modified Mercalli Scale
  4. The Beaufort Scale
  

Question 437 :
A short cut sea route between the European and-Asian countries was provided by

  1. Cape of Good Hope route
  2. Seuz Canal
  3. Panama Canal
  4. North Atlantic route
  

Question 438 :
Which of the following natural regions is inhabited by the Eskimos of Canada and Alaska, Lappas of Finland and the Samoyeds and Yakuts of Siberia?

  1. High Mountain region
  2. Polar Tundra
  3. The Taiga region
  4. Cool (Mid-Latitude) West margin region
  

Question 439 :
Why does the mercury column in the barometer fall rapidly before a severe storm? It is due to

  1. increase in the humidity of air
  2. fall in the atmospheric pressure
  3. severe heat energy from the sun
  4. rise in the atmospheric pressure
  

Question 440 :
The ocean currents allow the oceans to_____ year after year.

  1. become warmer
  2. become colder
  3. maintain the same temperature
  4. increase salinity
  

Question 441 :
What is the unit of measurement of the distance of the stars from the earth?

  1. fathoms
  2. kilometres
  3. light years
  4. Nautical miles
  

Question 442 :
What is the date of summer solstice in Northern Hemisphere?

  1. 21st June
  2. 21st March
  3. 22nd December
  4. 23rd September
  

Question 443 :
The busiest sea route is

  1. The Mediterranean Red-Sea Route
  2. The South Atlantic Route
  3. The North Atlantic Route
  4. The Pacific Route
  

Question 444 :
In Britain the Grand Union Canal is running from

  1. Liverpool to Hull
  2. Cardiff to Birmingham
  3. Glasgow to Edinburgh
  4. West Midlands to the London area
  

Question 445 :
Hemp of Mesta, Ramie and Kapok are

  1. food crops
  2. fodder crops
  3. fibre crops
  4. plantation crops
  

Question 446 :
Rubber is the coagulated Juice or latex or an equatorial tree called

  1. Ebony
  2. Mahogany
  3. Cinchona
  4. Hevea
  

Question 447 :
Most of the weather phenomena take place in the

  1. Ionosphere
  2. Stratosphere
  3. Troposphere
  4. Mesosphere
  

Question 448 :
The Bedouins are inhabitants of _____.

  1. Australia
  2. Northern Canada
  3. The Arabian Desert
  4. Central Asia
  

Question 449 :
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans are connected by _____ canal

  1. Suez
  2. Panama
  3. Kiel
  4. Soo
  

Question 450 :
What does the 17th parallel separate?

  1. South and North America
  2. North and South Korea
  3. South and North Vietnam
  4. South and North Yemen
  
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