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




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 121 :
The river Irrawaddy is the life blood of

  1. Myanmar
  2. Bangladesh
  3. Thailand
  4. Laos
  

Question 122 :
For short-term climatic perdictions, which one of the following events is associated with occasional weak monsoon rains in the Indian sub-continent?

  1. La Nina
  2. Movement of Jet Streams
  3. El Nino and Southern Oscillations
  4. Greenhouse effect on global level
  

Question 123 :
The planet with the maximum number of satellites is ______.

  1. Uranus
  2. Jupiter
  3. Saturn
  4. Neptune
  

Question 124 :
Barkhans are

  1. depositional features of wind action
  2. erosional features associated with rivers
  3. erosional features associated with wind action
  4. depositional features of glacial action
  

Question 125 :
The Scented Isle' in the Mediterranean Sea is

  1. Sardinia
  2. Corsica
  3. Sicily
  4. Crete
  

Question 126 :
Kalgoorlie in Australia is famous for its rich deposits of

  1. Coal
  2. Gold
  3. Mercury
  4. Iron
  

Question 127 :
The Pacific terminal of Trans-Siberian Railway is

  1. Okhotsk
  2. Vladivostok
  3. Leningrad
  4. Moscow
  

Question 128 :
The approximate radius or the Earth is

  1. 25000 km
  2. 12500 km
  3. 6400 km
  4. 4500 km
  

Question 129 :
The meeting or warm and cold currents in the ocean lives rise to

  1. frost
  2. rain
  3. fog
  4. cloud-burst
  

Question 130 :
Venice of the East is the name given to

  1. Singapore
  2. Bangkok
  3. Rangoon
  4. Hong Kong
  

Question 131 :
Light from the nearest star reaches the earth in

  1. 43 minutes
  2. 4.3 seconds
  3. 4.3 minutes
  4. 4.3 years
  

Question 132 :
At which particular place on earth are day and nights of equal length always?

  1. Prime Meridian
  2. Poles
  3. Equator
  4. Nowhere
  

Question 133 :
Oceans occupy per cent of the earth.

  1. 21
  2. 71
  3. 29
  4. 79
  

Question 134 :
A hinterland is

  1. an area behind a seaport that supplies the bulk of the exports
  2. the interior of a valley
  3. an elevated area
  4. an area occupied by backward community
  

Question 135 :
The sea that separates Greece and Italy is

  1. Mediterranean
  2. The Tyrrhenian
  3. The Adriatic
  4. The Aegean
  

Question 136 :
The waterfall with the greatest meterage in the fall is

  1. The Jog Falls, India
  2. The Victoria Falls, Africa
  3. The Niagara Falls, North America
  4. The Salto Angel Falls, South America
  

Question 137 :
Red Indiana called this local wind Ice Eater?

  1. Mistral
  2. Chinook
  3. Foehn
  4. Haramattan
  

Question 138 :
Which of the following natural regions is known as the big game country a land of Safari?

  1. Equatorial
  2. Tropical deserts
  3. Savanna or Tropical Grassland region
  4. Temperate Grassland region
  

Question 139 :
Mid-latitude or temperate forests include the trees of

  1. Rosewood, Mahogany, Rubber
  2. Teak, Sal, Bamboo
  3. Pine, Fir, Spruce
  4. Olive, Mapple, Walnut
  

Question 140 :
Why is very little rice sold in world markets?

  1. The farmers cultivating rice exist on subsistence cultivation
  2. The main producers of rice are also the main consumers
  3. The market price of rice is not very remunerative
  4. Rice is not eaten throughout the world
  

Question 141 :
The largest desert in the world is the

  1. Sahara
  2. Gobi
  3. Kalahari
  4. Thar
  

Question 142 :
An important gas in the atmosphere that absorbs sun's ultraviolet rays is

  1. Oxygen
  2. Nitrogen
  3. Ozone
  4. Hydrogen
  

Question 143 :
Pyranees form a the boundary between

  1. Spain and Portugal
  2. France and Spain
  3. Poland and Russia
  4. Hungary and Rumania
  

Question 144 :
Roaring Forties' are

  1. waterfalls in Canada
  2. cyclonic winds
  3. the turbulent years in world History from 1940 to 1944
  4. westerly winds blowing through out the year over the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere between 40· and 60º South
  

Question 145 :
East African Valleys stretching from East Africa through Red Sea to Syria is an example of

  1. river valley
  2. rift valley system
  3. glaciated valley
  4. a canyon
  

Question 146 :
Temperate grasslands in South America are found on the _____ part of the continent.

  1. northern
  2. southern
  3. north-western
  4. south-eastern
  

Question 147 :
Plantation agriculture is a specialised form of agricultural practice carried out in

  1. temperate region
  2. tropics and subtropics
  3. urbanised region
  4. coastal region
  

Question 148 :
The forces responsible for the movements of the earth's crust, eruption of volcanoes and earthquakes are

  1. terrestrial forces
  2. tectonic forces
  3. gravitational forces
  4. mountain building movements
  

Question 149 :
The mode or lire or people living in Monsoon regions is

  1. commercial grainfarming
  2. cattle rearing
  3. intensive subsistence cultivation
  4. plantation agriculture
  

Question 150 :
The sea with one of the highest salinities in the world is _____.

  1. the Dead Sea
  2. the Red Sea
  3. the Arabian Sea
  4. the Baltic Sea
  
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