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




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 181 :
A narrow passage of water that connects two large bodies or water is known as

  1. Bay
  2. Isthmus
  3. Strait
  4. Archipelago
  

Question 182 :
The essential feature of shifting cultivation is

  1. rotation of crops
  2. rotation of fields
  3. single cropping
  4. use of plenty of fertilizer
  

Question 183 :
______ is famous for its rubber production.

  1. Nigeria
  2. Ghana
  3. Malaysia
  4. Germany
  

Question 184 :
Railways are best suited for

  1. passenger traffic for distances upto 1000 km
  2. freight traffic for bulky commodities
  3. urban commuters
  4. fast passenger movement
  

Question 185 :
Monsoon wind is different from planetary winds because it

  1. always brings rain
  2. blows in tropical regions
  3. crosses the Equator
  4. is seasonal
  

Question 186 :
The land-locked country in South East Asia is

  1. Thailand
  2. Malayasia
  3. Laos
  4. Vietnam
  

Question 187 :
The tropical deciduous trees shed their leaves in summer because

  1. of the heat of the summer
  2. the rainfall is inadequate
  3. it prevents loss of moisture through transpiration
  4. deciduous trees shed leaves
  

Question 188 :
Condensation occurs when

  1. the air is cold
  2. the air is warm
  3. the air is saturated
  4. None of the above
  

Question 189 :
A geographical mile is a measure of length equal to one sixtieth of a degree or one minute (1') of latitude. It varies with latitudes, but is approximately equals

  1. 7200 feet
  2. 6080 feet
  3. 4500 feet
  4. 6000 feet
  

Question 190 :
The most effective farming method for returning minerals to the soil is

  1. Contour ploughing
  2. Terracing
  3. Crop rotation
  4. Furrowing
  

Question 191 :
Which of the following reflects radio waves back to the Earth?

  1. Ionosphere
  2. Thermosphere
  3. Tropopause
  4. Mesopause
  

Question 192 :
The age of the Earth is approximately

  1. 1000 million years
  2. 4600 million years
  3. 3000 million years
  4. 100 million years
  

Question 193 :
Recycling' is a method for conserving the resources of

  1. coal
  2. oil
  3. copper
  4. limestone
  

Question 194 :
The capacity of the Atmosphere to hold water vapour

  1. increases as the temperature increases
  2. decreases as the temperature increases
  3. increases as the temperature decreases
  4. decreases as the temperature decreases
  

Question 195 :
Which strait divides Europe from Africa?

  1. Bosporus
  2. Gibraltar
  3. Bering
  4. Dover
  

Question 196 :
Oases are examples of

  1. wet point settlements
  2. dry point settlements
  3. foothill settlements
  4. None of these
  

Question 197 :
Which or the following is the longest mountain range?

  1. The Himalayas
  2. The Rockies
  3. The Andes
  4. The Caucasus
  

Question 198 :
Which of the following absorbs the insolation from the sun and preserves the earth's radiated heat, thus acting like a blanket allowing the earth neither to become too cold nor too hot?

  1. Dust
  2. Water vapour
  3. Ozone
  4. Nitrogen
  

Question 199 :
River Rhine of Europe drains into

  1. North Sea
  2. Black Sea
  3. Caspian Sea
  4. Adriatic Sea
  

Question 200 :
The region with the lowest mean winter temperature (-50º C) is found in

  1. Greenland
  2. Northern Canada
  3. North Pole
  4. North Eastern Siberia
  

Question 201 :
Danube, Dneiper, Don, Volga and Ural rivers are flowing In

  1. North America
  2. Europe
  3. Africa
  4. Australia
  

Question 202 :
Chemical weathering is a name given to

  1. disintegration of rocks without any change in their chemical composition
  2. chemical interaction of oxygen, carbon dioxide or water with the minerals in the rocks
  3. removal of soil by chemical action
  4. artificial breaking up of rocks for man's use
  

Question 203 :
Which of the following yield teak?

  1. Coniferous forests
  2. Tropical forests
  3. Deciduous forests
  4. Himalayan forests
  

Question 204 :
Which set of two riven given below together form the world's largest delta?

  1. The Ganges and the Brahmpautra
  2. The Mississippi and the Missouri
  3. The Tigris and the Euphrates
  4. The Seine and the Rhine
  

Question 205 :
Vernal equinox occurs on the

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

Question 206 :
Japan's total land is about _____ that of India.

  1. one-sixth
  2. one-fifth
  3. one-ninth
  4. one-tenth
  

Question 207 :
If the atmospheric air is cooled because of expansion, the cooling is known as

  1. adiabatic
  2. lapse rate
  3. alto-cooling
  4. inverse cooling
  

Question 208 :
Mid-latitude grasslands of Canada are known as

  1. Steppes
  2. Prairies
  3. Pampas
  4. Downs
  

Question 209 :
Lines Joining places having equal height are

  1. Contours
  2. Isobars
  3. Isohalines
  4. Isohyet
  

Question 210 :
Moraine is

  1. a tribe inhabiting the equatorial region
  2. the debris of fragments of rock material brought down with the movement of a glacier
  3. a salt water lake in Arabia
  4. a nocturnal animal found in Amazon forests
  
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