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




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 211 :
Fohn is a local wind of_____.

  1. Canada
  2. Switzerland
  3. Northern Italy
  4. West Africa
  

Question 212 :
Hydro-electric power provides more than 90% of the total power consumed in

  1. Norway
  2. Sweden
  3. India
  4. UK
  

Question 213 :
A line drawn on a weather map connecting points that receive equal amounts of sunshine are

  1. Isohel
  2. Isobar
  3. Isohyte
  4. Isotherm
  

Question 214 :
Wavy hair is characteristic or

  1. Neanderthal man
  2. Nordic race
  3. Mongoloid race
  4. Cromagnon man
  

Question 215 :
The busiest inland water-way of Europe is the Rhine. Its preeminence as a waterway rests on the fact that

  1. it flows through the most industrialised part of Europe
  2. it follows a rift valley
  3. its course is never frozen
  4. it falls in the North Sea
  

Question 216 :
The Indian sub-continent lies

  1. mostly in the southern hemisphere and partly in the northern hemisphere
  2. mostly in the northern hemisphere and partly in the southern hemisphere
  3. wholly in the northern hemisphere
  4. wholly in the southern hemisphere
  

Question 217 :
The evergreen trees are those which remain green through out the year. This is because

  1. their leaves do not fall at all
  2. of the effect of the climatic conditions in which they have evolved
  3. their leaves fall in small numbers at intervals
  4. None of the above
  

Question 218 :
The trees of spruce, fir, pine, etc are found in which of the following natural regions of the Earth?

  1. Siberian Type
  2. Tundra Type
  3. Taiga Type
  4. Laurentian Type
  

Question 219 :
Haematite is an ore of

  1. copper
  2. lead
  3. iron
  4. zinc
  

Question 220 :
Hammada is the name given to ____.

  1. an icy desert
  2. a sandy desert
  3. a stony desert
  4. None of the above
  

Question 221 :
Cod, haddock, halibut, sole, garoupa and snapper are

  1. major species of Tropical Forests
  2. cattle breeds
  3. fish varieties
  4. Pacific Islands
  

Question 222 :
The Great Barrier Reef is found

  1. close to Greenland
  2. near the Suez Canal
  3. in the Bay of Bengal
  4. of the coast of Queensland
  

Question 223 :
The longitudinal, transverse and surface waves in an earthquake originate from

  1. the focus within the body of the earth
  2. the epicentre on the surface of the earth
  3. the focus on the surface of the earth
  4. the epicentre within the body of the earth
  

Question 224 :
The home or the fur-bearing animals is the

  1. coniferous forests
  2. temperate deciduous forests
  3. tundra
  4. temperate grasslands
  

Question 225 :
Rice crop needs

  1. low temperature and heavy rainfall
  2. high temperature and low rainfall
  3. annual rainfall of about 150 cm, high temperature and humidity
  4. low temperature and low rainfall
  

Question 226 :
On the Equator the day and night are equal

  1. on equinoxes
  2. on summer solstice
  3. on winter solstice
  4. throughout the year
  

Question 227 :
A narrow inlet of sea between cliffs or steep slopes, especially associated with Scandinavia is

  1. Bay
  2. Gulf Stream
  3. Fjord
  4. None of these
  

Question 228 :
Malaspine Glacier is in

  1. Karakoram Range
  2. Alps
  3. Alaska
  4. Hindukush
  

Question 229 :
The smallest amongst the following islands is ______.

  1. Borneo
  2. Greenland
  3. Sumatra
  4. New Guinea
  

Question 230 :
Which one of the following layers of the atmosphere is responsible for the deflection of radio waves?

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

Question 231 :
The difference in mean temperature between the hottest and coldest months in a year is known as

  1. average annual temperature
  2. mean temperature
  3. annual range of temperature
  4. isothermic range of temperature
  

Question 232 :
Which of the following grades of coal has the highest carbon content?

  1. Anthracite
  2. Bituminous coal
  3. Lignite
  4. Peat
  

Question 233 :
Which of the following rivers In Europe has the largest volume of traffic?

  1. The Rhine
  2. The Rhone
  3. The Danube
  4. The Seine
  

Question 234 :
In the transformation of vegetative matter to coal the first product is.

  1. peat
  2. lignite
  3. bituminous coal
  4. anthracite
  

Question 235 :
The largest desert in the world is the

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

Question 236 :
The phenomenon known as the Midnight Sun is caused by

  1. The rotation of the Earth on its axis
  2. Sun spots
  3. Inclination of the Earth's axis
  4. Nuclear explosions
  

Question 237 :
Which city is called the 'City of Perpetual Spring'?

  1. Colombo
  2. Quito
  3. Lisbon
  4. Berlin
  

Question 238 :
Mount Kilimanjaro is in

  1. Alaska
  2. Argentina
  3. Chile
  4. Tanzania
  

Question 239 :
_____ canal lies on one of the world's largest of trade routes connecting Europe and Far East.

  1. The Panama
  2. The Suez
  3. The Kiel
  4. The Goth
  

Question 240 :
The world's major fishing grounds are located along the eastern shores of continents between 40º N and 50º N latitudes where cool and warm currents converge. An example or such area is

  1. The Grand Banks off Newfoundland
  2. The Dogger Bank in the North Sea
  3. The coastal region of Norway
  4. Fisheries off the coast of Peru
  
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