FUNDAMENTAL OF WORLD GEOGRAPHY MCQS SET 09

FUNDAMENTAL OF WORLD GEOGRAPHY MCQS SET 09

1. The continent through which the Equator, Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn pass, is
(a) Asia
(b) South America
(c) Africa
(d) Australia
Ans: (c)

2. In the transformation of vegetative matter to coal the first product is.
(a) peat
(b) lignite
(c) bituminous coal
(d) anthracite
Ans: (a)

3. The shipping canal that connects the North Sea and the Baltic Sea is called the______.
(a) Panama Canal
(b) Suez Canal
(c) Kiel Canal
(d) Buckingham Canal
Ans: (c)

4. The most typical Australian tree which sheds its bark instead of leaves is
(a) eucalyptus
(b) teak
(c) birch
(d) oak
Ans: (a)

5. Temperate grasslands in South America are found on the _____ part of the continent.
(a) northern
(b) southern
(c) north-western
(d) south-eastern
Ans: (d)

6. A stony desert is termed as _____ and sandy desert as_____.
(a) reg, erg
(b) reg, loess
(c) erg, loess
(d) erg, reg
Ans: (a)
7. The strait that separates Tasmania from the mainland of Australia is
(a) Cook Strait
(b) Bass Strait
(c) Torres Strait
(d) Palk Strait
Ans: (b)

8. Moraine is
(a) a tribe inhabiting the equatorial region
(b) the debris of fragments of rock material brought down with the movement of a glacier
(c) a salt water lake in Arabia
(d) a nocturnal animal found in Amazon forests
Ans: (b)

9. River Rhine of Europe drains into
(a) North Sea
(b) Black Sea
(c) Caspian Sea
(d) Adriatic Sea
Ans: (a)

10. Hydro-electric power provides more than 90% of the total power consumed in
(a) Norway
(b) Sweden
(c) India
(d) UK
Ans: (a)