FUNDAMENTAL OF WORLD GEOGRAPHY MCQS SET 57

FUNDAMENTAL OF WORLD GEOGRAPHY MCQS SET 57

1. The area or the Indian Ocean is approximately ______.
(a) 24 million sq km
(b) 44 million sq km
(c) 64 million sq km
(d) 74 million sq km
Ans: (d)
 

2. The approximate depth of the Mariana Trench or the Pacific Ocean is
(a) 5530 m
(b) 7530 m
(c) 11030 m
(d) 13030 m
Ans: (c)
 

3. Which or the following is a rift valley?
(a) The Amazon Valley
(b) The Thames Valley
(c) The Rhine Valley
(d) The Mississippi Valley
Ans: (c)
 

4. A river erodes by
(a) hydraulic action
(b) corrosion
(c) attrition
(d) All the above
Ans: (d)
 

5. A large loop like bend in a river is called
(a) a river cliff
(b) a spur
(c) a meander
(d) a spit
Ans: (c)
 

6. Coal, which is almost pure carbons which hardly has any Impurities, which is smokeless and which finds use in the steel industry is called
(a) coking coal
(b) anthracite
(c) bituminous coal
(d) lignite
Ans: (a)
 

7. Spot the odd item in the following
(a) Mt Fuji
(b) Mt Everest
(c) Mt Vesuvius
(d) Mt Pele
Ans: (b)
 

8. The Gutenburg discontinuity separates _______.
(a) Sial and Sima
(b) Lithosphere and outer mantle
(c) Outer mantle and inner mantle
(d) Inner mantle and the core
Ans: (d)
 

9. The smallest amongst the following oceans is ______.
(a) The Arctic Ocean
(b) The Indian Ocean
(c) The Atlantic Ocean
(d) The Pacific Ocean
Ans: (a)
 

10. The smallest amongst the following continents is ______.
(a) Africa
(b) Antarctica
(c) North America
(d) South America
Ans: (d)