FUNDAMENTAL OF WORLD GEOGRAPHY MCQS SET 52

FUNDAMENTAL OF WORLD GEOGRAPHY MCQS SET 52

1. Quartzite is metamorphosed from
(a) Limestone
(b) Obsidian
(c) Sandstone
(d) Shale
Ans: (c)
 

2. Match the following:
List-I List-II
(Local Wind) (Region)
A. Foehn 1. Argentine
B. Samoon 2. Iran
C. Santa Ana 3. California
D. Zonda 4. Alps
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 2 4 1 3
(b) 4 2 3 1
(c) 2 4 3 1
(d) 4 2 1 3
Ans: (b)
 

3. Of the total water on the Earth, fresh water reserve a constitute approximately
(a) 70%
(b) 2.7%
(c) 10%
(d) 8.9%
Ans: (b)
 

4. A huge muss of ice fed by snow on a high mountain slowly sliding downhill before It starts melting is called
(a) Glacier
(b) Avalanche
(c) Iceberg
(d) Snow cover
Ans: (a)
 

5. The Indian sub-continent lies
(a) mostly in the southern hemisphere and partly in the northern hemisphere
(b) mostly in the northern hemisphere and partly in the southern hemisphere
(c) wholly in the northern hemisphere
(d) wholly in the southern hemisphere
Ans: (c)
 

6. The phenomenon of an opening occurring in the Earth's surface through which a Jet of hot water and steam is forced out at irregular intervals is called
(a) hot spring
(b) geyser
(c) cyclone
(d) volcano
Ans: (b)

7. Vernal equinox occurs on the
(a) 23rd September
(b) 21st March
(c) 21st June
(d) 22nd December
Ans: (b)
 

8. Which of the following is known as the "red planet"?
(a) Mercury
(b) Jupiter
(c) Mars
(d) Saturn
Ans: (c)
 

9. The Shatt-al-Arab waterway is associated with the
(a) Euphrates and Tigris
(b) White Nile and Blue Nile
(c) Jordan and Firat
(d) Oxus and Kabul
Ans: (a)
 

10. The Tropical Rain Forest or Equatorial type of climate is found in
(a) Amazon basin
(b) Congo basin
(c) Indonesian Islands
(d) All the above
Ans: (d)