FUNDAMENTAL OF WORLD GEOGRAPHY MCQS SET 30

FUNDAMENTAL OF WORLD GEOGRAPHY MCQS SET 30

1. The urban population of the world is growing faster than Its rural population. This is mainly because of
(a) high birth rate in towns
(b) rural-urban migration
(c) high death rate in rural areas
(d) low death rate in towns
Ans: (b)

2. Which of the following lies on the Nile Rivers?
(a) Nairobi
(b) Addis Ababa
(c) Khartoum
(d) Kinhasa
Ans: (c)


3. The Radcliff Line demarcates the boundary between
(a) India and China
(b) India and Pakistan
(c) Pakistan and Afghanistan
(d) India and Afghanistan
Ans: (b)

4. The world's largest river is
(a) Amazon
(b) Nile
(c) Mississippi
(d) Brahmaputra
Ans: (a)

5. The capacity of the Atmosphere to hold water vapour
(a) increases as the temperature increases
(b) decreases as the temperature increases
(c) increases as the temperature decreases
(d) decreases as the temperature decreases
Ans: (a)

6. For the formation of rainfall which of the following is not essential?
(a) dust particles in the atmosphere
(b) evaporation
(c) condensation
(d) wind
Ans: (d)

7. Snow is formed by the process of
(a) condensation
(b) evaporation
(c) sublimation
(d) evaporation and condensation
Ans: (c)


8. When dew point is reached it is said that at that temperature
(a) the atmosphere is said to be saturated with water vapour
(b) the relative humidity of the atmosphere is 100%
(c) the atmosphere can hold no more water vapour
(d) All the above
Ans: (d)


9. If the atmospheric air is cooled because of expansion, the cooling is known as
(a) adiabatic
(b) lapse rate
(c) alto-cooling
(d) inverse cooling
Ans: (a)


10. The deflection of the wind to the right in the northern hemisphere and to Its left in the southern hemisphere is caused by the
(a) rotation of the Earth
(b) revolution of the Earth
(c) uneven heating of the Earth
(d) All the above
Ans: (a)