FUNDAMENTAL OF WORLD GEOGRAPHY MCQS SET 03

FUNDAMENTAL OF WORLD GEOGRAPHY MCQS SET 03

1. The term Mediterranean agriculture applies to a particular blend of ______ and activities and ______is confined to regions encircling the Mediterranean basins.
(a) farming and grazing
(b) farming and fishing
(c) grazing and fishing
(d) fishing and mining
Ans: (a)

2. Consider the following statements about the 'Roaring Forties':
1. They blow uninterrupted in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres
2. They blow with great strength and constancy
3. Their direction is generally from North-West to East in the Southern Hemisphere
 
4. Overcast skies, rain and raw weather are generally associated with them
Which of these statements are correct?
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 2, 3 and 4
(c) 1, 3 and 4
(d) 1, 2 and 4
Ans: (b)
 
3. The correct sequence of different layers of the atmosphere from the surface of the Earth upwards is:
(a) Troposphere, Stratosphere, Ionosphere, Mesosphere
(b) Stratosphere, Troposphere, Ionosphere, Mesosphere
(c) Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Ionosphere
(d) Stratosphere, Troposphere, Mesosphere, Ionosphere
Ans: (c)

4. _____ canal lies on one of the world's largest of trade routes connecting Europe and Far East.
(a) The Panama
(b) The Suez
(c) The Kiel
(d) The Goth
Ans: (b)
 
5. The Earth's population has _____ since the turn of the century.
(a) stayed the same
(b) doubled
(c) trebled
(d) multiplied ten times
Ans: (c)
 
6. In which country will you find the river Po?
(a) China
(b) Italy
(c) Sri Lanka
(d) Zambia
Ans: (b)
 
7. Uranus takes _____ years to orbit the Sun.
(a) 48
(b) 84
(c) 50
(d) 60
Ans: (b)

8. _____ grasses are known as elephant grasses.
(a) Prairie
(b) Steppe
(c) Savannah
(d) Llanos
Ans: (c)
 
9. The 'land of eternal spring' are certain parts of
(a) Tundra region
(b) Highland region
(c) Mediterranean region
(d) Hot Wet Equatorial region
Ans: (d)

10. Kolkhoz and Sovkhoz are
(a) farming organization on agriculture
(b) fertile alluvial lands
(c) high yielding variety seeds
(d) breeds of cattle
Ans: (a)