FUNDAMENTAL OF WORLD GEOGRAPHY MCQS SET 29

FUNDAMENTAL OF WORLD GEOGRAPHY MCQS SET 29

1. Suez Canal links
(a) Mediterranean Sea and Caribbean Sea
(b) Black Sea and Baltic Sea
(c) Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea
(d) Arabian Sea and Red Sea
Ans: (c)

2. If I wanted to reach the South Atlantic from the South Pacific while touching South America, I would have to use
(a) Florida Straits
(b) Dardanelles
(c) Magellan Straits
(d) Bosporus
Ans: (c)

3. Collective Farm of Ukraine is also known as
(a) Kolkhoz
(b) Dom
(c) Ryckay Eezik
(d) Sovkhoz
Ans: (a)

4. The busiest inland water-way of Europe is the Rhine. Its preeminence as a waterway rests on the fact that
(a) it flows through the most industrialised part of Europe
(b) it follows a rift valley
(c) its course is never frozen
(d) it falls in the North Sea
Ans: (c)


5. Fish farming is practised in
(a) Africa
(b) South Africa
(c) China
(d) Peru and Brazil
Ans: (c)

6. Which of the following is taken into consideration while deciding a shipping route?
(a) Depth of the sea
(b) Availability of ports and harbours
(c) Climate of the region
(d) All the above
Ans: (d)

7. The most effective farming method for returning minerals to the soil is
(a) Contour ploughing
(b) Terracing
(c) Crop rotation
(d) Furrowing
Ans: (c)


8. Which strait divides Europe from Africa?
(a) Bosporus
(b) Gibraltar
(c) Bering
(d) Dover
Ans: (b)

9. The shortest air route from Moscow to San Francisco is
(a) Over the Atlantic Ocean
(b) Over the Pacific via Siberia
(c) Over the North Pole
(d) Through the latitude which passes through them
Ans: (a)

10. What does the 17th parallel separate?
(a) South and North America
(b) North and South Korea
(c) South and North Vietnam
(d) South and North Yemen
Ans: (c)