FUNDAMENTAL OF WORLD GEOGRAPHY MCQS SET 55

FUNDAMENTAL OF WORLD GEOGRAPHY MCQS SET 55

1. The home of spices is
(a) Middle East
(b) The USA
(c) France
(d) India
Ans: (d)
 

2. Forest soils are
(a) rich in potash
(b) deficient in potash
(c) rich in salt
(d) rich in organic matter
Ans: (d)
 

3. An estuary is a place where
(a) deposits of mud can be seen at a triangular piece of land
(b) silt is deposited near the mouth of a river
(c) fresh water collects at the mouth of a river
(d) fresh and salt water mix near the mouth of a river
Ans: (d)
 

4. Jurollo volcano, Mexico is an example of ______ type of volcano.
(a) acid lava cone
(b) shield volcano
(c) lava plateau
(d) composite
Ans: (d)
 

5. Volcanic eruption does not occur in the
(a) Black Sea
(b) Caspian Sea
(c) Baltic Sea
(d) Caribbean Sea
Ans: (c)
 

6. Consider the following countries:
1. Albania
2. Bosnia Herzegovina
3. Croatia
4. Macedonia
Which of these countries has/have Adriatic Sea as a boundary?
(a) 1 and 2
(b) Only 4
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) 3 and 4
Ans: (c)
 

7. Lake Manasarovar is in
(a) Sikkim
(b) Tibet
(c) Kashmir
(d) Himachal Pradesh
Ans: (b)
 

8. The highest plateau in the world is
(a) Plateau of Tibet
(b) Deccan Plateau
(c) Plateau of Iran
(d) Spanish Plateau
Ans: (a)
 

9. The flat temperate grasslands of the Hungarian plains are known as _______.
(a) Steppe
(b) Prairies
(c) Pampas
(d) Pusztas
Ans: (d)
 

10. Selvas is a word denoting
(a) long narrow depression formed in the land sunk between two parallel faults
(b) a southerly region of the oceans located between 45° S and 63° S
(c) the equatorial rain forest of the Amazon basin
(d) the grasslands of North America
Ans: (c)