FUNDAMENTAL OF WORLD GEOGRAPHY MCQS SET 23

FUNDAMENTAL OF WORLD GEOGRAPHY MCQS SET 23

1. Outwash plain is a depositional feature associated with
(a) rivers
(b) wind
(c) glacier
(d) wave
Ans: (c)

2. The Tropical Savanna Climate located in South Brazil is mown as
(a) Llanos
(b) Sudan climate
(c) Campos
(d) None of these
Ans: (c)


3. The greatest diversity of animal and plant species occurs
(a) temperate deciduous forests
(b) tropical moist forests
(c) heavily polluted rivers
(d) deserts and savannas
Ans: (b)

4. The amount of dew is measured by
(a) Pluviometer
(b) Drosometer
(c) Anemometer
(d) Hygrometer
Ans: (b)

5. The biggest freshwater lake is
(a) Titicaca
(b) Baikal
(c) Superior
(d) Victoria
Ans: (c)


6. Which among these is a form of precipitation?
(a) dew
(b) fog
(c) mist
(d) hail
Ans: (d)


7. Which among these is a cold current
(a) Florida current
(b) Canaries current
(c) Brazilian current
(d) Norwegian current
Ans: (b)

8. Which of the following is incorrect?
(a) Within the Arctic and Antarctic Circles there is at least one day in the year during which the sun does not set and at least one
day on which it never rises
(b) At the North Pole there is darkness for half the year
(c) At the summer solstice the sun shines vertically over the Tropic of Capricorn
(d) The sun shines vertically over the Equator twice the year
Ans: (c)


9. The North Pole is always in the light
(a) from September 23 to March 21
(b) from March 21 to September 23
(c) from June 21 to December 22
(d) on June 21
Ans: (b)


10. The inequality between day and night becomes greater or more marked as one travels from ______ to ______.
(a) Poles, Equator
(b) Equator, Poles
(c) Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn
(d) Tropic of Capricorn, Tropic of Cancer
Ans: (b)