SEASONS ON EARTH / FACTS ON AGRICULTURE, MINERALS AND INDUSTRIES MCQS SET 14

SEASONS ON EARTH / FACTS ON AGRICULTURE, MINERALS AND INDUSTRIES MCQS SET 14

1. Small daily and seasonal range of temperature, comparatively cool summer and comparatively warm winter : this would be the characteristic climate of:
(a) an island
(b) a tropical country
(c) the interior of a continent
(d) temperate latitudes
Ans: (a)

2. Central and western part of California experience climate:
(a) Monsoon
(b) Mediterranean
(c) Taiga
(d) Sudan
Ans: (b)

3. Arrange the following geographical regions in proper order:
1. Tundra
2. Shrub
3. Taiga
4. Deciduous
(a) II, IV, I, III
(b) I, II, III, IV
(c) II, III, I, IV
(d) I, III, IV, II
Ans: (d)
4. All of the following types of climates occur in the southern hemisphere except:
(a) hot desert
(b) savanna
(c) equatorial
(d) tundra
Ans: (d)
5. Rainfall in the doldrums is of the nature of:
(a) orographic precipitation
(b) natural precipitation
(c) frontal precipitation
(d) convectional precipitation
Ans: (a)

6. Match the following :
Climatic Regions Major Cities
A. Equatorial 1. Naples
B. Monsoon 2. Jeddah
C. Mediterranean 3. Djakarta
D. Tropical Desert 4. Bangkok
A B C D
(a) 2 1 4 3
(b) 2 4 1 3
(c) 3 1 4 2
(d) 3 4 1 2
Ans: (d)
7. Economy of Brazil is mostly dependent on :
(a) tea
(b) coffee
(c) rice
(d) maize
Ans: (b)
8. Which of the following is a tropical monsoon crop?
(a) Wheat
(b) Rice
(c) Cotton
(d) Maize
Ans: (a)
9. Which of the following climatic characteristic is related to tropical deserts?
(a) Low Pressure throughout the year
(b) Most of the rain falls in winter
(c) Very high daily range of temperature
(d) Very low daily range of temperature
Ans: (c)

10. Match the following:
A. Monsoon forests 1. Pine, fur, spruce, Larch
B. Taiga Region 2. Teak, sal, rosewood
C. Equatorial Region 3. Elephant grass, bombeda
D. Subtropical Region 4. Mahogany, ebony, rosewood
A B C D
(a) 3 1 4 2
(b) 1 2 3 4
(c) 2 4 1 3
(d) 2 1 4 3
Ans: (d)