GEOGRAPHY MCQS SET 06

GEOGRAPHY MCQS SET 06

51) Cloudy nights are warmer compared to clear cloudless nights, because clouds:
A) Prevent cold waves from the sky from descending on earth
B) Reflect back the heat given by earth
C) Produce heat and radiate it towards the earth
D) Absorb heat from the atmosphere and send it towards earth

Answer: Reflect back the heat given by earth
   
52) Consider the following statements regarding the earthquakes:
1. The intensity of earthquake is measured on Mercalli scale
2. The magnitude of an earthquake is a measure of energy released
3. Earthquakes magnitudes are based on direct measurements of amplitudes of seismic waves.
4. In the Richter scale, each hole number demonstrates a hundred fold increase in the amount of energy released.
Which- of these statements are correct?
A) 1, 2 and 4
B) 2, 3 and 4
C) 1 and 4
D) 1 and 3

Answer: 1, 2 and 4
   
53) Consider the following statements:
1. Most Magma are a combination of liquid, solid and gas.
2. Water vapour and carbondioxide are the principal gases dissolved in a Magma.
3. Basaltic Magma, is hotter than Silicic Magma.
4. The Magma solidified between sedimentary rocks in a horizontal position is known as dike.
1, 2 and 3
A) 1, 2 and 3
B) 2, 3 and 4
C) 1, and 4
D) 1, 2 and 4

Answer: 1, 2 and 3
   
54) Consider the following astral bodies:
1. Sirius 2. Venus 3. Mars
The correct sequence in decreasing order of their brightness is:
A) 2, 3 and 1
B) 1, 2 and 3
C) 3, 2 and 1
D) 2, 1 and 3

Answer: 1, 2 and 3
   
55) Which one of the following sea is without a coast line?
A) White Sea
B) Saragossa Sea
C) Sea of Okhotsk
D) Tasmania Sea

Answer: Saragossa Sea

56) The New Population Bomb refers to:
A) an increase in the population of the aged in the Third World
B) rapidly growing urban population in the Third World
C) large scale distress migration in the Third World
D) Deluge of Soviet emigrants

Answer: rapidly growing urban population in the Third World
   
57) An aeroplane takes off from 30∘ North Lat., 50∘ East Long, and lands at the opposite end of the earth. Where does it land?
A) 30∘ North Lat., 50∘ West Long.
B) 30∘ South Lat.. 50∘ West Long.
C) 50∘ North Lat., 30∘ West Long.
D) 50∘ South Lat., 30∘ West Long.

Answer: 30∘ North Lat., 50∘ West Long.
   
58) The length of its day and the tilt of its axis are almost identical to those of the earth. This is true of
A) Uranus
B) Neptune
C) Saturn
D) Mars

Answer: Mars