GEOGRAPHY MCQS SET 186

GEOGRAPHY MCQS SET 186

1851) Which waterway separates India from Sri Lanka?
A) Eight Degree Channel
B) Palk Strait
C) Ten Degree Channel
D) Andaman Sea

Answer: Palk Strait
   
1852) Which of the following has the maximum percentage in sea water?
A) Magnesium Chloride
B) Magnesium sulphate
C) Potassium sulphate
D) Sodium chloride

Answer: Sodium chloride
   
1853) Assertion (A) Water in an open pond remains cool even on a hot summer day.
Reason (R) Water on heating evaporates and heat energy gets converted into latent heat.
The above question consist of two statements, Assertion and Reason. You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the answer to these questions using the codes given below.
A) Both A are R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
C) A is true, but R is false
D) A is false, but R is true.

Answer: Both A are R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
   
1854) Which one of the following seas/gulfs are connected by the Suez Canal?
A) The Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea
B) Gulf of Oman and the Red Sea
C) The Mediterranean Sea and the Gulf of Oman
D) Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea

Answer: The Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea
   
1855) This question consist of two statements, Assertion and Reason. You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the answer to these questions using the codes given below.
Assertion (A) In coastal regions, during night the land breeze blows over to the see.
Reason (R) In coastal regions, during night the air over see is warmer than the air over land.
A) Both A are R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
C) A is true, but R is false
D) A is false, but R is true.

Answer: A is false, but R is true.

1856) Which one of the following type of tides is observed at an interval of every 6 months?
A) Spring tides
B) Neap tides
C) Tropical tides
D) Equinoctical spring tides

Answer: Equinoctical spring tides
   
1857) Assertion (A) Ocean water in the Northern hemisphere is warmer than that of the Southern hemisphere.
Reason (R) in comparison to the Northern hemisphere, rivers discharging into the oceans of the Southern hemisphere are more in number.
The above question consist of two statements, Assertion and Reason. You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the answer to these questions using the codes given below.
A) Both A are R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
C) A is true, but R is false
D) A is false, but R is true.

Answer: A is false, but R is true.
   
1858) Arrange the rivers in ascending order based on their length
1. Nile
2. Amazon
3. Huang Ho
4. Mississippi
A) 1,2,3,4
B) 2,3,4,1
C) 4,3,2,1
D) 3,4,2,1

Answer: 4,3,2,1
   
1859) Which one of the following statements is correct?
A) Cold fronts move at slower rate than warm fronts and therefore cannot overtake the warm fronts.
B) Cold fronts normally move faster than warm fronts and therefore frequently overtake the warm fronts.
C) Cold fronts move at slower rate and eventually they are overtaken by the warm fronts.
D) Cold fronts move faster than warm fronts but they cannot overtake the warm fronts.

Answer: Cold fronts move at slower rate and eventually they are overtaken by the warm fronts.
   
1860) The Gulf stream is the warm ocean current. It is moving along the East of North America up to 40°N, where it meets with Labrador current, which is cold current. This meeting of warm and cold ocean current is helping for the
A) navigation of ship
B) fishing
C) Both 'a' and 'b'
D) Neither 'a' nor 'b'

Answer: fishing