World Geography Quizzes

1. The shape of our milky way galaxy is—
(A) Circular
(B) Elliptical
(C) Spiral
(D) None of these
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2. Which one of the following seas is without a coastline ?
(A) White sea
(B) Saragossa sea
(C) Sea of okhotsk
(D) Tasman sea
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3. A large number of species are found within a small unit of area of—
(A) Mangrove coastal forests
(B) Coniferous temperate forests
(C) Deciduous monsoon forests
(D) Wet evergreen equatorial forests
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4. The seasonal movement of man with animals in search of pastures is known as—
(A) Pastoral farming
(B) Nomadic herding
(C) Trans humance
(D) Shifting cultivation
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5. Number of persons expressed in terms of unit area of agricultural land is known as—
(A) Agricultural density
(B) Economic density
(C) Physiological density
(D) Arithmetical density
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6. What is the ‘sleepy hollow’ discovered recently ?
(A) A shallow bowl on the surface of the planet Mars
(B) A hollow crater on the top of Mt. Everest
(C) A camera to probe into the galaxy
(D) A neutron star approaching the earth
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7. A star which appears ‘blue’ is—
(A) Cooler than the moon
(B) Hotter than the sun
(C) As hot as the sun
(D) Cooler than the sun
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8. Which of the following indexes is developed to measure life expectancy, level of literacy, education and standard of living of people in a country ?
(A) Inflation
(B) Human Development Index
(C) Sensex
(D) SLR
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9. Which one of the following does not border Panama ?
(A) Venezuela
(B) Costa Rica
(C) Pacific Ocean
(D) Colombia
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10. 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 off by earth
(C) Produce heat and radiate it towards earth
(D) Absorb heat from the atmosphere and send it towards earth
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11. Which one of the following weather conditions is indicated by a sudden fall in barometer reading ?
(A) Stormy weather
(B) Calm weather
(C) Cold and dry weather
(D) Hot and sunny weather
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12. Who amongst the following was the first to state that the earth was spherical ?
(A) Aristotle
(B) Copernicus
(C) Ptolemy
(D) Strabo
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13. If stars are seen to rise perpendicular to the horizon by an observer, he is located on the—
(A) Equator
(B) Tropic of cancer
(C) South pole
(D) North pole
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14. The high density of population in Nile Valley and Island of Java is primary due to—
(A) Intensive agriculture
(B) Industrialization
(C) Urbanization
(D) Topographic constraints
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15. A class of animals known as marsupials is a characteristic feature of—
(A) Africa
(B) Australia
(C) South America
(D) South-East Asia
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16. Identify the correct order of the processes of soil erosion from the following—
(A) Splash erosion, sheet erosion, rill erosion, gully erosion
(B) Sheet erosion, splash erosion, gully erosion, rill erosion
(C) Rill erosion, gully erosion, sheet erosion, splash erosion
(D) Gully erosion, rill erosion, sheet erosion, splash erosion
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17. Which one of the following rivers falls in a land-locked sea ?
(A) St. Lawrence
(B) Niger
(C) Volga
(D) Danube
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18. Which one of the following metals has the highest density ?
(A) Gold
(B) Iron
(C) Platinum
(D) Lead
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19. The contact of two air masses differing sharply in humidity originates—
(A) Tropical cyclones
(B) Inter tropical convergence
(C) Temperate cyclones
(D) Tropospheric instability
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20. Mekong Ganga cooperation project is :
(A) An irrigation project involving India and Myanmar
(B) A joint tourism initiative of some Asian Countries
(C) A hydroelectric power project involving India, Bangladesh and Myanmar
(D) A defence and security agreement of India with its eastern neighbours
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