Important 100 Geography MCQs Test 3 Online

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100 Geography MCQs Test 3

Total Questions:	100
Time Allowed:	50 Minutes
Total Marks:	100
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1. Which layer of the atmosphere reflects radio-waves back to the earth’s surface?

Ionosphere

Ozone layer

Stratosphere

Troposphere

2. What percentage of insolation is received by the earth’s surface?

47%

51%

66%

100%

3. Which region of the earth’s surface receives the highest amount of insolation?

Land masses

Water bodies

Equatorial region

Tropical desert

4. The term “Flora” in the context of natural vegetation refers to _____.

Assemblage of plant species living in association

Plants of a region or period

A large tract covered by trees

Role played by animals

5. Which of the following countries leads in the production of aluminium and its products in the world?

Australia

France

Pakistan

U.S.A.

6. Which of the following countries consumes more fish than any other in the world?

China

France

Great Britain

Japan

7. Which country leads in the production of copper in the world?

Chile

Australia

U.S.A.

Russia

8. Which of the following types of coal contains over 90% carbon and is smokeless?

Anthracite

Bituminous coal

Lignite

Peat

9. The word “Tsunami” belongs to which of the following languages?

English

Latin

Chinese

Japanese

10. Where is the largest Coral Reef located?

Germany

Australia

U.K.

Canada

11. The sun’s heat and light energy reaches the earth by which mode of transmission?

Conduction

Convection

Radiation

Reflection

12. At the core of the earth, the temperature is estimated to be around _____.

1,000°C

1,200°C

2,000°C

2,600°C

13. What is meant by Archipelago?

Cluster of Islands

Rocks under seas

Cluster of small states

Cluster of stars

14. The mean radius of the earth is approximately _____.

3,200 km

6,400 km

9,600 km

12,800 km

15. Of the total volume of the earth, the three layers (crust, mantle, core) constitute respectively _____.

16.5%, 0.5% and 83%

0.5%, 83% and 16.5%

83%, 16.5% and 0.5%

0.5%, 16.5% and 83%

16. Which of the following layers of the earth is believed to have the heaviest mineral materials of highest density?

Central Core

Crust

Mantle

Both (b) and (c)

17. The heavier silicates named as “Sima” (silica + magnesium) are most abundant in the _____.

Crust

Core

Mantle

Ocean floors

18. The principal reason for the formation of metamorphic rocks is _____.

Deposition of sediments

Deposition of remains of plants and animals

Extreme of heat and pressure

Solidification of magma

19. Which of the following regions of the world is most thickly populated?

East Asia

South Asia

North-West Europe

North and South America

20. What is the average density of population in the world in 2013?

27 persons per sq. km

37 persons per sq. km

45 persons per sq. km

221 persons per sq. km

21. Which of the following factors is responsible for variation in the flora and fauna in different parts of the earth?

Change in physical environment

Change in atmosphere

Change in Biosphere

Change in hydrosphere

22. Which of the following gases is most predominant in the Sun?

Helium

Hydrogen

Nitrogen

Ozone

23. What is the main cause of the movement in the earth’s atmosphere?

Difference in air pressure

Solar energy

Difference in temperature

Wind

24. Name the world famous and finest harbour?

New York

Sydney

Mumbai

Calcutta

25. Which of the following statement is correct concerning Bridgetown?

Chief port of Guinea-Bissau

Capital of Barbados, an island country in Atlantic ocean

A famous seaport of Barbados

None of the above

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26. Which of the following countries in South Asia are land-locked?

Nepal and Bangladesh

Bangladesh and Bhutan

Bhutan and Nepal

Bhutan and Pakistan

27. McMahon line is the border between _____.

India and China

India and Nepal

India and Pakistan

India and Burma

28. Lines drawn parallel to the equator are called _____.

Latitudes

Longitudes

Meridians

None of these

29. Lines joining places of equal temperature are called _____.

Isotherms

Isohyets

Isomeres

Isobars

30. Which types of forests are found in areas where low mean annual temperature throughout the year and long cold winter?

Coniferous forest

Broad leaved forests

Deciduous forest

Littoral forests

31. Choose the wrong definition:

Contour: Areas of equal height above sea level

Isotherms: Area having the same temperature

Isohyets: Equal rainfall areas

Isobars: Equal atmospheric temperature areas

32. Wind blowing in a spiral form around a region of low atmospheric pressure is a _____.

Hurricane

Cyclone

Anticyclone

Tornado

33. Spring tides occur _____.

Only on full Moon day

Only on new Moon day

The day when the Moon’s position is in its first quarter

Full moon day as well as on new Moon day

34. Spring tides occur on new Moon day and full Moon day because on these days _____.

Moon and Earth at right angles

Sun, Moon and Earth are in line

Sun and Moon are opposite Earth

Moon and Sun are nearer to the Earth

35. When the days and nights are equal the rays of the sun directly fall on the _____.

Equator

Tropic of Cancer

South Pole

North Pole

36. On June 21, the sun is vertically overhead the _____.

Tropic of Capricorn

Equator

Position of the sun not definite

Tropic of Cancer

37. Sun rises in the east and sets in the west due to the _____.

Shape of the Earth

Revolution of Earth around the Sun

Rotation of the Earth on its axis

Movement of the Sun

38. What are cyclones?

Sudden, heavy floods

No rain for long duration

Heavy showers

Violent winds and rain

39. In a tropical cyclone, pressure _____.

Increases towards the center

Decreases towards the center and winds move anticlockwise in northern hemisphere

Does not vary appreciably

First decreases then increases

40. The heaviest rainfall is recorded in _____.

Mediterranean regions

Temperate regions

Equatorial regions

Tropical mountain areas

41. The Mediterranean regions are characterized by heavy rain in _____.

Winter

Summer

Spring

Autumn

42. Planetary winds are those which _____.

Change direction with season

Change with day and night

Never change their direction

Blow up mountain slopes

43. Which of the following is an igneous rock?

Shale

Quartzite

Marble

Granite

44. Which of the following is an example of sedimentary rock?

Marble

Slate

Limestone

None of these

45. To which kind of rock does marble belong?

Metamorphic

Sedimentary

Plutonic

Volcanic

46. Which of the following types of forests account for most of the total forest area in the world?

Deciduous

Littoral

Broad-leaved

Coniferous

47. In which type of climate are coniferous forests found?

Savanna

Mediterranean

Siberian

Hot desert

48. Which of the following is the icy continent?

Greenland

Antarctica

Australia

None of these

49. The length of the Suez Canal is approximately _____.

110 km

150 km

160 km

180 km

50. Which of the following is an example of seasonal winds?

Thunderstorms

Monsoon

Cyclones

Anticyclones

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51. Which types of rocks are mainly found in the Himalayan ranges?

Sedimentary

Metamorphic

Igneous

Granite

52. The “Third World” comprises approximately ___ % of world’s human race?

53. The inclination of the earth’s axis to the orbital plane is:

21½°

23½°

66½°

90°

54. “Mohs Scale” is used to indicate the:

Degree of brittleness of a substance

Degree of hardness of minerals

Degree of viscosity of a liquid

Degree of elasticity of a material

55. What can be the maximum duration of totality for a solar eclipse?

12.5 minutes

7 minutes 40 seconds

1 hour 40 seconds

There is no maximum duration

56. The total surface area of Earth is:

510 million sq km

610 million sq km

710 million sq km

810 million sq km

57. What is the approximate equatorial circumference of the Earth?

30,000 km

35,000 km

40,000 km

45,000 km

58. The Earth rotates around an axis pointing towards:

The Moon

The Pole Stars

The Sun

Venus

59. Latitude of place is indicative of its:

Time

Altitude

Amount of rainfall

Temperature

60. The upper part of the mantle upon which the crust of the Earth floats is called:

Barysphere

Mesosphere

Mohorovicic discontinuity

Asthenosphere

61. Which one of the following is present in the largest amount in terms of percent by mass in the earth’s crust?

Silicon

Oxygen

Carbon

Calcium

62. The difference in the duration of day and night increases as one moves from:

West to East

East and west of the prime meridian

Poles to equator

Equator to poles

63. The sun reaches its maximum angular distance from the equator at the:

Zenith

Solstice

Equinox

Noontime

64. Latitude and Longitude both:

Pass through poles

Run parallel to the equator

Run parallel to each other

Run perpendicular to each other

65. The distance of the equator from either of the poles is:

500 km

5001 km

10,002 km

36,005 km

66. The term Scandinavian Countries is used for which of the following countries?

Finland, Ireland and Denmark

Sweden, Russia and Norway

Norway, Sweden, and Denmark

Iceland, Finland and England

67. Japan is called “Land of the Rising Sun” because:

Sun rises there as soon as it sets

Sun always remains in the eastern part of the sky throughout the day in Japan

Japan being the easternmost country in the world, it has the earliest sunrise

The rays of the sun get reflected from the waters of the sea and make the sunrise beautiful in Japan

68. The distance between the earth and the sun is smallest in the month of:

January

March

June

September

69. Why are winters more severe in Southern Hemisphere than in the Northern Hemisphere?

Earth is tilted towards the sun in the northern hemisphere

Northern Hemisphere receives more sunlight

Because of more iceberg activity in Southern Hemisphere

Southern Hemisphere is less inhabited

70. If a traveller going from Vancouver to Tokyo crosses the International Date Line on Saturday, what will be the day for him at Tokyo?

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Monday

71. A one-day cricket match between Pakistan and England starts at 10:00 A.M. in London. The direct telecast of the match will begin in Pakistan at:

3:30 A.M.

9:30 A.M.

3:30 P.M.

9:30 P.M.

72. At which of the following places watches will show 5:00 A.M. when it is 12:00 midnight GMT?

Canberra

Lahore

New York

Singapore

73. In how many time zones has the world been divided?

180

74. Through which one of the following countries the Tropic of Cancer does not pass through?

Bangladesh

China

Myanmar

Nepal

75. All the watches of a country are set according to:

Local time

Standard time of the country

Greenwich mean time

Time of sunrise and sunset

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76. Winds blow:

In regions of low pressure

From a region of high pressure to a region of low pressure

From a region of low pressure to a region of high pressure

In regions of high pressure

77. Doldrums are:

High latitudes with heavy snow

Equatorial zone with low pressure

High pressure areas on mountains

Sub-polar zone with high pressure

78. Atmospheric pressure exerted on earth is due to:

Gravitational pull of the earth

Rotation of earth

Revolution of earth

Uneven heating of earth

79. The Sea breeze blows during:

Day from land to sea

Sea from sea to land

Night from land to sea

Right from sea to land

80. The Trade winds are caused by:

Rotation of the earth

Revolution of the earth

Inflaming movement of air along the earth’s surface towards the equator

None of these

81. Temperature generally decreases towards the poles because:

Air movement is generally towards the equator

Cold polar air masses prevent surface heating of the land

Cold surfaces do not absorb solar energy as readily as warm surfaces

Progressively lesser solar energy per unit area falls on the earth’s surface as we move to polar regions

82. The plane of contact of the troposphere and stratosphere is known as:

Mesosphere

Ionosphere

Stratopause

Tropopause

83. What causes snowfall?

When condensation takes place below 0°C and precipitation occurs in the form of flakes

When rain freezes into snowflakes while passing through the atmosphere

When condensation takes place in the form of fog and precipitation occurs as flakes

When the air temperature is much lower than surface temperature

84. What is the correct sequence of the given clouds from low to high altitudes?

Stratus, Cumulonimbus, Cirrostratus, Cirrus

Stratus, Cirrostratus, Cumulonimbus, Cirrus

Cumulonimbus, Stratus, Cirrus, Cirrostratus

Cumulonimbus, Stratus, Cirrostratus, Cirrus

85. The portion of the atmosphere which extends from the earth’s surface up to 15 km and experiences decrease in temperature at a constant rate is:

Stratosphere

Tropopause

Troposphere

Ionosphere

86. Atmospheric pressure depends on:

1 and 2

mperature

rth rotation

on’s pull

2 and 3

1 and 2 and 3

1, 2, 3 and 4

87. Which one of the following is not a form of precipitation?

Fog

Hail

Snowfall

Rainfall

88. Perspiration is maximum when temperature is:

Low and air is dry

Low and air is humid

High and air is dry

High and air is humid

89. In which type of rocks are coal and petroleum found?

Granite

Igneous

Metamorphic

Sedimentary

90. The removal of rock, layer by layer due to weathering is called:

Block disintegration

Dellation

Exfoliation

Granular disintegration

91. Arrange the following soil particle size in descending order:

. Sand

I, II, IV, III

III, IV, II, I

I, IV, II, III

IV, I, II, III

92. Japan experiences frequent earthquakes because it is located:

On the eastern coast of Asia

On the meeting point of two plates of the earth’s crust

Amidst the ocean

In the volcanic belt

93. The movement inside the Earth’s crust is studied by:

Geodesy

Geology

Plate Tectonics

Seismology

94. Which of the following are correctly matched?

anite — Igneous

ndstone — Sedimentary

1 only

1 and 2

2 and 3

1, 2 and 3

95. Sedimentary rocks are formed by the process of:

Metamorphism

Weathering

Deposition

Both (b) and (c)

96. Choose the correct statement about Sedimentary rocks:

These rocks cannot be formed under water

These rocks are crystalline

The structure of these rocks is contingent on heat and pressure

These rocks have been deposited in layers

97. The igneous rocks are formed due to:

Accumulation of sediments at the bottom of sea

Granitisation

Disintegration of magma

Altering of metamorphic rocks

98. Which of the following is not a sedimentary rock?

Limestone

Marble

Sandstone

Shale

99. Which of the following rocks is transformed into marble?

Granite

Limestone

Peat

Shale

100. The principal reason for the formation of metamorphic rocks is:

Decomposition of sediments

Deposition of remains of plants and animals

Extreme heat and pressure

Solidification of magma

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