MCQs of Geography – Model Paper No.3

The phenomenon of an opening occurring in the earth’s surface through forces out at irregular intervals is called:

The northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere are separated by:

The process of soil development is called:

The phosphate are a group of minerals of one or more metallic elements chemically associated with the phosphate compound _____

The Panama Canal links:

The Rhine river of northern Europe empties into:

The place where material is excavated when the zone of maximum stream velocity approaches the stream’s bed is called:

The planets called the inner planet, are :

The periodic rise and fall of the sea level on the earth, gives rise to tides, This is related to:

The planets that are called superior planets are:

The phenomenon associated with collision and subduction of the planet is:

The products of _______ are a major source of sediments for erosion and _______

The polar regions of earth cannot support forest growth because:

The part of the earth and thin layer of air above its surface, which support life on earth, are referred to as:

The ridges of the waves are where the jet stream of waves closes to the:

The rate at change of temperature is called:

The rate of infiltration normally declines rapidly during the early part of rainstorm event and reaches a constant value after several hours of rainfall. The factors responsible for this phenomenon are:I. the filling of fine soil pores with water, which reduces capillary forces II. moistened soil, clay particles to swell and reduce the size of pores III.raindrop impact breaking up with soil clumps, splashing fine particles into pores

The process where the particle moves from the surface to the medium in quick,continuous, repeated cycles is called

The obscuring of one celestial body by another, particularly that of the sun or a planetary satellite:

The storms or frontal systems develop where:

The process of destruction or dying of fronts is called

The Palaeozoic era starts at _______ million years ago and ends at _______ million years ago:

The plants grown in equatorial regions include:

The plants grown in equator regions include:

The process that may cause physical weathering or mechanical rupture are:

The process of particle detachment by moving glacial ice is called:

The points in the ecliptic farthest north and south of the celestial equator are called:

Which of the following is concerned with the description and mapping of the main features of the universe?

The process that creates the deep oceanic trenches is called:

The rainfall in the peninsular interior averages about:

The palaeozoic era contains ________ time periods:

The spiral flow in a stream caused by channel shape is called:

The spiral flow in a stream caused by channel shape is called:

the ozone layer at high altitude contains:

The number of a topographic map is 47A/16/NW. Its scale must be:

The right ascension is the equivalent of longitude on the celestial sphere, and it is given in the units of:

The radiation belts are zones in space around the:

The peiroids of different eras are further divided into:

The Pilo- Pleistocene boundary lies about ______ years ago , at the beginning of the interval of warming after the last Pleistocene glaciations.

The production of wheat has increased mainly due to :

Which of the following is not a kharif crop?

The shape of earth is:

The tertiary winds on the north of the Alps (Europe ) are called:

The tropical easterlies wind lie at:

The spring season the north temperate zone is when:

The therm ‘ Abyssal refers to :

The transport of warm air toward the poles and cold air toward the equator is due to:

The traditional lands of the nomads of Central Asia are:

The time interval from when the given star passes directly overhead to when it next passed directly overhead, is defined as:

The three recognized major fishing grounds of the world are located in the:

The variation in the duration of the day and the night is due to earth’s :

The sulphites are a mineral group that contains one or more metallic elements in combination with the sulphate compound ______.

The term ‘ flora ‘ in the context of natural vegetation refers to:

Which of the following is concerned with the study of characteristics, origin and development of land forms?

The soils common to the south eastern USA are called:

The southernmost part of the world is:

The texture of a soil refers to:

The steady or initial phase of the magnetic storms is:

The Suez Canal connects the:

The uppermost ephoch of the Neogene period is:

The type of igneous rock that form form magma is a function of :

The slowdown slope movement of soil and sediment because of frost heaving and thawing is called:

The transverse, longitudinal and surface waves in an earthquake originate from:

The smallest country of the world is:

The smallest annual temperature range occurs in the:

The South Frigid Zone is the region:

The temperature needed to keep the earth’s surface and the atmosphere in thermal equilibrium is called:

The short term variations of the atmosphere ranging from minutes to months are called :

The tide produced as a consequence of the moon and the sun pulling the earth in the same direction is called:

The tropical cyclones with maximum sustained surface winds of 33 ms are called:

The typical soil of tropical region, formed by the weathering of laterite rock, which promotes leaching of the soil is:

The two ‘equinoxes’ take place respectively in the months of:

The troughs of the waves are where the jet stream of waves is closest to the:

The study of soils is called:

The tropical cyclones do not occur to the equator because of:

The term’ regur’ refers to:

The umbra is:

The tunnel that connects France and Italy is:

The sequence of layers of atmosphere from earth to upwards is:

The sediment deposited at the base of the glacier is called:

The third world includes about 120 countries of:

The smallest division of geological time scale is:

The smallest state, population wise , in the world is:

The time at a place is determined by:

The tropical and temperate deserts of the world, occupy nearly ______ of the land surface of the worlds.

the shortest day ( longest night ) in the southern hemisphere is:

The smallest glaciers are:

The time interval between one vernal equinox and the next is nearest to which of the following figures?

Which of the following is measured on the Richter scale?

The term used to describe the combined effect of all shortwave losses in:

The time difference between each  side of the International Date Line is:

The soil used for cutting bricks, use in the construction of houses is:

The sidereal month may be defined as :

The shallow seas found in the Atlantic basin include the:

The study of human geography includes study of:

The snow line of the Rocky Mountains of the USA is about:

The study of day – to- day variations in weather called is called:

The type of  soil needed for rice is:

The south temperature zone is a region lying between:

The soils whose parent material tend to be rich in sand are: