MCQs of Geography – Model Paper No.1

The Homolographic projection has the correct representation of:

The latitudinal differences in pressure delineate a number of major pressure zones, which correspond with

The higher the wind speed and the longer the fetch or distance of open water across which the wind blows and waves travel, the _______ waves and the _______ energy they possess:

The hazards of radiation belts include:

The Great Victoria Desert is located in:

The intersecting lines drawn on maps and globes are:

The light of distant starts is affected by :

The landmass of which of the following continents is the least?

Without _____the equator would be much hooter than it is while the poles would e much cooler:

The habitates valuable for commercially harvested species are called :

Which of the following is tropical grassland?

With the disintegration of USSR in end 1991, comprised of _______ Union Republics.

The iron and steel industries of which of the following countries are almost fully dependent on imported raw materials?

The land use in an arc changes with the time because of change in the:

The temperature increases rapidly after:

The humidity of the air depends upon:

The groundwater can become confined between two impermeable layers. This type of enclosed water is called:

The largest glaciers are:

The ionosphere includes:

The highest degree , of concentration of mineral deposits are found in:

The group of minerals chemically containing hydrocarbons is:

The second largest island ( next to Greenland ) in the world is:

The tide of minimum rise is called:

The largest dune files are found in:

The Harmattan is:

The largest gold producing country in the world is:

The hydrological cycle is a conceptual model that describes:

The least explosive type of volcano is called:

The largest fish exporting region in the world is:

The largest country of the world is:

The hot and cold deserts together occupy nearly _____ land area of the world.

The highest average salinity amongst the following seas is reported from:

The Himalayan mountain system belongs to which of the following?

The heavy day soils that show significant expansion and contraction due to the presence or absence of moisture is called:

The unit of the light year is used for measuring:

The highest mountains on earth namely Mount Everest, K2, Kanchenjanga are located in:

The infrared radiation by sun are strongly absorbed by:

The latitude of a place expresses its angular position relative to the plane of:

The landforms that are influences by several process namely, weathering, erosion deposition are known as:

The initial increase of magnetic field in magnetic storms is caused:

The island state of Australia is:

The Ice age ended about _____ years ago.

The languages used in China are:

The islands with coral covered surfaces in Bay of Bengal are:

Within the transporting medium, transport can occur by:

The length of the days is determined in:

The hot, dry wind on the east or leeward side of the Rocky Mountains (North America ) is called:

The highest rainfall in the world is received at:

The islands of Seychelles are located in the:

The island of Sri Lanka formerly known as:

The highest sand dunes are found is:

The greatest variety of animal and plant species is fund in:

The layer of the earth, immediately below the crust, is called:

The highest mountains in Africa, which is not part of any mountains chain, is:

The heavier silicates named as ‘Sima’ or silica+ magnesium are most abundant in the:

The imaginary line on the earth’s surface, which closely follows the 180º meridian , is called the:

The largest part of our hydrosphere is:

The limit beyond which the starts suffer internal collapse is called the:

The ground water that occurs when flow of the subterranean water is not confined by the presence of impermeable layers is called:

The gulf that separates Finland and Sweden in Europe is:

The largest continent in the world is

The landforms that are created by massive earth movements due to place tectonics are called :

The largest production of mica in Asia is from:

The latitude ‘AA’on the map represents the:

The largest fresh water lake of Africa, area wise is:

The important mountains of Europe include:

The last major glacier period began about 2,000,000 years before present and is commonly known as

The imaginary axis at which the earth rotates remins inclined at an angle of _______ to the plane of earth’s orbit.

The ionosphere contains ionized air that protects the earth from:

The horizontal of soil profile is composed of:

The largest city in Latin America is:

The highest and lowest values of a weather relement observed over the entire period of record are:

The highest mountain peak of Oceania is:

The length of the tropical years ( the time interval between successive occurrences of the spring equinox) is decreasing very slowly as a result of:

The largest gulf in the world is:

The hunting and gathering economy can support only:

The important of crude oil and petroleum done from national oil companies of producer countries, which have a net exportable surplus of oil is by:

The land – sea distribution or the positions of the world’s continents and major oceans influences:

The knowledge about the topography of the ocean basins has been derived from:

The headquarters of the commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) , formed out of erstwhile USSR, is at:

The minor planets revolving between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars are called

The lowermost and the oldest epoch of the Tertiary Period of geologic time is

The luminous colured ring, surrounding the sun is called the

The longest ship canal in the world is the:

The major geological events of the Palaeozoic era include:

The major events of Pre- Cambrian era include:

The meridian passing through London is called the:

The most recent era of the geological time scale is:

The low heating capacity of which of the types of coal reduces its value as an industrial fuel?

The most important factor that is affecting all the chemical weathering processes is:

The longest river in the Common wealth of Independent States is the:

The monsoon climatic regions are:

The main vegetation of the steppe type climatic regions is:

The minerals of sulphide group are:

The major curde oil markets are the:

The most important force that provide resistance to particles towards entertainment is:

The metamorphism which involves the chemical replacement of elements in rock minerals when gases and liquids permute into bedrock is called :

The magnetosphere became unstable during the magnetic storms during a period of:

The major cuase of species extinction is:

The major crops found in Sudan are: