World Geography Quizzes

1. The shape of our milky way galaxy is

(A) Circular
(B) Elliptical
(C) Spiral
(D) None of these
Answer: Spiral
2. Which one of the following seas is without a coastline ?
(A) White sea
(B) Saragossa sea
(C) Sea of okhotsk
(D) Tasman sea
Answer: Saragossa sea
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
Answer: Mangrove coastal forests
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
Answer: Trans humance
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
Answer: Agricultural density
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
Answer: A shallow bowl on the surface of the planet Mars
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
Answer: Hotter than the sun
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
Answer: Human Development Index
9. Which one of the following does not border Panama ?
(A) Venezuela
(B) Costa Rica
(C) Pacific Ocean
(D) Colombia
Answer: Venezuela

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
Answer: Reflect back the heat given off by earth
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
Answer: Stormy weather
12. Who amongst the following was the first to state that the earth was spherical ?
(A) Aristotle
(B) Copernicus
(C) Ptolemy
(D) Strabo
Answer: Ptolemy
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
Answer: Equator
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
Answer: Intensive agriculture
15. A class of animals known as marsupials is a characteristic feature of
(A) Africa
(B) Australia
(C) South America
(D) South-East Asia
Answer: Australia
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
Answer: Splash erosion, sheet erosion, rill erosion, gully erosion
17. Which one of the following rivers falls in a land-locked sea ?
(A) St. Lawrence
(B) Niger
(C) Volga
(D) Danube
Answer: Volga
18. Which one of the following metals has the highest density ?
(A) Gold
(B) Iron
(C) Platinum
(D) Lead
Answer: Gold
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

Answer: Inter tropical convergence
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
Answer: A joint tourism initiative of some Asian Countries
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