NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Geography MCQs (Practice_Test 47 of 118)
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- Pelagic deposits consist of:
- Terrigenous materials
- Cosmic materials
- Inorganic materials
- Organic ooze materials
- Consider the following statements:
- Chaparral biomes develop under conditions of high moisture with less pronounced differences in the temperature between summer and winter.
- Moist temperate coniferous forest biomes occur along the west coast of
- North America from central California to Alaska.
- Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- 1 only
- 2 only
- Both 1 and 2
- Neither 1 nor 2
- Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- Consider the following statements:
- The decrease of temperature with increasing latitude is more pronounced in North Atlantic Ocean than the South Atlantic Ocean.
- The vertical distribution of temperature in enclosed seas of higher latitudes registers inversion of temperature.
- Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- 1 only
- 2 only
- Both 1 and 2
- Neither 1 nor 2
- Consider the following statements:
- Montreal Protocol in the year 1987 called for the complete cut in the use of Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by the year 2000.
- India was a signatory to the Montreal
- Protocol in the year 1987.
- Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- 1 only
- 2 only
- Both 1 and 2
- Neither 1 nor 2
- Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- Consider the following statements:
- The boundary of a National Park is circumscribed by legislation whereas that of a Biosphere Reserve is not circumscribed by legislation.
- In a National Park, particular attention is paid to the conservation of gene pools whereas it is not so in a Wildlife
- Sanctuary.
- Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- 1 only
- 2 only
- Both 1 and 2
- Neither 1 nor 2
- Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- With reference to Koppen՚s classification of climatic types, consider the following statements:
- The minor/sub type indicated through small letter f means rains all the year round.
- The minor/sub type indicated through small letter՚s means dry summer.
- Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- 1 only
- 2 only
- Both 1 and 2
- Neither 1 nor 2
- Consider the following statements:
- Florida current passes through the Yucatan channel before entering Gulf of Mexico.
- Florida current possesses the characteristics of the equatorial water mass.
- Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- 1 only
- 2 only
- Both 1 and 2
- Neither 1 nor 2
- Collision-coalescence process of precipitation is applicable to:
- Orrus
- Clouds that extend beyond freezing level
- Clouds that do not extend beyond freezing level
- All types of clouds
- What is a seismic zone extending at an angle of about 45 from the base of an ocean trench, down through lithosphere to the asthenosphere known as?
- Appleton layer
- Benioff zone
- Conard discontinuity
- Convergence zone
- Which one of the following primitive people use ‘Krall’ for their shelter?
- Pygmy
- Papuan
- Bedouins
- Masai
- Consider the following tribes:
- Masai
- Kirghiz
- Boro
- Which of the above are nomadic herders?
- 1 and 2, only
- 2 and 3, only
- 1 and 3, only
- 1,2 and 3
- Which one of the following ethnic groups does not belong to Mongoloids?
- The Yakuts
- The Samoyeds
- The Red Indians of North America
- The Bantus
- Regarding the Zone Strata Theory of Taylor, which one of the following statements is not correct?
- Central Asia has been the cradle land of human races
- Oldest human races are farthest away from the cradle land
- Recent human races are nearest to the cradle land
- Caucasords are the latest human races
- Consider the following statements:
- Khasi society is patrilinear.
- Pastoralism is the main occupation of the Tharus.
- Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- 1 only
- 2 only
- Both 1 and 2
- Neither 1 nor 2
- In the given map, which one of the following types of soil is indicated by the marked area?
- Black soil
- Grey and Brown soil
- Laterite soil
- Red and Yellow soil