NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Geography MCQs (Practice_Test 60 of 118)
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- The rivers of Africa are as large as those in North or South America, but they do not attract much transport because
- they pass through dense forest
- the people there are not commercial minded
- their courses are broken by cataracts and waterfalls
- they traverse through resource poor area
- Consider the following peaks:
- Dhaulagiri
- Kanchenjunga
- Nanda-Devi
- Kamet Peak
- The correct sequence of the peaks from
- West to East will be
- 3,1, 4,2
- 3,4, 1,2
- 1,3, 2,4
- 4,3, 1,2
- West to East will be
- Match List I with List II and select the correct answer.
Table Supporting: NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, Etc.) , GATE, CUET, Olympiads Etc. : Geography MCQs (Practice_Test 60 of 118) List-I List-II - S. W. Monsoon
- Westerlies
- S. E. Monsoon
- Doldrums
- Pacific coast of Canada
- India
- Indonesia
- China
- A
- B
- C
- D
- 2
- 1
- 4
- 3
- 1
- 2
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 3
- 1
- 4
- 4
- 2
- 1
- 3
- Mean monthly temperature means
- the sum of daily temperature in a month
- The sum of daily temperature in a year divided by 12
- the sum of daily mean temperature in a month divided by the number of days in that month
- the sum of daily noon temperature divided by the number of days in that month
- The cyclones of temperate latitudes differ from those of the tropics in a number of ways. Which one of the following is the most prominent of them all?
- Their size is far greater
- They are caused by frontal systems whereas the tropical cyclones are not
- These occur more frequently
- The precipitation is more evenly distributed in a temperate cyclone
- Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched according to Koppen՚s scheme?
- Match Item 1: Cs
- Match Item 2: Summer rain
- Match Item 1: Af
- Match Item 2: Rain throughout the year
- Match Item 1: Et
- Match Item 2: Winter rain
- Match Item 1: Df
- Match Item 2: Summer snow
- Match List I with List II and select the correct answer
Table Supporting: NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, Etc.) , GATE, CUET, Olympiads Etc. : Geography MCQs (Practice_Test 60 of 118) List-I (Soil Type) List-II (Region) - Chernozems
- Laterite
- Podzol
- Alluvial
- Eastern Romania
- Northern plains of India
- Central Africa
- Eastern Russia
- A
- B
- C
- D
- 1
- 3
- 4
- 2
- 4
- 3
- 1
- 2
- 1
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 1
- Guano is a unique fertilizer product of
- Atacama
- Grand Banks
- Paraguay
- Coastal areas and islands off Peru
- The major amount of wheat, in Ukraine is produced in area of
- Acidic soil
- Podzol soil
- Black Earth (soil)
- Red soil
- The vegetation which survives on aerial roots is
- mangrove
- selvas
- catinga
- taiga
- Which one of the following statements, NOT true of coniferous forests?
- Spruce is the important tree of this jungle which is used in preparing pulp and artificial silk
- They are evergreen forests of soft wood trees with short and pointed leaves
- Such jungles are also called ‘boreal’
- Tree trunks of this region are quite thick and are covered with thick barks so as to protect them from the dryness of the summer season.
- Match List I with List II and select the correct answer
Table Supporting: NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, Etc.) , GATE, CUET, Olympiads Etc. : Geography MCQs (Practice_Test 60 of 118) List-I (Altitudinal location of Mt. Kilimanjaro) List-II (Vegetation Type) - Higher slopes
- Middle slopes
- lower slopes
- Foothill zone
- Savannah
- Forest
- Dry grassland
- Alpine grasses
- A
- B
- C
- D
- 2
- 1
- 4
- 3
- 3
- 4
- 2
- 1
- 4
- 2
- 1
- 3
- 4
- 1
- 3
- 2
- A natural region has the similarity of
- climate-and natural vegetation
- climate and occupation
- soil and drainage
- economic base and natural vegetation
- The natural region produced by the creation of climatic homogeneity by the sea is
- Humid subtropics
- Marine west coast
- Monsoon tropics
- Short summer humid continental.
- Fishing, hunting and food gathering activities are carried out by
- Semangs of Malaysia
- Masais of East Africa
- Bedouins of Arabia
- Kirghiz of Central Asia