World Geography GK
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The mountains ______ come into being after the continental drift started, with the break up of the large land mass of pangola ?
A. young mountains B. old mountains C. volcanic mountains D. fold mountains
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The length of the tropical years is decreasing very slowly as a result of ______ ?
A. small, progressive changes in the earth’s rotational speed B. small, progressive change in earth’s orbit around the sun C. both (a) and (b) D. None of the above
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The iron and steel industries of ______ country are almost fully dependent on imported raw materials ?
A. Britain B. Japan C. Poland D. Germany
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The pedogenic process associated with poor drainage and which involves the accumulation of organic matter in the upper layers of the soil is called _______ ?
A. salinisation B. gleisation C. calcification D. podsolisation
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The process that explains the recent changes in the height of sea level in coastal areas of eastern and northern Canada and Scandinavi is called ______ ?
A. isostasy B. continental drift C. plate tectonics D. None of the above
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The latitudinal differences in pressure delineate a number of major pressure zones, which correspond with ______ ?
A. zones of climate B. zones of oceans C. zones of land D. zones of cyclonic depressions
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Without ______ the equator would be much hotter than it is while the poles would be much cooler ?
A. latitudinal redistribution of heat B. cycle of air circulation C. global wind pattern D. All are similar terms
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Imaginary axis at which the earth rotates remains inclined at an angle of ______ to the plane of earth’s orbit ?
A. 44 1/2 º B. 55 1/2 º C. 66 1/2 º D. 0 º
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The mean basin area of successive ordered streams formed a linear relationship when graphed. This statement is given by ______ law ?
A. morph metric analysis B. law of drainage composition C. law of basin areas D. None of the above
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Magnetic field generated due to magnetic storm is directed in the ______ direction to the earth’s main field ?
A. same B. opposite C. southward D. northward
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The phenomenon of an opening occurring in the earth’s surface through which a jet of hot water and steam is forces out at irregular intervals is called ______ ?
A. crater B. geyser C. hot spring D. volcano
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The process that creates a sub layer, which is white to gray in colour and composes of silica sand in the A horizon is called _______ ?
A. podsolosation B. calcification C. laterisation D. gleisation
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Phosphate are a group of minerals of one or more metallic elements chemically associated with the phosphate compound ______ ?
A. oxides B. silicates C. carbonates D. phosphates
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The Plio Pleistocene boundary lies about ______ years ago, at the beginning of the interval of warming after the last Pleistocene glaciations ?
A. 1,00,000 B. 1,000 C. 10,000 D. 100
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The time interval from when the given star passes directly overhead to when it next passed directly overhead, is defined as _______ ?
A. one sidereal day B. one solar day C. both the terms are similar, so any of these may be used D. None of the above
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______ is most useful for measuring the shortest distance between two places on the earth and path between them ?
A. Atlas map B. Thematic maps C. Wall maps D. Globe
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The process of capture of precipitation by the plant canopy and its subsequent return to the atmosphere is called _______ ?
A. sublimation B. stem flow C. interception D. through fall
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The pyramidal peaks that form when several cirques chisel a mountain form three more sides are called _______ ?
A. horns B. cirques C. aretes D. medial moraines
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The process that involves the eroded material being dissolved and carried along in water as individual ions is called ______ ?
A. solution B. suspension C. saltation D. traction
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The Pyrenees mountains are located on the border between ______ and _______ countries ?
A. Romania, Bulgaria B. Norway, Sweden C. Hungary, Romania D. France, Spain
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The place where material is excavated when the zone of maximum stream velocity approaches the stream’s bed is called ______ ?
A. scoured pools B. riffles C. ox-bow lakes D. None of these
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The tropical and temperate deserts of the world, occupy nearly _____ part of the land surface of the worlds ?
A. (1/4) th B. (1/3) rd C. (1/2) nd D. (1/7) th
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The typical soil of tropical region, formed by the weathering of laterite rock, which promotes leaching of the soil is ______ ?
A. laterite soils B. black soil C. red and yellow soil D. peat and marshy soil
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The products of ______ are a major source of sediments for erosion and ________ ?
A. weathering, deposition B. deposition, weathering C. food, weathering D. rocks, food
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The part of the earth and thin layer of air above its surface, which support life on earth, are referred to as ______ ?
A. stratosphere B. ionosphere C. biosphere D. mesosphere
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The process where the particle moves from the surface to the medium in quick, continuous, repeated cycles is called ______ ?
A. saltation B. suspension C. traction D. solution
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The Palaeozoic era starts at _____ million years ago and ends at _____ million years ago ?
A. 500, 105 B. 570, 225 C. 470, 155 D. 470, 220
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The headquarters of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), formed out of erstwhile USSR, is at ______country ?
A. Minsk in Byelorussia B. Moscow in Russia C. Kiev in Ukraine D. Kistiner in Moldavia
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