World Geography GK

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

A. the major pressure belts that develop from the general circulation of the atmosphere B. the development of the mid-latitude…

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The highest and lowest values of a weather element observed over the entire period of record are _______ ?

A. extremes B. average extremes C. absolute extremes D. relative extremes

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The most important factor that is affecting all the chemical weathering processes is called ______ ?

A. vegetation B. topography C. climate D. None of the above

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The magnetosphere becomes unstable during the magnetic storms during a period of _______ ?

A. initial phase B. storm sudden commencement phase C. main phase D. None of the above

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The most pleasant elements i.e. summer temperatures rarely above 40o and winters are fairly mild, occur in the ______ zone ?

A. tropical mid-latitude zone B. sub-tropical latitude zone C. temperature mid-latitude zone D. sub-temperature latitude zone

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The movement of particles by rolling, sliding and shuffling along the eroded surface is called ______ ?

A. saltation B. suspension C. traction D. solution

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The relative abundance of dissolved salts in seawater in descending order is ______ ?

A. chlorine, sodium, sulphate, magnesium, calcium, potassium B. sodium, chlorine, magnesium, potassium, sulphate, calcium C. chlorine, magnesium, calcium, sodium, potassium,…

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The percentage of the incident radiation reflected back to space is called ______ ?

A. planet's albedo B. earth's albedo C. both are similar terms D. None of the above

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The original founders of Common wealth of Independent States, in December 1991, are ______ ?

A. Tadjikistan, Khirghizia and Turkemenistan B. Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan C. Russia, Ukraine and Byelorus D. Moldavia, Khazakhastan and Uzbekistan

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