Practice Quiz set 1 - indian geography mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams

Q-1)   Kimono is a dress style of which Asian Country ?

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Explanation:

The kimono is a Japanese traditional garment that is most often worn by women, and on special occasions. It is in form of full-length robes that is always used in important festival or formal moments. It is the representative of polite and very formal clothing.


Q-2)   Which of the following countries does not form border with the Caspian Sea?

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Explanation:

Iraq does not form border with the caspian sea.


Q-3)   The winter snow house of Eskimos are called

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Explanation:

An Igloo is a winter snow house or snow hut built when the snow can be easily compacted.


Q-4)   Which of the following is odd one out of the group?

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Explanation:

Savanna has a transitional type of climate which is bounded between equatorial rain forest and semi-arid and subtropical humid climate. Others are called mid-latitude grasslands.


Q-5)   Which one of the following countries is devoid of Glossopteris flora?

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Explanation:

Glossopteris flora are found in Australia, India and South Africa. They are not found in Norway.


Q-6)   Which of the following factors affects the birth rate?

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Q-7)   Which one of the following tribes practices pastoral nomadism?

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Explanation:

Pygmies are nomadic hunter-gatherers who live in the equatorial rainforests of central Africa as well as parts of southeast Asia.

They are nomadic and obtain their food through a mix of foraging, hunting, fishing, and trading with inhabitants of neighbouring villages. Their cultural identity is very closely tied to the rainforest, as are their spiritual and religious views.


Q-8)   Largest Coral Reef of the world is in—

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Explanation:

Largest Coral Reef of the world is in Australia named the Great Barrier Reef composed of over 2900 individual reefs and 900 islands.


Q-9)   Which of the following is/are the stage(s) of demographic transition?
  1. High death rate and birth rate, low growth rate.
  2. Rapid decline in death rate continued low birth rate, very low growth rate.
  3. Rapid decline in birthrate continued decline in death rate
  4. Low death rate and birth rate, low growth rate.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below

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Explanation:

Demographic transition refers to the transition from a high death rate and high birth rate to low death and birth rates, as a country develops from a pre-industrial to industrialised economic system.


Q-10)   Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
  1. Primary sex ratio: Sex at the time of conception
  2. Secondary sex ratio: Sex at the time of enumeration
  3. Tertiary sex ratio: Sex at the time of enumeration
  4. Imbalanced sex ratio: Sex of workers
Select the correct answer using the codes given below

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Explanation: