Practice Quiz set 1 - indian geography mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams
Q-1) A topographical map with scale 1 : 50000 indicates 1 cm to
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Topographic maps are detailed, accurate graphic representations of features that appear on the Earth’s surface. A topographical map with scale 1:50000 indicates 1 cm to 500 m.
Q-2) Which of the following countries has a constitutional provision for maintaining 70% of its geographical area under forest?
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Q-3) The temperature increase is more marked in northern Pacific Ocean as an influence of Kuroshivo current in
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The temperature increase is more marked in Northern Pacific Ocean as an influence of Kuroshivo current in winter.
Q-4) Which one of the following gases is found in highest quantity in Exosphere?
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Hydrogen is present throughout the exosphere, with some helium, carbon dioxide, and atomic oxygen near its base.
Q-5) Our atmosphere is divided into layers.
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Earth has five primary layers, which are the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere and exosphere.
.From the Earth upwards, those layers are:
- Troposphere: 0 to 12 km;
- Stratosphere: 12 to 50 km;
- Mesosphere: 50 to 80 km;
- Thermosphere: 80 to 700 km; and
- Exosphere: 700 to 10,000 km.
Q-6) Which one of the following local winds is different from the other three?
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Mistral the local wind is different from the others.
The mistral is a strong, cold and usually dry regional wind in France, coming from the north or northwest, which accelerates when it passes through the valleys of the Rhone and the Durance Rivers to the coast of the Mediterranean around the Camargue region.
Q-7) Which of the following statements is/are correct?
- Air close to the Earth’s surface is heavier.
- Air close to the Earth’s surface contains a larger quantity of water vapour and dust particles.
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At higher altitude air is lighter while close to earth surface its heavier. In Troposphere the dust particles and water is more than upperlayer.
Q-8) Which of the following cyclones did not affect India?
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Q-9) The planetary winds that blow from the sub-tropical high pressure belts to the equator are known as
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Trade winds blow from the subtropical highs or horse latitudes toward the low pressure of the ITCZ(Intertropical Convergence Zone).
Q-10) If the earth did not have an atmosphere, temperature extremes between day and night would
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If a planet has no atmosphere, all of the sunlight which strikes it reaches the surface, and usually 90% or more of that is absorbed and 10% or less is reflected back into space. Thus the temperature will increase.