Practice Quiz set 2 - indian geography mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams
Q-1) The cyclone that brought devastation in Bangladesh was named as
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Cyclone Sidr was a tropical cyclone that resulted in one of the worst natural disasters in Bangladesh on 15 November 2007. 3,447 deaths were blamed on this Category-5 cyclone on the Saffir-Simpson Scale.
Q-2) The country located between 8° N and 37° N latitudes is
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India lies to the north of the equator between 6° 44' and 35° 30' north latitude and 68° 7' and 97° 25' east longitude.
Q-3) Foehn is a local wind of
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Foehn is a local wind of Switzerland. A foehn is a type of dry, warm, down-slope wind that occurs in the lee (downwind side) of a mountain range. It is a rain shadow wind that results from the subsequent adiabatic warming of air that has dropped most of its moisture on windward slopes (see orographic lift).
Q-4) Consider the following statements - In Macedonia, ethnic Albanians are a minority.
- In Kosovo, Serbians are a majority.
Which of these statements is/are correct?
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In Macedonia, ethinic Albanian population is 23%, which is a good number in Macedonia. But in Kosovo 92% Albanians present where Serbians are the minority.
Q-5) The equatorial rain forest is also known as
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Dense equatorial forest, in the Amazon basin, characterized by tall broad-leaved evergreen trees, epiphytes, lianas, etc.
Q-6) Volcanic activity is more common in
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The Hawaiian Islands were (and continue to be) continuously formed from volcanic activity initiated at an undersea magma source called a hotspot.
As the tectonic plate beneath much of the Pacific Ocean moves to the northwest, the hot spot remains stationary, slowly creating new volcanoes.
Q-7) Which of the following rivers flow in Germany?
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The Danube is a river in Central Europe, the continent’s second-longest after the Volga. Classified as an international waterway, it originates in the town of Donaueschingen which is in the Black Forest of Germany at the confluence of the rivers Brigach and Breg.
The Danube then flows southeast for 2,872 km (1,785 mi), passing through four Central European capitals before emptying into the Black Sea via the Danube Delta in Romania and Ukraine.
Once a long-standing frontier of the Roman Empire, the river passes through or touches the borders of ten countries:
- Romania (29.0% of basin area),
- Hungary (11.6%),
- Serbia (10.2%),
- Austria (10.0%),
- Germany (7.0%),
- Slovakia (5.9%),
- Bulgaria (5.9%),
- Croatia (4.4%),
- Ukraine (3.8%), and
- Moldova (1.6%),
more than any other. Its drainage basin extends into nine more.
Q-8) Sahara is located in which part of Africa ?
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The Sahara covers most of North Africa and extends over Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Western Sahara, Sudan and Tunisia. It covers about 1D 4 of the African continent.
Q-9) Which of the following are cold ocean currents?- Humboldt current
- Brazil current
- Oyashio
- Canary current
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Humboldt, Oyashio and Canaries are the cold ocean currents while Brazil current is the warm Ocean current.
Q-10) Mount Merapi is located on which one of the islands?
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