Practice Quiz set 4 - indian geography mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams

Q-1)   A place where there is constant intermingling of salt water and fresh water is ____

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Explanation:

Estuaries form a transition zone between river environments and ocean environments and are subject to both marine influences, such as tides, waves, and the influx of saline water; and riverine influences, such as flows of fresh water and sediment.

The inflow of both seawater and freshwater provide high levels of nutrients in both the water column and sediment, making estuaries among the most productive natural habitats in the world.


Q-2)   Which of the following is not related to Asia?

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Q-3)   Which of the following countries is not under the drainage area of Nile river?

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Q-4)   The largest reservoir of freshwater is :

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Explanation:

The largest water reservoir is the ocean, containing 97.3% of all water on Earth. Only 2.8 % of all the water on Planet Earth is freshwater.

Three-quarters of all fresh water on Earth is frozen in glacier ice. So glacier ice is the second-largest reservoir of water on Earth and the largest reservoir of fresh water on Earth!


Q-5)   A wide inlet of the sea usually concave in shape, is termed as a:

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Explanation:

Bay is an inlet of the sea or other body of water usually smaller than a gulf. It refers to the concavity of a coastline or reentrant of the sea, formed by the movements of either the sea or a lake.

A bay is usually located where more easily eroded rocks are bounded by harder and more resistant formations made from igneous rocks.


Q-6)   The highest amount of salinity is found in

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Q-7)   Which of the following seas has the highest salinity?

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Explanation:

Dead sea has the highest salinity. The Dead Sea is 306 m (1,004 ft) deep, the deepest hypersaline lake in the world. With 34.2% salinity (in 2011), it is also one of the world’s saltiest bodies of water.


Q-8)   Which of the following seas has the highest average salinity?

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Q-9)   Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
List I List II
(Town) (River)
A. Berlin 1. Tiber
B. Lahore 2. Hudson
C. New York 3. Ravi
D. Rome 4. Spree
Codes: A B C D

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Explanation:


Q-10)   Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
List I List II
(City) (River)
A. Khartoum 1. Zaire
B. Brazzaville 2. Nile
C. Rotterdam 3. Seine
D. Paris 4. Rhine
Codes: A B C D

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Explanation: