Practice Quiz set 6 - indian geography mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams
Q-1) Which country has the densest railway network in terms of per million people?
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Q-2) Name the largest desert of Asia
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The Gobi Desert is the largest desert in Asia, covering 500,000 square miles.It covers parts of northern and northwestern China, and of southern Mongolia. is a rain shadow desert, formed by the Himalayan mountain range blocking rain-carrying clouds from the Indian Ocean reaching the Gobi territory.
Q-3) Through which of the given regions does the equator run?
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The Equator crosses/ passes through seven countries in Africa: Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe (off the coast of mainland Africa); Gabon; Congo-Brazzaville; Democratic Republic of Congo; Uganda; Kenya and Somalia.
Q-4) The Gibraltar is a/an
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Q-5) Which one of the following is not a tropical desert?
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Gobi is not a tropical desert. It is a temperate desert partly located in northern China and partly in Mongolia.
Q-6) Which one of the following lakes forms an international boundary between Tanzania and Uganda?
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Lake Victoria acts as the international boundary between Tanzania and Uganda. It is the largest lake in Africa and second widest fresh water body in the world.
Q-7) Bermuda Triangle extends up to which of the following places? - Southern Florida
- Puerto Rico
- Hawaii Islands .
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Bermuda Triangle is a strange and mysterious place in the southern Atlantic Ocean. It is roughly the shape of a triangle. The triangle extends upto south Florida, Pruto Rico and Bermuda Island.
Q-8) Which of the following are temperate grasslands? - Campos
- Llanoes
- Downs
- Pampas .
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Downs – grassy plains called downs are located in New Zealand’s South Island and southeast Australia. Pampas – South America’s largest grassland, called pampas, which means plain, covers most eastcentral areas of Argentina.
Q-9) Which country is known as ‘Land of Midnight Sun’?
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Norway is called the Land of the Midnight Sun because the sun never dips entirely below the horizon between late May and late July.
During the summer months, areas located north of the Arctic Circle experience nearly perpetual daylight; these areas may see up to 20 hours of sunlight during the time of the midnight sun, but experience long periods of darkness during the winter.
Q-10) La Nina is suspected to have caused recent floods in Australia. How is La Nina different from El Nino?
- La Nina is characterized by unusually cold ocean temperature in the equatorial Indian Ocean whereas El Nino is characterized by unusually warm ocean temperature in the equatorial Pacific Ocean.
- El Nino has an adverse effect on the southwest monsoon of India, but La Nina has no effect on the monsoon climate.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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La Nina is a coupled ocean-atmosphere phenomenon that is the counterpart of El Nino as part of the broader El Nino-Southern Oscillation climate pattern.
During a period of La Nina, the sea surface temperature across the equatorial Eastern Central Pacific Ocean will be lower than normal by 3–5 °C. In the United States.
A La Nina, on the other hand, is often beneficial for the monsoon, especially in the latter half.