Practice Quiz set 6 - indian geography mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams

Q-1)   Although hot deserts have a very low annual rainfall, occasional heavy rain storms do occur and these sometimes produce steep-sided, flat-floored valleys called

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)


Q-2)   Dalbergia species is associated with which one of the following?

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)


Q-3)   The diagram given below shows the schematic relations of temperature and precipitation of tropical climatic type over land: Decreasing Temperature 1234 Increasing Precipitation Arrange the climatic types in the correct sequence from left to right:
  1. Monsoon topics
  2. Wet and dry tropics
  3. Arid and semiarid
  4. Rainy tropics.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)


Q-4)   Westerlies in Southern Hemisphere are stronger and persistent than in Northern Hemisphere because
  1. Southern Hemisphere has less landmass as compared to Northern Hemisphere.
  2. Coriolis force is higher in Southern Hemisphere as compared to Northern Hemisphere.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

Explanation:


Q-5)   Consider the following statements:
  1. The approach of a cyclone is characterised by a rise in barometric reading.
  2. In the cyclones of the southern hemisphere, the winds circulate in an anticlockwise direction.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

Explanation:

Cyclone is a mass of air whose isobars form an oval or circular shape, with low pressure at the centre.

The air converges at the centre and rises to disposed of. In a depression, the winds rotate anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere. While in the southern hemisphere, the circular movement of winds is in a clockwise direction.


Q-6)   Consider the following statements.
  1. The annual range of temperature is greater in the Pacific Ocean than that in the Atlantic Ocean.
  2. The annual range of temperature is greater in the Northern Hemisphere than that in the Southern Hemisphere.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

Explanation:


Q-7)   The line on a map connecting points of equal temperature at a given time is

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

Explanation:

An isotherm is a line that connects points on a map that have the same temperature. Therefore, all points through which an isotherm passes have the same or equal temperatures at the time indicated.

Generally, isotherms representing 5 °C or 10 °F temperature differences are used, but any interval may be chosen.


Q-8)   Landmasses are heated and cooled much faster than water bodies. Identify the true statements in this regard.
  1. The land gets heated by conduction
  2. Water has a higher specific heat
  3. Only the surface layers of water are heated
  4. Water gets heated by convection

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

Explanation:


Q-9)   In which of the following areas, the main centre of ‘Hurricane Mathew’ that occurred in the Caribbean Sea in the 1st week of October 2016 was located?

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

Explanation:

As of 11:00 EST on 3rd Oct. Category-4, Hurricane Mathew was some 330 km.

Southwest from Kingstone (Jamaica) and 440 km South-West from Ports64-Prince (Haiti) in the Caribbean Sea.


Q-10)   Landmasses are heated and cooled much faster than water bodies. Which of the following statements justifies it?
  1. The land gets heated by conduction.
  2. Water has a higher specific heat.
  3. Only the surface layer of water is heated.
  4. Water gets heated by convection.

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

Explanation:

Land masses are heated and cooled much faster than water bodies because land gets heated by conduction and water has a higher specific heat, it gets heated by convection.