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The following question based on World Physical Geography topic of indian geography mcq
- A desert is a barren area of land where little precipitation occurs.
- The Sahara desert is the largest singles stretch desert.
- The next biggest desert is the Great Australian desert.
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 1 only
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) 2 and 3
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (c)
A desert is a barren area of land where little precipitation occurs and consequently, living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life.
The lack of vegetation exposes the unprotected surface of the ground to the processes of denudation. About one-third of the land surface of the world is arid or semi-arid.
This includes much of the Polar Regions where little precipitation occurs and which are sometimes called polar deserts or “cold deserts”. The Sahara desert is the largest single stretch desert in the world and after that Great Australian Desert.
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Question : 1
Which of the following seas/gulfs are connected by the Suez Canal?
a) Gulf of Oman and the Red Sea
b) The Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea
c) Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea
d) The Mediterranean Sea and the Gulf of Oman
Answer »Answer: (b)
The Suez Canal is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, It connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea.
Question : 2
Volcanic activity is more common in
a) Japan
b) Hawai
c) New Zealand
d) Colombia
Answer »Answer: (b)
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.
Question : 3
The Pacific Islands from New Guinea South East-wards to the Fiji Islands group is called
a) The Mellanesia
b) The Polynesia
c) The Autralasia
d) The Micronesia
Answer »Answer: (a)
Mellanesia region consists of the four countries of Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Fiji and Guinea. It is a sub-region of Oceania extending from the western end of the Pacific Ocean to the Arafura Sea, and eastward to Fiji.
Besides these independent countries, Melanesia also includes New Caledonia, Maluku Islands and West Papua.
Question : 4
The country located between 8° N and 37° N latitudes is
a) India
b) Bangladesh
c) Pakistan
d) China
Answer »Answer: (a)
India lies to the north of the equator between 6° 44' and 35° 30' north latitude and 68° 7' and 97° 25' east longitude.
Question : 5
The main centres of ship building industry in Japan are
a) Yakohama and Wakohama
b) Nagasaki and Yawata
c) Nagita and Issikari
d) Osaka and Kyoto
Answer »Answer: (b)
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