Geography World Geography

Q. Mediterranean climate prevails in

A
Peru
B
Central Chile
C
Northern Chile
D
Argentina

Correct Answer

Central Chile

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  • Q. The percentage of India’s total population employed in agriculture is nearly
    A)60%
    B)40%
    C)50%
    D)70%
    Answer: 70%
  • Q. The hair or Nordic races is generally
    A)Straight
    B)Blond
    C)Woolly
    D)All of these
    Answer: Blond
  • Q. The busiest sea route is
    A)The North Atlantic Route
    B)The Mediterranean Red-Sea Route
    C)The South Atlantic Route
    D)The Pacific Route
    Answer: The North Atlantic Route
  • Q. Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is constructed on which river
    A)Godavari
    B)Kaveri
    C)Krishna
    D)Indus
    Answer: Krishna
  • Q. Niagara Falls are in ________
    A)South Africa
    B)Australia
    C)U.K.
    D)U.S.A.
    Answer: U.S.A.
  • Q. Which type of forest belt supplies most of the world’s requirement of newsprint?
    A)Evergreen forest
    B)Coniferous forest
    C)Deciduous forest
    D)Mediterranear forest
    Answer: Coniferous forest
  • Q. Land masses are heated and cooled much faster than water bodies. Identify the true statements in this regard: I. Land gets heated by conduction II. Water has higher specific heat III. Only the surface layers of water are heated IV. Water gets heated by convection
    A)I and IV
    B)I, II and III
    C)II and III
    D)I, II and IV
    Answer: I, II and IV
  • Q. Which one of the following processes of weathering belongs to both mechanical and chemical weathering?
    A)Hydration
    B)Crystallization
    C)Exfoliation
    D)Carbonation
    Answer: Crystallization
  • Q. What is meant by ‘brain drain’?
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    B)Increase in the population of mentally retarded or brainless people
    C)The increasing medical facilities which have resulted in decrease in the number of mentally retarded people
    D)The migration of highly qualified or skilled people to better places of employment
    Answer: The migration of highly qualified or skilled people to better places of employment
  • Q. Which of the following places are favourably influenced by the Trade winds? I. West Indies II. Brazil III. Mexico IV. Madagascar
    A)III and IV
    B)I and II
    C)I, II, III and IV
    D)II and IV
    Answer: I, II, III and IV
  • Q. The dense mass of small water drops on smoke particles in the lower layers of the atmosphere is ________
    A)Fog
    B)Smog
    C)Frost
    D)Dew
    Answer: Smog
  • Q. Which among the following statements about the earth is not true?
    A)The Earth revolves in its orbit round the Sun at a speed of 66,000 miles per hour
    B)The Earth makes one complete revolution round the Sun every 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 46 seconds
    C)The Earth makes one complete revolution on its axis in 48 hours
    D)The Earth rotates on its axis at an equatorial speed of more than 1000 miles per hour
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  • Q. Most of the rivers flowing westward from the Western Ghats do not form deltas because ________
    A)They are not perennial
    B)Of the high gradient
    C)They are too slow
    D)There is no vegetation
    Answer: Of the high gradient
  • Q. Tadoba national park known for sheltering tiger, panther and bear is located in:
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    B)Assam
    C)Chandrapur (Maharashtra)
    D)Tamil Nadu
    Answer: Chandrapur (Maharashtra)
  • Q. Malaspine Glacier is in
    A)Alaska
    B)Karakoram Range
    C)Alps
    D)Hindukush
    Answer: Alaska
  • Q. In which part of India is Dogri spoken?
    A)Jammu and Kashmir
    B)West Bengal
    C)Assam
    D)Rajasthan
    Answer: Jammu and Kashmir
  • Q. The mountain range which stretches from Gujarat in west to Delhi in the north is the ________
    A)Satpuras
    B)Aravallis
    C)Vindhyas
    D)Kaimur range
    Answer: Aravallis
  • Q. The ‘Ruhr or India’ is
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    B)Maharashtra and Karnataka
    C)Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh
    D)Gujarat and Rajasthan
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    B)Saturn
    C)Jupiter
    D)None of these
    Answer: Jupiter

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