World Physical Geography MCQ

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Hail consists of

1. granular ice

2. crystals of ice

3. water droplets

4. masses of ice with concentric layers

Option 4 – masses of ice with concentric layers

Rainfall caused due to the presence of mountains in the way of winds is called

1. orographic rain

2. cyclonic rain

3. convectional rain

4. advectional rain

Option 1 – orographic rain

Dew is caused when

1. humid air condenses on cool surface

2. the air is colder than the earth’s surface

3. the sky is overcast at night

4. the wind is too dry to cause rainfall

Option 1 – humid air condenses on cool surface

Where is the famous Tuscarora Deep located?

1. near USA

2. off Japan

3. off Lakshadweep

4. near the Australian coast

Option 2 – off Japan

Which compound is the most abundant in sea water?

1. calcium carbonate

2. potassium chloride

3. sodium chloride

4. magnesium sulphate

Option 3 – sodium chloride

The general weather associated with an anti cyclone is

1. Hot and Wet

2. Fine and dry

3. Cold and severe

4. Stromy associated with torrential down pour

Option 2 – Fine and dry

What is Gulf Stream?

1. a cold current in the Atlantic Ocean

2. a cold current in the Pacific Ocean

3. a warm current in the Atlantic Ocean

4. a warm current in the Pacific Ocean

Option 3 – a warm current in the Atlantic Ocean

When humidity is expressed as a percentage, it is called

1. relative humidity

2. absolute humidity

3. specific humidity

4. percentage humidity

Option 1 – relative humidity

Which of the following clouds are more commonly formed in the equitorial rainforests

1. Cumulonimbus

2. Stratocumulus

3. Nimbostratus

4. Alto cumulus

Option 1 – Cumulonimbus

What is meant by the term ‘cirrus’?

1. a low cloud

2. a rain-bearing cloud

3. a high cloud

4. a hail-bearing cloud

Option 3 – a high cloud

What is fog?

1. a cumulonimbus cloud

2. a low stratus cloud

3. a cirro stratus cloud

4. an altocumulus cloud

Option 2 – a low stratus cloud

Farrel’s Law is concerned with the winds

1. direction of winds

2. velocity of winds

3. intensity of waves

4. none of these.

Option 1 – direction of winds

Blizzards are characteristic of …… region.

1. equatorial

2. tropical

3. antarctic

4. temperate

Option 3 – antarctic

Which of the following is not a “greenhouse” gas?

1. Water vapour

2. Carbon dioxide

3. CFCs

4. Nitrogen

Option 4 – Nitrogen

What is a cyclone?

1. a low pressure system with clockwise winds in the northern hemisphere

2. a high pressure system with anticlock-wise winds in the northern hemisphere

3. a low pressure system with anticlock-wise winds in the northern hemisphere

4. a high pressure system with clockwise winds in the northern hemisphere.

Option 3 – a low pressure system with anticlock-wise winds in the northern hemisphere

Which one is an anticyclone?

1. a low pressure system with clockwise winds in the northern hemisphere

2. high pressure system with clockwise winds in the northern hemisphere

3. low pressure system with clockwise winds in southern hemisphere

4. high pressure system with clockwise winds in southern hemisphere

Option 2 – high pressure system with clockwise winds in the northern hemisphere

An upper air wind system with very high velocities in certain parts of the atmosphere is called

1. a cyclone

2. an anticyclone

3. monsoon

4. jet stream

Option 4 – jet stream

What is a tornado?

1. a very high pressure centre

2. a very low pressure centre

3. a very high ocean wave

4. a planetary wind

Option 2 – a very low pressure centre

Which of the following places has the highest tidal range ?

1. Bay of Biscay

2. Gulf of Ob

3. Bay of Fundy

4. Okha

Option 3 – Bay of Fundy

The process of change of state of water from solid directly into vapour is called

1. condensation

2. snow fall

3. sublimation

4. precipitation

Option 3 – sublimation

The difference in the duration of day and night increases as one moves from the …… to the …..

1. Equator, poles

2. Poles, equator

3. Tropic of Cancer, equator

4. Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn

Option 1 – Equator, poles

What causes the wind to deflect toward the left in the Southern hemisphere?

1. Temperature

2. Magnetic field

3. Rotation of the earth

4. Pressure

Option 3 – Rotation of the earth

The South Pole experiences continuous light at the time of

1. Winter solstice

2. summer solstice

3. vernal equinox

4. autumnal equinox

Option 1 – Winter solstice

A day is added when one crosses

1. The equator from north to south

2. 180° longitude from west to east

3. 180° longitude east to west

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4. the equator from south to north

Option 3 – 180° longitude east to west

In order of their distances from the Sun, which of the following planets lie between Mars and Uranus?

1. Earth and Jupiter

2. Jupiter and Saturn

3. Saturn and Earth

4. Saturn and Neptune

Option 2 – Jupiter and Saturn

Selene-1, the lunar orbiter mission belongs to which one of the following ?

1. China

2. European Union

3. Japan

4. USA

Option 3 – Japan

The longest day in Australia will be on

1. June 21

2. September 22

3. December 22

4. March 23

Option 3 – December 22

The minimum distance between the sun and the earth occurs on

1. December 22

2. June 21

3. September 22

4. January 3

Option 4 – January 3

On the day the sun is nearest to the earth, the earth is said to be in

1. aphelion

2. perihelion

3. apogee

4. perigee

Option 2 – perihelion

The earth is at its maximum distance from the sun on

1. July 4

2. January 30

3. September 22

4. December 22

Option 1 – July 4

The rate of rotation of the earth on its axis is highest on

1. January 3

2. December 22

3. July 4

4. It never changes

Option 4 – It never changes

What is the International Date Line?

1. It is the equator.

2. It is the 0° longitude.

3. It is the 90° east longitude

4. It is the 180° longitude.

Option 4 – It is the 180° longitude.

What is the relationship between solar day and sidereal day?

1. Both are equal

2. Solar day is longer than sidereal day

3. Solar day is shorter than sidereal day

4. There is no relationship between the two

Option 2 – Solar day is longer than sidereal day

One Astronomical Unit is the average distance between

1. Earth and the Sun

2. Earth and the Moon

3. Jupiter and the Sun

4. Pluto and the Sun

Option 1 – Earth and the Sun

How much of the surface of the moon is visible from the earth?

1. more than 75%

2. only about 40%

3. about 59%

4. about 65%

Option 3 – about 59%

What is the unit of measurement of the distances of stars from the earth?

1. light year

2. fathoms

3. nautical miles

4. kilometers

Option 1 – light year

On the surface of the moon, the

1. mass and weight become lesser

2. mass remains constant and only the weight is lesser

3. only the mass is lesser

4. mass and weight both remain unchanged.

Option 2 – mass remains constant and only the weight is lesser

Which comet appears every 76 years?

1. Hailey’s

2. Holme’s

3. Donati’s

4. Alpha Centauri

Option 1 – Hailey’s

The moon’s period of revolution with reference to the sun is

1. equal to one solar month

2. equal to one sidereal month

3. equal to one synodic month

4. none of these

Option 3 – equal to one synodic month

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