Geography Questions and Answers - Set 10 | Geography Solved Multiple Choice Questions(MCQs)

1 A band of wind called ‘Jet Stream’ is found in –

1 Lower Troposphere

2 Middle Troposphere

3 Upper Troposphere

4 Whole Troposphere

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Answer:Upper Troposphere

2 ‘Negative Southern Oscillation Index’ refers to which of the following ?

1 Favourable condition for El Nino

2 Favourable condition for La Nina

3 Favourable conditions both for El Nino and La Nina

4 Unfavourable conditions both for El Nino and La Nina

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Answer: Favourable conditions both for El Nino and La Nina

3 In which of the following areas, the main centre of ‘Hurricane Mathew’ that occured in Caribbean Sea in the 1st week of October, 2016 was located ?

1 Florida

2 Georgia

3 South Carolina

4 South-West Haitti

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Answer:South-West Haitti

4 In Indian Ocean between 0° - 10° N and 0° - 10° S latitudinal zones, the temperature variations is of about – (1) (2) (3) (4)

1 3 °C

2 2 °C

3 1 °C

4 0 °C

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Answer:1 °C

5 The general depth of abyssal plains varies between

1 1000 – 6000 metres

2 2000 – 6000 metres

3 3000 – 6000 metres

4 4000 – 6000 metres

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Answer: 3000 – 6000 metres

6 Tropical Evergreen Forests are found in the areas of rainfall ranging between

1 less than 100 cms

2 100 – 200 cms

3 200 – 300 cms

4 more than 300 cms

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Answer: 100 – 200 cms

7 India has how many major bio-geographic regions ?

1 7

2 8

3 9

4 10

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Answer: 10

8 Which one of the following countries is devoid of Glossopteris flora ?

1 India

2 Australia

3 Norway

4 South Africa

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Answer: Norway

9 In describing the process of spatial interaction, geographers are most concerned with

1 Density and Dispersion

2 Diffusion and Pattern

3 Accessibility and Connectivity

4 Pedestrian Cities

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Answer: Accessibility and Connectivity

10 Who among the following formalised the concept that there exists relationship between the spatial organization and national development ? (1) (2) (3) (4)

1 Luten

2 Dickens

3 Kuklinski

4

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Answer: Friedman

11 The concept of ‘paradigm’ was propounded by

1 Peet

2 Haggett

3 Kant

4 Kuhn

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Answer:Kuhn

12 Who defined Geography as human ecology ?

1 Schaefer

2 Barrows

3 Hartshorne

4 Ellen Semple

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Answer:Barrows

13 The approach that some geographical facts according to Ritter, cannot be explained scientifically, is termed as

1 Locational

2 Ecological

3 Teleological

4 Regional

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Answer: Teleological

14 How much of the liquid precipitation is equivalent to ten inches of snowfall at deep/near freezing temperature ?

1 About 3 inches

2 About 2 inches

3 About 1 inch

4 At times about one inch and at times about two inches

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Answer: About 1 inch

15 Which one of the following letters represent the total number of settlements of a certain order served by a central place of the next higher order ?

1 K

2 J

3 L

4 F

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