Geography quiz 1 Leave a Comment / PRACTICE TESTS / By JOBGOGY 1. The minimum values of annual receipts of solar radiation occur at the arctic None of the above the equator the tropics 2. The thickness of biosphere is 5-8 km above the earth’s surface 10-12 km above the earth’s surface 8-10 km above the earth’s surface 5-10 km above the earth’s surface 3. which atomic power station in India is built completely indigenously? Kalpakkam Tarapore Narora Rawat Bhata 4. The type of soil needed for rice is clayey loam rich, muddy and saturated with water humus, rich in Fe and potash deep, loamy, well-drained 5. The second-largest continent in the world is Europe Africa Asia Australia 6. The spiral flow in a stream caused by channel shape is called laminar flow streamflow helical flow turbulent flow 7. The temperature increases rapidly after ionosphere stratosphere troposphere exosphere 8. The south-west monsoon contributes ____ of the total rain in India. 50% 100% 22% 86% 9. The tide produced when the moon and the sun are at right angles to the earth, thus pulling in opposite directions, is called diurnal tide ebb tide neap tide spring tide 10. The oldest oil refinery in India is at Haldia, near Kolkata Koyali, near Baroda Digboi, Assam Noonmati, Assam 11. The storms or frontal systems develop where at the equator and in the mid-latitudes atmospheric pressure is low air is rising All of the above 12. The soils whose parent material tend to be rich in the sand are podsols aridsols alfisols ultisols 13. The oldest mountains in India are Aravalis Nilgiri hills Vindhyas Satpuras 14. The study of day-to-day variations in weather called is called meteorology None of the above climatology cyclogenesis 15. Which of the following union territories of India has the highest density of population per sq km? Lakshadweep Pondicherry Delhi Chandigarh Loading … Question 1 of 15
