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