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