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