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WORLD GEOGRAPHY MCQs

Longitude And Latitude

Total Questions : 1926 | Page 7 of 193 pages
Question 61. The longest day (shortest night) in the southern hemisphere is
  1.    June 21
  2.    December 22
  3.    July 21
  4.    November 22
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> December 22
Question 62. The most obvious effect of pressure on rocks is
  1.    foliation
  2.    lineation
  3.    lithification
  4.    the reorientation of mineral crystals
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> the reorientation of mineral crystals
Question 63. The longest era of the classification of the history of earth is
  1.    Cainozoic era
  2.    Pre-Cambrian era
  3.    Palaeozoic era
  4.    Mesozoic era
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Pre-Cambrian era
Question 64. The main objective of centrally sponsored Command Area Development programme is
  1.    improving the utilisation of irrigation potential
  2.    optimizing agricultural productivity and production from the irrigated area
  3.    both (a) and (b)
  4.    None of the above
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> both (a) and (b)
Question 65. The minimum values of annual receipts of solar radiation occur at
  1.    the equator
  2.    the tropics
  3.    the arctic
  4.    None of the above
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> the arctic
Question 66. The pedogenic process associated with poor drainage and which involves the accumulation of organic matter in the upper layers of the soil is called
  1.    salinisation
  2.    gleisation
  3.    calcification
  4.    podsolisation
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> gleisation
Question 67. The rock formations that cannot store groundwater are called
  1.    aquifers
  2.    aquicludes
  3.    perched aquifer
  4.    spring
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> aquicludes
Question 68. The planet that takes the highest time for completing a rotation is
  1.    Mercury
  2.    Venus
  3.    Earth
  4.    Pluto
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Venus
Question 69. The Penumbra is
  1.    the outer portion of the moon's shadow
  2.    formed by the tangent that intersects between the sun and the moon
  3.    both (a) and (b)
  4.    None of the above
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> both (a) and (b)
Question 70. The river situated along the border between the USA and Mexico is
  1.    the Rio Grande
  2.    the Amazon
  3.    the Mississippi
  4.    the Colorado
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> the Rio Grande

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