MCQs
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Answer: Option C. -> A is false but R is true
Answer: (c)
Major natural regions of the world have not the same type of climates. The different climates make different topographies.
Answer: (c)
Major natural regions of the world have not the same type of climates. The different climates make different topographies.
Answer: Option D. -> 2 1 4 3
Answer: (d)
Answer: (d)
Answer: Option D. -> Strait of Dover
Answer: (d) Strait of Dover connects United Kingdom and France. It is about 32 km in length.
Answer: (d) Strait of Dover connects United Kingdom and France. It is about 32 km in length.
Answer: Option C. -> Lake Superior
Answer: (c)
The Caspian Sea is generally regarded as the world’s largest lake, but it contains an oceanic basin (contiguous with the world ocean until 11 million years ago) rather than being entirely over continental crust.
Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world in area (if Lakes Michigan and Huron are taken separately), and the third-largest in volume, behind Lake Baikal in Siberia and Lake Tanganyika in East Africa.
Answer: (c)
The Caspian Sea is generally regarded as the world’s largest lake, but it contains an oceanic basin (contiguous with the world ocean until 11 million years ago) rather than being entirely over continental crust.
Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world in area (if Lakes Michigan and Huron are taken separately), and the third-largest in volume, behind Lake Baikal in Siberia and Lake Tanganyika in East Africa.
Answer: Option D. -> 3 1 2 4
Answer: (d)
Pamir - Tajikistan
Kimberley - Australia
Meseta - Spain
Yukon - Canada
Answer: (d)
Pamir - Tajikistan
Kimberley - Australia
Meseta - Spain
Yukon - Canada
Answer: Option D. -> Gobi
Answer: (d)Gobi is not a tropical desert. It is a temperate desert partly located in northern China and partly in Mongolia.
Answer: (d)Gobi is not a tropical desert. It is a temperate desert partly located in northern China and partly in Mongolia.
Answer: Option B. -> Lock system
Answer: (b)The major difference between the Panama and Suez canals are that the later has no lock system. Ships can sail right through. The Panama Canal has locks which raise the ship to cross the isthmus and then lower it on the other side.
Answer: (b)The major difference between the Panama and Suez canals are that the later has no lock system. Ships can sail right through. The Panama Canal has locks which raise the ship to cross the isthmus and then lower it on the other side.
Question 338. Consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- In tropical grassland regions, rainfall mainly occurs in the short summer season with a long dry season.
- In Mediterranean region, the winter rainfall is caused by the passage of cyclones in the westerly wind belt which lies over this area.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: Option D. -> Both 1 and 2
Answer: (d)
Tropical grasslands are found in tropical wet and dry climates. These areas are hot year-round, usually never dropping under 64 degrees Fahrenheit. Although these areas are overall very dry, they do have a season of heavy rain.
Annual rainfall is from 20-50 inches per year. In the Mediterranean region, the winter rainfall is caused due to middle latitude fronts and cyclone.
Answer: (d)
Tropical grasslands are found in tropical wet and dry climates. These areas are hot year-round, usually never dropping under 64 degrees Fahrenheit. Although these areas are overall very dry, they do have a season of heavy rain.
Annual rainfall is from 20-50 inches per year. In the Mediterranean region, the winter rainfall is caused due to middle latitude fronts and cyclone.
Answer: Option C. -> 1914 A.D.
Answer: (c)
France began work on the Panama Canal in 1881 but had to stop because of engineering problems and high mortality due to disease.
The United States took over the project in 1904 and took a decade to complete the canal, which was officially opened on August 15, 1914. The Panama Canal connects the Atlantic Ocean (via the Caribbean Sea) to the Pacific Ocean.
Answer: (c)
France began work on the Panama Canal in 1881 but had to stop because of engineering problems and high mortality due to disease.
The United States took over the project in 1904 and took a decade to complete the canal, which was officially opened on August 15, 1914. The Panama Canal connects the Atlantic Ocean (via the Caribbean Sea) to the Pacific Ocean.
Answer: Option B. -> Sunderbans
Answer: (b)Sundarbans is the world’s largest delta formed by the rivers Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna.
Answer: (b)Sundarbans is the world’s largest delta formed by the rivers Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna.