Physiography & Climatic Zone MCQ Questions and Answers

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#1. Which one of the following is a temperate desert?

#2. Which one of the following is not a tropical desert?

#3. Bhabar is an example of

#4. Where is the Blind valley found?

#5. Rift valley is formed by




#6. U-shaped valley develops in

#7. Landscapes, developed due to Rejuvenation activity are called

#8. Which of the following land forms is not formed by wind action?

#9. Karst landforms are made by

#10. Hanging valleys are associated with




#11. Bays and gulfs are usually made by the erosional work of

#12. Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Assertion (A): Aridity is the distinctive characteristic of the deserts.
Reason (R): They receive low rainfall and have high evaporation.

#13. Match List-I and List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List-I (Processes) — List-II (Land forms)
A. Permafrost — 1. Flood plain
B. Diastrophism — 2. Pingo
C. Running water — 3. Stack
D. Sea waves — 4. Horst

#14. Select the correct chronological order of the following organic cycles from the codes given below:
1. Alpine
2. Torridonian
3. Caledonian
4. Hercynian
Codes:

#15. Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from codes given below:
Assertion (A): Tropical areas get more insolation than the temperate area.
Reason (R): Tropical areas have a larger length of day than the temperate areas.




#16. Match List-I with List-II and choose the correct answer with the help of the codes:
List-I (Land forms) — List-II (Agents of formation)
A. Faults — 1. Glacial activity
B. Flood plains — 2. Fluvial effects
C. Coral reefs — 3. Organic activity
D. Moraines — 4. Earth movement

#17. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below:
List-I (Soils) — List-II (Climatic region)
A. Podzol –1. Temperate grasslands
B. Chernozem — 2. Cool temperate
C. Spodosols — 3. Hot and humid
D. Laterite — 4. Humid cool temperate

#18. Match the following
List I — List II
A. Isobars — 1. Temperature
B. Isohyets — 2.Pressure
C. Isotherms — 3.Rainfall
D. Isohel — 4. Snowfall
5. Sunshine

#19. Match column I with column II and select the correct answer using the code given below the columns:
Column A — Column B
A. Oasis — (i) Glacier
B. Oil — (ii) Depressions with water
C. Gangri — (iii) Sahara
D. Bedouins — (iv) Libya

#20. Match the deserts with their locations and select the correct alternative:
Column I (Desert) — Column II (Location)
A. Gobi — (i) Chile
B. Kalahari — (ii) Sudan and Egypt
C. Atacama — (iii) China and Mongolia
D. Nubian — (iv) Namibia and Botswana




#21. Match column I with column II and select the correct answer using the code given below the columns:
Column I (Waterfalls) — Column II (Countries)
A. Angel Falls — (i) Africa
B. Niagara Falls — (ii) India
C. Victoria Falls — (iii) South America
D. Jog Falls — (iv) North America

#22. Match column I with column II and select the correct answer using the code given below the columns:
Column I (Land forms) — Column II (Exogenic forces)
A. Flood plain — (i) Sea waves
B. Sea cliff — (ii) Glaciers
C. Moraines — (iii) Wind
D. Sand dunes — (iv) River

#23. Consider the following statements?
l. The oasis in the Sahara and the Nile Valley in Egypt supports a settled population.
II. Trucks are replacing camels in the salt trade.
Ill. The discovery of in Algeria, Libya and Egypt is constantly transforming Sahara

#24. Match list I with list II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists :
List I (Agents of erosion) — List II (Topographical feature)
A. Running water — 1. Cirque
B. Glacier — 2. Barchan
C. Wind — 3. Rift Valley
D. Underground Water — 4. Doline

#25. What is the most commonly used building material in deserts ?




#26. The Death Valley in South California, USA is an example of

#27. Which one of the following islands of the East Indies is divided into three countries?

#28. The driest area of the Earth is

#29. In which of the following the west European type of climate is found?

#30. Foehn is a local wind of




#31. The coldest place on the earth is

#32. The general climate of the equatorial regions is

#33. The Santa Anna is local

#34. Gobi Desert is situated in

#35. What is referred to as the Sorrow of China ?




#36. The Gibraltar is a/an

#37. Which is called the Emerald Island ?

#38. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
River — Country
1. Niger — Guinea
2. Orange — South Africa
3. Karai — Egypt
4. Nile — Mali
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

#39. Match List-I and List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List-I (Type of winds) — List-II (Region)
A. Blizzard — 1. Prairie Plains
B. Chinook — 2. Siberian Plains
C. Bora — 3. Greenland
D. Khamsin — 4. Egypt

#40. Consider the following statements:
1. A desert is a barren area of land where little precipitation occurs.
2. The Sahara desert is the largest single stretch of desert.
3. The next biggest desert is the Great Australian desert.
Which of the statement(s) given is/are correct?




#41. Examine the following statements and select the correct answer using the codes given below:
1. The greater part of Russia has a cold climate.
2. Development of Russia is largely concentrated west of the Ural mountains.
3. Siberia is an important agricultural region of Russia.
4. In Russia, Ural mountains separate the two extensive plains.

#42. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below:
List-I (Continent) — List-II (Desert)
A. Asia — 1. Atacama
B. Africa — 2. Great Sandy Desert
C. Australia — 3. Kalahari
D. South America — 4. Gobi

#43. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below.
List-I (Mountain peak) — List-II (Country)
A. Mt. Everest — 1. India
B. K2 — 2. Nepal
C. Mt. McKinley — 3. North America (USA)
D. Mt. Aconcagua — 4. South America

#44. Match the following
List-I (Local wind) — List-II (Area of Prevalence)
A. Chinook — 1. North African desert
B. Foehn — 2. Rocky mountain slopes of the USA
C. Sirocco — 3. Northern slopes of Alps
D. Mistral — 4. Southern slopes of Alps

#45. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?




#46. Consider the following statements :
1. The Labrador current is a cold current in the North Atlantic Ocean.
2. The Falkland current is a warm current that flows along the Chile coast of South Pacific Ocean.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

#47. Consider the following statements:
1. In tropical grassland regions, rainfall mainly in the Short Season With a long dry season.
2. In the 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?

#48. Which among the following statements about the North Atlantic Drift is/are correct?
l. It keeps the west coast Of Northern Europe ice free
II. It is responsible for the warm air mass which interacts with the cold air mass from the Polar region and causes rainfall in Western Europe
Ill. It meets the Labrador Current Island and Causes dense fog
Select the answer using the code given below

#49. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
List I (Current) — List II (Feature)
A. Kuroshio current — 1. Warm current in Atlantic Ocean
B. Peru current — 2. Cold current in the Atlantic Ocean
C. Labrador current — 3. Warm current in the Pacific Ocean
D. Florida current — 4. Cold current in the Pacific Ocean

#50. Which of the following statements regarding hurricanes is/are correct?
1. They develop over the ocean between 80 — 150 N.
2. They are almost absent in the South Atlantic Ocean.
3. They do not develop close to the equator.
Select the correct answer using the code given below




#51. Which of the following straits is not in Asia?

#52. What is the other name for the equatorial rain farests?

#53. The Great Barrier Reef is located in which country?

#54. In which one of the following countries is the volcano ‘Guallatiri” located?

#55. The Island of Honshu is located in which one of the following countries?




#56. The pacific Islands from new Guinea South East-wards tothe Fiji Islands’ group is called

#57. Which among the following pairs are correct?
1.Cirque and Col — Glacial topography
2.Barchans and Yardangs — Desert topography
3.Eddies and Potholes — Fluvial topography
Select the correct answer using the code given below

#58. Match the following
List I (Region) — List II (Characteristic Vegetation)
A. Selvas — 1. Mosses and Lichens
B. Savannas — 2. Epiphytes
C. Tundra — 3. Tropophytes
D. Monsoon lands — 4. Grasses and trees

#59. Which one among the following statement is correct?

#60. Climate change resulting in the rise of temperature may benefit which of the countries/regions?




#61. Which one among the following is not an important factor of climate of an area?

#62. Which one among the following is the type of the Comoros Islands, which lie in the Indian Ocean between Northern Madagascar and the African Coast?

#63. The soil formed by wind dust in and around hot deserts is called

#64. Cordillera in North America is a

#65. Which of the following statements concerning Mediterranean climatic region are correct ?
1. It is found in the latitude range 300 to 450 northern and southern hemisphere
2. The Mediterranean climate experiences extreme temperature conditions.
3. In the Mediterranean climate, rainfall occurs mainly during Summer season
4. Mediterranean climate. rainfall is mainly due to westerlies.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:




#66. Which one of the following is the correct descending order of countries in terms of per capita availability of arable land?

#67. Which one of the following is the correct descending order of countries in terms of per capita availability of arable land?

#68. Which of the following statement(s) concerning natural regions of the world is/are correct ?
1.Equatorial climate regions have less urbanization
2. Mediterranean climatic region have high level of urbanization
3. Equatorial climatic regions have high concentration of human population
4. Mediterranean climate regions practice plantation farming
select the correct answer using the code given below:

#69. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists:
List I (Low-Latitude Climate) — List II (Characteristic)
A.Wet Equatorial — 1. Uniform temperatures mean near 27°C
B. Monsoon and trade wind coastal — 2. Marked temperature cycle with very high temperature before the rainy season
C. Wet-dry tropical — 3. Temperatures show an annual cycle with high temperature in the high Sun season
D. Dry tropical — 4. Strong temperature cycle, with intense temperature during high-Sun season

#70. The following items consist of two statements, Statement I and Statement II. You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the answers to these items using the code given below:
Statement l: Chemical weathering proc:esses are found more active in hot and humid environments.
Statement II: High temperature and rainfall help the process of decomposition of rocks.




#71. The Faroe is a group of islands lying in the Atlantic Ocean between Scotland and Iceland. This island group is also known as

#72. The rigid lithospheric slabs are known as ‘Plates’. What would be the result, if the oceanic plate collides with the continental plate?
1. Oceanic plate is forced below the continental plate.
2. Continental plate is forced below the oceanic plate.
3. Continental and oceanic plates never collide.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:

#73. The ‘Ring of Fire’ is associated with
1. Earthquake
2.Volcanoes
3.Pacific Ocean
4.Forestres
Choose your answer with the help of codes given below :

#74. Which of the following are cold ocean currents?
1. Humboldt current
2. Brazil currently
3. Oyashio
4. Canary current
Select the correct answer from the codes given below :

#75. Which one of the following is a warm ocean current?




#76. Which of the following seas has the highest salinity?

#77. Match List –I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists :
List – I (River) — List – II (Dam)
A. Colorado — 4. Hoover
B. Damodar — 3. Panchet
C. Nile — 1. Aswan
D. Zambezi 2. Kariba

#78. Match List –I with List – II and select the correct answer using the codes given below :
List – I — List – II
A. Bushfires — 1. U.S.A.
B. Hurricanes — 2. Australia
C. Typhoons — 3. Philippines
D. Baguio — 4. China

#79. Which of the following temperate grasslands are found in Eurasia?

#80. Which one of the following is the highest volcanic mountain of the world?




#81. Which pair amongst the following is not correctly matched?

#82. Match List – I with List –II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists :
List – I (Volcano) — List – II (Country)
A. Sabancaya — 1. Italy
B. Mount Etna — 2. Peru
C. Colima — 3. Indonesia
D. Merapi — 4. Mexico

#83. Which one of the following countries has the longest coastal line?

#84. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

#85. The largest river of Asia is—




#86. Which one of the following continents was not a part of Gondwana Land?

#87. Which of the following is not correctly matched? Desert Country

#88. Which one of the following continents has all types of climatic zones?

#89. What does ‘ITCZ’ mean?

#90. Match the List-I and List-II and choose the correct code given below:
List-I (Plateau) — List-II (Country)
A. Pamir — 1. Australia
B. Kimberley — 2. Spain
C. Meseta — 3. Tajikistan
D. Yukon — 4. Canada




#91. Which is the largest riverine Islands of the World?

#92. The ‘Patagonian Desert’ is situated in—

#93. At what altitude are Alpine forests found?

#94. Which of the following is not a major plate of the world?

#95. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the codes given below:
Assertion (A) Land surface is heated more quickly and to a greater extent than the water surface subjected to equal amount Of insolation.
Reason (R) The land is opaque while water is transparent to solar radiation.




#96. Stromboli is a/an—

#97. Huangpu river flows through which one of the following cities?

#98. ‘Palk Strait’ is a narrow channel of sea between—

#99. Severe tropical typhoon ‘Nida’ in (August 2016) hit the city of Shenzhen in—

#100. Which one of the following processes is responsible for the weathering of rocks in a Karst region?




#101. The term panplane refers to—

#102. Which one of the following deserts is famous for the deposits of Nitrates?

#103. Maximum Coastal erosion is caused by—

#104. Which of the following statements is correct about cryosphere?

#105. Which of the following is not correctly matched?




#106. Summer rains in Australia broadly decreases from—

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