world geography mcq questions and answers for competitive exams

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16.
The Plio-Pleistocene boundary lies about years ago, at the beginning of the interval of warming after the last Pleistocene glaciations.

a
1,00,000
b
1,000
c
10,000
d
100

17.
The largest glaciers are

a
continental glaciers
b
mountain glaciers
c
alpine glaciers
d
piedmont glaciers

18.
The Pyrenees mountains are located on the border between and

a
Romania, Bulgaria
b
Norway, Sweden
c
Hungary, Romania
d
France, Spain

19.
The largest country of the world by geographical area is

a
Russia
b
Vatican City
c
Australia
d
USA

20.
Black-sea is in?

a
South-Eastern-America
b
Australia
c
South-Eastern-Europe
d
North-America

21.
The transport of warm air toward the poles and cold air toward the equator is due to

a
the temperature gradient
b
the development of waves
c
the latitude difference
d
the longitude difference

22.
The Ice age ended about years ago.

a
140
b
1,400
c
14,000
d
140,000

23.
The highest and lowest values of a weather element observed over the entire period of record are

a
extremes
b
average extremes
c
absolute extremes
d
relative extremes

24.
The sidereal month may be defined as

a
the period in which the moon completes an orbit around the earth
b
the period in which the moon completes an orbit around the earth and returns to the same positions in the sky
c
the period of rotation of moon
d
None of the above

25.
The highest average salinity amongst the following seas is reported from

a
Dead Sea
b
Red Sea
c
Black Sea
d
Mediterranean Sea

26.
Taungup Pass is a mountain corridor connecting India with

a
Afghanistan
b
China
c
Pakistan
d
Myanmar

27.
The plants grown in equatorial regions include

a
wheat, barley, maize
b
evergreen dense forests, rubber trees, groundnuts
c
groundnuts, soyabeens, potatoes
d
evergreen coniferous forests, oats, cocoa

28.
Which mountain range separates Asia and Europe?

a
Ural
b
Alps
c
Rockeys
d
Indies

29.
The pennines (Europe), Appalachians (America) and the Aravallis (India) are examples of

a
young mountains
b
old mountains
c
fold mountains
d
block mountains

30.
The landforms that are influences by several process namely, weathering, erosion, deposition are known as

a
polygenetic landforms
b
structural landforms
c
polycyclic landforms
d
None of the above

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