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World Geography World Geography - Section 2

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Subject: General Knowledge
Topic: World Geography
Exercise: World Geography - Section 2
Questions: 80

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Question 51

The mean basin area of successive ordered streams formed a linear relationship when graphed. This statement is given by

A morph metric analysis

B law of drainage composition

C law of basin areas

D None of the above

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Question 52

The most explosive type of volcano is

A the caldera

B a cinder cone

C basalt plateau

D shield volcanoes

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Question 53

The lowest point, on land, in the world is

A Death valley, USA

B Caspian sea, Russia

C Dead sea, Jordan/Israel

D Lake Eyre, Australia

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Question 54

The low latitude zone of globe extends between

A Tropic of Capricorn and Cancer

B North pole to South pole

C Tropic of Capricorn and equator

D Equator and Tropic of Cancer

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Question 55

The main objective of multi-purpose river projects are

A extension of irrigation facilities by constructing dams to store surplus water during the rainy season, for release in summer

B power generation by constructing hydro power stations

C flood controls and making rivers navigable

D All of the above

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Question 56

The mountains which come into being after the continental drift started, with the break up of the large land mass of pangola are

A young mountains

B old mountains

C volcanic mountains

D fold mountains

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Question 57

The major cause of species extinction is

A agricultural activities

B extraction (including mining, fishing, logging)

C development (human settlements, industry)

D habitat loss and degradation

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Question 58

The major crops found in Sudan are

A rice, barley, bananas, cocoa

B maize, cotton, bananas, groundnut

C bajra, oats, tobacco

D wool, wine, jute

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Question 59

The most pleasant elements i.e. summer temperatures rarely above 40º and winters are fairly mild, occur in the

A tropical mid-latitude zone

B sub-tropical latitude zone

C temperature mid-latitude zone

D sub-temperature latitude zone

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Question 60

The movement of particles by rolling, sliding and shuffling along the eroded surface is called

A saltation

B suspension

C traction

D solution

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