Quiz on Geography Set 56

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Quiz on Geography Set 56 :

Question 1 : 

During the monsoon season rainfall decreases from the Ganga delta to the Punjab plains. It is because:
A. monsoon current moves westward along the Ganga plain and becomes drier
B. western regions are warmer than the eastern region
C. hills do not form barriers for winds
D. the area is far away from the sea

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Correct Ans: Option A

Question 2 : 

The extreme of temperature between summer and winter is quite low in southern part of Peninsular India mainly because:
A. the adjoining oceans moderate the temperature
B. the sky is generally cloudy
C. The sun's rays are almost vertical throughout the year
D. strong winds flow throughout the year

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Correct Ans: Option A

Question 3 : 

Which one of the following types of vegetation is referred as Monsoon forest?
A. Tropical Dry-evergreen forests
B. Tropical Moist-deciduous forests
C. Tropical Semi-evergreen forests
D. Tropical Dry-deciduous forests

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Correct Ans: Option B

Question 4 : 

Which one of the following statements is wrong regarding the "Norwesters" of Bengal?
A. It is caused due to strong surface heating
B. It originates in the Chhotanagpur plateau region
C. It is a kind of thunderstorm
D. None of the above

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Correct Ans: Option D

Question 5 : 

The average annual temperature of a meteorological station is 26°C, its average annual rainfall is 63 cm and the annual range of temperature is 9°C. The station in question is :
A. Allahabad
B. Chennai
C. Cherapunji
D. Kolkata

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Correct Ans: Option B

Question 6 : 

For short-term climatic predictions, which one of the following events, detected in the last decade, is associated with occasional weak monsoon rains in the Indian sub-continent?
A. La Nina
B. Movement of jet streams
C. El Nino and southern oscillations
D. Green-house effect on global level

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Correct Ans: Option C

Question 7 : 

The most important commercial forests of India are:
A. tropical evergreen
B. tropical deciduous
C. coniferous
D. mangrove

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Correct Ans: Option B

Question 8 : 

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
A. Flood-prone area: North Bihar Plain
B. Drought-prone area: Kalahandi district of Orissa
C. Seismic zone: Himalayan region
D. Landslide zone: Chhotanaqpur plateau

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Correct Ans: Option D

Question 9 : 

The wet hill forest are found in the:
A. Aravallis
B. Mahadev Hills
C. Nilgiris
D. Satpura Hills

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Correct Ans: Option C

Question 10 : 

With reference to India, which one of the following statements is not correct?
A. About one-third of the area of the country records more than 750 millimetres of annual rainfall.
B. The dominant source of irrigation in the country is wells
C. Alluvial soil is the predominant type of soil in the northern plains of the country
D. The mountain areas account for about thirty percent of the surface area of the country

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Correct Ans: Option D

Quiz Summary

Here the correct answers of every question in this quiz.

Q.1 [A],     Q.2 [A],     Q.3 [B],     Q.4 [D],     Q.5 [B],     Q.6 [C],     Q.7 [B],     Q.8 [D],     Q.9 [C],     Q.10 [D],    


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