GK Geography 2

1. In northern hemisphere, the wind blowing from the Horse latitude to the Doldrums is called?

a) Westerly wind
b) Trade wind
c) Polar Easterly wind
d) jet stream

2. What is the maximum length of a day on the poles?

a) 12 hours
b) 24 hours
c) 3 months
d) six months

3. Which one of the following latitudes forms a great circle?

a) 00
b) 23 ½ 0
c) 66 ½ 0
d) 900

4. The International Date Line is located in the

a) Pacific Ocean
b) Atlantic ocean
c) Indian ocean
d) Arctic ocean

5. Which one of the following is a volcano located in Italy?

a) Vesuvius
b) Mauna Loa
c) Krakotao
d) Stromboli

6. Dark skin shields the body from the damaging effects of ultraviolet radiations. Therefore which of the following regions are inhabited by people with darker skin?

a) Tropical regions
b) Temperate regions
c) desert regions
d) forest regions

7. Which one of the following is not a form of precipitation?

a) hail
b) snowfall
c) rainfall
d) fog

8. What term is used to refer to the process in which the fertile part of the soil is dissolved in water and washed away?

a) effusing
b) decaying
c) leaching
d) eroding

9. Which one of the following is known as the Pearl City?

a) Cochin
b) Tuticorin
c) Rameswaram
d) Masulippatanam

10. Who was the first navigator who had sailed around the earth and proved that the shape of earth is round?

a) James Cook
b) Ferdinand Magellan
c) Ptolemy
d) Vasco da Gama

Answers

1. Trade wind
2. 6 months
3. 00
4. Pacific Ocean
5. Vesuvius
6. Tropical regions
7. Fog
8. eroding
9. Tuticorin
10. Ferdinand Magellan