GK Practice Test: Question Set - 21
1. The south temperature zone is a region lying between
- (A) The
Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle
- (B) The
Antarctic Circle and the South Pole
- (C) The
Tropic of Cancer and the tropic of Capricorn
- (D) The
Tropic of Capricorn and the equator
2. The part of continental margin that is structurally a part of continent
- (A) Continental
shelf
- (B) Continental
Slope
- (C) Both (a) and
(b)
- (D) None of the
above
3. The snow line on the northern side of greater Himalayas range about
- (A) 4,500 to
6,000 meters
- (B) 5,500 to
6,000 meters
- (C) 3,500 to
6,000 meters
- (D) None of the
above
4. The variation in the duration of the day and the night is due to earths
- (A) Rotation on
its axis
- (B) Revolution
around the sun
- (C) Inclination
of an angle of 60½ degrees
- (D) Both (a) and
(b)
5. The process that explains the recent changes in the height of sea level in coastal areas of eastern and northern Canada and Scandinavia is
- (A) Isostasy
- (B) Continental
drift
- (C) Plate
tectonics
- (D) None
of the above
6. The study of soils is called
- (A) Geomorphology
- (B) Pedology
- (C) Hydrology
- (D) Biogeography
7. The planets that are called superior planets are
- (A) Mercury,
Venus, Earth, Mars and Jupiter
- (B) Jupiter,
Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto
- (C) Mercury,
Pluto, Venus, Neptune and Earth
- (D) Earth,
Uranus, Mars, Saturn and Jupiter
8. The shallow seas found in the Atlantic basin include the
- (A) Caribbean
Sea and Mediterranean
- (B) Baltic and
Arctic seas
- (C) Gulf of
Mexico
- (D) All of the
above
9. The storms or frontal systems develop where
- (A) Air is
rising
- (B) Atmospheric
pressure is low
- (C) At the
equator and in the mid-latitudes
- (D) All of the
above
10. The obscuring of one celestial body by another, particularly that of the sun or a planetary satellite
- (A) Elliptic
- (B) Ecliptic
- (C) Eclipse
- (D) None of the
above
11. The plants grown in equatorial regions include
- (A) Wheat,
barley, maize
- (B) Evergreen
dense forests, rubber trees, groundnuts
- (C) Groundnuts,
soybeans, potatoes
- (D) Evergreen
coniferous forests, oats, cocoa
12. The process that creates the deep oceanic trenches is called
- (A) Plate
tectonics
- (B) Sea
floor spreading
- (C) Continental
drift
- (D) Isostasy
13. The original landmass, Pongola split into
- (A) Larissa in
the north and Gondwanaland in the south
- (B) Larissa in
the south and Gondwanaland in the north
- (C) Larissa
in the east and Gondwanaland in the west
- (D) Larissa in
the west and Gondwanaland in the east
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