Geography Questions and Answers - Set 1 | Geography Solved Multiple Choice Questions(MCQs)

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1 The concept of geosynctive was propounded by :

1 Holmes

2 James Hutton

3 Hall and Dana

4 J.W. Powell

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Answer:Hall and Dana

2 The term ‘Cosmography’ was coined and divided into ‘Uranography’ and Geography by :

1 Ritter

2 Peschal

3 Humboldt

4 Verinious

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Answer: Humboldt

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3 Ice Crystal Theory related to precipitation was postulated by :

1 Muir

2 Darwin

3 Bergeron

4 Boven

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Answer:Bergeron

4 The subsidence theory related to the coral reef was propounded by :

1 Davis

2 Darwin

3 Dally

4 Dana

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Answer:Darwin

5 Gutenberg discontinuity is found between the :

1 Crust and mantle

2 Mantle and Core

3 Upper Core and Lower Core

4 Upper mantle and lower mantle

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Answer:Mantle and Core

6 The concept of panplain was propagated by :

1 C.A. Cotton

2 Von Rithofen

3 Crickmay

4 Alfred Von Wegener

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Answer: Crickmay

7 The direction of a horizontal line on an inclined rock strata is termed as :

1 Strike

2 Dip

3 Anticline

4 Free face

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Answer: Strike

8 Which one of the following scholars is the proponent of the turbidity Current Theory on origin of submarine Canyons ?

1 Salin

2 Gregory

3 Daly

4 Harry Hen

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Answer: Daly

9 Paternoster lakes are :

1 Lakes formed on glacial stairways

2 Lakes having volcanic origin

3 Lakes formed by a shallow stretch of water caused by sea erosion

4 Crescent shaped lakes formed due to cut-off of a river meander

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Answer:Lakes formed on glacial stairways

10 “The present in the key to the past.” This phrase is related to the concept of :

1 Isostasy

2 Diastrophism

3 Plate tectonics

4 Uniformatarianism

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Answer: Uniformatarianism

11 Which one of the following instrument is used for determination of degree of stability or instability of an air parcel ?

1 Viscometer

2 Radiosondes

3 SONAR

4 pH meter

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Answer:Radiosondes

12 Which one of the following types of plate boundaries and motions are exemplified by the San Andreas fault of California ?

1 Transform boundary with Sinistral motion

2 Transform boundary with dextral motion

3 Divergent boundary with sinistral motion

4 Convergent boundary with dextral motion

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Answer: Transform boundary with dextral motion

13 Which one of the following latitudes is known as the ‘Calms of Cancer’ ?

1 66½8 S

2 66½8 N

3 258 N

4 258 S

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Answer: 258 N

14 The American climatologist C.W. Thornthwaite revised the scheme of the classification of world climates in which one of the following years ?

1 1931

2 1934

3 1941

4 1948

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Answer:1948

15 Which one of the followings is the main source for a vast reservoir of relatively inert nitrogen in homosphere ?

1 Volcanic activities

2 Fossil fuel burning

3 Acid rain

4 Global Warming

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Answer:Volcanic activities

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