What is another name for a Highland climate?
A.A Himalayan climate
B.A Scottish climate
C.A Hill climate
D.An Alpine climate
Category: General Geography Mcqs
Which part of the earth is the South Temperate Zone?
A.Between the Equator and the Tropic of Capricorn.
B.Between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle.
C.Between the Equator and the Antarctic Circle.
D.Between the two tropics.
When a high area of land drops steeply, especially into the sea, what is the land formation that results called?
A.Valley
B.Cliff
C.Plain
D.Precipice
What is an oasis and where would you find it?
A.A small area of green and water in a desert.
B.A rich farmland in Asia
C.A desert island in the Pacific.
D.A waterhole in the jungle.
What are those smaller rivers that flow into a large, main river called?
A.Feeders
B.Streams
C.Tributaries
D.Rivulets
What are the Selvas?
A.The forests in the Tropics.
B.Hot, wet equatorial evergreen forests.
C.The jungles of India.
D.The woods in the Iberian peninsula.
Which is the specific feature of the Mercator Projection?
A.It distorts the shape of India.
B.It flattens the world.
C.It makes Australia rectangular.
D.It exaggerates Greenland almost 25 times.
What is significant about the town of Greenwich?
A.The International Date Line passes through it.
B.The 0? (Zero) meridian passes thrrough it and therefore the world sets its time by it.
C.It is at 180? longitude.
D.It is a major horological research centre in Britain.
What are Chernozem soils?
A.Black soils of great fertility – as in the Steppes.
B.Infertile soils.
C.Soils affected by radiation.
D.Soils found in Eastern Europe
In which direction is the Tropic of Capricorn in relation to the Equator?
A.North
B.South
C.East
D.West
