How are heights of land expressed?
A.In miles
B.In inches
C.In kilometres
D.In feet or metres above the sea level.
Category: General Geography Mcqs
What do isobars indicate?
A.The atmospheric pressure in a particular area.
B.Rainfall in different places.
C.Wind strengths in several areas.
D.Places with the same temperature.
How many degrees north and south are the Tropics?
A.47 degrees
B.23.5 degrees
C.12 degrees
D.30 degrees
What have the Sirocco, Fohn and Mistral in common?
A.All are Mediterranean towns.
B.All are European mountain ranges.
C.All are mediterranean currents.
D.All are strong winds, the effect of local conditions.
What happens in land that is in the rain shadow?
A.It gets no rain, because the rains are cut off by high mountains at one edge of the land.
B.It gets very heavy rain during most of the year.
C.The skies above are always cloudy.
D.The winds blow much less in these parts.
What have Humboldt, Benguela and Kuro Siwo in common?
A.All are ocean currents.
B.All are African cities.
C.All are great explorers.
D.All are mountain peaks.
Which continent doesn’t have a permanent population?
A.South America
B.Africa
C.Australasia
D.Antarctica
Which is the busiest ocean of the world in normal times?
A.Pacific
B.Atlantic
C.Indian
D.Arctic
What do you call a narrow neck neck of land that connects two larger landmasses?
A.Peninsula
B.Isthmus
C.Cape
D.Strait
What is loess?
A.A kind of alluvial soil
B.The fine sand found in the desert.
C.The sand the Mediterranean winds blow up.
D.A fine dust that covers the land in interior China.
