Which water body surrounds the North Pole?
A.Atlantic Ocean
B.Pacific Ocean
C.Indian Ocean
D.Arctic Ocean
Category: General Geography Mcqs
What is the name given to the widened river mouth found at the point in river enters the sea?
A.Estuary
B.Bay
C.Gulf
D.Delta
What do contours on maps indicate?
A.The temperature in different areas.
B.Heights of land above the sea
C.The vegetation in different areas.
D.The different kinds of soil
What are the Doldrums?
A.The Trade Winds
B.Areas of great humidity
C.A low-pressure belt round the Equator where there are very light winds and calm seas.
D.Areas where the seas are calm.
How is density of population usually heasured?
A.Persons per sq. km.
B.The number of people in a country.
C.The number of house holds in a country.
D.The number of births from one census to the next in a country
What common feature do Intermountain, Piedmont, and Continental describe?
A.Types of plateaus
B.Types of soils
C.Types of rocks
D.Types of weather
How are heights of land expressed?
A.In miles
B.In inches
C.In kilometres
D.In feet or metres above the sea level.
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.
