Land and Sea breezes are basically caused by:
A.Temperature variations in summer and winter
B.Differential heating between land and sea
C.Convergence of warm and cold currents
D.None of these
Category: Important Geography MCQs
When stalactite and stalagmite join they form:
A.Travertine terraces’
B.Galleries
C.Pillars
D.None of these
A geyser is best described as:
A.Pool of hot water
B.An explosion Volanic Vapour
C.A fountain of superheated steam
D.A thermal stream
Loess is wind-blown dust. That is deposited outside the desert limits. It is also known by other names but not by the name:
A.Serir
B.Lunon
C.Adobe
D.Huangtu
Salt wedging is:
A.Chemical weathering
B.Physical weathering
C.None of these
Dew point is reached at the temperature at which:
A.Condensation begins
B.Saturation takes place
C.Freezing takes place
Springs occur in the following areas except:
A.Where a dyke or sill of impermeable rock intrudes through permeable rocks
B.Along Fiords coasts where glaciers terminate
C.Where permeable and impermeable rocks alternate in areas of tilted strata
D.In limestone and chalk escarpments
Isohytes stand for lines joining places of equal
A.Height
B.Rainfall
C.Salinity
Winter precipitation in the arctic lands is mainly in the form of:
A.Sleet
B.Rainfall
C.Snow
D.Hailstones
The point where a big river catches all the water of small river through its tributary is called:
A.Caching point
B.River Piracy
C.River ending
