The chief source of water is
A.Well water
B.River water
C.Sea water
D.Rain water
Category: Physical Geography Mcqs
What does ‘Roaring forties’ refer to?
A.The tract of stormy westerly winds between latitudes 20-30? S
B.Whirl winds caused in Atlantic Ocean
C.The region between latitudes 40 and 50? S where the prevailing westerly winds blow over the open oceans with great regularity and strength
D.None of these
A meridian is
A.The circle of the earth passing through the poles and a point on the Earth’s surface
B.The distance between the Earth and the Moon
C.The axis around circle of the earth away from the equator towards the poles
D.The latitudinal circle of the earth away from the equator towards the poles
The moon is a
A.Satellite
B.Meteorite
C.Planet
D.Star
A piece of land surrounded by water from all sides in an ocean, sea, lake or river, is called
A.Estuary
B.An island
C.Peninsula
D.None of these
The Roaring Forties of the Southern Oceans are associated with
A.Frequent tornadoes
B.Seasonal monsoons
C.Uninterrupted Westerlies
D.Hurricanes
The transitional zone between the troposphere and the stratosphere is called
A.Stratopause
B.Tropopause
C.Either Tropopause or Stratopause
D.None of these
When do spring tides occur?
A.Twice a month
B.At full moon or new moon
C.During the summer
D.During the spring season
Anticyclones are so-called because
A.They are systems of divergence and outflow of air
B.They have no pressure gradient
C.They move in a direction opposite to that of cyclones
D.They destroy the cyclonic conditions.
Which is the place of the highest elevation in Africa?
A.Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) 5895 meters
B.Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) 5869 meters
C.Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) 5812 meters
D.None of the above
