Top 550+ Solved Fundamentals of World Geography MCQ Questions Answer

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Q. The number of women per thousand men is called

a. men-women ratio

b. sex ratio

c. relative density

d. manage ratio

  • b. sex ratio

Q. The population of India has of late been growing very fast because

a. not enough attention has been paid to methods of population control

b. the death rate has been dropping on account of better medical and health facilities

c. the birth rate has continuously been increasing

d. industrialization has provided a fillip to growth of population

  • b. the death rate has been dropping on account of better medical and health facilities

Q. Which or the following is the longest mountain range?

a. The Himalayas

b. The Rockies

c. The Andes

d. The Caucasus

  • c. The Andes

Q. Rubber is the coagulated Juice or latex or an equatorial treecalled

a. Ebony

b. Mahogany

c. Cinchona

d. Hevea

  • d. Hevea

Q. Humidity in the air is measured in a

a. barometer

b. electrometer

c. hygrometer

d. hydrometer

  • c. hygrometer

Q. Which is the world's largest river?

a. The Nile

b. The Amazon

c. The Brahmaputra

d. The Mississippi and Missouri

  • b. The Amazon

Q. The winter snow-house or Eskimos is known as

a. Yurt

b. Tupic

c. Igloo

d. Tent

  • c. Igloo

Q. Where are most or the Earth's active volcanoes concentratedat present?

a. South America

b. Africa

c. Pacific Ocean

d. Europe

  • c. Pacific Ocean

Q. The palace of origin of an earthquake is called

a. seismographic zone

b. perimeter

c. epicentre

d. seismic focus

  • d. seismic focus

Q. What does the machine tool industry produce?

a. It produces tools for the repair of machines

b. It produces machines with a high component of precision tools

c. It produces machines which can be used by other industries for the production of their finished goods

d. None of these

  • c. It produces machines which can be used by other industries for the production of their finished goods

Q. In spite of the very high temperature at the Earth's centre, the inner core is not in a molten state because the

a. core has a very high melting point

b. core is full of gases

c. great pressure at the centre raises the melting point of the rocks

d. core is impervious to heat

  • c. great pressure at the centre raises the melting point of the rocks

Q. The meeting or warm and cold currents in the ocean lives rise to

a. frost

b. rain

c. fog

d. cloud-burst

  • c. fog

Q. The actual amount or moisture contained in the air is knownas

a. relative humidity

b. moisture content

c. dew point

d. absolute humidity

  • d. absolute humidity

Q. Tropical rain forests appear in which or the following regions?

a. Australia, New Zealand and Fiji Islands

b. North and South of the Congo Basin

c. Central America and Guinea Coast

d. South America and South Africa

  • b. North and South of the Congo Basin
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