World Geography MCQs

112. The low latitude zone of globe extends between

A. Tropic of Capricorn and Cancer
B. North pole to South pole
C. Tropic of Capricorn and equator
D. Equator and Tropic of Cancer
✅ The correct answer is option A.
The low latitude zone of globe extends between Tropic of Capricorn and Cancer.

113. The unit of the light year is used for measuring

A. speed of satellites
B. speed of ships
C. distance between bodies in the universe
D. speed of rockets
✅ The correct answer is option C.
A light year is a way of measuring distance. That doesn’t make much sense because “light year” contains the word “year,” which is normally a unit of time. Even so, light years measure distance. You are used to measuring distances in either inches/feet/miles or centimeters/meters/kilometers, depending on where you live.

114. The moon orbits the earth at a mean distance approximately

A. 0.384 million km
B. 149.6 million km
C. 579 million km
D. 227.9 million km
✅ The correct answer is option A.
The moon orbits Earth at a mean distance of just over 384,000km. The moon’s orbit around Earth is also slightly eccentric – at perigee (its closest distance to Earth), it’s a little over 362,500km from Earth, while at apogee (furthest from Earth), it is almost 405,500km away.

115. The tunnel that connects France and Italy is

A. St. Gothard road tunnel
B. Mont Blane tunnel
C. Mersey (Queens way) tunnel
D. Orange Fish rivers tunnel
✅ The correct answer is option B.
The tunnel that connects France and Italy isMont Blane tunnel.

117. The term ‘regur’ refers to

A. deltaic alluvial soils
B. lateral soils
C. black cotton soils
D. red and yellow soils
✅ The correct answer is option C.
The term ‘regur’ refers to black cotton soil.

119. The southernmost part of the world is

A. Cape of Good Hope, Africa
B. Cape of Horn, South America
C. Colombo, Sri Lanka
D. Wellington, New Zealand
✅ The correct answer is option B.
The southernmost part of the world is Cape of Horn, South America.

120. The relative abundance of dissolved salts in seawater in descending order is as follows

A. chlorine, sodium, sulphate, magnesium, calcium, potassium
B. sodium, chlorine, magnesium, potassium, sulphate, calcium
C. chlorine, magnesium, calcium, sodium, potassium, sulphate
D. chlorine, sodium, magnesium, calcium, potassium, sulphate
✅ The correct answer is option A.
The relative abundance of dissolved salts in seawater in descending order is chlorine, sodium, sulphate, magnesium, calcium, potassium.
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