261. The temperature increases rapidly after
A. ionosphere
B. exosphere
C. stratosphere
D. troposphere
✅ The correct answer is option A.
World Geography MCQs
262. The main percentage of the volume of water in the hydrosphere is in
A. oceans and seas
B. groundwater, rivers and streams
C. glaciers and ice sheets
D. freshwater lakes and water vapours
✅ The correct answer is option A.
263. The smallest glaciers are
A. mountain or alpine glaciers
B. continental glaciers
C. piedmont glaciers
D. None of the above
✅ The correct answer is option A.
264. The slow down slope movement of soil and sediment because of frost heaving and thawing is called
A. solifluction
B. gelifluction
C. frost creep
D. rockfall
✅ The correct answer is option C.
265. The subatomic particles arriving from outer space having high energy are called
A. protons
B. electrons
C. cosmic rays
D. None of the above
✅ The correct answer is option C.
266. The river Sutlej, on which the Bhakra Dam has been built, originates from
A. a spring in Vering
B. near Bara Lacha Pass in Lahul
C. Rakas lake in Tibet
D. Mansarovar lake
✅ The correct answer is option C.
267. The major control over the form of the developing slope is exerted by
A. inputs to the hill slope
B. outputs from the hill slope
C. balance between inputs and outputs from the hill slope system
D. None of the above
✅ The correct answer is option C.
268. The major crops found in Sudan are
A. rice, barley, bananas, cocoa
B. maize, cotton, bananas, groundnut
C. bajra, oats, tobacco
D. wool, wine, jute
✅ The correct answer is option B.
269. The longest era of the classification of the history of earth is
A. Cainozoic era
B. Pre-Cambrian era
C. Palaeozoic era
D. Mesozoic era
✅ The correct answer is option B.
270. The time interval from when the given star passes directly overhead to when it next passed directly overhead, is defined as
A. one sidereal day
B. one solar day
C. both the terms are similar, so any of these may be used
D. None of the above
✅ The correct answer is option A.