381. The number of a topographic map is 47A/16/NW. Its scale must be
A. 1 : 250,000
B. 1 : 100,000
C. 1 : 50,000
D. 1 : 25,000
✅ The correct answer is option D.
World Geography MCQs
382. The shallow seas found in the Atlantic basin include the
A. Caribbean sea and Mediterranean
B. Baltic and Arctic seas
C. Gulf of Mexico
D. All of the above
✅ The correct answer is option D.
383. The process that creates a sub layer, which is white to gray in colour and composes of silica sand in the A horizon is called
A. podsolosation
B. calcification
C. laterisation
D. gleisation
✅ The correct answer is option A.
384. The smallest country of the world is
A. Russia
B. Vatican city
C. Brazil
D. Canada
✅ The correct answer is option B.
385. The study of soils is called
A. geomorphology
B. pedology
C. hydrology
D. biogeography
✅ The correct answer is option B.
386. The two ‘equinoxes’ take place respectively in the months of
A. January and June
B. July and December
C. March and September
D. September and December
✅ The correct answer is option C.
387. The plants grown in equatorial regions include
A. wheat, barley, maize
B. evergreen dense forests, rubber trees, groundnuts
C. groundnuts, soyabeens, potatoes
D. evergreen coniferous forests, oats, cocoa
✅ The correct answer is option B.
388. The region of three W’s that is wheat, wool and wine is
A. mediterranean climatic regions
B. china type climatic regions
C. steppe type climatic regions
D. equatorial regions
✅ The correct answer is option A.
389. The term used to describe the combined effect of all shortwave losses in
A. earth scattering
B. earth radiation
C. earth albedo
D. None of the above
✅ The correct answer is option C.
390. The south temperature zone is a region lying between
A. the Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic circle
B. the Antarctic circle and the South pole
C. the Tropic of Cancer and the tropic of Capricorn
D. the Tropic of Capricorn and the equator
✅ The correct answer is option A.