A. shelter belts
B. agroforests
C. wind breaks
D. social forests
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Physical Geography MCQs
Mangrove forests occur in –
A. high mountains
B. snowy plains
C. coastal swamps
D. interior plateaus
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Evergreen rain forest is mainly found in regions having well distributed annual rainfall –
A. Below 50 cm
B. 50-100 cm
C. 100-200 cm
D. More than 200 cm
✅ The correct answer is option D.
The deflection of the winds to the right in the northern hemisphere is caused by :
A. revolution of the earth
B. rotation of the earth
C. uneven heating of the earth
D. All the above
✅ The correct answer is option B.
The rhythmic rise and fall of ocean water twice in a day called –
A. Tide
B. Ocean current
C. Wave
D. Water cycle
✅ The correct answer is option A.
The solar radiation coming to Earth is called –
A. Radiant energy
B. Insolation
C. Sunshine
D. Terrestrial radiation
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Which of the following winds is called anti-trade wind? (1)
A. Chinook
B. Cyclone
C. Typhoon
D. Westerlies
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Which of the following reasons is responsible for lack of vegetation in the deserts?
A. Heavy volume of sands
B. Absence of B-horizon in the soil
C. High temperature
D. Lack of rainfall
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Solar energy is received by the earth through –
A. conduction
B. radiation
C. convection
D. refraction
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Atmospheric temperature increasing at the higher altitudes is called –
A. Radiation
B. Inversion
C. Conduction
D. Convection
✅ The correct answer is option B.