A. agricultural activities
B. extraction (including mining, fishing, logging)
C. development (human settlements, industry)
D. habitat loss and degradation
✅ The correct answer is option D.
World Geography MCQs
The underlying cause of bio diversity loss is
A. poverty and unsustainable development projects
B. macroeconomic policies
C. international trade factors
D. All of the above
✅ The correct answer is option D.
The variation in the duration of the day and the night is due to earth’s
A. rotation on its axis
B. revolution around the sun
C. inclination of an angle of 60(1/2) degrees
D. both (a) and (b)
✅ The correct answer is option D.
The southern Deccan area is in a rain shadow and receives only
A. 50 to 1000 mm of rainfall a year
B. 100 to 200 mm of rainfall a year
C. 200 to 400 mm of rainfall a year
D. 50 to 400 mm of rainfall a year
✅ The correct answer is option A.
The southern Deccan area is in a “rain shadow” and receives only fifty to 1,000 millimeters of rainfall a year. Temperature ranges are wide–from some 15°C to 38°C–making this one of India’s most comfortable climatic areas.
The southern Deccan area is in a “rain shadow” and receives only fifty to 1,000 millimeters of rainfall a year. Temperature ranges are wide–from some 15°C to 38°C–making this one of India’s most comfortable climatic areas.
The tropical cyclones with maximum sustained surface winds of 33 ms are called
A. tropical depressions
B. tropical storms
C. hurricane
D. None of the above
✅ The correct answer is option C.
The process that explains the recent changes in the height of sea level in coastal areas of eastern and northern Canada and Scandinavi is
A. isostasy
B. continental drift
C. plate tectonics
D. None of the above
✅ The correct answer is option A.
The model which explains the various types of igneous rocks
A. rock cycle
B. Bowens reaction series
C. both are similar terms
D. None of the above
✅ The correct answer is option B.
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.
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.
Which of the following is an inland sea?
A. Caribbean sea
B. Caspian sea
C. Red sea
D. Yellow sea
✅ The correct answer is option B.