CSS Geography Questions & Answers - Part-2 - Set 3

1)   Barkhans are found in:

a. Glaciated region
b. Karst region
c. Desert region
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Desert region

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


2)   An open mouth of river is termed as:

a. Estuary
b. Delta
c. Distributary
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Estuary

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


3)   Ria shoreline is associates with:

a. Fault
b. Glacier
c. River
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: River

Explanation:
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4)   A glacial depositional feature looking like an inverted boat:

a. Drumin
b. Esker
c. Kame
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Drumin

Explanation:
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5)   Column rising up from the ground in limestone caves:

a. Lacolith
b. Stalactites
c. Stalagmites
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Stalagmites

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


6)   The delta of a river is:

a. The place where river falls in the sea
b. The area drained by river and its distributaries
c. The confluence of two rivers
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: The area drained by river and its distributaries

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


7)   Weathering is:

a. Breaking up of rocks in Situ.
b. Breaking up of rocks when they are being transported.
c. Both
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Breaking up of rocks in Situ.

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


8)   Ceustais:

a. A low flat topped hill
b. A plateau
c. A plain
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: A plateau

Explanation:
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9)   Shale is metamorphosed into

a. Marble
b. Quartz
c. Slate
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Slate

Explanation:
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10)   Anticlines are associated with:

a. Fold mountains
b. Volcanic mountains
c. Residual hills
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Fold mountains

Explanation:
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11)   Most widespread rocks in the world are:

a. Sedimentary rocks
b. Metamorphic rocks
c. Igneous rocks
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Sedimentary rocks

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


12)   Hanging valleys are formed by the action of:

a. Wind
b. Running water
c. Moving ice
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Moving ice

Explanation:
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13)   Temperature

a. Increases towards the interior of the earth.
b. Decreases towards the interior of the earth.
c. Remains constant with increasing depth
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Increases towards the interior of the earth.

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


14)   Seismic waves are the result of:

a. Seismic activity
b. Wind force
c. Land slides
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Seismic activity

Explanation:
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15)   Dandritic pattern of drainage is:

a. Rectangular in shape
b. Radial
c. Like the tree with branches
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Like the tree with branches

Explanation:
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16)   Limestone is metamorphosed into:

a. Slate
b. Quartz
c. Marble
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Marble

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


17)   Moraines are associated with:

a. Valley glaciers
b. Ice-sheets
c. Ice-bergs
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Valley glaciers

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


18)   U-whaped valleys are found in:

a. Arid areas
b. Glaciated areas
c. Karst Region
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Glaciated areas

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


19)   Quartz is a:

a. Mineral
b. Sedimentary rocks
c. Igneous rocks
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Mineral

Explanation:
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20)   Wind gas is associated with:

a. River capture
b. Sand dune
c. Sea wave
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: River capture

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


21)   Shore line developed by the drawing of the glacial valley is:

a. Fjord shore line
b. Natural shore line
c. Ria shore line
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Fjord shore line

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


22)   Ox-bow lakes are formed by the action of:

a. Wind
b. Water
c. Ice
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Water

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


23)   Barkhan is a name of:

a. A Tehsil in Balochistan
b. A creascent shaped sand dune
c. A desert
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: A creascent shaped sand dune

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


24)   Dip of rock is always:

a. At right angle to strike
b. At an angle of 45 to the strike
c. Parallel to strike
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: At right angle to strike

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


25)   The biggest desert on the earth is:

a. Sahara desert
b. Gobi desert
c. Thar desert
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Sahara desert

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


26)   Karst is a limestone region associated with:

a. Greece
b. Itally
c. Yugoslavia
d. None of above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Yugoslavia

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


27)   Stalactite and stalagmite are associated with:

a. Limestone region
b. Tropical region
c. Arid region
d. None of above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Limestone region

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


28)   Moraine is associated with:

a. Glaciated region
b. Volcanic region
c. Arid region
d. None of above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Glaciated region

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


29)   One of the properties of the Mercator's Projection is that it presserves:

a. Shape
b. Area
c. Distance
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Distance

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


30)   An estuary at the mouth of river as a result of:

a. Subsidence
b. River erosion
c. Tidal action
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Tidal action

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


31)   The formation of a plateau is the outcome of:

a. Orogenic movement
b. Continental drift
c. Epeirogenesis movement
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Epeirogenesis movement

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


32)   The middle stage of a river is characterized by

a. Meandering
b. V-Shaped valleys
c. Waterfall
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Meandering

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


33)   Very extensive and unusually thick deposits of loess are found in:

a. North Western Pakistan
b. Eastern Saudi Arabia
c. Northen China
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Northen China

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


34)   Mass wasting is the spontaneous downward movement of rock and its disintegrated material under the influence of:

a. Gravity
b. Running water and wind
c. Glacier
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Gravity

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


35)   The composition of clay loam is such that it has:

a. Equal quantities of clay
b. Preponderance of silt
c. Preponderance of clay
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Preponderance of silt

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


36)   The formation of plateaux is the outcome of:

a. Orogenic movements
b. Continental drift
c. Epeirogenesis movement
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Continental drift

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


37)   The middle stage of a river is characterised by:

a. Meandering
b. V-shaped valleys
c. Waterfall
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Meandering

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


38)   Cliff is formed as a result of:

a. Water
b. Wind
c. Sea erosion
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Wind

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


39)   A glaciated region is characterized by:

a. Meandering
b. U-Shaped valleys
c. Sand dunes
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: U-Shaped valleys

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


40)   The lower stage of stream is marked by:

a. Folood plain
b. V-Shaped valley
c. Waterfall
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Folood plain

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


41)   Counter equatorial current is present in:

a. Pacific ocean
b. Atlantic ocean
c. Both of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Both of these

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


42)   Reversal of ocean current in winter:

a. Indian ocean north of equator
b. North Atlantic ocean
c. South pacific ocean
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Indian ocean north of equator

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


43)   Spring tides take place at :

a. New moon
b. First quarter of the moon
c. Third quarter of the moon
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: New moon

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


44)   Kuroshio is a surface current of:

a. The Indian ocean
b. The pacific ocean
c. The Atlantic ocean
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: The pacific ocean

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


45)   The protion of the ocean floor closest to the land is known as:

a. Continental Shelf
b. Ocean deep
c. Continental slope
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Continental Shelf

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


46)   High tides are experienced at:

a. New moon
b. Full moon
c. Both
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Full moon

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


47)   Girdle of fire surrounds the:

a. Pacific ocean
b. Indian ocean
c. Atlantic ocean
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Pacific ocean

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


48)   Continental shelf is the:

a. Shallow water zone between the continental slope and deep ocean floor.
b. Water zone off the coast.
c. Deep water zone in the mid ocean
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Water zone off the coast.

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


49)   High salinity in the sea result from:

a. High temperature
b. Low temperature
c. Enclosed Seas
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Enclosed Seas

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


50)   The portion of floor skirting the land is called:

a. Continental shelf
b. Continental slope
c. Harbor
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Continental shelf

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!