CSS Geography Questions & Answers - Part-2 - Set 8

1)   Area of Atlantic ocean is:

a. 31,660/000 square miles
b. 32,060/000 square miles
c. 32/760/000 square miles
d. 32,960/000 square miles
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 31,660/000 square miles

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


2)   Average depth of Indian ocean is:

a. 14760 feet
b. 13760 feet
c. 12760 feet
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 12760 feet

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


3)   Carlsberge Ridge lies in:

a. Pacific ocean
b. Atlantic ocean
c. Indian ocean
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Indian ocean

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


4)   Area of Indian ocean is:

a. 26,400/000 square miles
b. 27,400,000 square miles
c. 28/400/000 square miles
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 28/400/000 square miles

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


5)   The deepest point of Indian ocean:

a. South Sandwich Trench
b. Java Trench
c. Mariana Trench
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Java Trench

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


6)   The lines which join the points of same salinity in ocean are called:

a. Isobars
b. Isohytes
c. Isohalines
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Isohalines

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


7)   Density of sea water ______ with increasing salinity:

a. Increases
b. Decreases
c. Remains constant
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Increases

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


8)   Difference in salinity is one of the reasons of:

a. Cyclones
b. Sea waves
c. Ocean currents
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Ocean currents

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


9)   Maps of small areas are called:

a. Small scale maps
b. Large scale maps
c. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Large scale maps

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


10)   Maps of large areas are called:

a. Lage scale maps
b. Small scale maps
c. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Small scale maps

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


11)   If we are to show a particular climate on a map, we will use:

a. Isoplethmap
b. Dot map
c. Choropleth map
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Choropleth map

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


12)   The lines which are used to connect points of equal elevation are called:

a. Isohyets
b. Isohalines
c. Isobars
d. contours
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: contours

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


13)   In order to show the surface features of an area, we use:

a. Choropleth maps
b. Isoplethmaps
c. Topographical
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Topographical

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


14)   The technique of detecting the nature of 'an object from a distance is called:

a. Colour imagery
b. Remote Sensing
c. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Remote Sensing

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


15)   Continental shelf is a :

a. Sea floor with ocean deep
b. Ocean deeps with considerable depth
c. Sea ward extension of continental land
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Sea ward extension of continental land

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


16)   The depth of Mariana Trench is:

a. 34,500 feet
b. 33,500 feet
c. 29/028 feet
d. 36,000 feet
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 36,000 feet

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


17)   Rice farming differs greatly from wheat farming with respect to:

a. Water requirements
b. Soil type
c. Relief feature
d. Farm attention
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Water requirements

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


18)   The highest paid sugar-cane plantation workers in the world are found in Queensland, Australia because the:

a. Cost of living in Queensland is the highest in Australia
b. Workers live in developed economies
c. Workers have to work for long hours
d. Risk of sunstroke in plantations is very great
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Workers live in developed economies

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


19)   Successful cotton cultivation depends on the following except:

a. 200 frost free days
b. Sufficient rain coming in frequent showers
c. Constantly high temperature of over 27?C
d. Sunny weather during picking
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Constantly high temperature of over 27?C

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


20)   Truck farming refers to:

a. Commercial livestock farming in steppes
b. Greenhouse farming in New Zealand
c. Growing of vegetables in Atlantic U.S.
d. Growing of citrus fruit in Europe
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Growing of vegetables in Atlantic U.S.

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


21)   To speed up the process of crop maturity as well as strengthening of roots, farmers use:

a. Nitrate
b. Phosphate
c. Potash
d. Calcium
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Phosphate

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


22)   Which of the following major vegetable oils of the world is excelling in production per annum:

a. Palm oil
b. Cotton read oil
c. Coconut oil
d. Soya bean oil
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Soya bean oil

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


23)   Yugoslavian coast is a typical example of:

a. A Ria coast
b. Fiord coast
c. Dalmation coast
d. An estuarine coast
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: A Ria coast

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


24)   The shape of the coastline is changing continuously. Its rate of change depends on the following except:

a. Tilt of the earth
b. Structure of rocks
c. Gradient of coast
d. Action of tides and currents
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Tilt of the earth

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


25)   The number of dots on a location map is usually fewer than on a dot map which shows:

a. Qualitative distribution
b. Quantitative distribution
c. Both a and b
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Quantitative distribution

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


26)   In Britain population is published on:

a. County basis
b. Average basis
c. Parish basis
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Parish basis

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


27)   While drawing dot maps, we should take into consideration:

a. Weather
b. Area
c. None of above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: None of above

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


28)   Statistical maps are associated with:

a. Dot maps and diagram maps
b. Density maps and isoline maps
c. All of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All of the above

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


29)   Isoline maps are associated with:

a. Surface charts
b. Statistical maps
c. Both a and b
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Statistical maps

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


30)   A chart containing the record of changes in weather elements during 24 hours is known as:

a. Change chart
b. Constant pressure chart
c. Both a and b
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Change chart

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


31)   Dew point temperature is associated with:

a. Upper air chart
b. Surface air chart
c. Constant pressure chart
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Constant pressure chart

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


32)   Upper air charts are now used only by countries of:

a. Central Asian region
b. South Asian region
c. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: South Asian region

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


33)   The wind direction and speed recorded at upper air charts' are required for:

a. Study of weather map
b. Aviation purpose
c. Both a&b
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Both a&b

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


34)   Kurosiwo current flows from:

a. North to South
b. South to North
c. East to West
d. West to East
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: South to North

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


35)   Kurosiwo is a:

a. Cold current
b. Warm current
c. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Warm current

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


36)   North Pacific drift strikes the western coast of Canada at:

a. Vancouver
b. Toranto
c. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Vancouver

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


37)   Kuril current is caused:

a. Under the influence of trades
b. Under the influence of westerlies
c. Under the influence of polar easterlies
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Under the influence of polar easterlies

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


38)   Which model of urban settlement considers the city core in terms of transporation avenues:

a. Concentric ring model
b. Sector model
c. Multiple Nuclei model
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Sector model

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


39)   Which model of urban settlement considers the relationship of different parts of the city to the city Centre:

a. Concentric ring model
b. Sector model
c. Multiple Nuclei model
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Multiple Nuclei model

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


40)   Which model of urban settlement exphasize the central zone and how distance from it influences land use and social use of space:

a. Concentric ring model
b. Sector model
c. Multiple Nuclei model
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Concentric ring model

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


41)   The phenomenon of urban heat Island was first discovered by Luke Howard for London in:

a. 18SOA.D.
b. 1881A.D.
c. 1882 A.D.
d. 1883
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 1883

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


42)   Central Place Theory was first presented by Walter Christaller in:

a. 1939
b. 1934
c. 1935
d. 1930
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 1935

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


43)   Centrally Planned Economies:

a. China and Ex-Soviet Unior economies
b. Middle East economies
c. Western European economies
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: China and Ex-Soviet Unior economies

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


44)   Workers in the primary economic activities

a. Blue-collar work force
b. Pink-collar work force
c. Red-collar work force
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Red-collar work force

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


45)   Percentage of red-Collar work force in United States:

a. 10%
b. 20%
c. 30%
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 10%

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


46)   Workers ill the secondary economic activities are called:

a. Pink-collar work force
b. Blue-collar work force
c. Red-collar work force
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Blue-collar work force

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


47)   Workers in the tertiary economic activities are called:

a. Pink-collar work force
b. Blue-collar work force
c. Red-collar work force
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Pink-collar work force

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


48)   Workers in quaternary services are called:

a. Blue-collar work force
b. Gold-collar work force
c. White-collar work force
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: White-collar work force

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


49)   High order Research, Analysis and Management services comi under title of:

a. White-collar work jobs
b. Gold-collar work jobs
c. Pink-collar work jobs
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Gold-collar work jobs

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


50)   The main area of Primitive subsistence agriculture:

a. North America
b. South America
c. Middle East
d. Central Africa
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Central Africa

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!