Important Geography Quiz 1
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Which of the following towns is situated at the highest altitude?
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Where is the coldest place in the world situated?
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Name the instrument used for measuring humidity
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The speed of rotation of the earth is the highest
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One of the country through which equator passes is?
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Which country is known as Thunderbolt of Asia?
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Upto about 50 km from the surface of earth the atmosphere consists of approximately
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At which place on earth there is always day and night of an equal duration?
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If a magnetic needle is freely suspended at the geographic North pole
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That the earth is rotating on its axis is established by the fact that
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The Sun always rises in the East because
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The depletion of ozone layer has been caused mainly by
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Presence of which gas in the outer most layer of the atmosphere does not allow ultraviolet rays of the sunlight to reach Earth?
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Equinox refers to
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Through which one of the following countries the equator does not pass?
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What will be the time at a place situated at 70 W when it is 4pm at a place situated at 35E?
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The important country close to the international date line is
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The amount of water vapor?(grams) in a 11 given volume of air (cubic metre) is known as
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When the local time is 12.00 noon and the time at Greenwich Meridian is 8.00 a.m the local longitude is
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A ship sailing from Vancouver to Tokyo crosses the International Date Line on Wednesday, the 8th of November What will be the next day?
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About 50% of the world ?population is concentrated between the attitudes?of
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The international date line is an imaginary line extending from pole to pole along the places on the earth surface and lies along the
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Which layer of atmosphere provides ideal conditions for flying aeroplanes?
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The second largest? continent (in term of area) is
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In the troposphere the normal lapse rate, i-e the decrease in temperature with height
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Flash point term is related with the
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Which is the longest day in the Northern?Hemisphere?
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In which one of the following positions does the earth revolves at a faster rate around the sun?
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The time at any point on the earth?s surface calculated when the sun reaches its highest position in the sky is known as
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South pole was discovered by
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The tide at its maximum?height is known as
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Trade winds of the northern hemisphere blow from the north-east to south-west due to
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The dates on which day and night are equal are
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Winter rain in Kashmir is due to
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Most of the weather phenomena take place in which of the following layers of the atmosphere?
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Blind Dolphine are found in
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The Earth revolves around the Sun in an elliptical orbit Its speed
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Spring tide occurs when the
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The term Ecliptic? is used for the
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An upper wind system with very high velocities in the stratosphere is called
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The core of the earth is
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Funnel shaped clouds with violent whiri winds are named as
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Which place in the world has the least rainfall?
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Which of the following words explains a narrow strip of land separating two seas and connecting two landmarks?
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The tropical cyclones often follow the direction of movement from
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A line on a map joining places of equal monthly or yearly rainfall is called
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The origin of earth dates back to approximately
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The local time at a place is 6 a.m. when the G.M.T. is 3 a.m. the longitude of that place is
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One-hour difference in local time between two places is equivalent to a difference of
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A line on map joining places having equal atmosphere pressure is called
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