Physical Geography Quiz 2
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Neptune's day is approximately
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Dry summers great sunshine and rainy winters are characteristics of which of the following types of climates?
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Gravitic rocks belong to which of the following rock types?
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The moon does not fall onto the earth despite the attraction between the earth and the sun because of
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The temperature of the sun is maintained by
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The main constituent of soil is
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Lines joining places of equal rainfall are known as
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When GMT is 3 AM., the local time of a place is 6 AM. The longitude of that place is
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Reasons change due to
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At which of the following places is the demographic distribution not uneven?
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Which chemical weathering process affects limestone the most?
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Ocean currents originate due to
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What is an Axis?
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An atoll is
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Which of the following statements about the solar eclipse is correct?
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The characteristic of the Mediterranean climate is
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The phase of the moon during an eclipse of the sun is
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What percentage of earth area does water occupy?
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The minor planets revolving between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter are called
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A place with shallow water in it near a sea is known as
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A meridian is
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Excluding the moon, the celestial object that generally appears bright in the sky is
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Perihelion is
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The busiest ocean route in the world is
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The time deeded for the moon to go through a complete cycle of phases is
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The asteroids are between
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Tides in the ocean are caused by
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The star which collapses of its own gravity and even light cannot come out of its sphere is called
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Growing a leguminous crop in rotation
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Spring tides occur when
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The earliest rocks formed on the earth's surface are
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The number of earthquakes that occur each year is about
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The main cause of the origin of an earthquake is
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Earthquakes occur frequently in
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The moon is a
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The number of standard time zones in the entire world is
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GMT differs from PST. The latter is
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The lowest layer of the earth's atmosphere is called
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The sun is vertically overhead at the equator on
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The idea that the earth was the centre of the universe was maintained by
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Shachal Sarmast tomb is located in _________
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A Seismograph is an instrument used to detect
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The sun rises in the east and sets in the west, which is due to
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Which among the following is a metamorphic rock?
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The hydrometer is an instrument used to measure
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Hurricanes are
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The heaviest mass revolving round the sun is
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The atmospheric pressure near the sea level is
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The nearest star to the sun is
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Who first held the view that the earth is a sphere?
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