Geography: MCQs from 231-240

231. Choose the wrong statement ______?

(a) Isohytes: Equal rainfall areas

(b) Contour: Areas of equal height above sea level

(c) Isotherms: Areas having the same temperature

(d) Isobars: Equal atmospheric temperature areas

232. Wind blowing in spiral form around a region of low atmospheric pressure is called ______?

(a) Tornado

(b) Cyclone

(c) Hurricane

(d) Anticyclone

233. Spring tides occur ______?

(a) The day when the moon’s position is in its first quarter

(b) Only on full moon day

(c) Only on new moon day

(d) Full moon day as well as on new moon day

234. Spring tides occur on new moon day and full noon day because on these days ______?

(a) Moon and the Sun are nearer to the Earth

(b) Sun, moon and the Earth are in line

(c) Moon and the Earth are at right angles

(d) Sun and moon are opposite to each other

235. When the days and nights are equal, the rays of the Sun directly fall on the ______?

(a) Equator

(b) North pole

(c) Tropic of Cancer

(d) South pole

236. On June 21, the Sun is vertically overhead the ______?

(a) Position of the Sun is not definite

(b) Tropic of Capricorn

(c) The Equator

(d) Tropic of Cancer

237. The Sun rises in the east and sets in the west due to the ______?

(a) Movement of the Sun

(b) Shape of the Earth

(c) Rotation of the Earth on its axis

(d) Revolution of the Earth around the Sun

238. What are cyclones ______?

(a) Heavy showers

(b) Sudden, heavy floods

(c) No rain for a long duration

(d) Violent winds and rain

239. In a tropical cyclone, pressure _______?

(a) First decreases towrads the center then increases

(b) Decreases towards the center and wind moves in an anticlockwise direction in the northern hemisphere

(c) Increases towards the center

(d) Does not vary appreciably

240. The heaviest rainfall is recorded in ______?

(a) Tropical mountain areas

(b) Mediterranean regions

(c) Equatorial regions

(d) Temperate regions