Geography: MCQs from 81-90

81. Which one of the following parts of cold deserts and continents is correctly matched ______?

(a) Great Sandy – Australia

(b) Gobi – Asia

(c) Atacama – South America

(d) Kalahari – Africa

82. The production of rubber tree is better adopted to areas where the climate is ______?

(a) Warm and humid

(b) Cool and dry

(c) Warm and dry

(d) Cool and moist

83. Gulf streams are caused by ______?

(a) Difference in water level

(b) Cyclones

(c) Ocean Pressure

(d) Temperature

84. All important atmospheric process leading to various climatic and weather conditions take place in the ______?

(a) Troposphere

(b) Stratosphere

(c) Ionosphere

(d) Exosphere

85. The minimum land area recommended for forest cover to maintain proper ecological balance is ______?

(a) 25%

(b) 35%

(c) 45%

(d) 55%

86. Which one of the following scholars suggested the Earth’s origin from gases and dust particles ______?

(a) F. Hoyle

(b) James Jeans

(c) H. Alfven

(d) O. Schmidt

87. The theory that refers to an explosion about 10-15 billion years ago, which most astronomers believe to be the origin of the Universe, is ______?

(a) Titanic Theory

(b) The Red Shift Theory

(c) Big Bang Theory

(d) Relativity Theory

88. Black holes are stellar objects which ______?

(a) Have intense magnetic field

(b) Emit black body radiation

(c) Have intense gravitational field

(d) Have weak gravitational field

89. Select the stranger in the group ______?

(a) Pie diagram

(b) Cartograms

(c) Weather maps

(d) Multiple bars

90. The soil that cracks and shrinks most as it dries is ______?

(a) Clayey soil

(b) Loamy soil

(c) Porous soil

(d) Sandy soil