Geography: MCQs from 91-100

91. East Timor is now an independent country, but before independence it was the part of ______?

(a) Thailand

(b) Taiwan

(c) Malaysia

(d) Indonesia

92. Kosovo is now an independent country, but before independence it was the part of ______?

(a) Yugoslavia

(b) Bulgaria

(c) Albania

(d) Romania

93. On the day of summer solstice in the northern hemisphere, the length of day time on the Antarctic Circle is ______?

(a) 6 hours

(b) 12 hours

(c) 0 hour

(d) 24 hours

94. Which one of the following sequence represents correctly the different atmospheric layers from the Earth’s surface ______?

(a) Stratosphere, troposphere, ionosphere, tropopause

(b) Stratosphere, troposphere, tropopause, ionosphere

(c) Troposphere, tropopause, stratosphere, ionosphere

(d) Ionosphere, tropopause, troposphere, stratosphere

95. Days and nights are of equal duration on 21st March at ______?

(a) The Tropic of Capricorn alone

(b) The Tropic of Cancer alone

(c) The Tropic of Equator alone

(d) All parallel latitude

96. Which one of the following is the most porous rock ______?

(a) Slate

(b) Basalt

(c) Sandstone

(d) Granite

97. Weathering is ______?

(a) Breakdown of disintegration of rocks

(b) Wearing down of rock surface

(c) Formation of soil by fine sand particles

(d) Breaking of the surface of land by flowing water

98. Which type of plants are adapted to grow under drought conditions ______?

(a) Hygrophytes

(b) Xerophytes

(c) Pteridophytes

(d) Tropophytes

99. Which of the following is the oldest rock ______?

(a) Cumbrian

(b) Ordovician

(c) Quartzite

(d) Carbonatities

100. Which of the following pairs is correct ______? (City – River)

(a) Baghdad – Tigris

(b) Paris – Tiber

(c) Bonn – Danube

(d) Rome – Seine