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Practice MCQ Questions and answers on World Geography-GK

Learn and practice General Knowledge questions and answers on World Geography with very easy and understandable explanations. GK questions are very helpful different type of competitive exams. Page-2 section-1

Each section contains 100 MCQs on World Geography .
11
Intensity of production declines with distance from the market and the type of land use varies with distance from the market are the two basic tenets of:
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Von Thunen's Agriculture Location Theory.
12
The grasslands in Canada are known as:
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Prairies.
13
India's major contacts with out-side world for the last two millennia have been by sea there-by earning the title for India:
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
The Mistress of the Eastern Seas.
14
The oldest rock system of the world is:
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
The Archaean Rock system.
15
The names of Harry Hess, R . S . Dietz, W . J . Morgan and Le Pichon are associated with:
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Plate Tectonics Theory.
16
The concept of sustainable development relates to:
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Answer: Option A
Solution:
Intergenerational Equity.
17
Which country is known as the "Sugar Bowl" of the world?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Cuba is known as the "Sugar Bowl of the World" because of its historically large production and export of sugar.

The country has a favorable tropical climate, fertile soil, and suitable rainfall conditions, which are ideal for growing sugarcane.

For many years, sugarcane has been the main agricultural crop and a major source of income for Cuba.

Due to its dominance in sugar production and export in the past, Cuba earned the title "Sugar Bowl of the World".

Hence, the correct answer is Cuba.
18
The Homolographic projection has the correct representation of
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
The Homolographic projection has the correct representation of area.
19
The latitudinal differences in pressure delineate a number of major pressure zones, which correspond with
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
zones of climate.
20
The higher the wind speed and the longer the fetch or distance of open water across which the wind blows and waves travel, the ____ waves and the ____ energy they process.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
larger, more.