Practice MCQ Questions and answers on World Geography-GK

The process that directs precipitation down plant branches and stems is called stem flow.

The region of three W's that is wheat, wool and wine is mediterranean climatic regions.

The process that creates a sub layer, which is white to gray in colour and composes of silica sand in the A horizon is called podsolosation.

The ratio of the weight of water vapour to the total weight of air (including the water vapor) is called specific humidity.

The polar Easterlies lie at 60-90^o latitude. The polar easterlies are the dry, cold prevailing winds that blow from the high-pressure areas of the polar highs at the north and south poles towards low-pressure areas within the Westerlies at high latitudes.

The phenomenon of an opening occurring in the earth's surface through which a jet of hot water and steam is forces out at irregular intervals is called geyser.

The line which separates the Northern and Southern Hemispheres is the Equator.

Pedogenesis (from the Greek pedo-, or pedon, meaning 'soil, earth,' and genesis, meaning 'origin, birth') (also termed soil development, soil evolution, soil formation, and soil genesis) is the process of soil formation as regulated by the effects of place, environment, and history.

The phosphate are a group of minerals of one or more metallic elements chemically associated with the phosphate compound silicates.

The panama canal links North America with South America. The Panama Canal (Spanish: Canal de Panamá) is an artificial 82 km (51 mi) waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean. The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a conduit for maritime trade.