Practice MCQ Questions and answers on World Geography-GK

The snow line of the Rocky Mountains of the USA is about 3 km above sea level.

The study of day-to-day variations in weather called is called meteorology.

The type of soil needed for rice is rich , muddy and saturated with water.

The South temperate zone, between the Tropic of Capricorn 23.5° S and the Antarctic Circle 66.5° S. Covers 25.99% of Earth's surface.

The soils whose parent material tend to be rich in sand are spodsols.

Neap tides occur when the Earth, the Sun, and the Moon form a right angle, at first and last quarters for the Moon. The Moon's gravity is mostly responsible for our tides, but the Sun also plays a role. The Sun is much larger than our Moon.

Peat soils are also called marshy soils. They are a result of waterlogging and anaerobic conditions (which leads to partial decomposition of organic matter). They are found in the areas of heavy rainfall and high humidity, where there is a good growth of vegetation.

The thickness of biosphere is 8-10 km above the earth's surface.

Temperature inversion, a reversal of the normal behaviour of temperature in the troposphere (the region of the atmosphere nearest the Earth's surface), in which a layer of cool air at the surface is overlain by a layer of warmer air. (Under normal conditions air temperature usually decreases with height).

Globe is most useful for measuring the shortest distance between two places on the earth and path between them.