Practice MCQ Questions and answers on World Geography-GK

In the Northern Hemisphere this is the shortest day of the year, which has the longest night and is called the Winter Solstice. For the northern hemisphere, the Winter solstice is around December 22. This means that the sun is at the southern tropic. For the southern Hemisphere, the winter solstice is around June 21.

The reorientation of mineral crystals is the most obvious effect.

Pre-Cambrian era is the longest era of the classification of the history of earth.

both (a) and (b)

Outside the tropics, annual receipts of solar radiation generally decrease with increasing latitude. Minimum values occur at the poles. This pattern is primarily the result of Earth-Sun geometric relationships and its effect on the duration and intensity of solar radiation received.

The pedogenic process associated with poor drainage and which involves the accumulation of organic matter in the upper layers of the soil is called gleisation.

An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock or unconsolidated materials (gravel, sand, silt, or clay) from which groundwater can be usefully extracted using a water well.

Venus has the longest day of any planet in our solar system. It completes one rotation every 243 Earth days. Its day lasts longer than its orbit.

both (a) and (b)

Rio Grande, Spanish Río Grande del Norte, or (in Mexico) Río Bravo, or Río Bravo del Norte, fifth longest river of North America, and the 20th longest in the world, forming the border between the U.S. state of Texas and Mexico.