World Climate And Weather MCQ Question and Answer | Geography MCQ Question

As we move upwards altitudewise the density of atmosphere decreases. Lower atmosphere is denser than upper atmosphere Clouds are formed in upper tropospheric level hence are less dense when compared to lower tropospheric level (lower atmosphere).

Hungary is a landlocked country located on the Danube River Basin in Central Europe. Its bound by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east, Croatia and Serbia & Montenegro to the south as well as Slovenia and Austria to the west.

The Himalayas have snowline at 4300 m whereas in the Alps mountain, it is at 3000 m. This is because the himalayas are located in the lower latitudes.

The world's highest hydel power project 'Rongtong' is located in Himachal Pradesh. Rongtong is a 2MW project that is located in the Lahaul-Spiti district on Rongtong Nullaha, a tributary of Spiti river. Located at an elevation of 3,600 metres in a snow adhered region, this was the first hydel project executed for the socio-economic upliftment of the tribals of this area. It is one of the highest in the world.

The maximum amount of energy in the present day world is provided by Coal. Coal power in the United States accounted for 39% of the country's electricity production at utility-scale facilities in 2014, 33% in 2015, 30.4% in 2016 and 27.4% in 2018 Coal supplied 12.6 quadrillion BTUs of primary energy to electric power plants in 2017.

Factory farming is the characteristic of North-western Europe. From its American and West European heartland factory farming became globalised in the later years of the 20th century and is still expanding and replacing traditional practices of stock rearing in an increasing number of countries. In 1990 factory farming accounted for 30% of world meat production and by 2005 this had risen to 40%.

Most of the Japanese industries are located on the Hokkaido coast. The region is gaining attention as a manufacturing industry cluster. The island of Hokkaido is located at the north end of Japan.

Brazil has become the world's largest producer of coffee mainly because the "terra-rosa" soil is very fertile. It is marked by fertile, almost purple, terra rosa, because of basalt present in it.

Extremely heavy precipitation in short time period alongwith hail & thunder capable of bringing flood is termed as 'cloud burst'. Such a phenomenon is observed during monsoons in Uttarakhand.

Downs is called natural cattle country. The Darling Downs contains the largest deposit of rich black agricultural soils in Australia.