Quiz 631: Geography for All Examinations June 18, 2012 1. Which of the following is the narrowest strait of the world ?Strait of TartarBab-el-MandebStrait of DardenellesFoveaux Strait2. The only two landlocked countries of South American continent are :Bolivia and ParaguayEcuador and ParanaColumbia and ParaguaySurinam and Guyana3. Falkland Island is a disputed territory between :Chile and EquadorWest Indies and SpainUruguay and FranceArgentina and UK4. ‘Oxus’ is the ancient name of which of the following rivers?TigrisEuphratesAmu DaryaSyr Darya5. Historic city Samarqand is located in which country?AfghanistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanIran6. Which of the following mountain ranges form the longest mountain chain in the world?The Rockies of North AmericaThe Andes of South AmericaThe Transantarctic RangeThe Great Dividing Range of Australia7. Assertion : Though the tropics have great potential in timber resources, commercial extraction is difficult. Reason: The trees do not occur in homogenous strands.Both Assertion and Reason are true and reason correctly explains the assertion.Both Assertion and Reason are true but reason does not explain the assertion.Assertion is true but Reason is false.Assertion is false but Reason is true.8. Which of the following are “erosional landforms”? Inselbergs Loess Zeugen Buttes Select the correct answer from the codes given below:1 and 22 and 31, 3 and 4All of them9. Which of the following statements are correct about Denmark ? It is the smallest Scandinavian country. Greenland, the world’s largest island belongs to it. It shares Jutland Peninsula with Germany Select the correct option from the codes given below:1 and 21 and 32 and 31, 2 and 310. Consider the following statements regarding the occurrence of ‘Neap Tides’ : The Sun and the Moon are in one line that is ‘Syzygy’. When the moon is in Apogee or the Sun is in Apehelion. Neap tides occurs twice a month. When Syzygy and Apogee happen at the same time, exceptionally low tides are formed. Which of the above statement(s) is/are true?1 and 22 and 31, 2 and 42, 3 and 4Submit Test « Previous Next »