Quiz 99 : World Geography Basic Questions May 23, 2009 1. Which among the following was the first comet to be observed by a manned spacecraft? Comet Kohoutek Halley\\\'s Comet Comet Borrelly Kreutz Sungrazers 2. The lines on a map connecting regions of equal rainfalls are called as which among the following? Isobars Isohytes Isocons Isotherms 3. Littoral forests are rich sources of which among the following? Bamboo Firewood Timber Fodder 4. What are the main criteria of dividing major natural regions of the world? Temperature, rain fall and vegetation Latitudes and Longitudes Atmospheric Pressure and Winds All of them 5. Which among the following straits connects the Mediterranean Sea with Atlantic Ocean? Strait of Gibraltar Strait of Magellan Strait of Panama None of them 6. Which among the following is the coastal water body that lies off the southwest coast of India, north of a line extending from the southern point of Sri Lanka to the southernmost of the Maldives Islands, and east of the Maldives? Laccadive Sea Gulf of Mannar Palk Strait Minicoy 7. Amravati Reservoir is located in which national park in India? Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Mudumalai National Park Pampadum Shola National Park None of them 8. Where is the secretariat office of Birdlife International? Geneva Cambridge Suva, Fiji Mumbai, India 9. Moraines are the deposits of which among the following kinds? Tidal Deposits Glacial Deposits Wind Deposits None of Them 10. Where are the headquarters of International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources? Geneva Philippines Sydney Paris Submit Test « Previous Next »