Miscellaneous (World Geography)

31. Which of the following cities is located on the banks of the Potomac River? [S.S.C. Online C.P.O.S.I. (T-I) 1.07.2017 (Shift-II)]

(a) Berlin
(b) Islamabad
(c) Madrid
(d) Washington D.C.

Correct Answer: (d) Washington D.C.

Solution:The city of Washington D.C, is located on the banks of the Potomac River.

It is the capital of the United States of America.

32. The highest number of tube wells is found in which one of the following countries? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 20.01.2017(Shift-II)]

(a) India
(b) Saudi Arabia
(c) America
(d) China

Correct Answer: (a) India

Solution:The highest number of tube wells are found in India.

India is the largest user of groundwater in agriculture in the world.

33. What is the full form of ITCZ? [S.S.C. Online C.G.L. (T-I) 11.08.2017 (Shift-III)]

(a) Intertropical Transient Zone
(b) Inter Tropical Convergence Zone
(c) Intertropical central region
(d) none of these

Correct Answer: (b) Inter Tropical Convergence Zone

Solution:The full form of ITCZ is The Intertropical Convergence Zone.

It is the area encircling Earth near the Equator, where a convergence of the northeast and southeast trade winds occurs.

Next Stop…The Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ)

34. Who discovered the South Pole? [C.P.O. S.I. 5.06.2016 (Shift-II)]

(a) Robert Peary
(b) Amundsen
(c) John Cabot
(d) Tasman

Correct Answer: (b) Amundsen

Solution:The North Pole was discovered by Robert Peary and the South Pole was discovered by Amundsen.

35. What are the four main directions North, South, East and West called? [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 19.09.2017 (Shift-III)]

(a) thematic point
(b) cardinal point
(c) symbolic point
(d) stop point

Correct Answer: (b) cardinal point

Solution:The four main directions -

North,
South,
East
and West

are called 'Cardinal Points'.

Cardinal Points are the four main directions or points on a compass used for navigation and geographic orientation

36. Which of the following winds are hot dust laden and blow from the Sahara desert towards the Mediterranean Region? [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 19.09.2017 (Shift-II)]

(a) Sirocco
(b) Loo
(c) Foehn
(d) Mistral

Correct Answer: (a) Sirocco

Solution:Sirocco is a Mediterranean wind from the Sahara and can reach hurricane speeds in North Africa and Southern Europe, especially during the summer.

37. Which of the following is correctly matched? [S.S.C. Online CGL (T-I) 02.12.2022 (Shift-II)]

(a) Kaal Baisakhi - Autumn winds
(b) Trade winds - Winter snow storm
(c) Loo- Hot wind
(d) Loo-Winter stormy winds

Correct Answer: (c) Loo- Hot wind

Solution:The Loo is a strong, dusty, gusty, hot, and dry summer wind from the west which blows over the western Indo-Gangetic Plain region of North India and Pakistan

Kaal baisakhi is a localised rainfall and thunder- storm event which occurs in Bangladesh as well as the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Tripura and West Bengal.

Trade winds are the winds that blow from the west towards the east in the middle latitudes between 30° and 60° latitude in both northern and southern hemispheres.

38. Moraine is a kind of soil erosion that is caused by which of the following? [S.S.C. Online C.P.O.S.I. (T-I) 3.07.2017 (Shift-II)]

(a) Glacier
(b) Air
(c) River water
(d) Underground water

Correct Answer: (a) Glacier

Solution:A moraine is any glacially formed accumulation of unconsolidated glacial debris (regolith and rock) that occurs in both currently and formerly glaciated regions on Earth.

Moraine

39. Approximately how much percentage (nearest to integer) of total water on the surface of earth is accounted for by the oceans? [S.S.C. Online CGL (T-I) 12.04.2022 (Shift-I)]

(a) 96
(b) 97
(c) 94
(d) 92

Correct Answer: (b) 97

Solution:Approximately 97% of the total water on the surface of Earth is accounted for by the oceans.

40. The Beaufort scale is used to measure- [S.S.C. Online C.G.I.(T-I) 3.09.2016 (Shift-I)]

(a) Atmospheric pressure
(b) Altitudes of mountains
(c) Wind velocity
(d) Intensity of earthquakes

Correct Answer: (c) Wind velocity

Solution:The Beaufort scale is used to measure wind velocity .

The scale was developed in 1805 by Francis Beaufort.