General Knowledge Questions And Answers :: Geography: part16



General Knowledge : Geography QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS :: part16 : 46 to 50

Following General Knowledge Multiple choice objective type questions and answers will help you in TRB, SSC and UPSC 2014 examinations :

46.Okta is a term defined as

human-induced climatic change
a long term climatic change towards aridity
a unit used to describe the prevailing cloudiness
increasing drought periods of high magnitude

47.The Climate is the average atmospheric conditions if an area over a considerable period of time. For proper comclusions, observations are needed for a minimum period of

5 years
10 years
20 years
35 years

48.Which country known as the Land of Rising Sun ?

Thailand
Norway
Japan
Korea

49.Railways are not well developed in Siberia mainly because

The climate is unsuitable
It is sparsely populated
It has dense forests
River transport is more common there

50.Which of the following types of soil has the property of holding moisture for release to plants during dry period

Alluvial
Red
Laterite
Black

More Geography QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS available in next pages

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