test_preparation_of_geography_Part_No_01_for_ppsc_fpsc_nts_ots

Geography test No.01

1. Instrument use for the measurement of wind speed is called:

(A)          Altimeter

(B)          Barometer

(C)          Anemo-meter

(D)          None of Above

ANS                                       Anemo-Meter

  

2. Vernal equinox occurs on:

(A)          Dec 21

(B)          Sep 23

(C)          June 21

(D)          None of Above

ANS                                       None of Above

 

3. Atmospheric pressure at sea level is:

(A)          750mm

(B)          760 mm

(C)          770mm

(D)          780 mm

ANS                                       760 mm

 

4. when there is an active upward ascent of lighter warm air

    Over the cold dense air, the front is called:

(A)          cold front

(B)          Warm front

(C)          occluded front

(D)          None

ANS                                       Warm front

 

5.On 21st of June, the Sun shines vertically on the:

(A)          Tropic of Capricorn

(B)          Tropic of Cancer

(C)          Equator

(D)          Arctic Circle

ANS                                       Tropic of Cancer

 

6. The hot molten material erupted from a volcano is called:

(A)          Lava

(B)          Magma

(C)          Pyro-clast

(D)          None

ANS                                       Lava

 

 7. The point in the earth from where seismic

 waves spread out in all directions is:

(A)          Seismic center  

(B)          Epicenter

(C)          Earthquake Focus

(D)          None

ANS                               Earthquake Focus

  

8. The continental crust ranges from:

(A)          7 to 20 km in thickness

(B)          20 to 70 km in thickness

(C)          40 to 150 km in thickness

(D)          None of these

ANS                                       None of these

 

 9. Marble is a:

(A)          Sedimentary rock

(B)          Igneous rock

(C)          Metamorphic rock

(D)          None of these

ANS                                       None of these

 

 10. Yardang is produced by:

(A)          River

(B)          Wind

(C)          Glacier

(D)          Volcanic activity

ANS                                       Wind