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Mr. Virender A.P, GCW,Gohana, Geography Quiz

Total questions: 90

Worksheet time: 57mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Longest river of India

a)

Ganga

b)

Yamuna

c)

Narmada

d)

Mahanadi

2.

Where is mount Everest situated

a)

India

b)

Nepal

c)

China

d)

Tibet

3.

Which of the following disciplines attempt to to analyse spatial things

a)

History

b)

Political science

c)

Economics

d)

Geography

4.

Pedology is study of

a)

Oceans

b)

Mountains

c)

Soils

d)

Vegetations

5.

Environmental determinism related with

a)

Ratzal

b)

Griffith Taylor

c)

Darwin

d)

Bomen

6.

Toda tribe is found in

a)

Tamil Nadu Kerala border

b)

Rajasthan

c)

Sikkim

d)

Arunachal Pradesh

7.

Bhil tribes found in

a)

Rajasthan

b)

Udisa

c)

Chhattisgarh

d)

Karnataka

8.

Eskimo tribe found in

a)

North pole areas

b)

Mediterranean sea

c)

Tropical forest areas

d)

Himalayas

9.

Which was not part of human geography

a)

Environmental geography

b)

Cultural geography

c)

Economic geography

d)

Transport geography

10.

Industrial location theory given by

a)

Weber

b)

Ratzel

c)

Humboldt

d)

Whitelsy

11.
What is a continent?
a)
a line of latitude
b)
large land area on the earth
c)
an areas long term weather
d)
a line of longitude
12.
What is this symbol?
a)
scale
b)
key
c)
compass rose
d)
map
13.

What ocean is shown in blue on this map ?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Arctic Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Pacific Ocean

14.

What is the name of the line at zero degrees longitude, that divides the earth into the eastern and western hemispheres?

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

North Pole

d)

South Pole

15.

What is the name of this line at 0 degrees latitude, that divides the earth into the northern and southern hemispheres?

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

c)

North Pole

d)

All of these are correct

16.
The directions on a compass rose are
a)
Prime Meridian, Equator
b)
Longitude, Latitude
c)
North, East, South, West
d)
Eastwest, Southeast, North, Westnorth
17.
Which ocean is marked by the star?
a)
Southern
b)
Indian
c)
Arctic
d)
Atlantic
18.
Which ocean is marked by the star?
a)
Arctic
b)
Pacific
c)
Atlantic
d)
Indian
19.

The Grade Categories are

a)

10% Assessments, 20% Projects, 20% Classwork & Homework, 50% Civics

b)

50% Assessments, 20% Projects, 20% Classwork & Homework, 10% Civics

c)

25% Assessments, 25% Projects, 25% Classwork & Homework, 25% Civics

d)

50% Assessments, 10% Projects, 30% Classwork & Homework, 10% Civics

20.

In which country can you find this famous building?

a)

United States of America

b)

India

c)

China

d)

Brazil

21.

Where are the Great Pyramids of Giza located?

a)

Egypt

b)

Mexico

c)

Indonesia

d)

Greece

22.

This is the Great Wall of:

a)

Asia

b)

China

c)

Japan

d)

Hong Kong

23.

Where is this monument located?

a)

Spain

b)

France

c)

Italy

d)

Morocco

24.

What is the capital of the United Kingdom?

a)

Manchester

b)

Scotland

c)

England

d)

London

25.

What is the capital of Japan?

a)

Kyoto

b)

Tokyo

c)

Beijing

d)

Sashimi

26.

In which continent is Egypt?

a)

Asia

b)

Europe

c)

Oceania

d)

Africa

27.

United States of America, Canada, and Mexico.

These three countries are part of which continent?

a)

North America

b)

South America

c)

Asia

d)

Europe

28.

Which countries are in Africa? (Choose multiple answers)

a)

Nigeria

b)

India

c)

Morocco

d)

Australia

29.

Which countries are in Asia? (Choose multiple answers)

a)

China

b)

Germany

c)

South Africa

d)

Thailand

30.

What is the capital of Germany?

(a)  

31.

What continent is Australia in?

(a)  

32.
What is movement?
a)
Tells us how people, goods, recourses, and ideas move from one place to another
b)
Tells us what makes an area special and what makes it different from every other area
c)
Tells us ways in which the places in an area are alike.
33.
What is location?
a)
Tells us where people and places are
b)
Tells us what makes an area special and what makes it different from every other area.
c)
Tells how people, goods, resources, and ideas move from one place to another.
34.
Latitude lines run
a)
East/West
b)
North/South
35.
Longitude lines run _________.
a)
East/West
b)
North South
36.
Cutting down trees to build houses is an example of which?
a)
Location
b)
Place
c)
Human-Environment Interaction
d)
Movement
37.
People leaving their homes in Syria and travelling to Turkey to avoid ISIS is an example of which?
a)
Human-Environment Interaction
b)
Movement
c)
Absolute Location
d)
Relative Location
38.
The fact that Africa is south of Europe is an example of which?
a)
Movement
b)
Absolute Location
c)
Relative Location
d)
Place
39.
The states in the area known as the "Southwest" of the United States are often grouped together because they are very hot and dry desert-like areas.
a)
Region
b)
Location
c)
Human Environment Interaction
d)
Movement
40.
Where is it exactly on the Earth?
a)
Place
b)
Perfect Location
c)
Absolute Location
d)
Relative Location
41.
Using lines of latitude and longitude to find an exact location is...
a)
Absolute Location
b)
Relative Location
c)
Prime Meridian
d)
Place
42.
What is a Region
a)
Tells us ways in which the places in an area are alike
b)
Tells us what makes an area special and what makes it different from every other area
c)
Tells us where people and places are
43.
Measures how far east or west of the prime meridian you are.
a)
Latitude
b)
Longitude
c)
Prime Meridian
d)
Equator
44.
Measures how far north or south of the equator you are.
a)
Latitude
b)
Longitude
c)
Prime Meridian
d)
Equator
45.
The set of imaginary lines that run east west around the earth
a)
Latitude
b)
Longitude
c)
Prime Meridian
d)
Equator
46.
The set of imaginary lines that run north and south between the poles
a)
Latitude
b)
Longitude
c)
Prime Meridian
d)
Equator
47.
The exchange of people, goods, or ideas from one place to another
a)
Place
b)
Human/Environment interacton
c)
Region
d)
Movement
48.
Where something can be found using another object or place
a)
relative location
b)
absolute location
c)
place
d)
Daylight Doughnuts
49.
The exact spot on earth something can be found
a)
relative location
b)
place
c)
absolute location
d)
where the X is on the map
50.
Only people move.
a)
True
b)
False
51.
The off-shore oil rigs, drilling hundreds of feet into the bedrock of the ocean floor is an example of which of the 5 Themes of Geography?
a)
Place
b)
Location
c)
Movement
d)
Human-Environment Interaction
52.

What is a monsoon?

a)

periods of large rainfall

b)

seasonal wind patterns

c)

times of extreme heat

d)

extreme storms of heavy rain and lightening

53.

What is the difference between a summer monsoon and a winter monsoon?

a)

The summer monsoon brings more hear than the winter monsoon

b)

The winter monsoon is colder than the summer monsoon

c)

The summer monsoon is not a violent as the the summer monsoon

d)

The winter monsoon is drier than the summer monsoon

54.

Monsoons provide an excellent source for Indian farmers to irrigate their crops. What does irrigate mean?

a)

to apply water to farmland and crops

b)

to flood a young crop

c)

to provide large amounts of sunlight to encourage growing

d)

to deliver just the right amount of Vitamin A to help growth

55.

What is the tallest mountain in the Himalayan Mountain range?

a)

Mount Kilimanjaro

b)

Mount Everest

c)

Mount Rushmore

d)

Mount McKinley

56.

The summer monsoon is ____________ than the winter monsoon?

a)

wetter

b)

drier

c)

deadlier

d)

more dangerous

57.

Why is the Deccan Plateau such an important geographic feature in India?

a)

it is very rough and ridged which helps protect India from Invaders

b)

the land is shaped like a bowl and they use it to gather water for farming

c)

the plateau is flat and fertile making it very suitable place for farming

d)

none of the above

58.

Indians rely on the summer monsoons to grow crops and provide?

a)

snow

b)

droughts

c)

wind

d)

electricity

59.

The ________________ borders India on the west coast

a)

Arabian Sea

b)

Mediterranean Sea

c)

Bay of Bengal

d)

All of the above

60.

One reason India is referred to as a subcontinent is because it sits on its own

a)

climate

b)

volcano

c)

waterfall

d)

plate

61.

Too much rainfall in the summer months leads hillsides to become ______________ that can kill thousands of people

a)

floods

b)

mudslides

c)

droughts

d)

sinkholes

62.

The feature located at #21 is

a)

Himalaya Mountains

b)

Deccan Plateau

c)

Indus River

d)

Western Ghats

63.

The feature located at #22 is

a)

Eastern and Western Ghats

b)

Himalaya Mountains

c)

Ganges River

d)

Indus River

64.

The feature located at #23 is

a)

Eastern and Western Ghats

b)

Mohenjo Daro

c)

Harappa

d)

Sri Lanka

65.

The feature located at #24 is

a)

Deccan Plateau

b)

Eastern and Western Ghats

c)

Narmada River

d)

Thar Desert

66.

The feature located at #25 is

a)

Ganges River

b)

Brahmaputra River

c)

Narmada River

d)

Indus River

67.
What geographic feature in India is the highlighted item on the map?
a)
Indus River
b)
Ganges River
c)
Brahmaputra River
d)
Nile River
68.
What geographic feature in India is the highlighted item on the map?
a)
Hindu Kush Mountains
b)
Western Ghats
c)
Eastern Ghats
d)
Thar Desert
69.
What geographic feature in India is the highlighted item on the map?
a)
Indus River
b)
Ganges River
c)
Brahmaputra River
d)
Nile River
70.
What geographic feature in India is the highlighted item on the map?
a)
Hindu Kush Mountains
b)
Western Ghats
c)
Eastern Ghats
d)
Himalaya Mountains
71.
What geographic feature in India is the highlighted item on the map?
a)
Indus River
b)
Ganges River
c)
Brahmaputra River
d)
Nile River
72.
What geographic feature in India is the highlighted item on the map?
a)
Hindu Kush Mountains
b)
Western Ghats
c)
Deccan Plateau
d)
Thar Desert
73.
What geographic feature in India is the highlighted item on the map?
a)
Hindu Kush Mountains
b)
Western Ghats
c)
Eastern Ghats
d)
Thar Desert
74.
What geographic feature in India is the highlighted item on the map?
a)
Hindu Kush Mountains
b)
Deccan Plateau
c)
Eastern Ghats
d)
Himalaya Mountains
75.
This chain of mountains separates India from the rest of Asia and created a convergent plate boundary.
a)
Deccan Plateau
b)
Mount Everest
c)
Himalayas 
d)
Eastern and Western Ghats
76.
The tallest single mountain peak in the world.
a)
Mount Everest 
b)
Himalyas
77.
One of two rivers that gets its source high up in the Himalayas from glaciers and snow. 
a)
Indus River
b)
Narmada River
c)
Godavari River
78.
____________ bring a great deal of rainfall and destruction to India.
a)
Summer Monsoons
b)
Winter Monsoons 
79.
This geographic feature surrounds the Deccan Plateau and has diverse animals and wildlife.
a)
Indus River
b)
Deccan Plateau
c)
Eastern and Western Ghats
80.
A smaller part of a continent that  has different climate and geography. 
a)
region
b)
small continent 
c)
subcontinent 
81.
The winter monsoon is ___________ than the summer monsoon.
a)
wetter
b)
drier
c)
more dangerous
d)
deadlier 
82.
Indians rely on the summer monsoon to grow crops and provide ____________.
a)
electricity
b)
wind
c)
snow
d)
droughts
83.
The ___________ borders India on its east coast.
a)
Arabian Sea
b)
Indian Ocean
c)
Bay of Bengal
d)
Pacific Ocean
84.
One reason India is referred to as a subcontinent is because it sits on its own ________________.
a)
climate
b)
volcano
c)
waterfall
d)
plate
85.
Too much rainfall in the summer months leads hillsides to become _____________ that can kill thousands of people.
a)
floods
b)
mudslides
c)
droughts
d)
sink hoels
86.
An elevated area in south-central India used for agriculture and animal grazing.
a)
Subontinenet
b)
Indus River
c)
Deccan Plateau
d)
Mount Everest 
87.

What type of landform is this?

a)

River Delta

b)

Peninsula

c)

Island

d)

Mountain

88.

What is the purpose of a scale on a map?

a)

To represent and measure distance

b)

To show the directions

c)

To identify what symbols mean

d)

To explain the subject

89.

What is the purpose of a compass on a map?

a)

To represent and measure distance

b)

To show the directions

c)

To identify what symbols mean

d)

To explain the subject

90.

What is weather?

a)

Average weather over a period of time

b)

Conditions at a given time

c)

Average humidity of an area

d)

Average rainfall of an area

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