Geography Test-1 - Defence MCQ

A tsunami or tidal wave, also known as a seismic sea wave, is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other underwater explosions.

Two types of cloud which are Nimbostratus and Cumulonimbus are mainly rain bearing clouds.

Cities arranged from North to South are- Bhubaneshwar-Hyderabad-Chennai-Cochin.

The Tehri Dam is one of the highest dam in India. It is a multi-purpose rock and earth-fill embankment dam on the Bhagirathi River near Tehri in Uttarakhand, India.

The thermosphere is the layer of the Earth's atmosphere directly above the mesosphere. It extends from about 90 km to 1,000 km above our planet. In thermosphere temperature can reach up to 4,500 degrees Fahrenheit. Thus making it the warmest layer of the atmosphere.

The Nubra River originates from the Siachin glacier. The Nubra River is a tributary of the River Shyok that flows through the Nubra valley in the northern part of Ladakh and then joins the Indus River in Skardu, Pakistan.

Norway is called as ‘Land of the midnight sun’.

The range parallels the Vindhya Range to the north, and these two east-west ranges divide Indian Subcontinent into the Indo-Gangetic plain of northern India and the Deccan Plateau of the south.

Ganymede is a satellite of Jupiter and the largest satellite in our solar system.

Venus and Uranus rotate clockwise.

Venus is the hottest planet because it has an atmosphere made of carbon dioxide

22nd December is the shortest day in the northern hemisphere.

The Gir National Park and the Sasan Gir Sanctuary of Gujarat are the only wildlife sanctuaries in India that have Asiatic lions.

The photosphere is the lowest layer of the solar atmosphere. It is essentially the solar "surface" that we see when we look at the Sun in "white".It is the Glowing surface of the sun.

The Sun is directly overhead at "high-noon" on the equator twice per year, at the two equinoxes. Spring Equinox is usually March 20, and Autumnal equinox is usually September 22.

The birth rate is the total number of live births per 1,000 of a population in a year or period.

The Lena is the easternmost of the three great Siberian rivers that flow into the Arctic Ocean and it passes through Russia.

Mars is the 4th planet from the sun.

Badrinath is in the Garhwal Himalayas, on the banks of the Alaknanda River.

Kalapani is a territory disputed between India and Nepal administered however as part of Pithoragarh district in the Uttarakhand state of India. It is situated on the Kailash Manasarovar route, at an altitude of 3600 meters.