Geography Test-5 - Defence MCQ

The ozone layer is a region of Earth's stratosphere that absorbs most of the Sun's ultraviolet (UV) radiation.The depletion in Ozone layer is caused by Chlorofluorocarbons.

Sariska National Park and Ranthambore National Park are situated in Rajasthan. Both of them are tiger reserves.

India has the longest international boundary of 4,096 Km with Bangladesh.

Gujarat has the longest coastline of 1214.7 km among all the states.

Jog falls in Karnataka is located over Sharavati river. Jog Falls is situated on the borders of Shimoga and North Kannada district.

Jim Corbett National Park is the oldest national park in India and was established in 1936 as Hailey National Park to protect the endangered Bengal tiger. It is located in Nainital district of Uttarakhand.

Chhattisgarh doesn’t share boundary with Tamil Nadu.

Ganga is the longest river that flows in India, it flows around 2500km.

Kanha National park saves rare and almost extinct species of Barasingha or swamp deer.

June 21 is the longest day in the northern hemisphere.

The diurnal temperature range (DTR) is the difference between the daily maximum and minimum temperature. Desert areas typically have the greatest diurnal temperature variations.

Western disturbance refers to a system of low pressure that moves from west to east, bringing moisture from Eurasian water bodies, and is responsible for winter rain in northwestern India and snowfall in the Himalayan tracts. It usually brings rain during the winters but also during the pre-monsoon period. Punjab receives rainfall due to western disturbances.

A rain shadow is a dry area on the leeward side of a mountainous area (away from the wind). Deccan Plateau falls in a rain shadow area thus it receives scanty rainfall.

Space between Earth and Moon is known as Cislunar. Pertaining to the space between the earth and the orbit of the moon.

Our solar system is located in Milky Way Galaxy. The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains our from its appearance as a dim glowing band arching across the night sky in which the naked eye cannot distinguish individual stars.

The deepest lake of the world is Baikal. Lake Baikal is a rift lake in the south of the Russian region of Siberia.

Vosges mountain is an example of a block mountain.

Aravalli ranges are an example of Residual mountains. Residual mountains are those mountains which have been eroded by the agents of degradation such as winds, rain, frost and running water.

The biggest Island of the Indian ocean is Madagascar. Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar and previously known as the Malagasy Republic, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of Southeast Africa.

Labrador is different from other ocean currents. It is cold in nature. The Labrador Current is a cold current in the North Atlantic Ocean which flows from the Arctic Ocean south along the coast of Labrador and passes around Newfoundland, continuing south along the east coast of Nova Scotia.

Bhabar is an example of piedmont plain