Geography MCQs 13

Earthquakes are vibrations associated with all the following EXCEPT:
(a) Subduction of rock during collision of crystal plats
(b) Volcanic eruptions
(c) Subsidence of a geocyncline-✔️
(d) Movement along major faults

Biological weathering occurs in the ways EXCEPT.
(a) Joint widening by roots
(b) Honeycomb weathering
(c) Reaction with humid acid-✔️
(d) Reaction with plant and animal solution

Which of the following has the highest annual rainfall?
(a) Sialkot-✔️
(b) Rawalpindi
(c) Parachinar
(d) Chitral

The largest district of the Punjab by area is:
(a) Dera Gazi Khan
(b) Rajanpur
(c) Bahawalpur-✔️
(d) Rahim Yar Khan

Pakistan Environmental Protection Ordinance was enforced in:
(a) 1984-✔️
(b) 1986
(c) 1988
(d) 1990 

Which of these is a process of transportation in a river?
(a) Solution
(b) Corrosion
(c) Attrition-✔️
(d) Deposition

A canyon is a large form of:
(a) Dry valley
(b) Gorge-✔️
(c) Pediment
(d) Badiand

What kind of weathering takes place on the valley side above the surface of the glacier?
(a) Plucking
(b) Abrasion
(c) Chemical weathering
(d) Frost shattering-✔️

Which of the statements to about the Troposphere is not true?
(a) It contains 85-90 % of the atmosphere’s mass
(b) It contains nearly all the water and oxygen of the atmosphere
(c) It is the zone which exhibits changes in condition of weather
(d) It is about 350 km thick-✔️

A wind which reverses seasonally is known as wind.
(a) Trade
(b) Cyclonic-✔️
(c) Monsoon
(d) Polar