Land Mass Formation – 200 MCQs (Page 3)

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MCQs (81–120)

81. What is an ocean current?
A) Air movement
B) Water movement
C) Heat
D) None

82. Warm currents bring:
A) Cold climate
B) Warm climate
C) Dry weather
D) None

83. Cold currents bring:
A) Warm weather
B) Cold and dry climate
C) Rainfall
D) None

84. Which current is warm?
A) Labrador
B) Gulf Stream
C) Humboldt
D) None

85. Which current is cold?
A) Gulf Stream
B) Kuroshio
C) Humboldt
D) None

86. Cold currents are associated with:
A) Heavy rainfall
B) Desert formation
C) Forests
D) None

87. Why do deserts form near cold currents?
A) Moist air
B) Dry air
C) Rainfall
D) None

88. Example of desert due to cold current:
A) Sahara
B) Atacama
C) Amazon
D) None

89. What is rainfall?
A) Heat
B) Water falling from clouds
C) Wind
D) None

90. What causes rainfall?
A) Condensation
B) Pressure
C) Wind
D) None

91. What is convectional rainfall?
A) Mountain rainfall
B) Heat-based rainfall
C) Cyclonic rainfall
D) None

92. What is orographic rainfall?
A) Flat rainfall
B) Mountain rainfall
C) Ocean rainfall
D) None

93. What is cyclonic rainfall?
A) Pressure-based rainfall
B) Heat-based rainfall
C) Mountain rainfall
D) None

94. Windward side receives:
A) Less rainfall
B) Heavy rainfall
C) No rainfall
D) None

95. Leeward side receives:
A) Heavy rainfall
B) Less rainfall
C) Ice
D) None

96. What is rain shadow region?
A) High rainfall area
B) Dry area behind mountains
C) Forest area
D) None

97. Example of rain shadow region:
A) Western Ghats
B) Deccan Plateau
C) Himalayas
D) None

98. What is relief?
A) Height variation of land
B) Water
C) Air
D) None

99. Mountains affect climate by:
A) Blocking winds
B) Increasing rainfall
C) Creating rain shadow
D) All

100. What is plateau?
A) Low land
B) Flat elevated land
C) Water body
D) None

101. What is plain?
A) High land
B) Flat low land
C) Mountain
D) None

102. What is altitude?
A) Height above sea level
B) Water
C) Wind
D) None

103. Temperature decreases with:
A) Height increase
B) Height decrease
C) Water
D) None

104. What is lapse rate?
A) Temperature rise
B) Temperature fall with height
C) Rainfall
D) None

105. Coastal areas have:
A) Extreme climate
B) Moderate climate
C) Dry climate
D) None

106. Continental areas have:
A) Moderate climate
B) Extreme climate
C) Wet climate
D) None

107. What is humidity?
A) Heat
B) Moisture
C) Pressure
D) None

108. What is evaporation?
A) Water to vapor
B) Vapor to water
C) Ice
D) None

109. What is condensation?
A) Vapor to water
B) Water to vapor
C) Ice
D) None

110. Clouds form due to:
A) Condensation
B) Heat
C) Wind
D) None

111. What is fog?
A) Ground cloud
B) Rain
C) Wind
D) None

112. What is dew?
A) Ice
B) Condensed water on surface
C) Rain
D) None

113. What is frost?
A) Ice formation
B) Rain
C) Wind
D) None

114. What controls rainfall distribution?
A) Winds
B) Relief
C) Ocean currents
D) All

115. What is desertification?
A) Forest growth
B) Land turning into desert
C) Rainfall
D) None

116. What affects desert formation most?
A) Rainfall
B) Pressure
C) Currents
D) All

117. What is coastal desert example?
A) Sahara
B) Atacama
C) Thar
D) None

118. What is interior desert example?
A) Sahara
B) Atacama
C) Amazon
D) None

119. What is climatic control system?
A) Interaction of land, water, air
B) Only land
C) Only air
D) None

120. What is major driver of rainfall?
A) Condensation
B) Wind
C) Pressure
D) All

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Answer Key

81.B 82.B 83.B 84.B 85.C
86.B 87.B 88.B 89.B 90.A
91.B 92.B 93.A 94.B 95.B
96.B 97.B 98.A 99.D 100.B
101.B 102.A 103.A 104.B 105.B
106.B 107.B 108.A 109.A 110.A
111.A 112.B 113.A 114.D 115.B
116.D 117.B 118.A 119.A 120.D

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