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Multiple choice geography amazing energy energy and uses energy and its different forms energy

What is meant by 'energy crisis'?

  1. Shortage of hydro-electricity

  2. Malnutrition leading to short supply of energy in the human body

  3. Shortage of the thermal power

  4. Impending danger of total exhaustion of fossil fuels like coal and petroleum
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D Correct answer
Explanation

An energy crisis is any significant bottleneck in the supply of energy resources to an economy. In literature, it often refers to one of the energy sources used at a certain time and place, in particular those that supply national electricity grids or those used as fuel in vehicles.

Multiple choice geography amazing energy energy and uses energy and its different forms energy

At which place in Gujarat is the most ideal and largest biogas plant of India setup?

  1. Siddhapur

  2. Udatal

  3. Methaan

  4. Dantiwada
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Methaan, located in the Banaskantha district of Gujarat, is home to a large and well-known community-based biogas plant, often cited as a model for rural energy projects in India.

Multiple choice geography amazing energy energy and uses energy and its different forms energy

Salal is the hydro power project in ______________.

  1. Haryana

  2. Jammu and Kashmir

  3. Himachal Pradesh

  4. Punjab
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Salal Dam, also known as Salal Hydroelectric Power Station, is a run-of-the-river power project on the Chenab River in the Reasi district of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.

Multiple choice geography amazing energy energy and uses energy and its different forms energy

Which of the following is/are considered a Renewable Source of Energy?
(A) Wind Energy
(B) Solar Energy
(C) Nuclear Energy

  1. Only (A)

  2. Only (B)

  3. Only (C)

  4. Only (A) and (B)

  5. All (A), (B) and (C)
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Wind and solar energy are naturally replenished and considered renewable. Nuclear energy is generally categorized as non-renewable because it relies on finite uranium deposits.

Multiple choice geography climate and natural vegetation equatorial climatic region climatic regions the biosphere

Tick the correct answer:
Deserts are characterised by _________.

  1. Scanty vegetation

  2. heavy precipitation

  3. low evaporation

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
Deserts are characterized by Scanty vegetation.
1) Extreme conditions cause high temperature during the day and low temperature in nights
2) Very fewer rainfall results in a very little amount of water for plants to survive upon
3) Groundwater is present very deep inside the surface
4) This makes roots of average plants disable to suck water from under the surface
5) Only some special plants can grow here which have long roots and the transpiration rate from their leaves is very slow. Eg- Cactus
Multiple choice geography climate and natural vegetation equatorial climatic region climatic regions the biosphere natural regions natural regions of the world

The correct definition of the 'biome' is areas having _______.

  1. Large forest cover

  2. Large ecosystem on land with distinct vegetation and animal life.

  3. Enough water on land.

  4. Only animal population
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B Correct answer
Explanation

A biome is a community of plants and animals that have common characteristics for the environment they exist in. They can be found over a range of continents. Biomes are distinct biological communities that have formed in response to a shared physical climate.

Multiple choice geography climate and natural vegetation equatorial climatic region climatic regions the biosphere natural regions natural regions of the world

The equatorial region is confined to ________.

  1. Amazon Basin

  2. Congo Basin

  3. Some parts of Asia

  4. All of these
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Equatorial type of climate, also known as tropi­cal rainforest wet climate , is located up to 5° to 10° latitudes on either side of the equator but at some places it extends up to 15°-25° latitudes mainly along the eastern margins of the continents.

The equatorial climate is found in the following localities:

(i) The Amazon Basin in South America,

(ii) The Congo Basin in Africa,

(iii) Guinea coast in Africa,

(iv) Much of the Indo-Malaysian Region mainly in Java, Sumatra, Bor­neo, Malaysia, Singapore and New Guinea,

(v) Philip­pine Islands,

(vi) Eastern central America (parts of Panama, Costarica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala etc.), some islands in the Caribbean Sea, western Columbia and eastern Madagascar.

 

Multiple choice geography climate and natural vegetation equatorial climatic region climatic regions the biosphere natural regions natural regions of the world

Which ocean has the world's largest number of active volcanoes & so is called 'Ring of Fire'?

  1. Indian Ocean

  2. Atlantic Ocean

  3. Pacific Ocean

  4. Antarctic Ocean
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The Pacific Ocean is surrounded by a series of plate boundaries that host the majority of the world's active volcanoes and earthquakes, known as the Ring of Fire.