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  • Question
  • Who of the following was the first scientific geographer who ascertained the length of equator on sound principles?


  • Options
  • A. Herodotus
  • B. Hecataeus
  • C. Anaximander
  • D. Eratosthenes

  • Correct Answer
  • Eratosthenes 


  • World Geography problems


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    • 1. Among the following countries, which one has the largest concentration of Railways?

    • Options
    • A. South Africa
    • B. Egypt
    • C. Algeria
    • D. Sudan
    • Discuss
    • 2. Tribes belonging to which one of the following groups earn their livelihood through food - gathering and hunting?

    • Options
    • A. Bushman, Pigmy and Eskimo
    • B. Masai, Kirghiz, and Boro
    • C. Pigmy, Eskimo and Kirghiz
    • D. Boro, Bushman, and Masai
    • Discuss
    • 3. The Grand Banks are famous fishing grounds in the _____region

    • Options
    • A. North - West Pacific
    • B. South - East Pacific
    • C. North - West Atlantic
    • D. North - East Atlantic
    • Discuss
    • 4. Which one of the following climates is found in coastal areas of California in north America, Central Chile in South America and South-west tip of West Australia?

    • Options
    • A. Tropical savanna
    • B. Mediterranean
    • C. Humid continental
    • D. Low-latitude steppe
    • Discuss
    • 5. Air temperatures are effected by slope and orientation as slopes facing into the Sun will be

    • Options
    • A. Warmer than those facing away
    • B. Colder than those facing away
    • C. Neither warmer nor colder than those facing away
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 6. Which of the following is the highest active volcano in the world

    • Options
    • A. Etna
    • B. Fujiyoma
    • C. Mount tai
    • D. Catopaxi
    • Discuss
    • 7. By volume of water, what is the largest lake in Scotland?
    • Discuss
    • 8. Bangkok lies on river

    • Options
    • A. Kizil
    • B. Spree
    • C. Karnaphuli
    • D. Menam
    • Discuss
    • 9. European Turkey is separated from its Asian part by

    • Options
    • A. Straits of Bosporus
    • B. Sea of Marmara
    • C. Straits of Dardanelles
    • D. All the above
    • Discuss
    • 10. The inequality between day and night becomes greater or more marked as one travels from _______ to _________

    • Options
    • A. Poles, Equator
    • B. Equator, Poles
    • C. Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn
    • D. Tropic of Capricorn, Tropic of Cancer
    • Discuss


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