Geography Online Quiz Test

HIMADRI is India's first research station located at the International Arctic Research base, Ny-Alesund, Svalbard, Norway. It is located at a distance of 1,200 kilometres from the North Pole.

The Black Forest is a mountainous region in southwest Germany, bordering France. Known for its dense, evergreen forests and picturesque villages, it is often associated with the Brothers Grimm fairy tales.

Sundarbans is a mangrove area in the delta formed by the confluence of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna Rivers in the Bay of Bengal. It spans from the Hooghly River in West Bengal (India) to the Baleswar River in Bangladesh's division of Khulna.

Marble is a metamorphic rock formed when limestone is exposed to high temperatures and pressures.

Four major types of air masses that influence the weather in North America are: Maritime Tropical (mT), Maritime Polar (mP), Continental Tropical (cT) and Continental Polar (cP). The climate of North America is influenced during winter by the Continental Polar air mass. The most common example of continental polar air entering the U.S. comes in winter, when the jet stream dips southward, carrying cold, dry cP air, sometimes as far south as Florida. When it moves across the Great Lakes region, cP air can trigger lake effect snow.

A geosynchronous orbit is located at 35,786 km above Earth's equator. This position is a valuable spot for monitoring weather, communications and surveillance. Geosynchronous orbit is an Earth-centered orbit with an orbital period that matches Earth's rotation on its axis, 23 hours, 56 minutes, and 4 seconds.

* Mahanadi dam is built across the Mahanadi River. It is the longest dam in Chhattisgarh.

Infrastructure sector includes power, bridges, dams, roads, and urban infrastructure development. Food production is not in the infrastructure sector.

Grain crops contributed about 127 million Hectare (59%) of the gross cropped area of the country. Rice and wheat occupied 22% and 15% of the total net cultivable area in India.

Equatorial regions experience hot and humid climates because this region receives direct sunlight, water from the sea gets heated and is evaporated at a high rate. The moistures in the water vapours cause humidity.