Class 11 Geography – Daily Revision MCQ (English Medium)
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Seismographs located between 105° and 140° away from an earthquake's epicentre generally record:
Chapter 1: Earth Movements
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Answer: C. neither P-waves nor S-waves
The belt from 105° to 140° is the shadow zone for both types; beyond 140° only P-waves arrive, and S-waves do not reach anywhere beyond 105°.Coastal rocks at places like Hareshwar in Maharashtra show honeycomb-like hollows. These form mainly because:
Chapter 2: Weathering and Mass Wasting
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Answer: A. salts crystallise in the rock during alternate wet and dry periods, and grains fall off
In coastal areas with alternate dry and wet periods, salt crystals form in the rock and push grains out, giving a honeycomb shape.When two cirques develop side by side at the head of glaciers, the narrow wall of rock left between them is called:
Chapter 3: Agents of Erosion
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Answer: D. an arête
Erosion by two neighbouring cirques leaves only a thin, sharp wall between them; this ridge is an arête.The Mediterranean and the China type climates lie in almost the same latitudes. Where is the Mediterranean type found?
Chapter 4: Climatic Regions
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Answer: B. On the western margins of continents
The textbook's main difference: Mediterranean climate is on the western margins of continents, while the China type is on the eastern parts.The Montreal Protocol, finalised in 1987, is a global agreement mainly meant to:
Chapter 5: Global Climate Change
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Answer: C. protect the stratospheric ozone layer by phasing out ozone-depleting substances
The Montreal Protocol protects the ozone layer in the stratosphere by phasing out the production and use of ozone-depleting substances.According to the textbook, in which stage of the ice age is the Earth at present?
Chapter 5: Global Climate Change
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Answer: B. An interglacial period, a warmer stage
We are still living in an ice age, but the Earth is in its warmer stage, when glaciers recede; this is called an interglacial period.Under UNCLOS 1982, up to what distance from its coast can a country use the waters as its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)?
Chapter 6: Ocean Resources
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Answer: D. 200 nautical miles
12 nautical miles is the territorial sea; the EEZ extends to 200 nautical miles, and only that country may exploit its resources.Teak is the most important tree for its economic value in which biome?
Chapter 8: Biomes
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Answer: A. Tropical deciduous biome
In the tropical deciduous biome (5°–30° N and S), teak is the main tree by economic value, used for furniture, construction and ship-building.In the textbook's classification of disasters by origin, the Surat plague of 1992 is an example of which type?
Chapter 9: Disaster Management
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Answer: C. Biological
Epidemics such as flu, dengue, cholera and plague, and locust or pest attacks, are biological disasters.A place on a toposheet has the six-figure grid reference 476382 (form EEANNB). What is its four-figure grid reference?
Chapter 10: Practicals
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Answer: B. 4738
In EEANNB, EE = 47 (easting) and NN = 38 (northing); the 3rd and 6th digits (6 and 2) are tenths, so the four-figure reference is 4738.
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All questions are written by PadhaiNotes in our own words from the chapters of the official Maharashtra State Board Balbharati textbook (ebalbharati.in). Each question shows its chapter.