A stalagmite differs from a stalactite in that a stalagmite

A. is thinner and longer than a stalactite

B. starts from the roof of a cave

C. is evaporated calcium carbonate

D. starts from the floor of a cave

'It is crescentic or moon-shaped and occurs transversely to the direction of the prevailing wind'. The above statement is a description of a

A. yardang

B. barchan

C. zeugen

D. rock pedestal

Isotherm is to temperature as ........... is to pressure.

A. isohaline

B. isohel

C. isoneph

D. isobar

Which of the following did koppen use to classify the climates of the world?

A. temperature and humidity

B. temperaature and wind

C. temperature and rainfall

D. rainfall and humidity

All the following are environmental hazards except

A. flooding

B. vulcanicity

C. afforestation

D. deforestation

The resource of the atmosphere include all the following except

A. vegetation

B. rain

C. wind

D. gases

If the total land area of a country is 24,000 square kilometres and the population is 7,200,000. what is the population density of the country?

A. 200 persons per km²

B. 300 persons per km²

C. 2000 persons per km²

D. 3000 persons per km²

Which of the following is not a major type of migration?

A. rural - urban

B. international

C. inter - community

D. urban - rural

Rural settlement types include all the following except

A. linear

B. dormitory

C. nucleated

D. dispersed

All the following activities belong to primary industries except

A. lumbering

B. quarrying

C. processing

D. fishing