Geographic Instruments: MCQ Test (25 questions)

Question 1 of 25

Octave scale is used to measure what?

Aatmospheric humidity
Bamount of cloud cover
Cdew point level
Damount of solar light

Question 2 of 25

Which of the following is related to the ergograph?

AClimatic conditions and crop growth period
Bwet bulb temperature and humidity
CTemperature and annual rainfall
DRelative humidity and temperature

Question 3 of 25

Which of the following is measured by a lysometer?

Aatmospheric humidity
Bdirection and speed of clouds
Camount of solar radiation
Dthe amount of percolation water that moves down through the soil

Question 4 of 25

Which of the following instruments is used for enlarging and reducing maps?

Apantograph
BEpiscope
Cpantographic camera
Dall of which

Question 5 of 25

The instrument used to measure relative humidity in air is-

AHygrograph
BHydrograph
Cpantograph
DBarograph

Question 6 of 25

Which instrument is used to measure relative humidity?

AHydrometer
BHygrometer
Cbarometer
DManometer

Question 7 of 25

Which instrument is used to measure the intensity of radiation?

AChronometer
BVenetuometer
Cactinometer
Dclinometer

Question 8 of 25

Opisometer is used for-

Ain area measurement
BIn direction measurement
CIn distance measurement
DIn gradient measurement

Question 9 of 25

Wind speed is measured by which of the following instruments?

Abarometer
Bwindvane
CAnemometer
Dclinometer

Question 10 of 25

Which of the following is measured on the 'T-Scale'?

Aseismic waves
Bwind speed
CThe power of cyclones
Dvolcanic eruption

Question 11 of 25

What does a seismograph record?

Aheartbeat
Batmospheric pressure
Cintensity of the earthquake
Dnone of these

Question 12 of 25

Which geographical instrument measures the blueness of the sky?

Acyanometer
BActinometer
Cclinometer
Dpyrometer

Question 13 of 25

Which of the following is measured by Moh's Scale?

Athickness of soil layers
Bhardness of rocks
Csoil water content
Dthe amount of acidity in the soil

Question 14 of 25

What is the Richter scale used to measure?

Adepth of the sea
Bdirection of the sea
Cearthquake tremors
Dnone of these

Question 15 of 25

Which of the following is shown on the Beaufort scale?

Aspeed of seismic waves
Bwind speed
Cspeed of flowing water
Dall of which

Question 16 of 25

Which of the following is measured on the Richter scale?

AThe speed of the rocket 5 minutes after its lift-off
Bintensity of thunderstorm
Cintensity of the earthquake
DThe speed of the ball hit by a player in lawn tennis

Question 17 of 25

Which instrument is used to measure high temperature?

Acyanometer
BActinometer
Cpyrometer
DLysimeter

Question 18 of 25

Which of the following instruments is used to measure distances on a map?

Aplanimeter
BRotameter
Copisometer
Dtellurometer

Question 19 of 25

Which of the following is not correctly matched?

ADistance between two places on a map - Opisometer
BArea on a Map - Planimeter
Cvolcanic lava temperature - pyrometer
DAmount of solar radiation - chronometer

Question 20 of 25

Which instrument measures the waves reaching the surface during an earthquake?

AManometer
Bseismograph
CBarograph
DChronometer

Question 21 of 25

Seasonal conditions, net area, crop period etc. can be shown simultaneously.

AOn the heathergraph
Bon the ergograph
Con the climograph
Don the bandgraph

Question 22 of 25

Which of the following is not correctly matched?

AEvaporimeter - measurement of water vapor
BCurrent meter - water flow measurement
CAttometer – Measurement of distance between two places
DRotameter - Measurement of water humidity

Question 23 of 25

The Richter scale measures the intensity of:

Aearthquake
BAir
CSea depths
Dbody heat

Question 24 of 25

Relative humidity is shown on which of the following graphs?

ABarograph
Bclimograph
CHeathergraph
Dhypsometric graph

Question 25 of 25

What is measured by a calorimeter?

Atemperature
Bamount of heat
CAbsorption
DColour