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Lines on a Map

21 MCQ questions with answers and explanations

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Q1. What are the lines drawn on a map that join places of equal height above sea level called?

  1. AIsobars
  2. BIsotherms
  3. Cisotopes
  4. Dcontour
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Answer: D) contour

Q2. The line joining the areas of equal rainfall is called-

  1. AIsobars
  2. BIsohyet
  3. CIsotherms
  4. DIsohaline
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Answer: B) Isohyet

Q3. The lines joining places having equal population density are-

  1. AIsopract
  2. BIsodophane
  3. CIsotac
  4. DIsopycnic
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Answer: D) Isopycnic

Q4. The line joining the places having equal amount of salinity in the oceanic and marine parts is known by which of the following names?

  1. Aisobath
  2. BIsohel
  3. Cisosaline
  4. DIsohaline
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Answer: D) Isohaline

Q5. What is the line joining areas of equal cloud cover called?

  1. AIsonif
  2. BIsonef
  3. CIsorrhyme
  4. DIsophen
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Answer: B) Isonef

Q6. What is the line joining places with the same magnetic inclination called?

  1. Aisobath
  2. Bisobrant
  3. CIsogonal
  4. Disochrone
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Answer: C) Isogonal

Q7. The imaginary lines connecting places with the same temperature are called-

  1. AIsobars
  2. BIsohyet
  3. CIsohaline
  4. DIsotherms
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Answer: D) Isotherms

Q8. Isobars represent which of the following?

  1. Auniform humidity zone
  2. Buniform temperature
  3. Cuniform rainfall
  4. Duniform atmospheric pressure
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Answer: D) uniform atmospheric pressure

Q9. What is represented by isohel lines?

  1. Auniform rainfall
  2. Bsame height
  3. CEqual sunlight
  4. DUniform snowflakes
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Answer: C) Equal sunlight

Q10. The series of lines joining the places vibrating at the same time is called-

  1. Acoseismic lines
  2. Bisoseismal lines
  3. Chomoisosimal lines
  4. Dseismic lines
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Answer: A) coseismic lines

Q11. What is the line called that joins the places where storms occur at the same time?

  1. Aisoseismal
  2. Bisobrant
  3. CIsochyme
  4. Disocline
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Answer: B) isobrant

Q12. The line joining places of equal depth inside the sea is called-

  1. AIsobars
  2. BIsotherms
  3. Cisobath
  4. Disochrone
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Answer: C) isobath

Q13. What is the line called joining places having equal duration of insolation?

  1. AIsohel
  2. Bisochrone
  3. CIsonif
  4. DIsohop
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Answer: A) Isohel

Q14. What are the lines joining places with equal snowfall called?

  1. AIsonef
  2. BIsonif
  3. CIsohyet
  4. Disobrant
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Answer: B) Isonif

Q15. What is the boundary line called that classifies places with the same language in a region?

  1. AIsopycnic
  2. BIsodine
  3. CIsophyte
  4. Disogloss
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Answer: D) isogloss

Q16. What is the line joining places with similar seismic intensity called?

  1. AIsogonal
  2. Bhomocysmal
  3. Cisoseismal
  4. DIsokinetic
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Answer: C) isoseismal

Q17. What is the line called that joins the places where earthquakes occur at the same time?

  1. Aisoseismal
  2. Bhomocysmal
  3. Cisobrant
  4. DIsogonal
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Answer: B) homocysmal

Q18. What are the lines called that show the salinity of oceans and seas on the map?

  1. AIsotherms
  2. BIsobars
  3. CIsohaline
  4. DIsohyet
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Answer: C) Isohaline

Q19. Isobath lines represent-

  1. AAreas with similar rainfall
  2. BAreas of uniform cloud cover
  3. Careas of equal air pressure
  4. DSalmon depth zones of the sea floor
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Answer: D) Salmon depth zones of the sea floor

Q20. How are contour lines drawn joining places?

  1. Aeven temperature
  2. Bhaving equal height above mean sea level
  3. Ceven rainfall
  4. Dhaving equal air pressure
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Answer: B) having equal height above mean sea level

Q21. What are the lines called that connect places having the same value of the horizontal component of the Earth's magnetic field?

  1. Atransverse lines
  2. Bparallel lines
  3. Cisosceles lines
  4. Disotropic lines
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Answer: C) isosceles lines

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