World & Physical Geography MCQs

World Geography Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) Quiz for State and UPSC Civil Services Examinations. Objective Questions on Physical Geography and World Geography for competitive examinations.

1. Which among the following is the outcome when tide enters the narrow and shallow estuary of a river?
[A] Tidal Bore
[B] Ocean Gyre
[C] Flood Tide
[D] Rotary current

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2. Which soil is formed by deposition of silt brought by rivers?
[A] Black
[B] Alluvial
[C] Red
[D] Pod

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3. Which of the following imaginary lines join places with same level of rainfalls?
[A] Isobaths lines
[B] Isohyets lines
[C] Isobar lines
[D] Contour lines

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4. Which of the following is not favourable for the formation of deltas? (UPSC Prelims 1983)
[A] Calm winds
[B] Currents and tides
[C] Sheltered coast
[D] No large lakes in the river course

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5. Isohyets are the lines drawn on a map connecting points having which of the following? (UPSC Prelims 1985)
[A] Equal temperature
[B] Equal height
[C] Equal atmospheric pressure
[D] Equal rainfall

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6. At a certain place, the Greenwich Mean Time is ahead by 12 hours. The place is located at which of the following locations? (UPSC Prelims 1986)
[A] 180°W of GMT
[B] 180°E of GMT
[C] 90°W of GMT
[D] 90°E of GMT

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7. Which among the following is the study of depth of water bodies?
[A] Bathymetry
[B] Topography
[C] Oceanography
[D] Orology

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8. Which among the following are gaseous planets?
[A] Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
[B] Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus
[C] Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
[D] Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

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9. Which planet among the following does not have a natural satellite?
[A] Saturn
[B] Mercury
[C] Neptune
[D] Uranus

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10. Who proposed the Binary Star Hypothesis?
[A] Chamberlin
[B] Kant
[C] Russel
[D] Laplace

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