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 ocean is called “Herring Pond”?
[A] Pacific Ocean
[B] Atlantic Ocean
[C] Arctic Ocean
[D] Indian Ocean
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Correct Answer: B [ Atlantic Ocean ]
Notes:
Great Herring Pond is a 376-acre warm water pond mostly located in Plymouth, Massachusetts, with the southern portion extending into Bourne. It is in Atlantic ocean.
2. What type of crops are predominantly grown in Africa?
[A] Cereal Crops
[B] Root Crops
[C] Cash Crops
[D] Oil Crops
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Correct Answer: B [Root Crops]
Notes:
Africa is home to a variety of cuisines and food crops, but root crops such as yams, cassava, and sweet potatoes are predominant. These crops are vital for nutrition and food security in many African countries because they are high in carbohydrates, adaptable to various climatic and soil conditions, and have high yield potential. This makes them the primary source of caloric intake for many Africans, contributing significantly to the agricultural economy of the continent.
3. Doldrums pressure belts lies in between which of the following latitudes?
[A] 35° N to 60° S
[B] 5° N to 5° S
[C] 25° N to 35° S
[D] 35° N to 45° S
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Correct Answer: B [5° N to 5° S]
Notes:
Equatorial Low Pressure Belt or ‘Doldrums’ Lies between 10°N and 10°S latitudes. Width may vary between 5°N and 5°S and 20°N and 20°S. This belt happens to be the zone of convergence of trade winds from two hemispheres from sub-tropical high pressure belts.
4. Which of the following is indicated by the portions marked with ‘B’? (UPSC Prelims 1985)
[A] Coal fields
[B] Atomic power plants
[C] Fertilizer complexes
[D] Oil refineries
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Correct Answer: D [Oil refineries]
Notes:
An oil refinery or petroleum refinery is an industrial process plant where crude oil is transformed and refined into more useful products such as petroleum naphtha, gasoline, diesel fuel, asphalt base, heating oil, kerosene, liquefied petroleum gas, jet fuel and fuel oils. It is indicated by the potion marked with ‘B’.
5. Which one of the following is not correctly matched? (UPSC Prelims 1988)
[A] Isopleth — A line joining places of equal height
[B] Isobar — A line joining places of equal pressure
[C] Isohyet — A line joining places of equal rainfall
[D] Isotherm — A line joining places of equal temperature
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Correct Answer: A [Isopleth — A line joining places of equal height]
Notes:
Isopleth is a line on a map connecting points having equal incidence of a specified meteorological feature.
6. Which of the following clearly define Barkhan? (UPSC Prelims 1991)
[A] Crescent shaped sand-dune
[B] Depositional bar, separated by water from the coast
[C] Dark coloured, fine grained rock
[D] Glacial erosional feature
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Correct Answer: A [Crescent shaped sand-dune]
Notes:
A barchan or barkhan dune is a crescent-shaped dune. The term was introduced in 1881 by Russian naturalist Alexander von Middendorf, for crescent-shaped sand dunes in Turkestan and other inland desert regions.
7. Even though Pluto is usually the-farthest planet, its path is highly elliptical, crossing inside the path of some other planet. As a result for a period of twenty years from 1979, the farthest planet is not Pluto but, (UPSC Prelims 1993)
[A] Jupiter
[B] Saturn
[C] Uranus
[D] Neptune
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Correct Answer: D [Neptune]
Notes:
Pluto is usually farthest from the Sun. However, its orbit “crosses” inside of Neptune’s orbit for 20 years out of every 248 years. Pluto last crossed inside Neptune’s orbit on February 7, 1979, and temporarily became the 8th planet from the Sun.
8. The Betelgeuse star is located in which constellation?
[A] Sirius
[B] Orion
[C] Lyra
[D] Ursa Major
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Correct Answer: B [Orion ]
Notes:
The Betelgeuse star is located in the constellation Orion. It is a Supergiant star. Its diameter is larger than the diameter of Jupiter’s orbit around the Sun.
9. What is the age of the solar system?
[A] 13.7 billion years
[B] 4.6 billion years
[C] 4.3 billion years
[D] 13.51 billion years
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Correct Answer: B [4.6 billion years]
Notes:
The formation and evolution of our solar system started 4.6 billion years ago with the gravitational collapse of a small part of a giant molecular cloud.
10. What is the percentage of the sedimentary rock cover of the Continents of the earth’s surface?
[A] 73 %
[B] 5 %
[C] 25 %
[D] 50 %
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Correct Answer: A [73 %]
Notes:
Sedimentary rocks makeup only 8 % of the volume of Earth’s crust. And the percentage of the sedimentary rock cover of the continents is almost 73 % of the earth’s surface.
