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. “New Moore” island is located in?
[A] Arabian Sea
[B] Indian Ocean
[C] Bay of Bengal
[D] Pacific Ocean
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Correct Answer: C [Bay of Bengal]
Notes:
New Moore Island was known as New Moore Island in India and South Talpatti Island in Bangladesh. It was an uninhabited island which emerged in the Bay of Bengal in the aftermath of the Bhola cyclone in 1970. It had been created by the delta currents. It was located south of the Haribhanga river. Now it has disappeared due to rising sea levels.
2. Which among the following is world’s largest freshwater lake?
[A] Caspian Sea
[B] Lake Baikal
[C] Lake Superior
[D] Lake Nero
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Correct Answer: C [Lake Superior]
Notes:
World’s largest lake is Caspian Sea. However world’s largest freshwater lake in respect to the volume of water is Lake Baikal. Michigan-Huron which is a single water body in United States & Canada is largest Freshwater lake if considered one body by surface area. However Lake superior in US & Canada is largest single lake with respect to surface area if Michigan-Huron is counted as two lakes. In this condition if Michigan & Huron are third and fourth largest lakes.
Lake Baikal is also world’s deepest lake.
3. Identify the wind based on the following information:
- It is a cold, dry, and dust-laden wind.
- This wind blows from the Sahara Desert over the West African subcontinent into the Gulf of Guinea.
- Locally, it is referred to as “the Doctor.”
Select the correct option from the codes given below:
[A] Khamsin
[B] Sirocco
[C] Mistral
[D] Harmattan
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Correct Answer: D [Harmattan]
Notes:
Harmattan is a cold, dry, and dust-laden wind blowing from the Sahara Desert across West Africa into the Gulf of Guinea. It is called “the Doctor” as it provides relief from the oppressive heat in regions like Niger, distinguishing it from other local winds like Khamsin, Sirocco, and Mistral, which have different origins and impacts.
4. In geographical context, a “Peneplain” is:
[A] a low-relief non-constructional plain formed through fluvial erosion
[B] an extensive plain formed in a desert by the coalescence of pediments
[C] an area of low-lying ground adjacent to a river, formed mainly of river sediments
[D] a landscape formed from the dissolution of soluble rocks such as limestone
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Correct Answer: A [a low-relief non-constructional plain formed through fluvial erosion]
Notes:
Peneplains are formed by wearing down of land due to weathering and erosion. A peneplain is a featureless plain formed due to fluvial erosion. Some occasional raised areas which survive due to high resistance to erosion are called monad nocks found in peneplains.
5. What are the grass lands of South America called?
[A] Stepes
[B] Prairies
[C] Pampas
[D] Savanna
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Correct Answer: C [Pampas]
Notes:
In Europe and Asia, temperate grasslands are called steppes. In South America, grasslands are called pampas. In North America, temperate grasslands are called prairies.
6. Which is the largest coral reef in the world?
[A] Kingman Reef
[B] The Great Barrier Reef
[C] Lansdowne Bank
[D] Lyra Reef
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Correct Answer: B [The Great Barrier Reef]
Notes:
The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef system in the world . It is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland in Australia. It comprises over 2900 individual reefs and 900 islands over there.
7. Which among the following atoll is located near the coast of Maharashtra?
[A] Minicoy Atoll
[B] Ari Atoll
[C] Angria Atoll
[D] Truk Lagoon
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Correct Answer: C [Angria Atoll]
Notes:
Angria Atoll is a bank and a shallow sunken atoll, off the west coast of India. It is located 65 miles to the West of Vijaydurg, Maharashtra.
8. When did the formation of the Earth take place?
[A] 6.84 billion years ago
[B] 4.54 billion years ago
[C] 5.46 billion years ago
[D] 2.64 billion years ago
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Correct Answer: B [4.54 billion years ago]
Notes:
The formation of planet Earth took place around 4.54 billion years ago. It is one third the age of universe.
9. Who put forward the Cepheid hypothesis?
[A] Laplace
[B] A.C.Banerji
[C] James Jeans
[D] Hannes Alfven
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Correct Answer: B [A.C.Banerji]
Notes:
A.C.Banerji proposed the Cepheid Hypothesis on the origin of solar System in 1942.
10. Which is the thinnest layer among all the layers of the Earth?
[A] Crust
[B] Mantle
[C] Inner core
[D] Outer core
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Correct Answer: A [Crust]
Notes:
The crust is the outermost layer of the Earth. It is 5-100 kms thick. It is the thinnest of all layers of the Earth.
