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. Who among the following proposed Helio-centric model of solar system?
[A] Copernicus
[B] Ptolemy
[C] Aristotle
[D] Strabo
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Correct Answer: A [Copernicus]
Notes:
Copernicus proposed Helio-centric model. According to this model, sun stands at the center of the universe, and Moon, the Earth, and remaining planets revolve around the sun.
2. The grasslands called “Pampas” are found in which among the following regions?
[A] South Africa
[B] South America
[C] Australia
[D] Europe
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Correct Answer: B [South America]
Notes:
Pampas are located in South America, covering more than 1,200,000 square kilometers. The Pampas are found in Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil. The word “pampa” comes from the Quechua word for “plain”. The Pampas are fertile, low-lying grasslands with a temperate climate. They receive 600 to 1,200 mm of precipitation annually. The Pampas are home to roughly 400 species of birds and 100 other species. Grasslands are transitional biomes, meaning they are found between deserts and forests. They cover a quarter of the Earth’s land and can be found on every continent except Antarctica.
3. Which planet is known as “Bright Wandering Star”?
[A] Mars
[B] Venus
[C] Saturn
[D] Jupiter
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Correct Answer: D [Jupiter]
Notes:
The word ‘planet’ comes from the ancient Greek ἀστήρ πλανήτης (astēr planētēs), meaning “wandering star”. The large number of stars observed in the heavens were classified into fixed stars and wandering stars. Fixed stars were those with respect to which the movement of the celestial bodies were measured. Wandering stars were those whose relative distances with respect to the fixed stars keep changing. Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Mercury and Saturn belonged to the latter category. Among these, Jupiter was known as Bright Wandering Star.
4. Which among the following is busiest ocean trade route?
[A] Suez Canal
[B] North Atlantic route
[C] Panama Canal
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: B [North Atlantic route]
Notes:
The north atlantic route is the busiest ocean trade. It connects the South America to North America(Panama Canal), Africa to Europe and Europe to Asia (through Gibraltar Strait connecting Mediterranean Sea ).
5. Who discovered the rings of Saturn?
[A] Galileo
[B] Newton
[C] Edmund Halley
[D] Einstein
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Correct Answer: A [Galileo ]
Notes:
Galileo Galilei was the first to observe the rings of Saturn in 1610 using his telescope. He called them Saturn’s ears.
6. Baltic Sea & North Sea are connected by _________?
[A] Kiel Canal
[B] Panama canal
[C] Suez canal
[D] none of the above
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Correct Answer: A [Kiel Canal]
Notes:
The Baltic sea and the north sea are connected by Kiel canal. The Kiel Canal is a 98-kilometre-long freshwater canal in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. The Kiel is the world’s busiest man-made waterway for seagoing ships, used by a similar number of ships as on the Panama and Suez canals.
7. Which of the following rivers is called “Father of African Rivers”?
[A] Nile River
[B] Niger River
[C] Gambia River
[D] Yobbe River
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Correct Answer: A [Nile River]
Notes:
Nile is considered the Father of African Rivers. It is Stretching for approximately 6,695 km across 10 different countries, the Nile River is the longest river in the world.
8. If earth stops rotating, the impact on weight of a body will be minimum on which among the following places?
[A] Equator
[B] North Pole
[C] Tropic of Cancer
[D] Tropic of Capricorn
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Correct Answer: B [North Pole]
Notes:
The question is related to the centrifugal forces, which represent the effects of inertia that arise in connection with rotation and which are experienced as an outward force away from the center of rotation. The impact of this force is maximum at Equator and minimum at Pole.
9. The Himalayas are formed of parallel fold ranges, which of the following is oldest range? (UPSC Prelims 1994)
[A] The Siwalik Range
[B] The Lesser Himalayas
[C] The Great Himalayan Range
[D] The Dhaula Dhar Range
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Correct Answer: C [The Great Himalayan Range]
Notes:
The northernmost range is called the Great Himalayas and is also the oldest of all the ranges of Himalayas. The Great Himalayan range is made up of erosion material from the rising Himalaya. Running parallel to this is the Lower Himalayan Range, which has an elevation between 2,000–5,000 m.
10. At which of the following time periods the first bird is believed to have appeared on the surface of the earth? (UPSC Prelims 1994)
[A] 300 million years ago
[B] 200 million years ago
[C] 150 million years ago
[D] 100 million years ago
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Correct Answer: C [150 million years ago]
Notes:
The first bird is believed to have appeared on the surface of the earth 150 million years ago.