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. What is the amount of Iron in Earth (percentage in total mass)?
[A] 24.5%
[B] 34.6%
[C] 39.3%
[D] 42.4%
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Correct Answer: B [34.6%]
Notes:
The iron makes up about 34.6% of Earth’s mass and 5.2% of Earth’s crust. The other metals there are aluminium, silicon etc. The abundant metal Iron is truly one of Earth’s essential building blocks.
2. Which among the following is the major objective of NASA’s Kepler mission?
[A] To search for habitable planets
[B] To search for earth like planets
[C] To search for alien life
[D] To search for potentially dangerous objects in space
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Correct Answer: B [To search for earth like planets]
Notes:
The Kepler Mission is specifically designed to survey the Milky Way galaxy to discover hundreds of Earth-size and smaller planets. It is to find out habitable zone and determine the fraction of the hundreds of billions of stars in our galaxy that might have such planets.
3. 180 degree longitude is also known as _ ___?
[A] Arctic Circle
[B] International Date Line
[C] The Great Circle
[D] Equator
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Correct Answer: B [International Date Line]
Notes:
The 180th meridian or anti meridian is the Prime Meridian. It is known as the International date line. It is with which it forms a great circle dividing the earth into the Western and Eastern Hemispheres. It is common to both east longitude and west longitude.
4. Which among the following is the largest Bay of the world?
[A] Bay of Bengal
[B] Hudson Bay
[C] Blacksod Bay
[D] Sandy Bay, Gibraltar
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Correct Answer: A [Bay of Bengal]
Notes:
Bay of Bengal is the largest bay in the world. It is located to southeast of India. The Hudson bay comes second.
5. Consider the following statements about the ‘Roaring Forties’:
- They blow uninterrupted in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
- They blow with great strength and constancy.
- Their direction is generally from North – West to East in the Southern Hemisphere.
- Overcast skies, rain and raw weather are generally associated with them.
Which of these statements are correct? (UPSC Prelims 2000)
[A] 1, 2 and 3
[B] 2, 3 and 4
[C] 1, 3 and 4
[D] 1, 2 and 4
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Correct Answer: B [2, 3 and 4]
Notes:
The westerlies in the southern hemisphere is called as roaring forties, lies between 40°S to 50°S and is a permanent wind. It is slow over landmass. The correct statements about the ‘Roaring Forties’ are 2, 3 and 4: They blow with great strength and constancy, Their direction is generally from North-West to East in the Southern Hemisphere and Overcast skies, rain and raw weather are generally associated with them.
6. Which Isthmus connects the continents of Asia and Africa?
[A] Isthmus of Suez
[B] Isthmus of Panama
[C] Isthmus of La Dune
[D] Isthmus of Catalina Island
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Correct Answer: A [Isthmus of Suez]
Notes:
The continents of Asia and Africa are connected by the Isthmus of Suez. The Isthmus of Suez is located in the country of Egypt and it connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea.
7. Yellow River flows through which country?
[A] United States
[B] Russia
[C] China
[D] India
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Correct Answer: C [China]
Notes:
The Yellow River is the second longest river in China. It is approximately 5,464 km long. It originates in the Bayan Har Mountains in Western China, empties into the Bohai Sea.
8. Which is the deepest river in the world?
[A] Loire River
[B] Nile River
[C] Rhine River
[D] Congo River
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Correct Answer: D [Congo River]
Notes:
The Congo River is the deepest river in the world. It was formerly known as the Zaire River. It is also the second longest river in Africa and world’s second largest river in terms of discharge volume of water.
9. Which spacecraft was launched to study of outer planets in the solar system?
[A] BepiColombo
[B] InSight
[C] Voyager
[D] Messenger
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Correct Answer: C [Voyager]
Notes:
The Voyager space probe was launched by NASA in 1977 to study the outer planets of the solar system.
10. In which Epoch did the Homo sapiens evolve?
[A] Eocene
[B] Oligocene
[C] Miocene
[D] Pleistocene
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Correct Answer: D [Pleistocene ]
Notes:
The Homo sapiens evolved in the chibanian age of the Pleistocene epoch
