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. Dasht-e Margo, also known as “Desert of Death”, is located in which country?
[A] Kazakhstan
[B] Saudi Arabia
[C] Afghanistan
[D] China
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Correct Answer: C [ Afghanistan ]
Notes:
Dasht-e Margo is a desert region in the southern provinces of Helmand and Nimruz in Afghanistan. It is the world’s 20th largest desert, and consists mainly of sand masses and rocky-clayish plains with solonchaks, takirs, and rarely oases.
2. One minute of arc of latitude along any meridian is also known as__?
[A] One Degree
[B] One Mile
[C] One Nautical Mile
[D] One mach
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Correct Answer: C [One Nautical Mile]
Notes:
One Nautical Mile is the unit of length corresponding approximately to one minute of arc of latitude along any meridian. By international agreement it is exactly 1,852 metres (approximately 6,076 feet).
3. Błędów Desert is located in which continent?
[A] Africa
[B] Europe
[C] Australia
[D] North America
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Correct Answer: B [Europe]
Notes:
Błędów Desert is desert area of sands between Błędów and the villages of Chechło and Klucze in Poland. It is in Europe.The area lies mainly on the Silesian Highlands in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship.
4. Which among the following is the most recent in the geological time scale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy?
[A] Tertiary Period
[B] Quaternary Period
[C] Cretaceous Era
[D] Oligocene
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Correct Answer: B [Quaternary Period]
Notes:
Quaternary is the current and most recent of the three periods of the Cenozoic Era in the geologic time scale. It follows the Neogene Period and spans from 2.588 ± 0.005 million years ago to the present.
5. Mass of Sun is equal to how many moons of earth (approximately) ?
[A] 2.7 Lakh
[B] 27 Lakh
[C] 270 Lakh
[D] 2700 Lakh
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Correct Answer: C [270 Lakh]
Notes:
The mass of sun is equal to 270 lakh moons. About 1.3 million Earths could fit inside the sun. The mass of the sun is 1.989 x 1030 kilograms, about 333,000 times the mass of the Earth.
6. The “Ninety East Ridge” is a submarine volcanic ridge located in __?
[A] Pacific Ocean
[B] Atlantic Ocean
[C] Indian Ocean
[D] Arctic Ocean
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Correct Answer: C [Indian Ocean]
Notes:
The Ninety East Ridge is an 5500 km long, north-south-oriented, submarine volcanic ridge in the eastern Indian Ocean that formed from magmatism associated with the deep seated Kerguelen mantle plume as the Indian plate drifted rapidly northward during the Late Cretaceous.
7. For which of the following, the so called “Indo-Burmese Arc (IBA)” is famous?
[A] part of drug trade corridor called Golden Triangle
[B] active subduction zone leading to frequent earthquakes
[C] diverse varieties of endemic plants and animals
[D] single largest contiguous tea growing region in the world
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Correct Answer: B [active subduction zone leading to frequent earthquakes]
Notes:
The region consists of Indo-Burman ranges (IBR; Arakan Yoma, Chin Hills and Naga Hills, from south to north), the Myanmar Central Basin (MCB) and the eastern highlands of Shan plateau. IBR is an arcuate sedimentary belt with N–S trend of folded mountain chain, formed by Cenozoic rocks with Triassic metamorphic basement. It is considered as an active accretionary wedge linked to eastward subduction of the Bengal basin oceanic crust. The zone is marked by high seismicity, high erosion, high uplift and exhumation rates6. Due to the complex nature, geodynamic setting, plate motion and other geodynamic processes in the region are largely unknown. The region has gained attention for the plate motion and earthquake occurrence process. The construction in the area is largely traditional. There are no high rises buildings, houses are flatter. The region is sparsely populated.
8. Which of the following clouds is responsible for “Solar halo”, an optical phenomenon which leads to formation of colored or white rings or arcs and spots in the sky?
[A] Cirrostratus
[B] Cirrocumulus
[C] Cumulonimbus
[D] Altostratus
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Correct Answer: A [Cirrostratus]
Notes:
Cirrostratus is the only clouds which is responsible for the formation of haloes. A halo is an optical phenomena produced by light interacting with ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere. It leads to formation of colored or white rings or arcs and spots in the sky.
9. Which archipelago has the largest number of islands, islets, reefs and cays?
[A] Archipelago Sea
[B] Norwegian Archipelago
[C] Malay Archipelago
[D] Great Barrier Reef
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Correct Answer: B [Norwegian Archipelago]
Notes:
Norwegian Archipelago is the largest archipelago in the world in terms of the number of islands as it comprises at least 2,40,000 islands, islets, coral reefs and cays. It is located off the coast of Norway in northern Europe.
10. Who put forward the Gaseous Hypothesis theory of origin of earth?
[A] Laplace
[B] Chamberlin
[C] Kant
[D] James Jeans
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Correct Answer: C [Kant]
Notes:
Kant put forward his gaseous hypothesis theory in 1755. This theory was based on Newton’s law of Gravitation.
