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. Chomolungma is located in which country?
[A] India
[B] Nepal
[C] Bhutan
[D] Tibet
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Correct Answer: B [Nepal]
Notes:
Chomolungma is one name of Mount Everest, and its located in Nepal, as we all know.
2. Titan is the largest moon of _________?
[A] Uranus
[B] Jupiter
[C] Saturn
[D] Earth
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Correct Answer: C [Saturn]
Notes:
Titan is the moon of Saturn. It is the largest moon of Saturn and the second largest natural satellite in the solar system.
3. The unit less measure of Earth’s reflectivity which is combined effect of all shortwave losses is known as ___?
[A] Earth Scattering
[B] Earth Radiation
[C] Earth Albedo
[D] Polar See-saw
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Correct Answer: C [Earth Albedo]
Notes:
Albedo is the measure of how much light is reflected by an object. In the context of Earth, albedo refers to the amount of sunlight that is reflected back into space by the planet’s surface, oceans, and atmosphere.
4. Which among the following country is world’s Southernmost Landlocked Country?
[A] Malawi
[B] Mali
[C] Lesotho
[D] Bolivia
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Correct Answer: C [Lesotho]
Notes:
Lesotho is a country located in southern Africa, completely surrounded by South Africa.
5. Which among the following is the most suitable common word for roaring forties, furious fifties and stormy sixties ?
[A] Trade winds
[B] Cyclones
[C] Westerlies
[D] Polar winds
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Correct Answer: C [ Westerlies]
Notes:
The prevailing westerlies are one of the five primary wind zones, known as wind belts, that comprise our atmosphere’s circulatory system. They reach from where the horse latitudes leave off to approximately 60 degrees north and south latitude. The prevailing westerlies tend to be very unpredictable, but they are known to originate in the west more often than not. Wind speeds can be great in areas with few landmasses to interfere with the westerlies, especially around 40 to 50 degrees south latitude, which is nicknamed “the roaring 40s. Westerlies, anti-trades,or Prevailing Westerlies, are prevailing winds in the middle latitudes between 30 and 60 degrees latitude, blowing from the high pressure area in the horse latitudes towards the poles.
6. 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.
7. The term Roaring Forties is used for which of the following?
[A] Westerlies
[B] Easterlies
[C] Doldrums
[D] None of the options A, B and C is correct
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Correct Answer: A [Westerlies]
Notes:
Roaring Forties is the name given to strong westerly winds found in the Southern Hemisphere, generally between the latitudes of 40 and 49 degrees.
8. What will happen to the population of plants and animals, when a person moves from poles to the equator?
[A] Increase
[B] Decrease
[C] Remain unchanged
[D] Not show any consistent behavior
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Correct Answer: A [Increase]
Notes:
Moving to equator results in less disturbance for wildlife in that area. Much of the biodiversity around the equator is in the rainforest. As stated before, geographic isolation drove speciation around the equator, increasing the overall uniqueness and amount of species.
9. What is the term used for countries that consist of an archipelago?
[A] Islet
[B] Archipelagic State
[C] Island
[D] Cays
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Correct Answer: B [Archipelagic State]
Notes:
The island countries that consist of an archipelago are termed as an Archipelagic state. Some of the major Archipelagic Sates are the Bahamas, Fiji, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines.
10. Which coral reef system comprises a big field of sand mounds?
[A] Filippo Reef
[B] Flinders Reef
[C] Darwin Mounds
[D] Lansdowne Bank
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Correct Answer: C [Darwin Mounds]
Notes:
The coral reef of Darwin Mounds comprises a big field of sand mounds. It is situated off the northwest coast of Scotland and they are found about 1000 metres below the surface of the North Atlantic Ocean.
