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. 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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2. What name has been given to the places around and between two gravitationally bound bodies where a third object could stay stationary relative to the other two?
[A] Lagrangian point
[B] Ephemeris
[C] Lissajous
[D] Apside

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3. Pebble transport by rivers, sand drift over desert surfaces, soil blowing over fields are examples of which of the following phenomena?
[A] Deposition
[B] Saltation
[C] Attrition
[D] Weathering

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4. Commonwealth of Nations which is normally called Commonwealth is an intergovernmental organisation of how many independent member states?
[A] 52
[B] 53
[C] 56
[D] 58

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5. Which among the following Island countries is the only country in the world to be a member of African Union, Francophonie, Organization of the Islamic Conference, Arab League and Indian Ocean Commission ?
[A] Comoros
[B] Mauritius
[C] Bahrain
[D] Madagascar

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6. In which region do we find the belt of Doldrums?
[A] Polar region
[B] Sub-tropical region
[C] Temperate region
[D] Equatorial region

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7. Consider the following statements:

  1. The time difference between any two lines of longitude is of eleven minutes
  2. Zero degrees longitude is known as Greenwich Meridian line

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

[A] 1 Only
[B] 2 Only
[C] Both 1 & 2
[D] Neither 1 nor 2

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8. The latitude which passes through Sikkim also passes through which of the following states?
[A] Haryana
[B] Rajasthan
[C] Uttarakhand
[D] Himachal Pradesh

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9. Which one of the following east flowing rivers of India has rift valley due to down warping?
[A] Damodar
[B] Mahanadi
[C] Sone
[D] Yamuna

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10. The waterfall ‘Victoria’ is associated with which of the following rivers?
[A] Amazon
[B] Missouri
[C] St Lawrence
[D] Zambezi

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