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. Slate is an example of:
[A] Igneous rock
[B] Metamorphic rock
[C] Sedimentary rock
[D] Intrusive igneous rock
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Correct Answer: B [Metamorphic rock]
Notes:
Slate, gneiss, schist, marble and diamond are good examples of metamorphic rocks.
2. What is Tugela an example of?
[A] Waterfall
[B] Shipping Canal
[C] Natural Lake
[D] Salt lake
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Correct Answer: A [Waterfall]
Notes:
Tugela is an example of a waterfall located in South Africa. Specifically, they are a series of seasonal waterfalls in the Drakensberg of the Royal Natal National Park in the KwaZulu-Natal Province. Interestingly, Tugela Falls is known as the second tallest waterfall in the world with a total drop in five free-leaping falls of 948 meters (3110 feet).
3. The Coastal deserts are usually consequences of __?
[A] warm ocean currents
[B] orographic precipitation
[C] cold ocean currents
[D] subtropical high pressure
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Correct Answer: C [ cold ocean currents]
Notes:
Cold ocean currents contribute to the formation of coastal deserts. Cold ocean currents contribute to the formation of coastal deserts. Air blowing toward shore, chilled by contact with cold water, produces a layer of fog. This heavy fog drifts onto land. Although humidity is high, the atmospheric changes that normally cause rainfall are not present. A coastal desert may be almost totally rainless, yet damp with fog.
The Atacama Desert, on the Pacific shores of Chile, is a coastal desert. Some areas of the Atacama are often covered by fog. But the region can go decades without rainfall. In fact, the Atacama Desert is the driest place on Earth. Some weather stations in the Atacama have never recorded a drop of rain. (National Geographic)
4. With respect to Geomorphology, what are ‘Inselbergs’?
[A] Desert counterpart of the delta formed due to depositional aeolian action
[B] Residual hills formed due to erosional aeolian action
[C] Semi-circular steepsided depression formed through depositional glacial action
[D] Landform created due to combined action of fluvial erosional and depositional
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Correct Answer: B [Residual hills formed due to erosional aeolian action]
Notes:
Inselberg are similar to the monadnocks found in peneplains.They are formed due to erosional aeolian action.
5. Which of the following are known as coastlines of submergence? (UPSC Prelims 1987)
[A] Uplifted lowland
[B] Ria Coasts
[C] Emergent upland
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: B [Ria Coasts]
Notes:
Coastlines of submergence include ria coasts and fiord coasts. A ria coast is formed when a rise of sea level or a crustal sinking (or both) brings the shoreline to rest against the sides of river valleys previously carved by streams.
6. Which of the following countries is the only land-locked country in South-east Asia? (UPSC Prelims 1993)
[A] Laos
[B] Thailand
[C] Malaysia
[D] Kampuchea
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Correct Answer: A [Laos]
Notes:
In the case of Laos, this disadvantage is strikingly apparent, as Laos is the only landlocked country in the whole of Southeast Asia. Asia has 12 landlocked countries: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bhutan, Laos, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
7. The Archipelago Sea is the part of which sea?
[A] Arabian Sea
[B] Mediterranean Sea
[C] Baltic Sea
[D] Sea of Japan
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Correct Answer: C [Baltic Sea]
Notes:
The Archipelago Sea is a part of the Baltic Sea and it is the second largest archipelago in the world comprising around 40,000 islands, islets and reefs. It is located between The Gulf of Bothnia, the Gulf of Finland and the Sea of Aland.
8. Who among the following proposed that the universe is in the steady state?
[A] Laplace
[B] Immanuel Kant
[C] Edwin Hubble
[D] Fred Hoyle
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Correct Answer: D [Fred Hoyle ]
Notes:
Fred Hoyle, proposed the Steady State theory. According to him, the universe is roughly the same at any point of time.
9. Which among the following is correct about Chronostratigraphy?
[A] It is the study of plates and plate tectonics
[B] It is study of the flow of rivers and its evolution
[C] It is the study of age of rock with relation to time
[D] It is the study of mountains and their evolution
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Correct Answer: C [It is the study of age of rock with relation to time ]
Notes:
Chronostratigraphy is the branch of stratigraphy which studies the age of the rock strata with relation to time.
10. What helped determine the absolute divisions in the time scale?
[A] Seismometer
[B] Radioactive dating
[C] Weathering
[D] Barometer
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Correct Answer: B [Radioactive dating]
Notes:
Scientists used radioactive dating to determine the absolute divisions in the time scale. They developed the time scale by studying the rock layers and fossils worldwide.
