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. Which among the following lakes makes the border tripoint of Kenya , Tanzania & Uganda ?
[A] Lake Turkana
[B] Lake Victoria
[C] Lake Tivu
[D] Lake Tanganyika
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Correct Answer: B [Lake Victoria]
Notes:
Lake Victoria is one of the African Great Lakes. The lake was named after Queen Victoria. It makes the border tripoint of Kenya , Tanzania & Uganda.
2. What kind of forests are found in Siberian climate?
[A] Deciduous
[B] Coniferous
[C] Tropical
[D] Montane Grasslands
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Correct Answer: B [Coniferous]
Notes:
Siberia has cool climate. It is located at the north pole. It has tundra forests to an extent. It has coniferous trees.
3. 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.
4. Dendrochronology is the scientific method of dating based on the analysis of patterns of tree-rings. In a tree from which of the following zones, the analyzing the circles would be most easy?
[A] Tropical Rain Forests
[B] Temperate Zones
[C] Polar Tundra
[D] Taiga
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Correct Answer: B [Temperate Zones]
Notes:
Temperate Zones, because of the maximum seasonal variations the rings are more clear.
5. The largest continental shelf is located in __?
[A] Arctic Ocean
[B] Pacific Ocean
[C] Indian Ocean
[D] Atlantic Ocean
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Correct Answer: A [Arctic Ocean]
Notes:
The largest continental shelf is the Siberian Shelf in the Arctic Ocean.
6. The Sun is directly overhead at noon on the Tropic of Cancer on:
[A] March 21
[B] June 21
[C] 22 September
[D] 22 December
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Correct Answer: B [June 21]
Notes:
Sun is directly overhead at noon on the Tropic of Cancer on June 21 and on Tropic of Capricorn on 22 December.
7. Storm tracks are associated to which of the following?
[A] Temperate cyclones
[B] Cloudburst
[C] Tornadoes
[D] Plate tectonics
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Correct Answer: A [Temperate cyclones]
Notes:
Storm tracks are the relatively narrow zones in seas and oceans where storms travel driven by the prevailing winds.The Atlantic and Pacific have storm tracks along which most Atlantic or Pacific extratropical cyclones or tropical cyclones travel.
8. Which one of the following is a warm ocean current?
[A] Gulf Stream
[B] Kurile
[C] Canary
[D] Labrador
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Correct Answer: A [Gulf Stream]
Notes:
The Gulf Stream is an intense, warm ocean current in the western North Atlantic Ocean. Off the Atlantic seaboard of the United States, the Gulf Stream flows at a rate nearly 300 times faster than the typical flow of the Amazon River.
9. ‘Norwesters’ are thunder storms which are prominent in which of the following countries?
[A] India and Bangladesh
[B] Bangladesh and Myanmar
[C] Bhutan and Nepal
[D] India and Bhutan
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Correct Answer: A [India and Bangladesh]
Notes:
Norwesters or the Kalbaishakhi is a local rain fall and thunder storm which occurs in India and Bangladesh. Kalbaishakhi occurs, with increasing frequency, from March till monsoon establishes over North-East India.
10. Which of the following is indicated by the portions marked with ‘B’? (UPSC Prelims 1985)
[A] Coal fields
[B] Atomic power plants
[C] Fertilizer complexes
[D] Oil refineries
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Correct Answer: D [Oil refineries]
Notes:
An oil refinery or petroleum refinery is an industrial process plant where crude oil is transformed and refined into more useful products such as petroleum naphtha, gasoline, diesel fuel, asphalt base, heating oil, kerosene, liquefied petroleum gas, jet fuel and fuel oils. It is indicated by the potion marked with ‘B’.
