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. In context with the international borders, Zero Point refers to an area on the border of which of the following neighbors?
[A] China North Korea
[B] Iran Pakistan
[C] Iran Iraq
[D] Pakistan Afghanistan
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Correct Answer: B [Iran Pakistan]
Notes:
The Iran Pakistan International Border is known as Zero Point. It is 959 km in length.
2. Ganymede which is the largest natural satellite in the Solar System is a satellite of ______?
[A] Jupiter
[B] Saturn
[C] Uranus
[D] Neptune
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Correct Answer: A [Jupiter]
Notes:
Ganymede is a satellite of Jupiter. It is the largest satellite of the Solar System’s moons. It is the ninth-largest object in the Solar System.
3. Which of the following present day country was included in Ariana?
[A] Australia
[B] Afghanistan
[C] Israel
[D] Canada
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Correct Answer: B [Afghanistan]
Notes:
Afganistan is the country included in Ariana. Afganisthan is part of south Asia.
4. What percentage of the world’s freshwater is stored as glacial ice ?
[A] 35%
[B] 75%
[C] 15%
[D] 55%
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Correct Answer: B [75%]
Notes:
Presently, 10 percent of land area on Earth is covered with glacial ice, including glaciers, ice caps, and the ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica. Glacierized areas cover over 15 million square kilometers (5.8 million square miles). Glaciers store about 75 percent of the world’s fresh water.
5. Which among the following are three major classification of rocks?
[A] Marble, limestone, igneous
[B] Igneous, limestone, mica
[C] Igneous, marble, sedimentary
[D] Igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic
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Correct Answer: D [Igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic]
Notes:
The three main types of rock are sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous. Every rock has characteristics that reflect its process of formation; these are used to determine whether the rock is igneous, sedimentary or metamorphic. For example, a rock with rounded grains cemented together is sedimentary, while one with a strong banding and orientation of minerals is metamorphic.
6. In which type of rocks are metals like gold and copper mostly found?
[A] Old igneous
[B] Old metamorphic
[C] Old sedimentary
[D] New metamorphic
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Correct Answer: A [Old igneous]
Notes:
Gold and copper are found in ore bodies associated with porphry. Porphry is a general term applied to igneous rocks of any composition that contain conspicuous phenocrysts (crystals) in a fine-grained groundmass.
7. Arakan Yoma is the extension of the Himalayas located in which of the following regions?
[A] Baluchistan
[B] Myanmar
[C] Nepal
[D] Kashmir
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Correct Answer: B [Myanmar]
Notes:
Arakan yoma is the extension of the himalayas located in Myanmar. The Arakan Mountains are also known as the Rakhine Mountains. These are a mountain range in western Myanmar, between the coast of Rakhine State and the Central Myanmar Basin, in which the Irrawaddy River flows.
8. Which among the following is the horizon from which the minerals of aluminium and iron and other minerals are removed because of percolation of water downwards?
[A] Parent rock horizon
[B] Eluviated horizon
[C] Iluviated horizon
[D] Sub stratum
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Correct Answer: B [Eluviated horizon]
Notes:
The process of removal of minerals from soil horizon is called Eluviation. Eluviated layer (E) in the soil profile exists below the A layer and the minerals are eluviated because of percolation of water downwards which forms Iluviated layer (B) below the E layer. E layer is comparatively lighter in colour compared to A and B layers.
9. Which coral reef system is also called The Amazon of The Seas?
[A] Daintree Reef
[B] Darwin Mounds
[C] African Coral Reefs
[D] Coral Triangle
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Correct Answer: D [Coral Triangle]
Notes:
The Coral Triangle is also called the “Amazon of the Seas”. It is a triangular area of the tropical marine waters of Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands and Timor-Leste. It is a global centre of marine Biodiversity.
10. Which is the largest island in the world?
[A] New Guinea
[B] Borneo
[C] Madagascar
[D] Greenland
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Correct Answer: D [Greenland]
Notes:
Greenland is the largest island in the world. It covers a total area of 2,166,086 square km and is located between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean. Also, it has the world’s second largest ice sheet.
