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. Who among the following proposed Helio-centric model of solar system?
[A] Copernicus
[B] Ptolemy
[C] Aristotle
[D] Strabo

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2. The winds which never change their direction are called?
[A] Permanent Winds
[B] Trade winds
[C] Planetary Winds
[D] Local winds

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3. Which among the following is not a local wind?
[A] Sirocco
[B] Punas
[C] Mistral
[D] Kikuyu

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4. A tourist is planning to visit a popular tourist destination, and has the following info about it:

  1. Summer Season from December to March
  2. The Coordinated Time is 2 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time
  3. It has famous beaches and has Heaviside’s dolphins as an attraction which are endemic to this region.

Which among the following is the place, this tourist is planning to visit?

[A] Cairo
[B] Brasília
[C] Durban
[D] Kuala Lumpur

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5. The mean elevation of Antarctica is near to which among the following values?
[A] 4500 ft
[B] 5500 ft
[C] 6500 ft
[D] 7500 ft

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6. Which among the following is the lowest level of a body of water such as an ocean or a lake?
[A] Neritic
[B] Pelagic
[C] Benthic
[D] Demersal

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7. Which of the following ocean currents is a warm water current located in the Pacific Ocean?
[A] California Current
[B] Okhotsk Current
[C] Kuroshio Current
[D] Humboldt Current

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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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9. Which of the following is the source of energy of the sun?
[A] Nuclear fission reactions
[B] Nuclear fusion reactions
[C] Oxidation of helium
[D] Fission of noble metals

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10. Acid precipitation is now regarded as a serious problem in some European and Asian countries. Which of the following was its major cause or source?
[A] discharge of acidic effluents onto neutral or slightly alkaline land where the acidic components precipitate
[B] emissions of sulphur oxides and nitrogen oxides from thermal power plants and burning of fossil fuels; these oxides dissolve in atmospheric water vapour and fall back on earth as acid rain
[C] natural carbon dioxide released during respiration of living organisms dissolves in water, forming carbonic acid which is the chief contributor to acidity in rain water
[D] chloro-fluoro-carbons readily react with various chemicals near the earth’s surface, producing acidic intermediates which cause acid precipitation

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