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. The “Registan Desert” is a part of which among the following countries?
[A] Pakistan
[B] Afghanistan
[C] Tajikistan
[D] Turkmenistan
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Correct Answer: B [Afghanistan]
Notes:
The Registan Desert or Sistan Desert is located between Helmand and Kandahar provinces in southeastern Afghanistan. It is a sandy desert consisting of small, red sand hills, sand-covered plains, and open rocky and clay-covered areas.
2. 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)
3. A Total Solar Eclipse can occur only on:
[A] First quarter moon
[B] New moon
[C] Third quarter moon
[D] Full moon
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Correct Answer: B [New moon]
Notes:
A Total Solar Eclipse can occur only at new moon when the Moon passes between Earth and Sun.
4. What is the full form of ITCZ?
[A] Inter tropical centre zone
[B] Inter tropical converter zone
[C] Inter tropical community zone
[D] Inter tropical convergence zone
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Correct Answer: D [Inter tropical convergence zone]
Notes:
The Intertropical Convergence Zone, known by sailors as the doldrums or the calms, is the area encircling Earth near the Equator, where the northeast and southeast trade winds converge.
5. Which is the only country whose postage stamps do not bear its name?
[A] Pakistan
[B] U.K.
[C] Japan
[D] U.S.A.
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Correct Answer: B [U.K.]
Notes:
The first stamps did not need to show the issuing country, so no country name was included on them. The UK remains the only country to omit its name on postage stamps, using the reigning monarch’s head as country identification.
6. The high density of population in Nile Valley and Island of Java is primarily due to which of the following factors?
[A] intensive agriculture
[B] industrialisation
[C] urbanisation
[D] topographic constraints
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Correct Answer: A [intensive agriculture]
Notes:
Due to availability of fertile alluvial soil intensive agricultural practices was possible in the Nile river and islands of Java. So, in this region high density of population is found.
7. In which of the following Gulf the largest oil spill took place?
[A] Gulf of Mexico
[B] Gulf of Aden
[C] Gulf of Bothnia
[D] Gulf of Honduras
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Correct Answer: A [Gulf of Mexico]
Notes:
The Deep water Horizon oil spill, considered to be the largest marine oil spill in the world took place in the Gulf of Mexico. It is also known as the BP oil spill, that began on April 20, 2010.
8. Which Isthmus connects the Crimean Peninsula to Ukraine?
[A] Isthmus of Kra
[B] Isthmus of Catalina Island
[C] Isthmus of Rivas
[D] Isthmus of Perekop
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Correct Answer: D [Isthmus of Perekop]
Notes:
The Isthmus of Perekop connects the Crimean Peninsula to the mainland of Ukraine. It separates the water bodies of the Black Sea and the Sivash. Its width is nearly 5 to 7 km.
9. Vatnajokull Glacier is located in which country?
[A] Pakistan
[B] Iceland
[C] Scotland
[D] Tajikistan
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Correct Answer: B [Iceland ]
Notes:
Vatnajokull Glacier is located in the country of Iceland. It is the largest and the most voluminous ice cap in Iceland. Also, it is the second largest ice cap in Europe, in terms of area. It is also known as Vatna Glacier.
10. Which of the following glacier is not situated in Antarctica?
[A] Thwaites Glacier
[B] Pine Island Glacier
[C] Kangshung Glacier
[D] Denman Glacier
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Correct Answer: C [Kangshung Glacier]
Notes:
The Kangshung Glacier is situated in China. It lies in the Tibet region Himalayas. It is one of the three main glaciers of Mount Everest. The others are the Khumbu Glacier and Rongbuk Glacier.