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 of the following is not an example of systematic approach of geography?
[A] Physical geography
[B] Environmental geography
[C] Human geography
[D] Regional geography

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2. Who among the following is known as the first to measure the distance round the earth and also known as Father of Geometry?
[A] Eratosthenes
[B] Euclid
[C] Happarchus
[D] Galileo

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3. Mount Kilimanjaro is located in which country ?
[A] Ghana
[B] Kenya
[C] Tanzania
[D] Namibia

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4. Which among the following is the outcome when tide enters the narrow and shallow estuary of a river?
[A] Tidal Bore
[B] Ocean Gyre
[C] Flood Tide
[D] Rotary current

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5. When one crosses 180 degrees longitude from east to west then he/she:
[A] gains a day
[B] loses a day
[C] neither gains a day nor loses a day
[D] may gain or lose a day depending upon latitude at which one crosses

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6. Deserts such as the Sahara are generally found between 20° and 30° latitudes in the western parts of the continents. This is because these regions?
[A] Have off-shore winds throughout the year
[B] Have warm off-shore currents
[C] Lie in the belt of the doldrums
[D] Are very hot throughout the year

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7. Which of the following is the largest Archipelago of the world?
[A] Madagascar Islands
[B] Malay Archipelago
[C] Guayaneco Archipelago
[D] Hawaiian Archipelago

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8. Which of the following archipelago gets midnight sun summer & polar night in winter?
[A] Svalbard
[B] Novaya Zemlya
[C] Antilles
[D] British Isles

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9. What is the approximate number of stars in the Milky Way?
[A] 40 billion
[B] 10 billion
[C] 100-400 million
[D] 100-400 billion

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10. Who proposed the fission model of the origin of the moon?
[A] A.C.Banerji
[B] George Darwin
[C] Kant
[D] Laplace

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