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. Lithosphere is the combination of __?
[A] Upper core and lower core
[B] Upper crust and lower mantle
[C] Crust and uppermost part of mantle
[D] Mantle and core
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Correct Answer: C [Crust and uppermost part of mantle]
Notes:
Lithosphere refers to the portion of depth up to 200 km from the surface of the earth.
The crust and the uppermost part of the mantle are called lithosphere. Its thickness ranges from 10-200 km.
2. Which country has a flag with a pointed red maple leaf?
[A] Austria
[B] Canada
[C] Lebanon
[D] Australia
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Correct Answer: B [Canada]
Notes:
Canadian Flag is also known as Maple Leaf Flag (l’Unifolié in French). It consists of a red field with a white square at its centre having a 11-pointed red maple leaf.
3. Amazon river is the largest river in the world by volume and has the largest drainage basin in the world. This accounts for approximately what fraction of the world’s total river flow?
[A] 10%
[B] 20%
[C] 30%
[D] 40%
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Correct Answer: B [20%]
Notes:
Amazon river is the largest river in the world by volume and has the largest drainage basin in the world. This accounts for approximately 20% of the world’s total river flow. The Amazon River flows in South America.
4. Which among the following is not a local wind?
[A] Sirocco
[B] Punas
[C] Mistral
[D] Kikuyu
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Correct Answer: D [Kikuyu]
Notes:
Some Important Local Winds:
1- Chinook- Hot, dry wind in Rockies, also called `snow eater`.
2- Foehn- Hot, dry wind in the Alps
3- Khamsin- Hot, dry wind in Egypt.
4- Sirocco- Hot, moist wind from Sahara to Mediterranean Sea
5- Solano- Hot, moist wind from Sahara towards Iberian Peninsula
6- Harmattan- Hot, dry wind blowing outwards from the interior of W.Africa, also called Guinea Doctor.
7- Bora- Cold, dry wind blowing outwards from Hungary to the north of Italy (near Adriatic Sea).
8- Mistral- Very cold wind, which blows from the Alps over France
9- Punas- Cold, dry wind blowing down towards the western side of Andes.
10- Blizzard- Very cold winds in Tundra region
11- Purga- Cold wind in Russian tundra
12- Levanter- Cold wind in Spain
13- Norwester- Hot wind in New Zealand
14- Santa Ana- Hot wind in S. California in USA.
Kikuyu, is most populous ethnic group or tribe of Kenya
5. If place X and Place Y, both located on equator, are at a distance of 18520 kilometers, the approximate difference between their longitudes will be ____?
[A] 100°
[B] 120°
[C] 166°
[D] 180°
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Correct Answer: C [166°]
Notes:
We all know that a minute of arc on the planet Earth is 1 nautical mile. 1 nautical mile is 1852 meters or 1.852 kilometers. To travel around the Earth at the equator, we would have to travel (360 * 60) 21,600 nautical miles, 24,857 miles or 40,003 kilometers.
The question says that the distance between point X and Y is 18520 kilometers , which means that they are 10000 nautical miles apart. So, if 21620=360°, 10000=166.5°. So correct option is C
6. The “Ninety East Ridge” is a submarine volcanic ridge located in __?
[A] Pacific Ocean
[B] Atlantic Ocean
[C] Indian Ocean
[D] Arctic Ocean
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Correct Answer: C [Indian Ocean]
Notes:
The Ninety East Ridge is an 5500 km long, north-south-oriented, submarine volcanic ridge in the eastern Indian Ocean that formed from magmatism associated with the deep seated Kerguelen mantle plume as the Indian plate drifted rapidly northward during the Late Cretaceous.
7. 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.
8. The river (R) shown on the map is? (UPSC Prelims 1988)
[A] Niger
[B] Orange
[C] Congo
[D] Zambezi
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Correct Answer: D [Zambezi]
Notes:
The Zambezi is the fourth-longest river in Africa, the longest east-flowing river in Africa and the largest flowing into the Indian Ocean from Africa. The area of its basin is 1,390,000 square kilometres, slightly less than half of the Nile’s.
9. ‘Blackholes’ refers to which of the following situations? (UPSC Prelims 1989)
[A] Holes occurring in heavenly bodies
[B] Bright spots on the sun
[C] Collapsing object of high density
[D] Collapsing object of low density
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Correct Answer: C [Collapsing object of high density]
Notes:
A black hole is a region of spacetime exhibiting gravitational acceleration so strong that nothing—no particles or even electromagnetic radiation such as light—can escape from it. The theory of general relativity predicts that a sufficiently compact mass can deform spacetime to form a black hole.
10. Sunset Beach is located in which country?
[A] Hawaii
[B] Australia
[C] Britain
[D] Japan
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Correct Answer: A [Hawaii]
Notes:
Sunset Beach is located in Hawaii state of the US. It lies on the North Sore of Oahu in Hawaii. It is famous for big wave surfing during the winter season.
