World 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 rivers carries maximum quantity of water into the sea?
[A] Nile
[B] Amazon
[C] Mississippi Missouri
[D] Thames
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Correct Answer: B [ Amazon ]
Notes:
Amazon River carries maximum quantity of water into the sea and is largest river by discharge of water in the world,
2. Lake Titicaca, a large deep lake in South America, is located on the border of which two countries?
[A] Argentina and Bolivia
[B] Bolivia and Peru
[C] Peru and Uruguay
[D] Uruguay and Paraguay
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Correct Answer: B [ Bolivia and Peru ]
Notes:
Lake Titicaca is a large, deep lake in the Andes on the border of Bolivia and Peru. By volume of water and by surface area, it is the largest lake in South America.
3. Which of the following mountain ranges is not present in Europe?
[A] Apennine Mountain Range
[B] Pyrenees Mountain Range
[C] Sierra Nevada Mountain Range
[D] Alps Mountain range
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Correct Answer: C [ Sierra Nevada Mountain Range ]
Notes:
Sierra is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Basin and Range Province. It runs 400 miles (640 km) north-to-south, and is approximately 70 miles (110 km) across east-to-west.
4. Which of the following canals is considered to be an important link between the developed countries and the developing countries?
[A] Panama Canal
[B] Suez Canal
[C] Kiel Canal
[D] Grand Canal
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Correct Answer: B [ Suez Canal ]
Notes:
Suez Canal considered to be an important link between the developed countries and the developing countries.
5. Which of the following countries is not a part of Melanesia region in the pacific ocean?
[A] Vanuatu
[B] Solomon Islands
[C] Fiji
[D] Kiribati
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Correct Answer: D [ Kiribati ]
Notes:
Melanesia is a subregion of Oceania and refers to the Pacific Islands from New Guinea south east-wards to the Fiji. It has four countries viz. Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Fiji, and Papua New Guinea.
6. Which of the following refers to the study of interface between physical geography and human geography?
[A] Political geography
[B] Geomorphology
[C] Bio geography
[D] Anthropology
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Correct Answer: C [Bio geography]
Notes:
Biogeography is the study of the interface between physical geography and human geography. Biogeography includes
a. Plant Geography
b. Animal Geography
c. Ecology
d. Environmental Geography
7. Who among the following published Geographike hyphegesis or “Guide to Geography” in 2nd Century A.D?
[A] Ptolemy
[B] Strabo
[C] Herodotus
[D] Aristotle
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Correct Answer: A [Ptolemy]
Notes:
Ptolemy made a number of contributions to geography. His book Geographike hyphegesis or “Guide to Geography” compiled and summarize much of the Greek and Roman geographic information accumulated at that time.
Geographia was written by Strabo
8. Which of the following is studied under Physical geography?
[A] Economic activities
[B] Human Migration
[C] Soils
[D] Settlements
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Correct Answer: C [Soils]
Notes:
Human Geography is the synthetic study of the relationship between human societies and the earth’s surface where as Physical geography deals with nature of physical phenomena such as climatology, soil and vegetation.
Physical geography deals with:
• Land forms
• Rocks
• Minerals
• Soils
• Climate
• Rivers
• Atmosphere etc.
Human Geography deals with
• Population
• Settlements
• Migration
• Transportation
• Social traditions etc.
9. Who is the author of the book Principa?
[A] Newton
[B] Galileo
[C] Copernicus
[D] Ptolemy
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Correct Answer: A [Newton]
Notes:
Principa was published by Isaac Newton.
Newton also formulated the Laws of Motion and the Law of Gravity.
10. Who among the following formulated Nebular theory?
[A] Laplace
[B] Newton
[C] Kepler
[D] Ptolemy
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Correct Answer: A [Laplace]
Notes:
Nebular theory was formulated by Laplace which describes the formation of the Sun and solar system,
Laplace along with his colleague John Michel, introduced the idea of a “dark star,” which later came to be called as black hole.
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