World Geography Questions (MCQs) for UPSC, State PCS and SSC Examinations
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. 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.
2. Which of the following regions can be safely called the belt of Doldrums?
[A] Polar region
[B] Sub-tropical region
[C] Temperate region
[D] Equatorial region
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Correct Answer: D [ Equatorial region ]
Notes:
Equatorial region – Doldrums or equatorial belt of calms, area around the earth centered slightly north of the equator between the two belts of trade winds. The large amount of solar radiation that arrives at the earth in this area causes intense heating of the land and ocean. This heating results in the rising of warm, moist air; low air pressure; cloudiness; high humidity; light, variable winds; and various forms of severe weather, such as thunderstorms and squalls. Hurricanes originate in this region. The doldrums are also noted for calms, periods when the winds disappear, trapping sailing vessels for days or weeks.
3. Which of the following pertains to “study of Landforms” ?
[A] Geomorphology
[B] Oceanography
[C] Climatology
[D] Marine Geography
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Correct Answer: A [Geomorphology]
Notes:
Geomorphology is the scientific study of landforms, their processes, form and sediments at the surface of the Earth. Geomorphology helps to reconstruct history of the surface of the earth through a study of its forms, the materials of which it is made up of and the processes that shape it.
4. 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
5. Pedology is the study of:
[A] Oceans
[B] Soils
[C] Mountains
[D] Land froms
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Correct Answer: B [Soils]
Notes:
Study of soils is known as Pedology.
6. Theory of special relativity was developed by:
[A] Einstein
[B] Newton
[C] Galileo
[D] Laplace
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Correct Answer: A [Einstein]
Notes:
Einstein proposed theory of special relatively in the year 1905. According to this theory
E=mc²
Where
C= Speed of light
M= relative mass of a body
E= Kinetic energy
It means that the amount of energy in a piece of matter is equal to the mass of that piece of matter multiplied by the speed of light squared.
7. Which of the following is the major element in earth crust?
[A] Silicon
[B] Oxygen
[C] Iron
[D] Aluminium
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Correct Answer: B [Oxygen]
Notes:
Oxygen is the major element in earth crust followed by silicon, Aluminium, iron, calcium, sodium, potassium, Magnesium and other elements.
8. Which among the following straits connects the Mediterranean Sea with Atlantic Ocean?
[A] Strait of Gibraltar
[B] Strait of Magellan
[C] Strait of Panama
[D] None of them
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Correct Answer: A [ Strait of Gibraltar ]
Notes:
9. What is the amount in percentage of total mass , which Sun comprises of the solar system?
[A] 99.02%
[B] 93.24%
[C] 98.20%
[D] 99.8%
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Correct Answer: D [99.8%]
10. On Summer Solstice, Sun’s rays fall perpendicular on which among the following circles?
[A] Tropic of Capricorn
[B] Equator
[C] Tropic of Cancer
[D] None of them
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Correct Answer: C [Tropic of Cancer]
Notes:The solstice refers to the events when the Sun’s apparent position in sky reaches its northernmost or southernmost extremes. Solstice happens twice a year, and twice a year happen the equinoxes. Altogether, the four are considered to start 4 seasons.
- At the time of northern solstice, sun is perceived to be directly overhead the 23.44° north known as Tropic of Cancer.
- Likewise, at the southern solstice the same thing happens for latitude 23.44° south, known as the Tropic of Capricorn.
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