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. The Buran wind blows across:
[A] Eastern Asia
[B] Western Europe
[C] Southern Africa
[D] Eastern Australia
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Correct Answer: A [ Eastern Asia ]
Notes:
The buran wind blows across eastern Asia, specifically Xinjiang, Siberia, and Kazakhstan. The buran takes two forms: in summer, it is a hot, dry wind, whipping up sandstorms; in winter, it is bitterly cold and often accompanied by blizzards.
2. Dasht-e Margo, also known as “Desert of Death”, is located in which country?
[A] Kazakhstan
[B] Saudi Arabia
[C] Afghanistan
[D] China
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Correct Answer: C [ Afghanistan ]
Notes:
Dasht-e Margo is a desert region in the southern provinces of Helmand and Nimruz in Afghanistan. It is the world’s 20th largest desert, and consists mainly of sand masses and rocky-clayish plains with solonchaks, takirs, and rarely oases.
3. Systematic approach is one of the major approach to study geography. The systematic approach was introduced by:
[A] Eratosthenese
[B] Ptolemy
[C] Alexander Von Humboldt
[D] Karl Ritter
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Correct Answer: C [Alexander Von Humboldt]
Notes:Geography is studied majorly by using two approaches
1. Systematic approach
2. Regional approach
Systematic geography approach was introduced by German Geographer Alexander Von Humboldt where as regional geography approach was introduced by another German geographer Karl Ritter
• Any phenomenon of geography in systematic approach is studied world over as a whole, and then the identification of typologies or spatial patterns is done.
• In the regional approach, the world is divided into regions at different hierarchical levels and then all the geographical phenomena in a particular region are studied
4. 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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Correct Answer: D [Regional geography]
Notes:
Systematic approach of geography is divided into four main branches.
(i) Physical geography,
(ii) Biogeography, including environmental geography,
(iii) Human geography,
(iv) Geographical methods and techniques
Regional approach geography is divided into
(i) Regional studies
(ii) Regional analysis
(iii) Regional development
(iv) Regional planning including areas and community planning
5. 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.
6. What is the index of refraction for perfect vacuum?
[A] 0
[B] 1
[C] 1.5
[D] 0.5
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Correct Answer: A [0]
Notes:
Index of refraction for perfect vacuum is zero.
Light can change speed and direction when it goes through different materials. All materials that transmit light have a property called index of refraction.
The index of refraction is 1 for a perfect vacuum, 1.0003 for air, 1.33 for water, about 1.5 for various kinds of glass, and 2.42 for diamond.
Light travels more slowly through higher index-of-refraction materials than through lower ones.
7. Which of the following planet is an example of Jovian planet?
[A] Earth
[B] Mercury
[C] Venus
[D] Saturn
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Correct Answer: D [Saturn]
Notes:
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are called as the outer planets or Jovian planets or Gas Giant planets Most of them are much larger than the terrestrial planets and have thick atmosphere, mostly of helium and hydrogen.
8. Petrology is the study of
[A] Soils
[B] Rocks
[C] Oceans
[D] Mountains
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Correct Answer: B [Rocks]
Notes:
Study of rocks- Petrology
Study of soils- Pedology
Study of mountains- Orology
9. Which of the following forms outermost solid part of the earth?
[A] Core
[B] Crust
[C] Mantle
[D] Magma
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Correct Answer: B [Crust]
Notes:
Structure of Earth’s interior is divided into three parts:
Outer most layer of the earth is known as Crust
Inner most layer of the earth is known as Core
Mantle is the layer that is lying between crust and core
10. Which among the following is correct about Sirocco?
[A] It’s a warm & dry wind
[B] It’s a warm & moist wind
[C] It’s a cold & moist wind
[D] It’s a winter wind that blows in pacific ocean
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Correct Answer: A [It’s a warm & dry wind]
Notes:
Sirocco is a warm, dry and dusty laden local wind which blows in northerly direction from Sahara desert over North Africa as a dry wind and picks up moisture as it crosses the Mediterranean.
Since they carry red dust over Sahara, the rainfall which they cause is called blood rain sometimes.
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