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.
21. What is a dome formed by swelling or rising of a caldera floor due to movement in the magma chamber beneath it?
[A] Resurgent dome
[B] Cinder cone
[C] Dike
[D] Guyot
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Correct Answer: A [Resurgent dome]
Notes:
A dome formed by swelling or rising of a caldera floor due to movement in the magma chamber beneath it is called the Resurgent dome.
22. In which one of the following waterbodies the Kingdom of Bahrain is located?
[A] Gulf of Oman
[B] Gulf of Aden
[C] Persian Gulf
[D] Red Sea
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Correct Answer: C [Persian Gulf]
Notes:
The Kingdom of Bahrain is a sovereign state located in the Persian Gulf. It is an island nation consists of several natural and artificial islands. This country is located between Qatar Peninsula and the north-eastern coast of Saudi Arabia. The capital is Manama.
23. “Debundscha”, one of the five rainiest places in the world, is located in which nation?
[A] Brazil
[B] Cameroon
[C] Uganda
[D] Zimbabwe
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Correct Answer: B [Cameroon]
Notes:
Debundscha is located in Cameroon. It is located at the foothills of Mount Cameroon facing the Atlantic Ocean. It is one of the five rainiest places in the world in which others are Lloro(Colombia), Mawsynram(India), the Big Bog(Hawaiian Islands) and Cherrapunji(India). It is located in equator giving it a year-round hot and humid climate.
24. Which is the driest desert in the world?
[A] Patagonian
[B] Sahara
[C] Atacama
[D] Gobi
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Correct Answer: C [Atacama]
Notes:
The Atacama desert in Chile, South America is the driest desert in the world. It owes its extreme aridity to a constant temperature inversion due to the cool north-flowing Humboldt ocean current and to the presence of the strong Pacific anticyclone.
25. What is the rainfall when warm and humid air strike landform barriers such as mountain ranges called?
[A] Orographic
[B] Convectional
[C] Cyclonic
[D] Frontal
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Correct Answer: A [Orographic ]
Notes:
Orographic rainfall occurs when the saturated air mass comes across a mountain and is forced to rise. The principal characteristic of this type of rain is that the windward slopes get more rainfall. The region situated on the leeward side is known as the rain-shadow area.
26. Which among the following pairs of fronts is/are correctly matched?
- Warm Front – frontal surface along which the cold air becomes active and aggressive and invades the warm air territory forcibly lifting the warm and light air.
- Occluded Front – formed when two contrasting air masses converge in such a way that they become parallel to each other and there is no ascent of air.
- Stationary Front – formed when cold front overtakes warm front and warm air is completely displaced from the ground surface.
Select the correct code from the options given below:
[A] Only 1
[B] Only 2 & 3
[C] 1, 2 & 3
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: D [None of the above]
Notes:
Warm front is that sloping frontal surface along which warm and light air becomes active and aggressive and rises slowly over cold and dense air.
Occluded front is the front which is formed when cold front overtakes warm front and warm air is completely displaced from the ground surface.
Stationary front is formed when two contrasting air masses converge in such a way that they become parallel to each other and there is no ascent of air.
27. Which among the following groups in Koeppen’s climate classification is referred as areas of very low temperature?
[A] A
[B] H
[C] E
[D] B
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Correct Answer: C [E]
Notes:
The Koeppen climate classification system recognizes five major climatic types and each type is designated by a capital letter- A, B, C, D, E, and H.
A, C, D, E are considered as Humid whereas B is considered as Dry.
H is referred to as the climate of Highland regions.
E is the group of very low temperatures.
28. The Sargasso Sea is located in which among the following oceans?
[A] Pacific
[B] Atlantic
[C] Indian
[D] Arctic
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Correct Answer: B [Atlantic ]
Notes:
The Sargasso Sea, located entirely within the Atlantic Ocean, is the only sea without a land boundary. It is encircled by the Gulf Stream, North Atlantic Drift, and North Equatorial Current.
29. Which among the following countries bound the Arctic Ocean?
- Russia
- Iceland
- United States
- Canada
Select the correct code from the options given below:
[A] Only 1 & 2
[B] Only 2 & 3
[C] Only 1, 2 & 3
[D] 1 ,2, 3 & 4
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Correct Answer: D [1 ,2, 3 & 4]
Notes:
The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and shallowest of the world’s five major oceans. It is also known as the coldest of all the oceans.
Countries bordering the Arctic Ocean are:
Russia, Norway, Iceland, Greenland (territory of the Kingdom of Denmark), Canada and the United States.
30. What are the large masses of surface water that circulate in regular patterns around the oceans called?
[A] Tides
[B] Tsunamis
[C] Ocean currents
[D] Waves
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Correct Answer: C [Ocean currents]
Notes:
The movements of water in oceans can be categorized into currents, waves, and tides. Ocean currents are the large masses of surface water that circulate in regular patterns around the oceans.
