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.
21. Which among the following trench is NOT in the Pacific Ocean?
[A] Java Trench
[B] Karmadec
[C] Peru-Chile
[D] Aleutian
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Correct Answer: A [Java Trench]
Notes:
Java Trench is in Indian Ocean.
22. The constellation in Indian Mythology called “Sapta Rishi” is coterminous with which among the following
[A] Orion
[B] Scorpio
[C] Ursa Major
[D] Ursa Minor
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Correct Answer: C [Ursa Major]
23. Which among the following region is called as rust belt of Japan?
[A] Shikoku
[B] Honsh
[C] Kyushū
[D] Chubu
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Correct Answer: A [Shikoku]
Notes:
The Manufacturing Belt was called the Rust Belt in the latter decades of the 20th century because the word that describes the deterioration of iron into rust was an appropriate name to give to a region where the iron and steel and related industries were in great decline.
24. KLM airways belongs to which of the following countries?
[A] Kuwait
[B] Netherlands
[C] Japan
[D] Kuwait
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Correct Answer: B [ Netherlands ]
25. Littoral forests are rich sources of which among the following?
[A] Bamboo
[B] Firewood
[C] Timber
[D] Fodder
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Correct Answer: B [ Firewood ]
Notes:
26. What are the main criteria of dividing major natural regions of the world?
[A] Temperature, rain fall and vegetation
[B] Latitudes and Longitudes
[C] Atmospheric Pressure and Winds
[D] All of them
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Correct Answer: A [ Temperature, rain fall and vegetation ]
Notes:
27. Moraines are the deposits of which among the following kinds?
[A] Tidal Deposits
[B] Glacial Deposits
[C] Wind Deposits
[D] None of Them
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Correct Answer: B [ Glacial Deposits ]
Notes:
28. Who was the first to observe Saturn with a telescope?
[A] Galileo Galilei
[B] Issac Newton
[C] Jacques Cassini
[D] David H. Levy
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Correct Answer: A [Galileo Galilei]
29. Which planet is known as” Bright Wandering Star”?
[A] Mars
[B] Venus
[C] Saturn
[D] Jupiter
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Correct Answer: D [Jupiter]
Notes:
The large number of stars observed in the heavens were classified into fixed stars and wandering stars. Fixed stars were those with respect to which the movement of the celestial bodies were measured. Wandering stars were those whose relative distances with respect to the fixed stars keep changing. Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Mercury and Saturn belonged to the latter category.
30. Which among the following starts represent the Morning and Evening Stars?
[A] Mercury, Venus
[B] Venus, Mercury
[C] Venus, Venus
[D] Mercury, Mercury
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Correct Answer: C [Venus, Venus]
Notes:
Sometimes Venus appears in the eastern sky before sunrise. Sometimes it appears in the western sky just after sunset. Therefore it is often called a morning or an evening star, although it is not a star.
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