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. At which plate boundaries do the plates slide past each other?
[A] Convergent Plate Boundary
[B] Divergent Plate Boundary
[C] Transform Plate Boundary
[D] Plate Boundary Zones

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22. What did Alfred Wegener name his Supercontinent?
[A] Panthalassa
[B] Gondwana
[C] Pangaea
[D] Laurasia

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23. Which among the following statements is/are not correct about weathering?

  1. Weathering leads to natural soil enrichment.
  2. It is the first step in the formation of soil from rocks.
  3. Weathering leads to mineral enrichment.

Select the correct code from the options given below?

[A] Only 1 and 2
[B] 1,2 & 3
[C] Only 2
[D] Neither 1, 2 & 3

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24. Which among the following landforms is also called as ‘Corrie’?
[A] Arete
[B] Bornhardt
[C] Canyon
[D] Cirque

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25. Which among the following is a biological environment based on a limestone plain with thin or no soil called?
[A] Alvars
[B] Lavakas
[C] Lahars
[D] Hoodoo

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26. Which among the following landforms is famous for growing date palms?
[A] Drumlins
[B] Lahars
[C] Oasis
[D] Horn

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27. What is a landform formed by a stream of melt water flowing through or around a glacier and depositing sediments in a proglacial lake called?
[A] Esker
[B] Kame Delta
[C] Valley
[D] Drumlin

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28. What is an isolated hill with steep often vertical sides and a relatively flat top called?
[A] Butte
[B] Cliff
[C] Tor
[D] Crevasse

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29. Which among the following pairs of volcanic landforms is/are not correctly matched?

  1. Guyot – An isolated, flat-topped underwater volcano mountain
  2. Hornito – Low-relief volcanic crater
  3. Mid-ocean ridge –Low profile volcano usually formed almost entirely of fluid lava flows

Select the correct code from the options given below:

[A] Only 1 & 3
[B] Only 2 & 3
[C] Only 3
[D] 1, 2 & 3

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30. Which nation houses the Sanaga River?
[A] Tanzania
[B] Ethiopia
[C] Kenya
[D] Cameroon

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