World Geography Questions (MCQs) for UPSC, State PCS and SSC Examinations

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Kalyan Sona, Girija and Sonalika are variety of Wheat. Sonalika variety is very suitable for late sowings. It is resistant to rusts. Kalyan Sona is double dwarf wheat with wide adaptation recommended for cultivation all over India. Girija is single dwarf variety highly resistant to rusts. This variety is specifically suitable for higher hills of north eastern region of India.

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Tropic of capricorn does not pass through Bolivia

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The most commonly used script in the inscriptions of the emperor Ashoka (r. 269–232 B.C.E.), the greatest figure in the Maurya dynasty. Ashoka’s empire encompassed all of the subcontinent except the deepest parts of southern India and went west into modern Afghanistan. Brahmi script was used in all regions of the Mauryan empire except in the northwest, where the Kharoshthi script was used. Ashoka’s rock edicts and pillar edicts are the earliest significant Indian written documents and give invaluable information about contemporary social, political, and religious life. Brahmi is the ancestor of the modern Indian scripts, including Devanagari. It is also the ultimate source for all indigenous southeast Asian alphabets, which developed from trade with southern India in the early medieval period. Over the course of time, Brahmi was replaced by later scripts, was forgotten, and became unreadable. Although Ashoka’s inscriptions ensured that Europeans were aware of Brahmi, their content was a mystery until 1837, when James Prinsep deciphered the Brahmi alphabet by working backward from later, known scripts.

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The Southern Oscillation is a change in air pressure over the tropical Pacific Ocean. When coastal waters become warmer in the eastern tropical Pacific , the atmospheric pressure above the ocean decreases. Climatologists define these linked phenomenaas El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO).

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The Lucayan Archipelago is also called the Bahama Archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean. It is an island group comprising the Commonwealth of the Bahamas and the British overseas territory of the Turks and Caicos islands.

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Kure Atoll is the northern-most coral atoll in the world and is the most remote of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, in the Pacific Ocean. Major Island of this atoll is called Green Island.

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Gulf of California is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean and it is also known as the ‘Sea of Cortez’. It separates the Baja California Peninsula from the Mexican mainland. It covers an area of 160,000 square km.

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The Isthmus of Kra is located in the Malay Peninsula. It lies between the Ranong and Chumphon provinces of Southern Thailand. It is bordered by the Gulf of Thailand in the east and the Andaman Sea in the west.

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The Missouri River is the longest river in North America. It stretches for about 2,341 miles. Also, it combines with the Mississippi River to form the fourth longest river system in the world.

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The Shire River runs through Malawi and Mozambique in Africa. It is the largest river in Malawi. It is about 402 km long. It flows into the Zambezi river in Mozambique.