Quiz  /  World Geography MCQ Quiz Questions and Answers

  • 1. 
    Which pass connects the Leh and the Siachen Glaciers?

  • Khardung La
  • Jelep La
  • Nathu La
  • Bom di La

  • 2. 
    Which among the following deserts is/are correctly matched?

  • Only 1 & 2
  • Only 2 & 3
  • Only 2
  • 1, 2 & 3

  • 3. 
    What is a flow of energy which takes place from the warmer to cooler body when two bodies of unequal temperature are in contact with one another?

  • Convection
  • Insolation
  • Convection
  • Conduction

  • 4. 
    What are tropical cyclones in Philippines called?

  • Typhoons
  • Willy-willies
  • Bagyo
  • Taiphu

  • 5. 
    Which among the following group of islands is located in the Pacific Ocean?

  • Only 1
  • Only 1 & 3
  • Only 3
  • 1, 2 & 3

  • 6. 
    Which among the following zone contains about 80 percent of the total volume of water in the ocean?

  • Photic zone
  • Euphoric zone
  • Deep zone
  • Thermocline zone

  • 7. 
    Which among the following statements is/are correct about Density of ocean water?

  • Only 1
  • Only 2
  • Both 1 & 2
  • Neither 1 & 2

  • 8. 
    Which among the following are classes of terrigenous materials on the basis of size of particles according to Murray?

  • Only 1
  • Only 1 & 3
  • Only 2
  • 1, 2 & 3

  • 9. 
    Which among the following ocean deposits is correctly arranged in a chronological order from the surface to the deep parts of ocean?

  • Sand – Gravel – Clay – Silt – Mud
  • Gravel – Sand – Silt – Clay – Mud
  • Sand – Silt – Mud – Gravel – Clay
  • Clay – Sand – Silt – Gravel – Mud

  • 10. 
    Which among the following is the correct cause for the formation of Spring tides?

  • Indention in the coast line.
  • The moon and the sun pulling the earth gravitationally in the opposite direction.
  • The moon and the sun pulling the earth gravitationally in the same direction.
  • Convection Forces in the interior of the Earth

  • 11. 
    Which of the following two countries currently occupy / control the Golan heights?

  • Egypt & Syria
  • Turkey & Israel
  • Israel & Syria
  • Syria & Turkey

  • 12. 
    Phobes and Deimos are two satellites of which planet?

  • Jupiter
  • Mars
  • Earth
  • Venus

  • 13. 
    Sun is best kept in which among the following categories?

  • Red Dwarf
  • Yellow Dwarf
  • Brown Dwarf
  • Helium white dwarf

  • 14. 
    Which country is called “Sugar Bowl of world”?

  • Norway
  • Sweden
  • India
  • Cuba

  • 15. 
    Which among the following country is the world’s leading producer of synthetic industrial diamond?

  • United states
  • Congo
  • China
  • South Africa

  • 16. 
    New Horizons’ spacecraft was launched by NASA to study which of the following planet?

  • Mars
  • Pluto
  • Jupiter
  • Mercury

  • 17. 
    Which of the following is the world’s most southern coral reef system?

  • Lord Howe Island
  • Belize Barrier Reef
  • Red Sea Coral Reef
  • Apo Reef

  • 18. 
    Which one of the following is not a coral reef system in India?

  • Gulf of Kutch
  • Gulf of Mannar
  • Lakshadweep
  • Raja Ampat

  • 19. 
    Which of the following island is an Antarctic ice rise, in a shape of dome?

  • Borneo
  • Berkner Island
  • Vancouver Island
  • Baffin Island

  • 20. 
    The Mississippi River flows in which continent?

  • South America
  • Asia
  • Europe
  • North America

  • 21. 
    What is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain called?

  • Valley
  • Crest
  • Hill
  • Trench

  • 22. 
    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?

  • Esker
  • Kame Delta
  • Valley
  • Drumlin

  • 23. 
    With what type of landforms are mud volcanoes associated?

  • Fluvial landforms
  • Karst landforms
  • Glacial landforms
  • Tectonic landforms

  • 24. 
    What is the low profile volcano usually formed almost entirely of fluid lava flows called?

  • Caldera
  • Cinder cone
  • Caldera
  • Shield volcano

  • 25. 
    Which among the following statements is correct about Flared slope?

  • It is a large dome-shaped, steep-sided, bald rock
  • It is a shallow depression or basin eroded into flat or gently sloping cohesive rock
  • It is a rock-wall with a smooth transition into a concavity at the foot zone
  • It is a form of cavernous weathering and subcategory of tafoni

  • 26. 
    The Rhine Delta is located in which among the following countries?

  • New Zealand
  • Netherlands
  • China
  • Russia

  • 27. 
    Which is the highest peak in the Hindukush Mountains?

  • Mt. Mckinsey
  • Mt. Toubkal
  • Mt. Narodnaya
  • Mt. Trich Mir

  • 28. 
    Which is the largest hot desert in the world?

  • Gobi
  • Sahara
  • Atacama
  • Thar

  • 29. 
    The Registan Desert is located in which among the following countries?

  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Afghanistan
  • Turkmenistan

  • 30. 
    Which among the following statements is

  • It is Ratio of water vapour in air at a particular temp. to total amount of water vapour required to saturate the same air at same temperature.
  • It is measured by Hygrometer
  • It is expressed in gm/kg
  • It increases with increase in water vapour in air & decreases with increase in temperature

  • 31. 
    Which among the following statements is/are correct about Ocean Currents?

  • Only 1
  • Only 2
  • Both 1 & 2
  • Neither 1 & 2

  • 32. 
    In which among the following continents are majority of the Negroids found?

  • South American
  • African
  • Asian
  • Australian

  • 33. 
    Which among the following regions are areas of low growth rate of population?

  • Only 1 & 3
  • Only 1
  • Only 2 & 4
  • 1, 2, 3 & 4

  • 34. 
    On which among the following factor/factors does the lumbering activity depend upon?

  • Only 1
  • Only 3
  • Only 1 & 3
  • 1, 2 & 3

  • 35. 
    Which among the following branches of agriculture is/are correctly matched?

  • Only 1 & 2
  • Only 2 & 3
  • Only 1 & 3
  • 1, 2 & 3

  • 36. 
    Which among the following statements is/are correct about dairy farming in Denmark?

  • Only 1
  • Only 2
  • Both 1 & 2
  • Neither 1 & 2

  • 37. 
    What is rearing of silk worms and obtaining silk from them called?

  • Apiculture
  • Vermiculture
  • Sericulture
  • Horticulture

  • 38. 
    Which among the following is/are the methods of Mining?

  • Only 2 & 3
  • Only 2, 3 & 4
  • Only 2
  • 1, 2, 3 & 4

  • 39. 
    Anthracite, Bituminous, lignite are types of which among the following minerals?

  • Iron
  • Bauxite
  • Coal
  • Aluminium

  • 40. 
    Which transport provides easy and quick movement of liquid products over long distance with minimum loss in transit, of the product carried?

  • Railways
  • Airways
  • Pipelines
  • Waterways

  • 41. 
    Hispar Glacier is located in which country?

  • India
  • China
  • Nepal
  • Pakistan

  • 42. 
    Salt River Canyon is located in which Country?

  • United States
  • Russia
  • China
  • France

  • 43. 
    Who is known as the Father of Cosmology?

  • Aryabhatta
  • Acharya Kapila
  • Copernicus
  • Edwin Hubble

  • 44. 
    Who is known as the father of observational Astronomy?

  • Nicolaus Copernicus
  • Johannes Kepler
  • Galileo Galilei
  • Ptolemy

  • 45. 
    What kind of stars “skip” the red giant/supergiant phase altogether?

  • Large mass stars
  • medium mass stars
  • small mass stars
  • neutron star

  • 46. 
    Which among the following theories of the origin of Earth was proposed by Immanuel Kant?

  • Binary star theory
  • Tidal hypothesis
  • Planetesimal Hypothesis
  • Nebular Hypothesis

  • 47. 
    Which among the following is correct about Chronostratigraphy?

  • It is the study of plates and plate tectonics
  • It is study of the flow of rivers and its evolution
  • It is the study of age of rock with relation to time
  • It is the study of mountains and their evolution

  • 48. 
    What is the average thickness of the continental crust?

  • Around 35 km
  • Around 100 km
  • Around 75 km
  • Around 750 km

  • 49. 
    Which rocks comprise almost 65% of the Earth’s crust?

  • Plutonic
  • Igneous
  • Sedimentary
  • Metamorphic

  • 50. 
    What is the percentage of the sedimentary rock cover of the Continents of the earth’s surface?

  • 73 %
  • 5 %
  • 25 %
  • 50 %
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