R4RIN – MCQs, Mock Tests | UPSC,PCS,CDS,NDA World Geography MCQs for UPSC, State PCS and SSC Examinations SET 1

Which among the following is an impact crater lake?

1. Karakul lake
2. Dal lake
3. Sonkol lake
4. Baikal lake

✅ Correct Answer: 1

What is the region between the current leading edge of the glacier and the moraines of latest maximum called?

1. Esker
2. Glacier foreland
3. Fluvial terrace
4. Arete

✅ Correct Answer: 2

What is a depressed block of the crust of a planet bordered by parallel faults called?

1. Horst
2. Graben
3. Dome
4. Sand boil

✅ Correct Answer: 2

What is a valley with steeper slopes on one side called?

1. Rift valley
2. Asymmetrical valley
3. Truncated spur
4. Dome

✅ Correct Answer: 2

What is a rough and barren landscape of relict and largely uneroded lava fields called?

1. Malpais
2. Dike
3. Maar
4. Kipuka

✅ Correct Answer: 1

In which among the following countries is the Csepel island situated?

1. Hungary
2. China
3. Germany
4. South Korea

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which is the largest lake by area in Africa?

1. Lake Superior
2. Lake Victoria
3. Lake Baikal
4. Lake Ontario

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which is the world’s largest War Memorial?

1. Great Ocean Road
2. Big Sur
3. Lofoten Islands
4. Rio de Janeiro

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which among the following statements is correct about the Great Ocean Road?

1. It is known for the Fringe Festival
2. It is known as the Marvelous city
3. It is the world’s largest war memorial
4. It is a capital of Western Australia

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which process is important in heating the lower layers of the atmosphere?

1. Insolation
2. Radiation
3. Conduction
4. Convection

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which ocean separates the Old World from the New World?

1. Pacific
2. Atlantic
3. Indian
4. Arctic

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which among the following ocean bottom reliefs are the major source of fossil fuels?

1. Continental Shelf
2. Continental Rise
3. Oceanic Trenches
4. Mid-oceanic Ridges

✅ Correct Answer: 1

What is a flat topped elevation located in the continental margins?

1. Bank
2. Reef
3. Trench
4. Shoal

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which soil layer is also known as the parent rock?

1. A – Horizon
2. E – Horizon
3. C – Horizon
4. D – Horizon

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Who among the following has defined race in population concept?

1. Montagu
2. Dobzhansky
3. Templeton
4. Hooton

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which among the following are nomadic tribesmen of Arab stock in Africa and Southwest Asia?

1. Bantu
2. Bedouins
3. Ashanti
4. Babinga

✅ Correct Answer: 2

What is a statistical study of human population called?

1. Human Geography
2. Biogeography
3. Demography
4. Pedology

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which among the following period in the demographic history of India is called the Period of Stable Population?

1. 1921 to 1951
2. 1891 to 1921
3. 1951 to 1981
4. 1981 to Present

✅ Correct Answer: 2

What is a continuous urban spread constituting a town and its adjoining outgrowths (OGs), or two or more physically contiguous towns together with or without outgrowths of such towns?

1. Out Growths
2. Urban Agglomeration
3. Census Town
4. Statutory Town

✅ Correct Answer: 2

What is shifting cultivation also known as?

1. Dry land Farming
2. Subsistence Farming
3. Burn and Slash Farming
4. Extensive Farming

✅ Correct Answer: 3

What are the chief crops under Subsistence Agriculture?

1. Pulses
2. Food grains
3. Vegetables
4. Fruits

✅ Correct Answer: 2

What is the practice of growing of two or more crops simultaneously called?

1. Mixed Farming
2. Precision Farming
3. Inter-cropping
4. Share-cropping

✅ Correct Answer: 3

What are tropical grasslands of Brazil called?

1. Llanos
2. Savannah
3. Downs
4. Campos

✅ Correct Answer: 4

What is the local area around a city supplying fluid milk to it called?

1. Milk tanker
2. Milk Godown
3. Dairy states
4. Milk shed

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which among the following countries is the largest producer of cotton?

1. India
2. US
3. China
4. Russia

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which among the following mineral’s is an important input in the steel manufacturing activity?

1. Iron
2. Copper
3. Steel
4. Bronze

✅ Correct Answer: 3