World Geography Questions and Answers
General Knowledge World Geography Questions with Answers explore continents, countries, and climate patterns. Commonly found in UPSC, SSC, and CDS exams, these questions improve global awareness and mapping skills
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31. The hot and cold deserts together occupy nearly ____ land area of the world.
- 1/2
- 1/4th
- 1/3rd
- 3/4th
32. The highest average salinity amongst the following seas is reported from
- Dead Sea
- Red Sea
- Black Sea
- Mediterranean Sea
33. The Himalayan mountain system belongs to which of the following?
- Volcanic mountains
- Residual mountains
- Block mountains
- Fold mountains
34. The heavy day soils that show significant expansion and contraction due to the presence or absence of moisture is called
- aridsols
- vertisols
- histosols
- andisols
35. The HBJ Upgradation project, upgraded the capacity of HBJ pipeline from 18.2 MM SC MD to
- 20 MM SC MD
- 33.4 MM SC MD
- 22.3 MM SC MD
- 29.6 MM SC MD
36. The highest mountains on earth namely Mount Everest, K2, Kanchenjanga are located in
- the greater Himalayas
- the Lesser Himalayas
- the outer Himalayas
- None of the above
37. The infrared radiation by sun are strongly absorbed by
- carbon dioxide
- water vapours
- carbon dioxide and water vapours
- ozone
38. The latitude of a place expresses its angular position relative to the plane of
- axis of earth
- north pole
- south pole
- equator
39. The landforms that are influences by several process namely, weathering, erosion, deposition are known as
- polygenetic landforms
- structural landforms
- polycyclic landforms
- None of the above
40. The initial increase of magnetic field in magnetic storms is caused
- when the shock wave, associated with the gusty solar wind, compresses the magnetosphere
- when there is a large decrease in field intensity
- when the gust wind itself engulfs the magnetosphere
- None of the above