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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61. The landforms that are created by massive earth movements due to place tectonics are called
- structural landforms
- weathering landforms
- erosional landforms
- depositional landforms
62. The largest production of mica in Asia is from
- Indonesia
- Malaysia
- Myanmar
- India
63. The latitude 'AA' on the map represents the
- Tropic of Cancer
- Tropic of Capricorn
- Equator
- None of the above
64. The largest fresh water lake of Africa, area wise is
- lake Victoria
- lake Tanganyika
- lake Malawi
- lake Rudot
65. The important mountains of Europe include
- Andes, Alps, Pyrenees
- Alps, Carpathians, Pyrenees, Apennines
- Alps, Himalayas, Rock mountains
- None of the above
66. The last major glacial period began about 2,000,000 years before present and is commonly known as
- Pleistocene or ice age
- Paleocene or ice age
- Pliocene or ice age
- Holocene or ice age
67. The imaginary axis at which the earth rotates remains inclined at an angle of ____ to the plane of earth's orbit.
- 44 1/2 º
- 55 1/2 º
- 66 1/2 º
- 0 º
68. The ionosphere contains ionized air that protects the earth from
- the ultraviolet rays of the sun
- the infrared rays of the sun
- the falling meteorites
- None of the above
69. The horizontal of soil profile is composed of
- weathered parent material that is not affected by translocation and organic modification
- material affected by translocation & organic modification
- unweathered bedrock
- None of the above
70. The largest city in Latin America is
- Mexico city
- Caracas
- Rio-de-Janeiro
- Buenos Aires