Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) and Answers on Physiography and Locations of the World
Question 1: Which one of the following islands is of volcanic origin?
a) Reunion Island
b) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
c) Lakshadweep Island
d) Maldives
Answer: (a)
Question 2: Which one of the following is not an igneous rock?
a) Granite
b) Basalt
c) Gabbro
d) Gneiss
Answer: (d)
Question 3: Which one among the following is a mechanically formed rock?
a) Salt rock
b) Lime stone
c) Sand stone
d) Gypsum
Answer: (c)
Question 4: Turkey is located between
a) Black Sea and Caspian Sea
b) Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea
c) Gulf of Suez and Mediterranean Sea
d) Gulf of Aqaba and Dead Sea
Answer: (b)
Question 5: For which one of the following is planimeter used ?
a) to know the surface area on a map
b) to know a distance on a map
c) to know a direction on a map
d) to know the height of places on a map
Answer: (a)
Question 6: Which one of the following is the second largest country of Africa?
a) Algeria
b) Democratic Republic of Congo
c) South Africa
d) Sudan
Answer: (b)
Question 7: Which of the following country is the smallest in area and population both?
a) Monaco
b) Tuvalu
c) Vatican city
d) Palau
Answer: (c)
Question 8: Which of the following features is the product of vulcanicity?
a) Fold Mountain
b) Escarpment
c) Geosynclines
d) Caldera
Answer: (d)
Question 9: The boundary between North and South Korea is marked by which one of the following?
a) 16th Parallel
b) 29th Parallel
c) 38th Parallel
d) 49th Parallel
Answer: (c)
Question 10: Which one of the following countries does not border Brazil?
a) Argentina
b) Bolivia
c) Uruguay
d) Ecuador
Answer: (d)
Question 11: Which country has the largest coastline?
a) USA
b) Australia
c) Canada
d) India
Answer: (c)
Question 12: Which one of the following volcanoes is called the lighthouse of the Mediterranean?
a) Vesuvius
b) Stramboli
c) Etna
d) Vulcan
Answer: (b)
Question 13: Arakan Yoma is the extension of the Himalayas located in
a) Baluchistan
b) Myanmar
c) Nepal
d) Kashmir
Answer: (b)
Question 14: Hurricanes rarely form or move within 5° of the equator, because
a) Coriolis effect is weakest here
b) Coriolis effect is strongest here
c) It has low pressure
d) It has high temperature
Answer: (a)
Question 15: Which one of the following is not a Baltic State?
a) Belarus
b) Estonia
c) Latvia
d) Lithuania
Answer: (a)
Question 16: Which one of the following is not an international boundary line?
a) Dresden Line
b) Durand Line
c) Maginot Line
d) 38th parallel
Answer: (a)
Question 17: Which one of the following is a land-locked country?
a) Cambodia
b) Laos
c) Thailand
d) Vietnam
Answer: (b)
Question 18: Stalactites and Stalagmites are features of
a) glacial topography
b) volcanic topography
c) karst topography
d) fluvial topography
Answer: (c)
Question 19: Which one of the following does not border Panama?
a) Costa Rica
b) Pacific ocean
c) Colombia
d) Venezuela
Answer: (d)
Question 20: Latvia does not share its borders with which one of the following?
a) Russia
b) Estonia
c) Lithuania
d) Poland
Answer: (d)
Question 21: Which one of the following cities is not correctly matched with its country?
a) Salamanca : Spain
b) Cannes : Italy
c) Cancun : Mexico
d) Bruges : Belgium
Answer: (b)
Question 22: Which one of the following countries is landlocked?
a) Bolivia
b) Peru
c) Surinam
d) Uruguay
Answer: (a)
Question 23: Where is the volcanic mountain, Mountain St. Helens is located?
a) Chile
b) Japan
c) Philippines
d) USA
Answer: (d)
Question 24: Where is Copacabana Beach located?
a) Buenos Aires
b) Hawaiian Islands
c) Rio De Janeiro
d) Valletta
Answer: (c)
Question 25: Which one of the following countries does not border Lithuania?
a) Poland
b) Ukraine
c) Belarus
d) Baltic Sea
Answer: (b)
Question 26: Which one of the following African countries is not landlocked?
a) Benin
b) Chad
c) Lesotho
d) Mali
Answer: (a)
Question 27: What is the process that tends to build up the land surface by deposition of solid materials in its lower areas, known as?
a) Abrasion
b) Agglomeration
c) Aggradation
d) Attrition
Answer: (c)
Question 28: Which one of the following generally found in sedimentary rocks?
a) Basalt
b) Silica
c) Shale
d) Magnesium
Answer: (b)
Question 29: Which continent of the world does not have a desert?
a) Australia
b) Europe
c) Asia
d) North America
Answer: (b)
Question 30: The Pacific islands from New Guinea Southeast wards to the Fiji Island group is called
a) The Polynesia
b) The Melanesia
c) The Micronesia
d) The Australasia
Answer: (b)
Question 31: Which one of the following countries is located south of the equator?
a) Cameroon
b) Sudan
c) Nigeria
d) Rwanda
Answer: (c)
Question 32: Which one of the following trains/railways passes through Germany, France, Austria, Hungary and Romania?
a) Trans-Siberian
b) Cape-Cairo
c) Orient Express
d) Union and Central Pacific
Answer: (c)
Question 33: The largest coral reef in the world is found near the coast of which one of the following countries?
a) Australia
b) Cuba
c) Ghana
d) Philippines
Answer: (d)
Question 34: The Sunda Trench lies in
a) Atlantic Ocean,
b) Pacific Ocean
c) Indian Ocean
d) Antarctic Ocean
Answer: (c)
Question 35: The island of Honshu is located in which one of the following countries?
a) Indonesia
b) Malaysia
c) Japan
d) South Korea
Answer: (c)
Question 36: In which one of the following countries is the volcanic “Guallatiri” located?
a) Peru
b) Chile
c) Tanzania
d) Ecuador
Answer: (b)
Question 37: The Great Barrier Reef is located in which country?
a) Chile
b) Australia
c) USA
d) Indonesia
Answer: (b)
Question 38: Which African country was originally known as Northern Rhodesia?
a) Namibia
b) Tanzania
c) Zambia
d) Zimbabwe
Answer: (c)
Question 39: Which one of the following mountain ranges separates Europe from Asia?
a) Apenine
b) Black Forest
c) Ural
d) Sulaiman
Answer: (c)
Question 40: Which one among the following is not a Baltic nation?
a) Latvia
b) Slovakia
c) Lithuania
d) Estonia
Answer: (b)
Question 41: Which one of the following countries does not have a border with China?
a) Myanmar
b) Afghanistan
c) Thailand
d) Kazakhstan
Answer: (c)
Question 42: Which one of the following regions is culturally closer to India but ethnically closer to China?
a) Central Asia
b) West Asia
c) Polynesia
d) South-East Asia
Answer: (d)
Question 43: Which one is the largest among the following deserts?
a) Australian
b) Gobi
c) Kalahari
d) Atacama
Answer: (b)
Question 44: Which one of the following countries does not border with the Mediterranean Sea?
a) Algeria
b) Mauritania
c) Morocco
d) Tunisia
Answer: (b)
Question 45: Which one of the following is the capital of Cambodia?
a) Ho Chi Mini City
b) Hanoi
c) Semarang
d) Phnom Penh
Answer: (d)
Question 46: Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
a) Baikonour : Russia
b) Kourou : French Guiana
c) Borobudur : Indonesia
d) Cannes : France
Answer: (a)
Question 47: Where is the Port of East London located?
a) England
b) Ireland
c) East coast of USA
d) South Africa
Answer: (d)
Question 48: Great Barrier Reef is situated along the coast of
a) Australia
b) Canada
c) UK
d) South Africa
Answer: (a)
Question 49: Which one of the following longest continuous mountain range in the world?
a) The Himalayas
b) The Andes
c) The Rocky Mountains
d) The Alps
Answer: (b)
Question 50: Which one of the following countries is not a member of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)?
a) Armenia
b) Belarus
c) Estonia
d) Georgia
Answer: (c)