World Geography GK Questions and Answers- World Geography General Knowledge Quiz

In this article, we have come up with a set of 50+ important GK questions on World Geography along with their answers. Multiple choice questions are asked from World Geography and Indian Geography in many competitive examinations. Therefore, this set of World Geography GK questions will help you to boost your preparation.

World Geography GK Questions and Answers

Question: Which of the following is studied under Physical geography?

a Soils

b Human Migration

c Economic activities

d Settlements

Ans: A Soils

Question: When we go deep into the earth:

a Temperature increases

b Temperature decreases

c Temperature remains constant

d None of the above

Ans: A Temperature increases

Question: On which among the following dates Earth may be on Perihelion (Closest to Sun)?

a March 22

b June 21

c January 4

d December 21

Ans: C January 4

Question: Aconcagua is the highest peak of which of the below mountains?

a Alps Mountains

b Andes Mountains

c Ural Mountains

d None of them

Ans: B Andes Mountains

Question: Which among the following country is also known as Crossroads of Central Asia?

a Uzbekistan

b Tajikistan

c Afghanistan

d Turkmenistan

Ans: C Afghanistan

Question: The Papuans, Aboriginals and Melanesians are a group of which among the following race?

a Negroid

b Caucasoid

c Mongoloid

d Australoid

Ans: D Australoid

Question: In which among the following regions does hunting as an activity largely survives?

a Europe

b Asia

c Arctic

d Australia

Ans: C Arctic

Question: What are weight losing industries which tend to be located near the sources of raw materials called?

a Market oriented industries

b Capital oriented industries

c Service industries

d Raw material oriented industries

Ans: D Raw material oriented industries

Question: Labrador current is a __________?

a Canary Current

b warm current

c cold current

d None of the above

Ans: C cold current

Question: Which among the following country is the world’s leading producer of synthetic industrial diamond?

a China

b Congo

c United states

d South Africa

Ans: A China

Question: A star at which among the following locations would appear to twinkle more than others normally?

a Straight up in Observer’s line of sight

b Stars closer to poles

c Stars closer to the horizon

d None of them

Ans: C Stars closer to the horizon

Question: The Isthmus of Korea is located between which two seas?

a Sea of Japan and Yellow sea

b Pacific Ocean and Caribbean sea

c Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean

d Arabian Sea and Indian ocean

Ans: A Sea of Japan and Yellow sea

Question: The Mississippi River flows in which continent?

a South America

b North America

c Europe

d Asia

Ans: B North America

Question: Who among the following has defined race in population concept?

a Montagu

b Hooton

c Templeton

d Dobzhansky

Ans: D Dobzhansky

Question: Which among the following pairs of Tribes and their Habitat is not correctly matched?

a Zambos – Inhabitants of south America

b Veddas – Racial stock of Sri Lanka

c Yakuts – People of South africa

d Semai – Tribal societies of Malaysia

Ans: C Yakuts – People of South africa

Question: What is the increased exemplifications of the characters of urbanization in a city or its surrounding rural area called?

a Counter-Urbanization

b Sub-Urbanization

c Urban Agglomeration

d Over-Urbanization

Ans: D Over-Urbanization

Question: What are the dark patches on the surface of the sun called ?

a Heliosphere

b Solar flares

c Corona

d Sunspots

Ans: D Sunspots

Question: Which among the following statements is correct about Asthenosphere?

a It is a strong lower part of the mantle

b It is the liquid layer of the earth’s core

c It is the uppermost rigid part of the mantle

d It is a weak, plastic layer of the upper mantle

Ans: D It is a weak, plastic layer of the upper mantle

Question: Which among the following is not a feature of divergent plate boundary?

a Faulted mountains

b Mid oceanic ridges

c Fissure volcanoes

d Rift valleys

Ans: A Faulted mountains

Question: What are deep focus earthquakes also known as?

a Intraplate earthquakes

b Crustal earthquakes

c Both 1 & 2

d Neither 1 & 2

Ans: A Intraplate earthquakes

Question: Which type of volcanoes are the largest?

a Caldera

b Composite volcanoes

c Mid-oceanic ridge volcanoes

d Shield Volcanoes

Ans: D Shield Volcanoes

Question: Which among the following belts is also called as Horse Latitudes?

a Equatorial Low Pressure Belt

b Polar High Pressure Belt

c Sub-Polar Low Pressure Belt

d Sub-Tropical High Pressure Belt

Ans: D Sub-Tropical High Pressure Belt

Question: Which among the following forms when moisture is deposited in form of water droplets on cooler surfaces of solid objects such as stone, glass, blades, plant leaves?

a Fog

b Frost

c Dew

d Smog

Ans: C Dew

Question: Which among the following is not the ideal condition for the formation of tropical cyclones?

a High-level cyclonic circulation

b Upper divergence above the sea level system

c Presence of the Coriolis force

d Large sea surface with temperature higher than 27° C

Ans: A High-level cyclonic circulation

Question: Which of the following layer of the earth is termed as Sial?

a Core

b Mantale

c Crust

d None of the above

Ans: C Crust

Question: Kalimantan is the part of which among the following countries?

a Thailand

b Malaysia

c Cambodia

d Indonesia

Ans: D Indonesia

Question: Mount Kosciuszko is the highest mountain in__?

a Australia

b Canada

c Russia

d Indonesia

Ans: A Australia

Question: Europa is the moon of which among the following planets?

a Saturn

b Uranus

c Mars

d Jupiter

Ans: D Jupiter

Question: When light from some sources enters to the earth’s atmosphere, it gets scattered. Which among the following is a reason behind scattering?

a dust, smoke and gas molecules

b Various wavelengths of light

c atmospheric pressure

d None of the above

Ans: A dust, smoke and gas molecules

Question: Which among the following are the tribal inhabitants of Central Australia?

a Apache Arunta

b Amerinds

c Bantu

d Arunta

Ans: A Apache Arunta

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

a Milk shed

b Milk Godown

c Dairy states

d Milk tanker

Ans: A Milk shed

Question: The Ganga-Brahmaputra river delta in India and Bangladesh which is one of the most fertile regions in the world is a____________?

a Tide Dominated Delta

b River dominated Delta

c Wave Dominated Delta

d None of the above

Ans: A Tide Dominated Delta

Question: The Expedition 21 (Expedition series) of NASA are related to which of the following ?

a Space Tourism

b Lunar probes

c Unmanned flight to the space

d Long Crew Flight to the International Space Station

Ans: D Long Crew Flight to the International Space Station

Question: Which among the following is not a local wind?

a Sirocco

b Kikuyu

c Mistral

d Punas

Ans: B Kikuyu

Question: In which state of India is the Gulf of Kutch located?

a Gujarat

b Maharashtra

c Goa

d Rajasthan

Ans: A Gujarat

Question: Which of the following canyon is not found in the United States?

a Windy Canyon

b Salt River Canyon

c Nine Mile Canyon

d Glenwood Canyon

Ans: A Windy Canyon

Question: What are modern humans referred to as?

a Homo sapiens

b Homo erectus

c Australopithecus

d Homo habilis

Ans: A Homo sapiens

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

a Bedouins

b Bantu

c Ashanti

d Babinga

Ans: A Bedouins

Question: What are centres with population of more than one lakh called?

a Mega city

b Metropolitan City

c City

d Urban Agglomeration

Ans: C City

Question: What percent of the solar system’s mass does the sun hold?

a 70 %

b 99.8 %

c 88.5 %

d 50 %

Ans: B 99.8 %

Question: The term planetoids is used for __?

a Asteroids

b Dwarf Planets

c Comets

d Satellites of Solar System

Ans: A Asteroids

Question: What is the theory combining the Continental Drift and Sea Floor Spreading called?

a Geomagnetism

b Volcanism

c Diastrophism

d Plate tectonics

Ans: D Plate tectonics

Question: What is the point on the fault where seismic waves are released called?

a crest

b Epicentre

c Hypocentre

d ridge

Ans: C Hypocentre

Question: Which among the following Volcanoes is not an active volcano?

a Mt. Vesuvius

b Mt. Kilimanjaro

c Mt. Etna

d Mauna Kea

Ans: B Mt. Kilimanjaro

Question: The Kalahari desert is located in which among the following continents?

a Europe

b Asia

c Africa

d South America

Ans: C Africa

Question: What is a law stating that Coriolis forces deflect winds to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere called?

a Ferrel’s Law

b Zeroth Law

c Boyle’s Law

d Hooke’s Law

Ans: A Ferrel’s Law

Question: Which among the following clouds are also called as middle clouds forming at a height of 2000 – 6000 metres?