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World
Geography
1. Universe
1. Time taken by the Sun to revolve (B) H.J. Bhabha captured, for the first time, detailed
around the centre of our galaxy is (C) S. Chandrashekhar image of surface of a distant star.
[40th BPSC (Pre) 1995 (D) Hargovind Khurana Name of the star [UPPCS (Pre) 1995]
IAS (Pre) 1994] 8. A ‘black hole’ is a body in space (A) Virgo (B) 70 Virgins
(A) 2.5 crore years which does not allow any type (C) Betelgeuse (D) Big Dipper
(B) 10 crore years of radiation to come out. This 15. ‘Light Year’ is the unit of
(C) 25 crore years property is due to its [IAS (Pre) 2000] [MPPCS (Pre) 1994]
(D) 50 crore years (A) Very small size (A) Time (B) Distance
2. The colour of star indicates its (B) Very large size (C) Luminosity (D) None of these
[IAS (Pre) 1994] (C) High density 16. Which one of the following is not a
(A) Distance from Sun (D) Very low density natural unit of time?
(B) Lighting or glow 9. The terms ‘Event Horizon’, [Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2016]
(C) Distance from Earth ‘Singularity’, ‘String Theory’ and (A) Tropical year
(D) Temperature ‘Standard Model’ are sometimes (B) Lunar month
3. ‘Big Bang theory’ is related to seen in the news in the context of (C) Standard time
[UPPCS (Pre) 2016 [IAS (Pre) 2017] (D) Day
RAS/RTS (Pre) 2007] (A) Observation and understanding 17. The unit of measuring distance
(A) Continental Drifts of the Universe between the stars is known as
(B) Origin of the Universe (B) Study of the solar and the lunar [Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2006]
(C) Origin of the Himalayas eclipses (A) Stellar mile (B) Cosmic km.
(D) Eruption of Volcanoes (C) Placing satellites in the orbit of (C) Galectic unit (D) Light year
the Earth 18. If the stars are seen to rise
4. The milky way is classified as
[UPPCS (Pre) 2001]
(D) Origin and evolution of living perpendicular to the horizon by an
organisms on the Earth observer, he is located on the
(A) Spiral Galaxy
10. ‘Super Nova’ is [IAS (Pre) 2001]
(B) Electrical Galaxy
[UP Lower Sub. (Mains) 2015] (A) Equator
(C) Irregular Galaxy
(A) An asteroid (B) A black hole (B) Tropic of Cancer
(D) Round Galaxy
(C) A comet (D) A dyning star (C) South Pole
5. The limit beyond which stars suffer
internal collapse is called 11. How many constellations are in our (D) North Pole
Space? [44th BPSC (Pre) 2000] 19. A person stood alone in a desert on
[UPPCS (Pre) 1997]
(A) Chandrashekhar limit (A) 87 (B) 88 a dark night and wanted to reach
(C) 89 (D) 90 his village which was situated 5
(B) Eddington limit
12. Which one of the following is not an km East of the point where he was
(C) Hoyle limit standing. He had no instrument to
Astronomical object?
(D) Fowler limit find the direction but he located the
[UPPCS (Pre) 1996
6. Which is a celestial phenomenon IAS (Pre) 1993] pole star. The most convenient way
occuring due to stars? now to reach his village is to walk in
(A) Pulsar (B) Brittle star
[UPPCS (Pre) 1997] the [IAS (Pre) 2012]
(C) Black hole (D) Quasar
(A) Ozone hole (B) Black hole (A) Direction facing the pole star
13. A group of stars arranged in a
(C) Rainbow (D) Comet (B) Direction opposite to the pole
particular shape, is called
7. The ‘Black Hole’ theory was star
[UPPCS (Pre) 2013]
propounded by [UPPCS (Mains) 2016 (C) Direction keeping the pole star
(A) Milky Way (B) Constellation to his left
UPPCS (Pre) 1996]
(C) Andromeda (D) Solar system (D) Direction keeping the pole star
(A) C.V. Raman
14. Hubble space telescope has to his right
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20. The group of stars that indicate the
direction of pole, is
[41st BPSC (Pre) 1996]
(A) Saptarishi (B) Mrig
(C) Scorpio (D) Taurus
21. Which one of the following is not
related to space terminology?
[UPPCS (Pre) 1997]
(A) Telemetering
(B) Weightlessness
(C) Cislunar
(D) Byte
22. The scientist who first discovered
that the Earth revolves round the
Sun was [56th to 59th BPSC (Pre) 2015]
(A) Newton (B) Dalton
(C) Copernicus (D) Einstein
23. Which one of the following
statements is correct with reference
to our solar system? [IAS (Pre) 2002]
(A) The Earth is the densest of all
the planets in our solar system
(B) The predominant element in
the composition of Earth is
silicon
(C) The Sun contains 75 percent of
the mass of the solar system
(D) The diameter of the Sun is 190
times that of the Earth
24. Which of the following does not
belong to the solar system?
[Andhra Pradesh PSC (Pre) 2019
53rd to 55th BPSC (Pre) 2011]
(A) Asteroids (B) Comets
(C) Planets (D) Nebula
25. Who first propounded that the Sun
is the centre of our Solar system
and the Earth revolves around it?
[MPPCS (Pre) 1995]
(A) Newton (B) Galileo
(C) Panini (D) Copernicus
26. The number of planet in solar
system is [UPPCS (Pre) 1992]
(A) 7 (B) 8
(C) 12 (D) 21
27. Which of the given two planets are
between Mars and Uranus in order
of distance from Sun?
[IAS (Pre) 2008]
(A) Earth and Jupiter
(B) Jupiter and Saturn
(C) Saturn and Earth
(D) Saturn and Neptune
28. The planets between Earth and Sun
are [UPPSC (GIC) 2010]
(A) Mars and Mercury
(B) Mars and Venus
(C) Mercury and Venus
(D) Jupiter and Saturn
29. The Earth is located between
[UPPCS (Mains) 2012]
(A) Venus and Mars
(B) Mars and Jupiter
(C) Venus and Jupiter
(D) Mercury and Venus
30. Which is true about Planets?
[UPPCS (Pre) 1992]
(A) Planets are non-luminous
bodies and don’t shine
(B) Planets shine though they are
non-luminous bodies
(C) Planets do not shine though
they are luminous body
(D) Planets are luminous body and
also shine
31. The planet nearest to the Sun is
[UPPCS (Mains) 2004]
(A) Mercury (B) Earth
(C) Venus (D) Pluto
32. Which of the following pairs is not
properly matched?
[UPPCS (Mains) 2011]
(A) The largest planet of the Solar
System - Jupiter
(B) The smallest planet of the Solar
System - Mercury
(C) The brightest planet of the
Solar System - Venus
(D) The slowest moving planet of
Solar System - Mars
33. Hydrogen, Helium and Methane
are the main gases present on
[UPPCS (Mains) 2004]
(A) Uranus, Neptune and Mars
(B) Jupiter, Saturn and Mars
(C) Uranus, Neptune and Venus
(D) Mars and Venus
34. Which of the following is not a
planet of Solar System?
[MPPCS (Pre) 2010]
(A) Mercury (B) Florida
(C) Venus (D) Saturn
35. The term ‘Goldilocks Zone’ is often
seen in the news in the context of
[IAS (Pre) 2015]
(A) The limits of habitable zone
above the surface of the Earth
(B) Regions inside the Earth where
shale gas is available
(C) Search for the Earth-like
planets in outer space
(D) Search for meteorites contain-
ing precious metals
36. Diamond Ring is a phenomenon
observed [IAS (Pre) 1996]
(A) At the start of a total solar
eclipse
(B) At the end of a total solar
eclipse
(C) Only along the peripheral
regions of the totality trail
(D) Only in the central regions of
the totality trail
37. Solar eclipse occurs on
[UPPCS (Pre) 1991]
(A) Quarter Moon day
(B) New Moon day
(C) Any day
(D) Full Moon day (Poornima)
38. The substances present at the
centre of the Sun are in
[UPPCS (Pre) 2001]
(A) Solid, liquid and gaseous states
(B) Liquid state only
(C) The form of Gas and Plasma
(D) Both liquid and gaseous state
39. Solar energy is due to
[Arunachal Pradesh PSC (Pre) 2018
UPPCS (Pre) 2006, 2001, 1996]
(A) Ionization
(B) Nuclear Fusion
(C) Nuclear Fission
(D) Oxidation
40. Every Solar eclipse occurs on
[UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2006
RAS/RTS (Pre) 2000, 1999]
(A) Poornima only
(B) Amavasya only
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) Neither (A) nor (B)
41. When does Solar eclipse occur?
[47th BPSC (Pre) 2005
MPPCS (Pre) 1993
UPPCS (Pre) 1990]
(A) When Sun comes between the
Earth and the Moon
(B) When Earth comes between
Sun and Moon
(C) When Moon comes between
Earth and Sun
(D) None of the above
42. The Solar Eclipse achieves totality
only in limited geographical
regions because [IAS (Pre) 1993]
(A) The size of the shadow of the
Moon on the Earth is small as
compared to cross-section of
Earth
(B) The Earth is not a smooth flat
surface, but has elevations and
depressions
(C) The trajectories of the Earth
around the Sun and Moon
around the Earth are not
perfect circles
(D) Sun rays can reach most of
the peripheral regions of the
shadow of the Moon due to
atmosphere refraction
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43. Sun’s halo is produced by the (A) Earth and Jupiter (A) Plasma
refraction of light in [IAS (Pre) 2002] (B) Mercury and Venus (B) Volatile gas
(A) Water vapour in stratus clouds (C) Mercury and Saturn (C) Viscous liquid
(B) Ice crystals in Cirro-Cumulus (D) Venus and Mars (D) Solid
clouds 53. Which of the following pairs of 62. Who amongst the following was
(C) Ice crystals in Cirrus clouds planets is without satellites? the first to state that the Earth was
(D) Dust particles in Stratus clouds [UPPCS (Mains) 2016] spherical? [IAS (Pre) 2001]
44. One Astronomical unit is average (A) Venus and Mars (A) Aristotle (B) Copernicus
distance [Jharkhand PCS (Pre) 2011 (B) Mercury and Mars (C) Ptolemy (D) Strabo
IAS (Pre) 1998]
(C) Earth and Jupiter 63. In the form of organism, the
(A) Between Earth and Sun (D) Mercury and Venus Scientific name of Earth is
(B) Between Earth and Moon [UPPCS (Pre) 1999]
54. The Planet Mercury is revolving
(C) Between Jupiter and Sun around the Sun in an elliptical (A) Cow (B) Sita
(D) Between Neptune and Sun orbit, as shown in the given figure. (C) Green Planet (D) Harmij
45. The average or mean distance The Kinetic energy of Mercury is 64. Chemical element found in abun-
between Earth and Sun is greatest at the point labelled dance in the Earth’s crust is
[IAS (Pre) 1997] [IAS (Pre) 1997] [UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2013]
(A) 70 × 105 km (A) Oxygen (B) Aluminium
(B) 100 × 105 km (C) Iron (D) Silicon
(C) 110 × 106 km
65. Time taken by light emitted from
(D) 150 × 106 km Sun to reach Earth is
46. The distance between Earth and the [UPPCS (Mains) 2005
Sun is [Kerala PSC (Pre) 2019 MPPCS (Pre) 1996
UPPCS (Pre) 2010] 38th BPSC (Pre) 1992]
(A) 107.7 million km (A) a (B) b (A) 2 minutes (B) 1 minute
(B) 142.7 million km (C) c (D) d (C) 8 minutes (D) 16 minutes
(C) 146.6 million km 55. Which one of the following is 66. Which one of the following Stars is
(D) 149.6 million km known as ‘Morning Star’? nearest to the Earth? [IAS (Pre) 1997]
47. The Earth is nearest to the Sun on [UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2015] (A) Polaris
[UPPSC (GIC) 2010 (A) Mercury (B) Venus (B) Alpha Centauri
Uttarakhand PCS (Mains) 2006] (C) Mars (D) Saturn (C) Sun
(A) 3rd January 56. The planet which is called twin (D) Sirius
(B) 4th July sister of Earth is 67. Which of the following planet is
(C) 22nd March [UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2008 nearest to Earth? [MPPCS (Pre) 1993]
(D) 21st September UPPCS (Pre) 2007] (A) Neptune (B) Mars
48. Size of the Sun is how many times (A) Mercury (B) Venus (C) Saturn (D) Jupiter
bigger than that of the Earth? (C) Mars (D) Pluto 68. The planet nearest to the Earth is
[MPPCS (Pre) 2014] 57. Hottest planet of the solar system is [UPPCS (Pre) 1991, 93, 97, 2012
(A) 124 times (B) 100 times [41st BPSC (Pre) 1996] Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2002]
(C) 109 times (D) 115 times (A) Mercury (B) Venus (A) Venus (B) Mercury
49. Which of the following planets does (C) Mars (D) Earth (C) Mars (D) Jupiter
not have satellite? 58. Which planet is known as the 69. In completing one revolution of the
[UP Lower Sub. (Mains) 2013] ‘Evening Star’? Sun, Earth takes approximately
(A) Earth (B) Mars [44th BPSC (Pre) 2000] [41st BPSC (Pre) 1996]
(C) Jupiter (D) Venus (A) Mars (B) Jupiter (A) 365 days (B) 365.25 days
50. Which of the following planets does (C) Venus (D) Saturn (C) 365.5 days (D) 365.75 days
not have a satellite? 59. The Space craft ‘Magellan’ was sent 70. At which average speed the Earth
[UPPCS (Pre) 2008 to [UPPCS (Pre) 1991] revolve around the Sun?
44th BPSC (Pre) 2000 (A) Pluto (B) Saturn [Orissa PSC (Pre) 2019
nd
42 BPSC (Pre) 1997]
(C) Mars (D) Venus IAS (Pre) 2006]
(A) Mars (B) Mercury 60. The diameter of Earth is (A) 20 km/sec (B) 30 km/sec
(C) Neptune (D) Earth [Uttarakhand PCS (Mains) 2006] (C) 40 km/sec (D) 50 km/sec
51. Which of the following planet takes (A) 8,000 km 71. Approximately, how much distance
the least time to orbit the Sun? (B) 1,00,000 km per minute does Earth cover while
[UPPCS (Pre) 2002] revolving? [44th BPSC (Pre) 2001]
(C) 12,800 km
(A) Mars (B) Mercury (A) 49 km
(D) None of the above
(C) Earth (D) Saturn (B) 59 km
61. Unlike the fluid core of the Earth
52. The two planets having no satellite the core of the Moon is (C) 69 km
are [UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2009 [UPPCS (Mains) 2004] (D) 28 km
UPPCS (Pre) 1999]
162 Objective General Studies
72. The equatorial circumference of the
Earth is nearly
[Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2016]
(A) 31,000 km (B) 40,000 km
(C) 50,000 km (D) 64,000 km
73. Earth’s axis is tilted at an angle of
[MPPCS (Pre) 1990]
(A) 23½ º (B) 66½ º
(C) 33½ º (D) 42½ º
74. The Earth’s axis of rotation (polar
axis) is always inclined at an angle
of [UPPCS (Pre) 2016]
(A) 23.0º from the elliptic axis
(B) 23.1º from the elliptic axis
(C) 24.5º from the elliptic axis
(D) 23.5º from the elliptic axis
75. The causes of Day and Night is
[RAS/RTS (Pre) 2000, 1999]
(A) Earth-rotation
(B) Rotation of Earth on its axis
(C) Tilt of Earth’s axis
(D) Moon’s rotation
76. When the length of day and
night is equal the Sunrays falls
perpendicular at
[Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2002]
(A) North pole
(B) Equator
(C) South pole
(D) Tropic of cancer
77. Seasonal changes is caused by
which one of special characteristic
of Earth’s motion?
[Telangana PSC (Pre) 2019
RAS/RTS (Pre) 1992]
(A) Revolution around Sun
(B) Axial tilt by 23½ degree
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) Rotation on its axis
78. What causes the change of
Seasons? [Jharkhand PCS (Pre) 2013]
(A) Earth’s rotation and revolution
(B) Earth’s revolution
(C) Earth’s revolution and inclina-
tion of its axis
(D) Earth’s rotation and inclination
of its axis
79. Consider one special point at the
Earth’s surface (e.g., City Delhi) its
temperature at noon (e.g., 12 O’
clock) will be higher in Summer in
comparison to winter because
[Tamil Nadu PSC (Pre) 2019
IAS (Pre) 1993]
(A) Earth is much closer to Sun
in Summer in comparison to
winter
(B) In winter the Sun rays falling
on the Earth bends more
towards the Earth’s surface in
comparison to the summer the Earth. This is true of
(C) The vaporization of water [UPPCS (Pre) 2001
happen only in winter due to IAS (Pre) 1994]
environmental precipitation (A) Uranus (B) Neptune
(D) In winters the Earth’s axis (C) Saturn (D) Mars
becomes more inclined towards 88. Which one of the following
Sun conditions is most relevant for the
80. If the distance between Sun and presence of life on Mars?
Earth is reduced by quarter to [IAS (Pre) 1997]
present distance, then probability (A) Atmospheric compositon
of which one will increase (B) Thermal conditions
[RAS/RTS (Pre) 1993]
(C) Occurrence of ice cap and
(A) Earth would fall into Sun frozen water
(B) Earth shall be burned (D) Occurrence of ozone
(C) The duration of our year will be 89. Which one of the following is heavi-
decrease est planet of our Solar System?
(D) Earth will fly into space [Chhattisgarh PCS (Pre) 2003]
81. The possibility of desert on Earth is (A) Jupiter (B) Venus
more [Haryana PSC (Pre) 2019 (C) Pluto (D) Saturn
41st BPSC (Pre) 1996]
90. Among the following which planet
(A) Nearby 0º latitude takes maximum time for one
(B) Nearby 23º latitude revolution around the Sun?
(C) Nearby 50º latitude [IAS (Pre) 2003
(D) Nearby 70º latitude Chhattisgarh PCS (Pre) 2011]
82. A ball thrown outside from an (A) Earth (B) Jupiter
artificial satellite revolving round (C) Mars (D) Venus
the Earth will [UPPCS (Pre) 1995] 91. The Moons of the Planet Jupiter
(A) Go to the Sun were discovered by
(B) Go to the Moon [Uttarakhand Lower Sub. (Pre) 2010]
(C) Fall on the Earth (A) Newton (B) Galileo
(D) Revolve round the Earth in the (C) Kepler (D) Copernicus
same orbit with the same time
92. Which is the largest Planet in the
period as satellite Solar System?
83. In the structure of planet Earth, [MPPCS (Pre) 1996, 1990
below the mantle, the core is 41st BPSC (Pre) 1996
UPPCS (Pre) 1990]
mainly made up of which one of the
following? [IAS (Pre) 2009] (A) Jupiter (B) Neptune
(C) Uranus (D) Saturn
(A) Aluminium (B) Chromium
93. The ring of Jupiter is composed of
(C) Iron (D) Silicon
[UPPCS (Mains) 2004]
84. World Earth Day is celebrated on
[MPPCS (Pre) 2015] (A) Silicates
(B) Non-existent
(A) 22 April (B) 22 March
(C) Very thick and opaque
(C) 7 April (D) 7 March
(D) All of the above
85. Which one of the following may
have alien life because of a very 94. Which one of the following planets
conductive environment to life? has largest number of natural
[UPPCS (Pre) 2000] satellites or Moons? [IAS (Pre) 2009]
(A) Jupiter (B) Mars
(A) Jupiter
(B) Mars (C) Saturn (D) Venus
(C) Europa-The Jupiter’s Moon 95. After seven years of its journey
(D) Moon-The Earth’s Moon spacecraft Cassini started its
86. Phoenix Mars Lander landed on the revolution in June-2004 around
surface of Mars on which planet? [UPPCS (Mains) 2004]
[Chhattisgarh PCS (Pre) 2008] (A) Mercury (B) Jupiter
(A) 27 June, 2008 (C) Mars (D) Saturn
(B) 27 May, 2008 96. Planet Saturn [UPPCS (Pre) 2010]
(C) 26 June, 2008 (A) is colder than Jupiter
(D) 26 May, 2008 (B) is colder than Neptune
87. The duration of its day and tilt of its (C) Warmer than Neptune
axis are almost identical to those of (D) Warmer than Jupiter
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97. Time Saturn takes to complete one 108. When does a Lunar eclipse take the same month, thrice in a
revolution around the Sun place? [MPPCS (Pre) 1994] calendar
[Tripura PSC (Pre) 2019 (A) When the Moon comes between (D) None of the above
44th BPSC (Pre) 2000] the Sun and the Earth 118. When any object is taken from the
(A) 18.5 years (B) 36 years (B) When the Earth comes between Earth to the Moon
(C) 29.5 years (D) 84 years the Sun and the Moon [UPPCS (Pre) 2006]
98. Which of the following planets has (C) When the Sun comes between (A) Its weight increases
rings around it? [UPPCS (Pre) 1990] the Earth and the Moon (B) Its weight decreases
(A) Saturn (B) Mars (D) None of the above (C) There is no change in its weight
(C) Mercury (D) Earth 109. When did man first land on the (D) It becomes totally weightless
99. Titan is the largest Moon of the Moon? [MPPCS (Pre) 1995] 119. The distance of Moon from the
Planet [UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2006] (A) 1953 (B) 1963 Earth is [UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2008]
(A) Mars (B) Venus (C) 1971 (D) 1969 (A) 384 thousand km
(C) Jupiter (D) Saturn 110. The ‘Sea of Tranquitity’ lies on (B) 300 thousand km
100. Which planet takes the longest [MPPCS (Pre) 1995] (C) 446 thousand km
period in revolving around the (A) Earth (B) Sun (D) 350 thousand km
Sun? [UP Lower Sub. (Spl)(Pre) 2004] (C) Jupiter (D) Moon 120. A country by sending its ‘SELENE’
(A) Uranus (B) Jupiter 111. Lunar Eclipse is caused when (Selenological and Engineering
(C) Neptune (D) Mercury [Uttarakhand Lower Sub. (Pre) 2010] Explorer) in the orbit of the Moon
101. According to a new definition adop- (A) Moon comes in between Earth became the first country in Asia.
ted by ‘International Astronomical and Sun The country which achieved this
Union’ in 2006, which of the (B) Earth comes between Sun and fame is [UPPCS (Pre) 2009]
following is not a ‘planet’? Moon (A) Japan (B) China
[MPPCS (Pre) 2012] (C) Sun comes between Earth and (C) India (D) Pakistan
(A) Uranus (B) Neptune Moon 121. The asteroids are small celestial
(C) Pluto (D) Jupiter (D) Sun and Moon coincide bodies in the solar system which are
102. For one revolution around the Sun, 112. In which situation Lunar eclipse found between the planets.
Uranus takes [44th BPSC (Pre) 2000] occurs? [MPPCS (Pre) 1992] [Nagaland PSC (Pre) 2019
(A) 84 years (B) 36 years (A) Half Moon (B) New Moon UPPCS (Pre) 2008]
(C) 18 years (D) 48 years (C) Full Moon (D) None of these (A) Mercury and Venus
103. The year is largest on 113. The main condition responsible for (B) Mars and Jupiter
[39th BPSC (Pre) 1994] greater brightness of the Moon on (C) Jupiter and Saturn
(A) Uranus (B) Jupiter the full Moon day of 22nd Dec. 99 (D) Neptune and Saturn
(C) Neptune (D) Earth was [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1999] 122. The group of small pieces of rock
104. Which is the smallest planet of the (A) Aphelion (B) Perihelion revolving round the Sun between
Solar System? (C) Apogee (D) Perigee the orbits of Mars and Jupiter are
[Haryana PSC (Pre) 2019 114. When the Moon size is half of the called [IAS (Pre) 1997]
UPPCS (Pre) 1991] full Moon, the angle between the (A) Meteors (B) Comets
(A) Earth (B) Mars Sun, the Earth and the Moon is (C) Meteroid (D) Asteroids
(C) Venus (D) Mercury [UPPCS (Pre) 2005] 123. With which planet comet
105. The coldest planet in the Solar (A) 45º (B) 90º Shoemaker Levy Collided
System is [MPPCS (Pre) 2014] (C) 180º (D) 270º [West Bengal PSC (Pre) 2019
115. Choose the odd one. IAS (Pre) 1995]
(A) Neptune (B) Jupiter
(C) Mars (D) Saturn [Chhattisgarh PCS (Pre) 2005] (A) Pluto (B) Mars
106. Which of the following planets (A) Mars (B) Mercury (C) Jupiter (D) Saturn
is the farthest planet of the Solar (C) Moon (D) Earth 124. Meteor is a [IAS (Pre) 1995]
System? [IAS (Pre) 2002, 2005] 116. Which of the following is not a (A) Fast moving star
(A) Neptune (B) Earth planet? (B) A piece of matter which has
(C) Saturn (D) Mars [Uttarakhand Lower Sub. (Pre) 2010] entered the Earth atmosphere
107. On the surface of the Moon, two (A) Moon (B) Earth from outer space
persons cannot listen each other as (C) Mars (D) Mercury (C) Part of stellar system
[UPPCS (Pre) 2003] 117. The ‘blue Moon’ phenomenon (D) Tailles Comet
(A) Their ears stops working at the occurs when 125. The tail of comet is directed away
Moon [UPPCS (Mains) 2009, 2007] from the Sun, because
(B) There is no atmosphere on the (A) Two full Moons occur in the [Assam PSC (Pre) 2019
Moon same month IAS (Pre) 1997]
(C) They wear special types of (B) Four full Moons appear in two (A) As the Comet rotate around
space suits on the Moon consecutive months of the same the Sun, the lighter mass of
(D) Sound travels very slow on the calendar year Comet is pushed away due to
Moon (C) Two full Moon appear in centrifugal force alone
164 Objective General Studies
(B) As the Comet rotates, the List-I (Special characteristic) (C) Both 1 and 2
lighter mass of the Comet is (a) Smallest planet of the solar (D) Neither 1 nor 2
attracted by some stars situated system 134. Assertion (A): Existence of
in the direction of its tail (b) Largest planet of the solar human life on Venus is highly
(C) The radiation emitted by the system improbable.
Sun exerts a radial pressure (c) Planet second to the Sun in the Reason (R): Venus has extremely
on the comet throwing its tail solar system high level of carbon dioxide in its
away from the Sun (d) Planet third to the Sun in the atmosphere. [IAS (Pre) 2005]
(D) The tail of the Comet always solar system Code
exists in the same orientation List-II (Name of planet) (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and
126. Hale-Bopp is the name of a 1. Mercury 2. Venus (R) is the correct explanation of
[Himachal Pradesh PSC (Pre) 2019
3. Jupiter 4. Earth (A)
MPPCS (Pre) 1997]
Code (B) Both (A) and (R) are true,
(A) Comet but (R) is not the correct
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(B) Cartoon Character explanation of (A)
(A) 2 3 5 1
(C) International Company (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(B) 3 5 1 2
(D) Toy (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true
(C) 4 1 2 3
127. Assertion (A): A black hole is an 135. Statement (A): Moving from one
astronomical entity that cannot be (D) 1 3 2 4
131. Arrange the following in decreasing place on Earth to another place
seen by telescope. of high latitude, the weight of an
order of size and select the correct
Reason (R): The gravitational object decreases.
answer from the code given below.
field on a black hole is so strong that Reason (R): Earth is not perfect
[MPPCS (Pre) 2008]
it does not allow even light to escape. sphere.
1. Jupiter 2. Uranus
In the context of the above state- Choose the correct answer by using
ments, which one of the following 3. Earth 4. Saturn
Code code given below. [IAS (Pre) 2003]
is correct? [UPPCS (Pre) 2003, 01]
(A) (A) and (R) both are true and
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (A) 1, 4, 3, 2 (B) 4, 1, 2, 3
(R) explains (A) properly
(R) is the correct explanation of (C) 1, 4, 2, 3 (D) 4, 1, 3, 2
(B) (A) and (R) both are true,
(A) 132. Match List-I with List-II and select but (R) does not explains (A)
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, the correct answer using the code properly
but (R) is not the correct given below the lists.
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is wrong
explanation of (A) [UPPCS (Pre) 1999]
(D) (A) is wrong, but (R) is true
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false List-I
136. Consider the following statements.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true (a) Planet
1. The axis of the Earth’s magnetic
128. Consider the following statements. (b) Satellite
field is inclined at 23 and half
A person in space craft situated at (c) Comet degree to the geographic axis of
the mid of Earth and Sun will see (d) Planetoid or Artificial Satellite the Earth.
that List-II 2. The Earth’s magnetic pole
1. Sky is black. 1. Moon 2. Uranus in the Northern hemisphere
2. Stars do not twinkle. 3. Mariner 4. Halley is located on a peninsular in
3. The temperature outside the Code Northern Canada.
space craft is more than that of (a) (b) (c) (d) 3. Earth’s magnetic equator
Earth surface. (A) 2 1 4 3 passes through Thumba in
Which of the following is true? (B) 1 2 3 4 South India.
[IAS (Pre) 1996]
(C) 4 3 1 2 Which of the statements given
(A) Only 3 (B) 1 and 2 (D) 2 1 3 4 above is/are correct?
(C) 1 and 3 (D) 1, 2 and 3 [IAS (Pre) 2005]
133. Consider the following statements.
129. Arrange the planets given below in (A) 1, 2 and 3 (B) 2 and 3
1. The albedo of an object
order of increasing distance from (C) Only 2 (D) Only 3
determines its visual brightness
Sun? [UP Lower Sub. (Spl)(Pre) 2003 when viewed with reflected 137. Consider the following statements
UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2002]
light. and select the correct answer from
1. Neptune 2. Earth 2. The albedo of Mercury is much the code given below.
3. Jupiter 4. Uranus [UPPCS (Pre) 2000]
greater than the albedo of the
Code Earth. 1. The Northern end of the Earth’s
(A) 2, 3, 4, 1 (B) 4, 3, 2, 1 Which of the statements given axis is called North Pole.
(C) 3, 2, 4, 1 (D) 1, 2, 4, 3 above is/are correct? 2. 45º latitude is half of the length
130. Match List-I with List-II and select [Telangana PSC (Pre) 2016 of the equator.
the correct answer using the code IAS (Pre) 2008] 3. Earth’s axis are parallel.
given below the lists. (A) Only 1 4. The Earth’s speed of revolution
[IAS (Pre) 1998] (B) Only 2 is faster in aphelion position.
 World Geography 165
Code one rotation around its own axis in Code
(A) 1 and 2 (B) 2 and 3 23 and half days which is about the (a) (b) (c) (d)
(C) 3 and 4 (D) 1 and 3 same time that it is takes to orbit the (A) 2 1 4 3
138. Assertion (A): Artificial satellites Earth. [Meghalaya PSC (Pre) 2017 (B) 1 2 3 4
IAS (Pre) 2005]
are always launched from the Earth (C) 4 3 1 2
in the Eastward direction. (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (D) 2 1 3 4
Reason (R): The Earth rotates (R) is the correct explanation of
143. Consider the following statements
from West to East and so the (A)
regarding asteroids.
satellite attains the escape velocity. (B) Both (A) and (R) are true,
1. Asteroids are rocky debris of
[Mizoram PSC (Pre) 2017 but (R) is not the correct
varying sizes orbiting the Sun.
IAS (Pre) 2002] explanation of (A)
2. Most of the asteroids are small
Code (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false but some have diameter as
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true large and 1000 km.
(R) is the correct explanation of 141. Consider the following statements 3. The orbit of asteroids lies
(A) and answer the question with the between the orbits of Jupiter
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, help of code given below. and Saturn.
but (R) is not the correct Assertion (A): Only one side of Of these statements. [IAS (Pre) 1998]
explanation of (A) the Moon’s surface is visible from (A) 1, 2 and 3 are correct
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false the Earth. (B) 2 and 3 are correct
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true Reason (R): The period of (C) 1 and 2 are correct
139. Assertion (A): To orbit around rotation of the Moon on its axis is (D) 1 and 3 are correct
the Sun the planet Mars takes lesser equal to the period of its revolution
round the Earth. [UPPCS (Pre) 2006] 144. What is the difference between
time than the time taken by the asteroids and comets?
Earth. Code
1. Asteroids are small rocky plane-
Reason (R): The diameter of (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and toids, while comets are formed
the planet Mars is less than that of (R) is the correct explanation of of frozen gases held together by
Earth. [IAS (Pre) 2006] (A) rocky and metallic material.
Code (B) Both (A) and (R) are true, 2. Asteroids are found mostly
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and but (R) is not the correct between the orbits of Jupiter
(R) is the correct explanation of explanation of (A) and Mars, while comets are
(A) (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false found mostly between Venus
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true and Mercury.
but (R) is not the correct 142. Match the following. 3. Comets show a perceptible
explanation of (A) [Punjab PSC (Pre) 2017 glowing tail, while asteroids do
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false UPPCS (Pre) 1992] not.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true (a) Planet 1. Moon Which of the statements given
140. Assertion (A): The same face of (b) Satellite 2. Uranus above is/are correct?
the Moon always faces the Earth. (c) Comet 3. Mariner [IAS (Pre) 2011]
Reason (R): The Moon completes (d) Artificial 4. Halley (A) 1 and 2 (B) 1 and 3
spacecraft (C) Only 3 (D) 1, 2 and 3

Answer Sheet
1. (C) 2. (D) 3. (B) 4. (A) 5. (A) 6. (B) 7. (C) 8. (C) 9. (A) 10. (D)
11. (B) 12. (B) 13. (B) 14. (C) 15. (B) 16. (C) 17. (D) 18. (A) 19. (C) 20. (A)
21. (D) 22. (C) 23. (A) 24. (D) 25. (D) 26. (B) 27. (B) 28. (C) 29. (A) 30. (B)
31. (A) 32. (D) 33. (B) 34. (B) 35. (A) 36. (C) 37. (B) 38. (C) 39. (B) 40. (B)
41. (C) 42. (A) 43. (C) 44. (A) 45. (D) 46. (D) 47. (A) 48. (C) 49. (D) 50. (B)
51. (B) 52. (B) 53. (D) 54. (A) 55. (B) 56. (B) 57. (B) 58. (C) 59. (D) 60. (C)
61. (C) 62. (A) 63. (C) 64. (A) 65. (C) 66. (C) 67. (B) 68. (A) 69. (B) 70. (B)
71. (D) 72. (B) 73. (A) 74. (D) 75. (B) 76. (B) 77. (C) 78. (C) 79. (B) 80. (C)
81. (B) 82. (D) 83. (C) 84. (A) 85. (C) 86. (D) 87. (D) 88. (C) 89. (A) 90. (B)
91. (B) 92. (A) 93. (A) 94. (C) 95. (D) 96. (C) 97. (C) 98. (A) 99. (D) 100. (C)
101. (C) 102. (A) 103. (C) 104. (D) 105. (A) 106. (A) 107. (B) 108. (B) 109. (D) 110. (D)
111. (B) 112. (C) 113. (D) 114. (B) 115. (C) 116. (A) 117. (D) 118. (B) 119. (A) 120. (A)
121. (B) 122. (D) 123. (C) 124. (B) 125. (C) 126. (A) 127. (A) 128. (B) 129. (A) 130. (D)
166 Objective General Studies
131. (C) 132. (A) 133. (A) 134. (A) 135. (D) 136. (D) 137. (D) 138. (D) 139. (D) 140. (C)
141. (A) 142. (A) 143. (C) 144. (B)

2. Earth
1. Zero degree latitude and zero following Meridians of India?
degree longitude lies in the 15º NL [UPPCS (Pre) 2001]
[Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2005] (A) 2º30' W (B) 82º 30' E
(A) Atlantic Ocean (C) 92º30' W (D) 93º 30' E
(B) Arctic Ocean A
14. The basis of deciding standard time
(C) Indian Ocean 50º NL of any place is [43rd BPSC (Pre) 1999]
(D) Pacific Ocean (A) Longitude
2. Point of intersection of Equator and 5º EL 6º EL (B) Latitude
the prime Meridian is located at (C) International Date Line
[Andhra Pradesh PSC (Pre) 2019 The point marked by A in the above (D) Prime Meridian
UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2009] figure indicates the countries in 15. The Prime Meridian does not pass
(A) Atlantic Ocean [IAS (Pre) 1997] through [UP UDA/LDA (Mains) 2010]
(B) Ghana (A) North America (A) Algeria (B) France
(C) Morocco (B) South America (C) Niger (D) Spain
(D) Pacific Ocean (C) Europe 16. Which one of the following Cities
3. Correct Latitudinal position of a (D) Asia does not have the same clock time
place that could be possible is 8. If the difference of longitudes for as that of the other three Cities at
[Tripura PSC (Pre) 2017 the two places is 90º, then time any given instant? [IAS (Pre) 2007]
RAS/RTS (Pre) 1999] interval between these places will (A) London (UK)
(A) 91º North be [Gujarat PSC (Pre) 2019 (B) Lisbon (Portugal)
(B) 45º East MPPCS (Pre) 1992] (C) Accra (Ghana)
(C) 45º South (A) 3 hrs (B) 6 hrs (D) Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)
(D) 91º West (C) 9 hrs (D) 12 hrs 17. When there is noon at I.S.T.
4. Which of the following is not a 9. When there is mid-day in the meridian people another place of
great circle on the globe? Greenwich, local time of a place is the Earth are taking their 6 O' clock
[Tamil Nadu PSC (Pre) 2019 5 O' clock evening. At which of the morning tea. The longitude of the
Uttarakhand UDA/LDA (Pre) 2003] following longitude (meridians) place is [Sikkim PSC (Pre) 2019
(A) Equator that place will be located? IAS (Pre) 1998]
[UPPCS (Pre) 2008] (A) 17º30' E (B) 7º30' W
(B) Prime meridition line
(C) 60º East longitude (A) 75º E (B) 75º W (C) 172º30' E (D) 90º W
(D) 60º North Latitude (C) 150º E (D) 150º W 18. A telegram was sent from
5. A plane starts flying from 30º 10. The time at Cairo is 2 hours ahead Greenwich at 12:00 Noon. The time
Northern latitude and 50º Eastern of Greenwich. Hence, it is located for transmission was 12 minutes.
longitude and lands at opposite end at [53rd to 55th BPSC (Pre) 2011] It reached a town at 6:00 p.m. The
of the Earth, where will it land? (A) 30º W longitude longitude of the town will be
[IAS (Pre) 1994] (B) 30º E longitude [Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2012]
(A) 30º Northern latitude, 50º (C) 28º E longitude (A) 97º E (B) 87º E
Western longitude (D) 28º W longitude (C) 87º W (D) 97º W
(B) 30º Southern latitude, 50º 11. When it is noon along 82º30' E 19. International Date line passes
Western longitude longitude along what degree of through [Haryana PSC (Pre) 2019
(C) 50º Northern latitude, 30º longitude it will be 6:30 a.m.? 44th BPSC (Pre) 2000]
Western longitude [IAS (Pre) 1994] (A) Africa
(D) 30º Southern latitude, 130º (A) At 165º East (B) Asia
Western longitude (B) At 67º30' West (C) Pacific ocean
6. Among the following cities which (C) At 0º East or West (D) Atlantic ocean
one lies in the farthest North? (D) At 82º30' West 20. The shortest distance between two
[UPPCS (Mains) 2011] 12. Which one of the following places on the globe is along
(A) Beijing longitudes alongwith the prime [Arunachal Pradesh PSC (Pre) 2019
(B) New Delhi Meridian forms a great circle on the UPPCS (Pre) 1997]
(C) New York globe? [UPPCS (Pre) 2000] (A) 45º N Latitude
(D) Rome (A) 0º (B) 90º E (B) 45º S Latitude
7. Consider the geographical details (C) 90º W (D) 180º (C) Prime Meridian
given in the following figure. 13. In the New Millennium first ray of (D) International Date Line
the Sun was seen in which of the
 World Geography 167
21. If the Earth’s direction of rotation 28. The Equator passes through (A) Bolivia (B) Paraguay
is reversed, what should be the IST [UPPCS (Pre) 2008 (C) Argentina (D) Brazil
when it is noon at the International UPPCS (Mains) 2007] 38. Which of the following
Date Line? [IAS (Pre) 1997] (A) Cameroon (B) Costa Rica phenomenon happens in India
(A) 06:30 hrs (B) 05:30 hrs (C) Kenya (D) Venezuela when the Sun-shines vertically over
(C) 18:30 hrs (D) 17:30 hrs 29. The total length of Earth’s equator the Tropic of Capricorn?
22. Which one of the following Straits is about [Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2010] [Chhattisgarh PCS (Pre) 2015]
is nearest to the International Date (A) 6,400 km (B) 12,800 km (A) High pressure develops over
Line? [IAS (Pre) 2008] (C) 40,000 km (D) 5,000 km North-West India
(A) Malacca Strait 30. Through which one of the following (B) Low pressure develops over
(B) Bering Strait groups of countries does the North-West India
(C) Strait of Florida Equator pass? [IAS (Pre) 2006] (C) No change in pressure occurs
(D) Strait of Gibraltar (A) Brazil, Zambia and Malaysia over North-West India
23. A ship is moving from the Eastern (B) Colombia, Kenya and Indonesia (D) Temperature increases in
side of Aleutian Islands towards (C) Brazil, Sudan and Malaysia North-West India
Dutch harbor. It crosses 180º (D) Venezuela, Ethiopia and 39. Where are day and night equal
meridian on 1st January, 1999 Indonesia throughout year?
at 23:30 hr. After crossing the [Meghalaya PSC (Pre) 2019
31. The latitude at which ‘Annual
meridian captain of the ship will MPPCS (Pre) 1995]
Range of Temperature’ remains
note what time and date in his minimum is [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1999]
(A) North Pole (B) South Pole
diary? [IAS (Pre) 1999] (C) Equator (D) Nowhere
(A) Equator
(A) January 1, 00:30 hr 40. At the time the summer solstice
(B) Tropic of Cancer
(B) January 2, 00:30 hr in the Northern hemisphere the
(C) Tropic of Capricorn
(C) January 3, 00:30 hr length of the day will be 12 hours at
(D) North Pole Circle the [Manipur PSC (Pre) 2017
(D) January 4, 00:30 hr
32. Which one of the following cities is UPPCS (Pre) 1997]
24. Captain of a ship moving Westward nearest to the equator?
records the local time of 10:00 hrs (A) Tropic of Cancer
[IAS (Pre) 2008]
Monday at 90º W. If the speed of (B) Tropic of Capricorn
(A) Colombo (B) Jakarta
the ship is the same as the speed (C) Arctic Circle
of the rotation of the Earth, which (C) Manila (D) Singapore
(D) Equator
of the following local time and day 33. The Equator, Tropic of Cancer and
41. On which date day and night are of
would be found by the captain at Tropic of Capricorn, all the three
equal duration? [MPPCS (Pre) 1992]
International date line? pass through which one of the
following Continents? (A) 22 June
[Karnataka PSC (Pre) 2017
[Maharashtra PSC (Pre) 2018 (B) 23 September
UPPCS (Pre) 2000]
UPPCS (Spl)(Mains) 2004] (C) 22 December
(A) 04:00 hrs, Monday
(A) Africa (D) 21 February
(B) 10:00 hrs, Monday
(B) Asia 42. Equinox, the two periods in the
(C) 10:00 hrs, Tuesday
(C) North America year when day and night are equal,
(D) 16:00 hrs, Tuesday occurs on
25. Which path must be followed by (D) South America
[UP Lower Sub. (Spl)(Pre) 2004
a Ship to move from one place to 34. Which of the following countries
UPPCS (Pre) 1994]
another in least time? are located on the Equator?
(A) 21 March and 23 September
[UPPCS (Pre) 1992] 1. Brunei 2. Columbia
(B) 22 February and 23 August
(A) Sea or Ocean Current 3. Kenya 4. Venezuela
(C) 15 October and 23 April
(B) Sea-breez Select the correct answer using the
(D) 22 July and 22 December
(C) Meridian code given below.
[UPPCS (Pre) 2010] 43. Shortest day of the year in Northern
(D) Longitude hemisphere is on
26. The local time of a place is 6:00 (A) 1 and 2 (B) 2 and 3
[Punjab PSC (Pre) 2018
A.M. when the Greenwitch Mean (C) 3 and 4 (D) 1 and 4 47th BPSC (Pre) 2005]
Time (GMT) is 3:00 A.M., what is 35. At the Winter Solstice the noon (A) 21 December
the longitude of the place? altitude of the Sun at the Tropic of
(B) 22 December
[Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2010 Cancer is [UPPCS (Pre) 1997]
UPPCS (Pre) 2006]
(C) 21 June
(A) 23.5º (B) 43.0º
(D) 22 June
(A) 45º West (B) 45º East (C) 47.0º (D) 66.5º
(C) 120º East (D) 120º West 44. The longest day in Northern
36. The Tropic of Cancer does not pass
hemisphere is [MPPCS (Pre) 2015]
27. The Equator does not pass through through [UPPCS (Pre) 2005]
which of the following countries? (A) 21 May
(A) Egypt (B) India
[MPPCS (Pre) 2012] (B) 21 June
(C) Iran (D) Myanmar
(A) Kenya (B) Mexico (C) 22 December
37. Tropic of Capricorn does not pass
(C) Indonesia (D) Brazil (D) 25 December
through [UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 1997]
168 Objective General Studies
45. Which of the following is the (B) 950 A.D. - 1250 A.D. countries is ahead of or behind
longest day of the year? (C) 1650 A.D. - 1870 A.D. Greenwich Mean Time depending
[UPPCS (Pre) 1992] (D) 8000 to 10,000 years B.P. on whether they are East or West
(A) 22 July (B) 25 December (Before Present) of the longitude passing through,
(C) 21 June (D) 23 March 55. India was the part of ancient Greenwich.
46. The longest day in Southern Gondwana land Supercontinent. It 1. Cuba 2. Greece
Hemisphere is includes the following landmass of 3. Iraq 4. Costa Rica
[48th to 52nd BPSC (Pre) 2008] the present [MPPCS (Pre) 2008] 5. Japan
(A) 22 June (A) South America Which one of the following
(B) 22 December (B) Africa sequential orders gives the correct
(C) 21 March (C) Australia arrangement of the countries
(D) 22 September (D) All of the above according to their standard time
56. On the Earth, originally there was from ahead to behind GMT?
47. Summer Solstice occurs every year
[Kerala PSC (Pre) 2019
on [UPPCS (Pre) 2010] only one huge landmass which is
IAS (Pre) 1995]
(A) 23 September known as [UPPCS (Mains) 2016]
(A) Panthalassa (A) 5, 3, 2, 1, 4 (B) 2, 4, 1, 3, 5
(B) 21 March
(B) Pangea (C) 4, 1, 3, 2, 5 (D) 3, 5, 4, 1, 2
(C) 4 July
(C) Laurasia 63. Statement (A): Time interval at
(D) 21 June
the dateline is 12 hours from the
48. On which of the following dates (D) Gondwana land
Greenwich.
your shadow at noon is the 57. Which one of the following contin-
uents was not a part of Gondwana Reason (R): Dateline is situated
smallest? [UPPCS (Pre) 2006]
Land? [UPPCS (Mains) 2016]
at 180º meridian.
(A) 25 December (B) 21 March
(A) North America Using following options choose the
(C) 21 June (D) 14 February
correct answer. [UPPCS (Pre) 1992]
49. Which of the following scholar (B) South America
(C) Africa (A) (A), (R) both are correct and
has suggested that the Earth has
(R) is the correct explanation of
originated from the gases and the (D) Australia
(A)
dust particles? [IAS (Pre) 1999] 58. First fossil evidence for the (B) (A) and (R) both are correct,
(A) James Jeans (B) H. Alfven existence of life on Earth is but (R) is not the correct
(C) F. Hoyal (D) O. Schmidt [UPPCS (Mains) 2005]
explanation of (A)
50. Which of the following method is (A) 0.3 million years back (C) (A) is correct, but (R) is false
used to determine the age of the (B) 3.5 million years back (D) (R) is correct, but (A) is false
Earth? [UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2006] (C) 5 million years back 64. Think about the following
(A) Carbon dating for age of the (D) 10 million years back countries.
fossils 59. Folding is the result of 1. Australia 2. Namibia
(B) Germanium dating [53rd to 55th BPSC (Pre) 2011]
3. Brazil 4. Chile
(C) Uranium dating (A) Epeirogenic force Tropic of Capricorn passes through
(D) All of the above (B) Coriolis force which of the following countries?
51. What was the period of the (C) Orogenic force [UPPCS (Pre) 2003]
Code
Dinosaurs? [MPPCS (Pre) 2005] (D) Exogenic force
(A) Only 1 (B) 2, 3 and 4
(A) Five crore years ago 60. The Prime Meridian passes through (C) 1, 2 and 3 (D) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(B) Eighteen crore years ago 1. Algeria 2. France
(C) Forty crore years ago 65. Which of the following phenom-
3. Nigeria 4. Portugal enon might have influenced the
(D) Eighty crore years ago Use the code below to select the evolution of organisms?
52. Continents have drifted apart correct answer. 1. Continental drift
because of [UPPCS (Spl)(Mains) 2008]
[53rd to 55th BPSC (Pre) 2011]
2. Glacial cycles
Code Select the correct answer using the
(A) Volcanic eruptions (A) 1 and 2 (B) 2 and 3 code given below. [IAS (Pre) 2014]
(B) Tectonic activities (C) 3 and 4 (D) 1 and 3 (A) Only 1
(C) Folding and faulting of rocks 61. Time of which of the following (B) Only 2
(D) All of the above places is equal to the time of GMT? (C) Both 1 and 2
53. Great Ice-Age is related to 1. Accra 2. Dublin
[MPPCS (Pre) 2013]
(D) Neither 1 nor 2
3. Madrid 4. Lisbon 66. Consider the following.
(A) Pleistocene (B) Oligocene Use the code below to select the
(C) Holocene (D) Eocene 1. Electromagnetic radiation
correct answer. [IAS (Pre) 1993]
2. Geothermal energy
54. Which of the following periods has Code
generally been considered to be the 3. Gravitational force
(A) 1, 2 and 3 (B) 1, 3 and 4 4. Plate movements
‘Littile Ice Age’?
[UPPCS (Pre)(Re. Exam) 2015]
(C) 1, 2 and 4 (D) 2, 3 and 4 5. Rotation of Earth
(A) 750 A.D. - 850 A.D. 62. The standard time of the following 6. Revolution of the Earth
 World Geography 169
Which of the following above are Earth? [IAS (Pre) 2013] (C) 2, 4, 5 and 6
responsible for bringing dynamic (A) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (D) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6
changes on the surface of the (B) 1, 3, 5 and 6

Answer Sheet
1. (A) 2. (A) 3. (C) 4. (D) 5. (A) 6. (D) 7. (C) 8. (B) 9. (A) 10. (B)
11. (C) 12. (D) 13. (D) 14. (D) 15. (C) 16. (D) 17. (B) 18. (B) 19. (C) 20. (D)
21. (A) 22. (B) 23. (B) 24. (B) 25. (C) 26. (B) 27. (B) 28. (C) 29. (C) 30. (B)
31. (A) 32. (D) 33. (A) 34. (B) 35. (D) 36. (C) 37. (A) 38. (A) 39. (C) 40. (D)
41. (B) 42. (A) 43. (B) 44. (B) 45. (C) 46. (B) 47. (D) 48. (C) 49. (D) 50. (C)
51. (A) 52. (B) 53. (A) 54. (C) 55. (D) 56. (B) 57. (A) 58. (B) 59. (C) 60. (A)
61. (C) 62. (A) 63. (A) 64. (D) 65. (C) 66. (D)

3. Rocks
1. Which statement of the following is (C) These rocks are deposited in (A) Marble (B) Quartzite
true for igneous rocks? layers (C) Slate (D) Granite
[40th BPSC (Pre) 1995] (D) These rocks cannot be formed 7. Which one of the following is not
(A) These have little fossils in water associated to the ‘group’?
(B) They have porous for water 4. Sandstone is flasky rock, because [Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2012]
(C) They are both crystal and non- [Telangana PSC (Pre) 2019 (A) Gneiss (B) Sandstone
crystal MPPCS (Pre) 1993] (C) Limestone (D) Shale
(D) These rocks have no silicas (A) It is formed in desert 8. Consider the following statements
2. Which of the following rocks is not (B) It is formed due to heat about the sedimentary rocks.
likely to contain fossils? (C) It is formed under water 1. Sedimentary rocks are formed
[Jharkhand PCS (Pre) 2013] (D) It is formed on the mountain at Earth’s surface by the
(A) Conglomerate 5. Origin of Metamorphic rocks occurs hydrological system.
(B) Granite from ...... rock. 2. The formation of sedimentary
(C) Shale [Himachal Pradesh PSC (Pre) 2019 rocks involves the weathering
(D) Sandstone Jharkhand PCS (Pre) 2011] of preexisting rocks.
3. Regarding sedimentary rocks (A) Igneous 3. Sedimentary rocks contain
which of the following statements (B) Sedimentary fossils.
is true? [Mizoram PSC (Pre) 2019 (C) Both Igneous and Sedimentary 4. Sedimentary rocks typically
39th BPSC (Pre) 1994] (D) None of the above occur in layers.
(A) These are such rocks whose 6. Which one of the following is not an Which of these statements are
structure depend on tempera- example of Metamorphic rock? correct? [IAS (Pre) 2001]
ture and pressure [Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2006] (A) 1 and 2 (B) 1 and 4
(B) These rocks are crystal (C) 2, 3 and 4 (D) 1, 2, 3 and 4

Answer Sheet
1. (C) 2. (B) 3. (C) 4. (C) 5. (C) 6. (D) 7. (A) 8. (D)

4. Volcano
1. The molten material found inside (C) Metamorphic rocks (A) Mount Pinatubo
the Earth is called (D) Sedimentary rocks (B) Mount Kilimanjaro
[Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2006] 3. The most abundant gas emitted (C) Mount Tall
(A) Lava from volcanoes is (D) Mount Cotopaxi
(B) Basalt [Jharkhand PCS (Pre) 2013] 5. Volcanic eruptions do not occur in
(C) Obsidian (A) Water Vapour the [Telangana PSC (Pre) 2019
(D) None of the above (B) Helium IAS (Pre) 2001]
2. Rock formed inside the Earth as a (C) Sulphur Dioxide (A) Baltic Sea
result of solidification of lava are (D) Carbon Dioxide (B) Black Sea
called [Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2006] 4. Which one of the following is the (C) Caribbean Sea
(A) Plutonic rocks highest volcanic mountain of the (D) Caspian Sea
(B) Volcanic rocks world? [UPPCS (Pre) 2015]
170 Objective General Studies
6. Mt. Etna is [43rd BPSC (Pre) 1994] (A) Cotopaxi List-I (Volcano)
(A) A mountain (B) Fujiyama (a) Mount Rainier
(B) A mountain peak (C) Kilauea (b) Etna
(C) A volcano (D) Vesuvius (c) Paricutin
(D) A plateau 15. Which of the following are active (d) Taal
7. Where is the mount Saint Helens volcanoes? List-II (Country)
situated? [IAS (Pre) 2005] 1. Aconcagua 1. Italy 2. Mexico
(A) Chili 2. Cotopapaxi 3. Philippines 4. U.S.A.
(B) Japan 3. Etna Code
(C) Phillippines 4. Fujiyama (a) (b) (c) (d)
(D) United State of America (USA) Select the correct answer from the (A) 4 2 1 3
8. Mauna Loa is an active volcano in code given below. (B) 4 1 2 3
[UPPCS (Mains) 2014 [UPPCS (Mains) 2007]
(C) 2 1 4 3
UPPCS (Pre) 2005] (A) 1 and 2 (D) 4 3 2 1
(A) Alaska (B) 3 and 4 19. Match List-I with List-II and select
(B) Hawaii (C) 1, 2 and 3 the correct answer using the code
(C) Italy (D) 2, 3 and 4 given below the lists.
(D) Japan 16. Which of the following are active [UPPCS (Mains) 2015]
9. Mauna Loa is an example of volcanoes? List-I
[39th BPSC (Pre) 1994] 1. Aconcagua 2. Etna (a) Mount Kinabalu
(A) Active volcano 3. Kilimanjaro 4. Vesuvius (b) Elburz
(B) Dormant volcano Select the correct answer from the (c) Aconcagua
(C) Dead volcano code given below. (d) Kilimanjaro
(D) Plateau in volcano region [UPPCS (Mains) 2011]
List-II
10. The highest mountain peak of (A) 1 and 2 1. Argentina 2. Malaysia
Africa, Kilimanjaro is situated in (B) 1 and 3 3. Tanzania 4. Iran
[UPPCS (Mains) 2009] (C) 2 and 3
Code
(A) Kenya (D) 2 and 4
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(B) Malawi 17. Match List-I with List-II and select
(A) 1 4 2 3
(C) Tanzania the correct answer using the code
given below the lists. (B) 3 2 1 4
(D) Zambia
[UPPCS (Pre) 2010] (C) 2 4 3 1
11. Kilimanjaro is a (D) 2 4 1 3
[44th BPSC (Pre) 2000] List-I
(a) Etna 20. Match List-I with List-II and select
(A) Volcano the correct answer using the code
(B) Island (b) Vesuvius
given below the lists.
(C) Peak (c) Erebus [UPPCS (Pre) 2015]
(D) River (d) Cotopaxi
List-I (Volcano)
12. Which volcano is called ‘the light List-II
(a) Sabankaya
house’ of Mediterranean Sea? 1. Ross Island (b) Mount Etna
[UPPCS (Mains) 2004] 2. Ecuador (c) Colima
(A) Etna 3. Italy (d) Merapi
(B) Pele 4. Sicily
List-II (Country)
(C) Strombali Code
1. Italy
(D) Vesuvius (a) (b) (c) (d) 2. Peru
13. Stromboli is a/an (A) 1 2 3 4 3. Indonesia
[MPPCS (Pre) 2017] (B) 4 3 1 2 4. Mexico
(A) Dormant volcano (C) 3 4 2 1
Code
(B) Active volcano (D) 4 3 2 1
(C) Extinct volcano (a) (b) (c) (d)
18. Match List-I with List-II and select
(D) None of the above (A) 3 1 4 2
the correct answer using the code
given below the lists. (B) 3 2 1 4
14. The most active volcano is
[UPPCS (Pre) 2009 [IAS (Pre) 1999] (C) 2 1 4 3
UPPCS (Mains) 2006] (D) 4 3 2 1

Answer Sheet
1. (D) 2. (A) 3. (A) 4. (D) 5. (A) 6. (C) 7. (D) 8. (B) 9. (A) 10. (C)
11. (A) 12. (C) 13. (B) 14. (C) 15. (D) 16. (D) 17. (B) 18. (B) 19. (D) 20. (C)
 World Geography 171

5. Earthquake
1. Richter Scale is used to measure (B) The resulting tSunami Code
[Uttarakhand PCS (Mains) 2002] devastated the shores ranging (A) 1, 2 and 3 (B) 2 and 3
(A) Intensity of Earthquake from the coast of Indonesia (C) 2 and 4 (D) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(B) Depth of Ocean to the East coast of Africa, 10. Consider the following statements.
(C) Velocity of Space-craft some 8,500 km away from the
1. The Richter scale is a
(D) Height of a building epicentre
logarithmic scale and so an
2. The intensity of Earthquakes is (C) As per the current estimates
increase of 1 magnitude unit
measured [UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2015] the quake-generated tSunami
represents a factor of 10 in
(A) On the Richter scale killed more than 50 lakh people,
amplitude.
(B) On the Kelvin scale in addition to unaccounted
dead bodies swept out to sea 2. Each integer reading of the
(C) In decibel Richter scale has an energy 100
(D) In pascal (D) Bangladesh had very few
times than the previous integer
3. During an Earthquake, which type casualities because the
reading.
of waves get generated? quake-affected fault line
was in a nearly North-South Which of the statement(s) given
[Chhattisgarh PCS (Pre) 2013]
orientation, the greatest above is/are correct?[IAS (Pre) 2006]
(A) B.S.L. (B) A.B.L. (A) Only 1
(C) R.S.L. (D) P.S.L. strength of the tSunami waves
was in an East-West direction (B) Only 2
4. Seismometer measures
7. Which city of Japan had faced (C) Both 1 and 2
[Uttarakhand Lower Sub. (Pre) 2010]
tsunami and nuclear radiation? (D) Neither 1 nor 2
(A) Heart beat
(B) Height of trees
[Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2010] 11. Consider the following statement
(C) Earthquake (A) Hiroshima (B) Tokyo about Earthquake.
(D) None of the above (C) Fukushima (D) Kobe 1. Intensity of Earthquake is
8. The North-Western Region of the measured on Mercalli Scale.
5. Tsunami word belongs to which of
the following languages? Indian Sub-continent is susceptible 2. Earthquake’s magnitude
[Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2005] to Earthquake activity because of is measurement of energy
[UPPCS (Mains) 2005] released.
(A) Arabic (B) Japanese
(C) Hebrew (D) Latin (A) Volcanic activity 3. Magnitude of Earthquake
(B) Plate tectonic activity depends directly upon
6. Which one of the following
(C) Coral formation activity amplitude of Earthquake
statements about the 2004 Indian
(D) All of the above waves.
Ocean Earthquake and the resulting
Tsunami is not correct? 9. The ‘Ring of Fire’ is associated with 4. Every integer on Richter Scale
[47th BPSC (Pre) 2005] shows a 100 times increase in
1. Earthquake 2. Volcanoes energy released.
(A) The Earthquake originated 3. Pacific Ocean 4. Forest Fires
due to slipping of about 1,200 Which of the statements are true?
Choose your answer with the help [IAS (Pre) 2001]
km of fault line by 15 m along of code given below.
the subduction zone where the (A) 1, 2 and 3 (B) 2, 3 and 4
[Tamil Nadu PSC (Pre) 2016
India Plate subducts the Burma UPPCS (Pre) 2008]
(C) 1 and 4 (D) 1 and 3
plate at the Sunda Trench

Answer Sheet
1. (A) 2. (A) 3. (D) 4. (C) 5. (B) 6. (C) 7. (C) 8. (B) 9. (A) 10. (A)
11. (A)

6. Continents
1. Which one of the following is continents has the largest number 5. Which one of the following is the
smallest continent? of countries? [UPPCS (Mains) 2015] correct sequence of the given
[UPPCS (Pre) 1992] (A) Africa continents in the descending order
(A) Antarctica (B) Asia (B) Europe of their percentage of Earth’s land?
(C) Europe (D) Australia (C) Asia [IAS (Pre) 2005]
2. The two smallest Continents of the (D) South America (A) North America - Africa - South
world are [UPPCS (Spl)(Pre) 2008] 4. As per area which of the following America - Europe
(A) Australia and Antarctica is the largest continent? (B) Africa - North America - South
(B) Antarctica and Europe [UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2014 America - Europe
(C) Australia and Europe 39th BPSC (Pre) 1994] (C) North America - Africa - Europe
(D) Australia and South America (A) Europe (B) Africa - South America
(C) N. America (D) S. America (D) Africa - North America - Europe
3. Which one of the following - South America
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6. Which of the following Continents (B) Atlas - North-Western (A) Andes, Brazilian shield, Guiana
has maximum per capita land? Mountains Africa highland and Amazon basin
[Uttarakhand Lower Sub. (Pre) 2010] (C) Guiana - South-Western (B) Andes, Guiana highland,
(A) Asia (B) Europe Highlands Africa Brazilian shield and Amazon
(C) N,. America (D) Australia (D) Okavango - Patagonia basin
7. Which one of the following is the Basin (C) Amazon basin, Guiana
Continent with the highest mean 10. In the given figure the physical highland, Brazilian shield and
elevation in the world? area marked with 1, 2, 3 and 4 are Andes
[IAS (Pre) 1995] respectively. [IAS (Pre) 1999] (D) Guiana highland, Brazilian
(A) Antarctica shield, Andes and Amazon
(B) North America basin
3 11. From the code given below
(C) Asia
(D) South America select the correct sequence of the
4 following continents in terms of
8. Which one of the following Conti-
their area in descending order.
nents has the highest percentage of 2 [UPPCS (Mains) 2015]
plains in its total area?
[UPPCS (Mains) 2013]
1. Europe
1
(A) Asia 2. Australia
(B) Europe 3. Africa
(C) North-America 4. South America
(D) South-America Code
9. Which one of the following pairs is (A) 1, 2, 3, 4
correctly matched? [IAS (Pre) 2013] (B) 4, 1, 3, 2
Geographical Region (C) 2, 1, 4, 3
Feature (D) 3, 4, 1, 2
(A) Abyssinian - Arabia
Plateau

Answer Sheet
1. (D) 2. (C) 3. (A) 4. (B) 5. (B) 6. (D) 7. (A) 8. (B) 9. (B) 10. (A)
11. (D)

7. World Mountain Ranges

1. The largest mountain series of the Continents the Andes Mountain 9. A mountain range of Europe is
World is [41st BPSC (Pre) 1996] Range is located? [48th to 52nd BPSC (Pre) 2008]
(A) Himalaya (B) Andes [Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2006] (A) Alps (B) Himalaya
(C) Rockies (D) Alps (A) Australia (C) Andes (D) Rocky
2. In which of the following Continent (B) Europe 10. White Mountains are founded in
the Andes Mountain Range is (C) South America [UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2001]
located? [MPPCS (Pre) 2012] (D) Asia (A) Canada
(A) Australia (B) Europe 6. Which one of the following is the (B) Norway
(C) S. America (D) N. America longest mountain range? (C) Russia
3. Which one of the following is [UPPCS (Mains) 2016] (D) United States of America (USA)
known as the ‘Sea of mountains’? (A) The Rocky 11. Three mountain ranges determin-
[UPPCS (Mains) 2015] (B) The Alps ing boundary between India and
(A) Japan (C) The Himalayas Myanmar are
(B) British Columbia (D) The Andes [UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 1998]
(C) West Coast of South America 7. Southern Alps mountain ranges are (A) Khasi, Patkoi and Arakan Yoma
(D) South-East Asia situated in [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1992] (B) Akai Mountain range
4. Highest peaks of the world are (A) Australia (B) South Africa (C) Great Dividing range
mostly found in which type of (C) Antarctica (D) New Zealand (D) None of the above
Mountains? [45th BPSC (Pre) 2001] 8. The Alps mountain range is not 12. Arakan Yoma is the extension of the
(A) Old folded mountains a part of which of the following Himalayas located in
(B) Young folded mountains countries? [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2000, 1999
(C) Residual mountains [Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2006] IAS (Pre) 1995]
(D) Block mountains (A) France (B) Germany (A) Myanmar (B) Baluchistan
5. In which of the following (C) Austria (D) England (C) Nepal (D) Kashmir
 World Geography 173
13. Black forest mountain is situated in 22. In which Continent is the Atlas 30. Match List-I with List-II and select
[UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2004] Mountain situated? the correct answer using the code
(A) France (B) Germany [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2008] given below the lists.
(C) Ukrane (D) Russia (A) Asia (B) Africa [UPPCS (Mains) 2010]
14. Which of the following mountains (C) Australia (D) Europe List-I (Mountain)
is located in Germany? 23. Mount Titlis is in (a) Allegheny (b) Cantabrian
[Tamil Nadu PSC (Pre) 2019 [Telangana PSC (Pre) 2019 (c) Elburz (d) Mackenzie
UPPCS (Mains) 2012] UPPCS (Mains) 2004] List-II (Country)
(A) Black Forest (B) Atlas (A) Germany (B) France 1. Canada 2. Iran
(C) Pyrenees (D) Apennines (C) Switzerland (D) U.S.A. 3. Spain 4. U.S.A.
15. Which of the following mountain is 24. Which of the following mountains Code
located along the Rhine river? is located in Italy? (a) (b) (c) (d)
[UPPSC (RI) 2014] [UPRO/ARO (Mains) 2014]
(A) 4 3 2 1
(A) Pyrenees (B) Apennines (A) Apennine (B) Pyrenees (B) 4 1 3 2
(C) Carpathian (D) Black Forest (C) Dimaric Alps (D) Zura (C) 2 3 4 1
16. Black Mountain is situated in 25. Which mountain forms boundary (D) 1 4 2 3
[UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2009] between Spain and France?
31. Match List-I with List-II and select
(A) Canada [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2012]
the correct answer using the code
(B) Norway (A) Jura (B) Pyrenees given below the lists.
(C) Switzerland (C) Carpathians (D) Caucasus [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2016]
(D) United States of America (USA) 26. The Mountain creating the List-I (Mountain Peak)
17. The Mountain range which is boundary between France and (a) Kosciuszko (b) Mckinley
different from the others is Spain is [UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2013]
(c) Elbrus (d) Kilimanjaro
[RAS/RTS (Pre) 1999] (A) Apennines (B) Alps
List-II (Continent)
(A) The Alps (C) Zura (D) Pyrenees
1. Europe
(B) The Andes 27. The area known as ‘Golan Heights’
2. Africa
(C) Appalachian sometimes appears in the news in
the context of the events related to 3. Australia
(D) The Himalayas
[IAS (Pre) 2015] 4. North America
18. Which one of the following is not an
(A) Central Asia Code
old folded mountain?
[Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2016] (B) Middle East (a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) Ural mountain (C) South-East Asia (A) 3 4 1 2
(B) Aravalli mountain (D) Central Africa (B) 2 4 3 1
(C) Andes mountain 28. Which of the following is a Basic (C) 4 3 2 1
(D) Appalachian mountain landform? (D) 3 1 2 4
19. Which of the following range of [Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2016] 32. Match List-I with List-II and select
mountains is not the result of (A) Volcanic cone the correct answer using the code
Tertiary orogeny? (B) Residual mountain given below the lists.
(C) Monadnock [UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2013]
[UPPCS (Mains) 2014]
(A) Kunlun (B) Applachians (D) Erosional waterfall List-I
(C) Alps (D) Andes 29. Place the following mountain (a) Alps (b) Vosges
20. The Pennines (Europe), the ranges of the world in the (c) Vindhya (d) Fuziyama
Appalachians (America) and the descending order of their lengths List-II
Aravallis (India) are examples of and find the correct option from the 1. Block Mountain
[56th to 59th BPSC (Pre) 2015] given code. [UPPCS (Spl)(Pre) 2008] 2. Volcano Mountain
(A) Young mountains 1. Andes 3. Folded Mountain
(B) Old mountains 2. Great Dividing Range 4. Residual Mountain
(C) Block mountains 3. The Himalaya Code
(D) Fold mountains 4. The Rocky (a) (b) (c) (d)
21. Drakensberg is a mountain of Code (A) 2 4 1 3
[UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2008 (A) 1 3 4 2 (B) 3 1 4 2
UPPCS (Pre) 2007] (B) 1 4 3 2 (C) 1 3 2 4
(A) Botswana (B) Namibia (C) 4 1 2 3 (D) 1 4 3 2
(C) South Africa (D) Zambia (D) 4 3 1 2

Answer Sheet
1. (B) 2. (C) 3. (B) 4. (B) 5. (C) 6. (D) 7. (D) 8. (D) 9. (A) 10. (D)
11. (D) 12. (A) 13. (B) 14. (A) 15. (D) 16. (D) 17. (C) 18. (C) 19. (B) 20. (B)
174 Objective General Studies
21. (C) 22. (B) 23. (C) 24. (A) 25. (B) 26. (D) 27. (B) 28. (A) 29. (B) 30. (A)
31. (A) 32. (B)

8. Plateaus
1. A city situated on a Plateau is 3. The average elevation of Tibetan (A) Brazillian Plateau
[RAS/RTS (Pre) 1992] Plateau above sea level is (B) Bolivian Plateau
(A) Bukharest (B) Madrid [UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2013 (C) Patagonia Plateau
(C) Jamnagar (D) Singapore IAS (Pre) 1994] (D) Orinoco Basin
2. Which is known as ‘Roof of the (A) 2 km (B) 3 km 5. Which one amongst the following is
World’? [Delhi PSC (Pre) 2016 (C) 4 km (D) 5 km the largest plateau?
44th BPSC (Pre) 2000] 4. The area which is the ‘store house [UPPCS (Pre) 2017]
(A) Aravali (B) Satpura of minerals’ in South America is (A) Coconino (B) Aquarius
(C) Pamir (D) Myanmar [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2010] (C) Colorado (D) Columbia

Answer Sheet
1. (B) 2. (C) 3. (D) 4. (C) 5. (C)

9. Valleys
1. The Death Valley is known for its Golf Course’ is located in 8. The Great Artesian Basin (GAB) is
[UPPCS (Pre) 2005] [UPPCS (Mains) 2014] located in
(A) Excessive Heat (Hotness) (A) U.S.A. (B) Chile [UP Lower Sub. (Spl.) (Pre) 2003, 2002]
(B) Excessive Coldness (C) Siberia (D) Afghanistan (A) U.S.A. (B) Australia
(C) Abnormal Depth 5. Panjshir Valley is located in (C) Russia (D) Brazil
(D) Excessive Salinity [UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2002] 9. Great Basin is located in
2. The Death Valley of the U.S.A. lies (A) Egypt (B) Iran [UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2004]
in the state of [UPPCS (Mains) 2009] (C) Afghanistan (D) Turky (A) U.S.A. (B) China
(A) Alaska (B) California 6. ‘Silicon Valley’ in the United States (C) Australia (D) South Africa
(C) Maine (D) Atlanta of America is located in 10. Valley of the King is located in
3. ‘Death Valley’ situated in South [UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2002] [Tripura PSC (Pre) 2019
California in the U.S.A. is an (A) Colorado (B) California UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 1998]
example of which of the following? (C) New Jersey (D) Florida (A) Egypt (B) Nigeria
[Telangana PSC (pre) 2017 7. Taylor Valley is located in (C) Greece (D) Turky
UPPCS (Pre) 2012] [Tripura PSC (Pre) 2017 11. Blind Valley is found in
(A) Anticlinal Valley UPPCS (Pre) 1998] [UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2013]
(B) Indinal Valley (A) Australia (A) Karst Region
(C) Pristiclinal Valley (B) Antarctica (B) Dry Region
(D) Rift Valley (C) Canada (C) Icy Region
4. The Death Valley known as ‘Devil’s (D) United States of America (D) Tundra Region

Answer Sheet
1. (A) 2. (B) 3. (D) 4. (A) 5. (C) 6. (B) 7. (B) 8. (B) 9. (A) 10. (A)
11. (A)

10. Deserts
1. The most populated desert in the 3. Desert is defined as the area where 4. The biggest desert of the world is
world is [UPPCS (Pre) 2012] [West Bengal PSC (Pre) 2019 [Uttarakhand Lower Sub. (Pre) 2010
(A) Sahara (B) Gobi UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2009] MPPCS (Pre) 2010
(A) Temperature remains more UPPCS (Pre) 1994]
(C) Thar (D) Kalahari
2. Takla Makan desert lies in than 42º C (A) Kalahari
[Andhra Pradesh PSC (Pre) 2017 (B) No plants are found (B) Gobi
UPPCS (Spl)(Mains) 2008] (C) Annual rain occurs less than 25 (C) Sahara
(A) Afghanistan (B) China cm (D) Thar
(C) Kazakistan (D) Mongolia (D) Prominance of sand barrows
 World Geography 175
5. The Desert ‘Takla Makan’ is located (A) Arabian desert explanation of (A)
in the [53rd to 55th BPSC (Pre) 2011] (B) Atacama desert (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(A) Kazakistan (C) Gobi desert (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true
(B) Turkmenistan (D) Thar desert 17. Consider the following statements.
(C) Uzbekistan 13. Which one of the following is a 1. Tropical deserts in the world
(D) China temperate desert? are found in the trade wind
6. Dasht-e-Lut is located in [UPPCS (Mains) 2011] bands of Western ends of
[UPPCS (Mains) 2015] (A) Arabian Desert Continents.
(A) Iran (B) Libya (B) Atacama Desert 2. In India, Eastern Himalayan
(C) Kenya (D) Nigeria (C) Kalahari Desert region receives more rain from
7. In which country is the Gobi desert (D) Patagonian Desert North-Eastern winds.
located? [Chhattisgarh PCS (Pre) 2008 14. Which of the following deserts is lo- Which among the above statements
UPPCS (Mains) 1993] cated in the Southern Hemisphere? is/are correct? [IAS (Pre) 2009]
(A) Mexico (B) Somalia [UPPCS (Pre)(Re. Exam) 2015] (A) Only 1
(C) Mongolia (D) Egypt (A) Kalahari (B) Gobi (B) Only 2
8. The Great Victorian Desert is (C) Chihuahuan (D) Sahara (C) Both 1 and 2
located at 15. Which of the following is not (D) Neither 1 nor 2
[60th to 62nd BPSC (Pre) 2016] correctly matched? 18. Kalahari Desert lies in
(A) Australia (B) India [UPPCS (Mains) 2016] 1. Botswana 2. Namibia
(C) Egypt (D) North Africa Desert Country 3. Zaire 4. Zambia
9. The largest desert of South Asia is (A) Sonoran - United States Select the correct answer from the
[Sikkim PSC (Pre) 2018 of America code given below. [UPPSC (GIC) 2010
UPPCS (Pre) 1996] (B) Taklamakan - China UPPCS (Mains) 2008]
(A) Atacama (B) Colorado (C) Karakum - Turkmenistan Code
(C) Kalahari (D) Thar (D) Gibson - Brazil (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2
10. Which one of the following 16. Statement (A): Deserts can be (C) 1 and 2 (D) 3 and 4
statements is not true regarding effective sources for the production 19. What could be the main reason/
Atacama? [UPPCS (Mains) 2006] of perennial energy. reasons for the formation of African
(A) It is a desert in South America Reason (R): As much energy and Eurasian desert belt?
(B) It is world’s driest desert consumed by mankind in one year, 1. It is located in the sub-tropical
(C) It lies in Southern Chile Desert can receive the energy more high pressure cells.
(D) It has rich reserves of nitrates than that in only 6 hour from the 2. It is under the influence of
11. Atacama is located in Sun. warm ocean currents.
[Uttarakhand Lower Sub. (Pre) 2010] Choose the correct answer from the Which of the statements given
(A) Asia following code. [UPPCS (Pre) 2013] above is/are correct?
(B) South America (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and [IAS (Pre) 2011]
(C) Africa (R) is the correct explanation of (A) Only 1
(D) North America (A) (B) Only 2
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, (C) Both 1 and 2
12. Driest place on Earth is
but (R) is not the correct (D) Neither 1 nor 2
[UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2009]

Answer Sheet
1. (C) 2. (B) 3. (C) 4. (C) 5. (D) 6. (A) 7. (C) 8. (A) 9. (D) 10. (C)
11. (B) 12. (B) 13. (D) 14. (A) 15. (D) 16. (A) 17. (A) 18. (C) 19. (A)

11. Grass Fields

1. The Savannas are most widespread (A) Selvas (B) Pampas Country Grass Fields
in [UPPCS (Mains) 2011 (C) Prairies (D) Steppes (A) Kenya - Campos
UPPCS (Pre) 1993] 3. Which one of the following is not (B) Argentina - Pampas
(A) Africa correctly matched? (C) Venezuela - Savanna
(B) Asia [UPPCS (Mains) 2015] (D) United States - The Steppe
(C) North America (A) Prairies - North America of America
(D) South America (B) Pampas - South America 5. What is the name of mid-latitude
2. The wide treeless grassy plain in (C) Steppes - Europe grassland in South America?
South America are called (D) Veld - Australia [60th to 62nd BPSC (Pre) 2016]
[Karnataka PSC (Pre) 2019 4. Which of the following pair is (A) Prairie (B) Pampas
UPPCS (Pre) 2005] correct? [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1992] (C) Veld (D) Steppes
176 Objective General Studies
6. Which of the following is correctly (A) Pampas (B) Veld List-I (Grassland)
matched? [UPPSC (GIC) 2010] (C) Downs (D) Savanna (a) Llanos
(A) Campos - Northern Brazil 9. In which one of the following (b) Steppes
(B) Llanos - Venezuela countries are Pampas Grasslands (c) Prairies
(C) Pampas - Chile located? [UPPCS (Mains) 2012] (d) Veld
(D) Selvas - Southern Brazil (A) Paraguay (B) Bolivia List-II (Continent)
7. Which one of the following is not (C) Argentina (D) Uruguay 1. North America
correctly matched? 10. Which of the following temperate 2. Africa
[UPPCS (Mains) 2002] grasslands are found in Eurasia? 3. Europe
(A) Downs - Tropical grassland [Andhra Pradesh PSC (Pre) 2019
4. South America
(B) Steppes - Temperate grassland UPPCS (Pre) 2014]
Code
(C) Selva - Tropical forest (A) Downs (B) Velds
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(D) Taiga - Temperate forest (C) Steppes (D) Prairies
(A) 4 3 1 2
8. Which of the following is not a 11. Match List-I with List-II and select
(B) 2 3 4 1
temperate grassland? the correct answer using the code
given below the lists. (C) 4 3 2 1
[UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2013
[UPPCS (Mains) 2016] (D) 4 1 3 2
UPPCS (Pre) 2012]

Answer Sheet
1. (A) 2. (B) 3. (D) 4. (B) 5. (B) 6. (B) 7. (A) 8. (D) 9. (C) 10. (C)
11. (A)

12. World’s Countries and their Borders

1. Which of the following countries (A) U.S.A. (B) Australia 12. ‘Horn of Africa’ consists of
is not larger than India in terms of (C) Canada (D) India [UPPCS (Pre) 1999]
area? [Assam PSC (Pre) 2017 7. Which of these countries forms (A) Algeria, Morocco and West
UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2013] the longest territorial border with Sahara
(A) Russia (B) Brazil India? [UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2013 (B) Libya, Sudan and Egypt
(C) Canada (D) France MPPCS (Pre) 2013] (C) Somalia, Ethiopia and Djibouti
2. Which of the following countries of (A) China (B) Pakistan (D) Zimbabwe, Botswana and
South Asia is the smallest in terms (C) Bangladesh (D) Nepal Angola
of area? [Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2006] 8. Which one of the following 13. The Horn of Africa does not include
(A) Maldives (B) Bhutan countries does not share border [UPPCS (Mains) 2009]
(C) Sri Lanka (D) Bangladesh with Caspian Sea? [IAS (Pre) 2003] (A) Ethiopia (B) Eritea
3. The largest country of the world is (A) Armenia (C) Somalia (D) Sudan
[UPPCS (Pre) 1996] (B) Azerbaijan 14. Which one of the following is not a
(A) Brazil (B) Australia (C) Kazakhstan Balkan country? [MPPCS (Pre) 2004]
(C) China (D) U.S.A. (D) Turkmenistan (A) Slovenia (B) Bulgaria
4. The correct ascending order of the 9. Which of the following countries (C) Romania (D) Austria
following countries in terms of area does not form border with the 15. Which of the following countries is
is [UPPCS (Pre) 2012] Caspian Sea? [MPPCS (Pre) 2017] not located in Central America?
(A) Brazil, Argentina, Australia, (A) Azerbaijan (B) Iran [UPRO/ARO (Mains) 2014]
India (C) Iraq (D) Kazakhstan (A) Panama (B) Sieraleone
(B) Australia, Brazil, India, 10. Israel has common borders with (C) Honduras (D) Gautemala
Argentina [UPPCS (Pre) 2017 16. Which one of the following
(C) Argentina, India, Australia, 47th BPSC (Pre) 2005 countries does not border with
Brazil IAS (Pre) 2003] Lithuania? [Kerala PSC (Pre) 2016
(D) India, Brazil, Argentina, (A) Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and IAS (Pre) 2005]
Australia Egypt (A) Poland (B) Ukraine
5. Which one of the following (B) Lebanon, Syria, Turkey and (C) Belarus (D) Latvia
countries has the longest coastal Jordan 17. Which of the following is not
line? [UPPCS (Pre) 2015] (C) Cyprus, Turkey, Jordan and included in the geographical group
(A) India (B) Canada Egypt of countries designated the name
(C) Australia (D) Brazil (D) Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Yemen Oceania?
6. Which country has the largest 11. China does not share its border [Himachal Pradesh PSC (Pre) 2019
coastline? with [Jharkhand PCS (Pre) 2013] Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2010]
[Arunachal Pradesh PSC (Pre) 2016 (A) Russia (B) India (A) Indonesia (B) Melanesia
56th to 59th BPSC (Pre) 2015] (C) Mongolia (D) Bulgaria (C) Micronesia (D) Australia
 World Geography 177
18. Which of the following is The countries marked 1, 2, 3, 4 and The countries marked 1, 2, 3 and 4
not included in the group of 5 are respectively. [IAS (Pre) 1995] in the map respectively represent
Scandinavian countries? (A) Tajikistan, Turkmenia, Uzbeki- [Andhra Pradesh PSC (Pre) 2018
[Punjab PSC (Pre) 2018 stan, Kirgizia, Kazakhstan IAS (Pre) 1993]
UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2001] (B) Turkmenia, Kirgizia, Tajiki- (A) Libya, Somalia, Nigeria and
(A) Denmark (B) Finland stan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan Namibia
(C) Norway (D) Sweden (C) Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajiki- (B) Egypt, Somalia, Congo and
19. Afghanistan does not have a stan, Kirgizia, Turkmenia Namibia
common border with (D) Kazakhstan, Turkmenia, Uz- (C) Sudan, Ethiopia, Angola and
[UPPCS (Mains) 2012 bekistan, Kirgizia, Tajikistan Botswana
UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2002] 23. The rough outline map shows a (D) Algeria, Kenya, Ghana and
(A) Tajikistan portion of the Middle East. Zambia
(B) Turkemenistan The countries labelled A, B, C and D 25. Consider the following countries.
(C) Uzbekistan are respectively. [IAS (Pre) 1996] 1. Albania
(D) Russia 2. Bosnia Herzegovina
20. Other than India and China, which 3. Croatia
Tigris
one of the following groups of 4. Macedonia
countries border with Myanmar? Which of these countries has/have
[West Bengal PSC (Pre) 2019 Adriatic sea as a boundary?
IAS (Pre) 2006] [Karnataka PSC (Pre) 2019
(A) Bangladesh, Thailand and B IAS (Pre) 2002]
Vietnam (A) 1 and 2
D
(B) Cambodia, Laos and Malaysia A (B) 1, 2 and 3
(C) Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia (C) Only 4
(D) Thailand, Laos and Bangladesh C Euphrates (D) 3 and 4
21. Arrange the following countries 26. Consider the following statements.
in descending order of their area (A) Syria, Iraq, Jordan and Saudi 1. Great Britain comprises
and select the correct answer using Arabia England, Wales, Scotland and
code given below. (B) Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Northern Ireland.
[Haryana PSC (Pre) 2017 Jordan 2. England covers less than 60%
RAS/RTS (Pre) 2012] (C) Iraq, Syria, Saudi Arabia and of the total area of the United
1. Brazil 2. Canada Jordan Kingdom.
3. China 4. U.S.A. (D) Iraq, Syria, Jordan and Saudi Which of these statements given
Code Arabia above is/are correct?
(A) 3, 4, 1, 2 (B) 2, 3, 4, 1 24. Consider the map given below. [Tamil Nadu PSC (Pre) 2017
(C) 2, 4, 1, 3 (D) 1, 3, 2, 4 IAS (Pre) 2005]
22. Given below is a map of some 1 (A) Only 1
countries which were parts of the (B) Only 2
erstwhile Soviet Union, with water (C) Both 1 and 2
bodies shown by shaded areas. (D) Neither 1 nor 2
2

3
1

3 4
2 4
5

Answer Sheet
1. (D) 2. (A) 3. (C) 4. (C) 5. (B) 6. (C) 7. (C) 8. (A) 9. (C) 10. (A)
11. (D) 12. (C) 13. (D) 14. (D) 15. (B) 16. (B) 17. (A) 18. (A) 19. (D) 20. (D)
21. (B) 22. (D) 23. (C) 24. (A) 25. (B) 26. (B)
178 Objective General Studies

13. Dependent Territory

1. Which one of the following country Code (C) 3 1 4 2
is geographically located in (a) (b) (c) (d) (D) 2 4 1 3
America but politically is a part of (A) 1 2 3 4 4. Consider the map given below
Europe? [UPPCS (Pre) 2002] (B) 4 3 2 1 indicating four places frequently
(A) Iceland (C) 1 3 2 4 figuring in the news.
(B) Canary Iceland (D) 2 1 4 3
(C) Greenland 3. Match List-I with List-II and select
(D) Cuba the correct answer using the code
2. Match List-I with List-II and select given below the lists.
the correct answer using the code [Arunachal Pradesh PSC (Pre) 2018
given below the lists. UPPCS (Mains) 2014]
[Andhra Pradesh PSC (Pre) 2017 List-I (World Islands)
UPPCS (Pre) 2000]
(a) Aleutian Islands
List-I (Country) (b) Bear Islands
(a) Australia (c) Greenland
(b) Denmark (d) Franz Josef Island
(c) France List-II (Owner Country)
(d) Spain 1. Russia 2. Denmark
List-II (Dependent Territory) 3. Norway 4. U.S.A.
1. Martinique Which one of them is Chechnya?
Code Choose the correct answer from the
2. Santa Cruz (a) (b) (c) (d)
3. Greenland code given below. [IAS (Pre) 1995]
(A) 4 3 2 1 (A) 1 (B) 2
4. Christmas Island (B) 1 2 3 4 (C) 3 (D) 4

Answer Sheet
1. (C) 2. (B) 3. (A) 4. (C)

14. Land-Locked Countries

1. The only land-locked country in (A) Redcliffe line - India and code given below.
South-East Asia is [IAS (Pre) 1993 Pakistan [UPPCS (Pre) 2009]
UPPCS (Mains) 2015 (B) Maginot line - France and (A) 1 and 2 (B) 1, 2 and 3
RAS/RTS (Pre) 1996]
Germany (C) 2, 3 and 4 (D) 1, 2 and 4
(A) Cambodia (B) Laos (C) Durand line - Bangladesh
(C) Malaysia (D) Thailand 9. Which of the following statements
and India is true about South Sudan?
2. Which one of the following (D) Hindenburg - Belgium and
countries is land-locked? 1. It is a land-locked country.
line Germany 2. It’s capital is located in Akoba.
[IAS (Pre) 2003]
6. Which one of the following conti- 3. Its main river is White Nile.
(A) Bolivia (B) Peru nents has no land-locked country?
(C) Surinam (D) Uruguay 4. Its main religion is Islam.
[UPPCS (Mains) 2005]
3. Which of the following countries is Use the code given below for the
(A) Africa (B) Asia correct answer. [UPPCS (Pre) 2010]
not a land-locked country? (C) Europe (D) N. America
[UPPCS (Pre) 2005] (A) 1 and 2 (B) 2 and 3
7. Which one of the following is not a (C) 1 and 3 (D) 2 and 4
(A) Afghanistan (B) Liberia
land-lock country?
(C) Laos (D) Luxembourg 10. Which of the following Countries
[UPPCS (Mains) 2013]
4. Which one of the following is a are trans-Continental?
(A) Uzbekistan (B) Kyrgyzstan
land-locked country in Africa? 1. Laos 2. Georgia
(C) Tajikistan (D) Azerbaijan
[UP UDA/LDA (Mains) 2010] 3. Turkey 4. Tunisia
8. Which of the following Countries is
(A) Angola (B) Chad Select the correct answer from the
land-locked country?
(C) Kenya (D) Senegal code given below.
1. Afghanistan 2. Hungary [UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2009]
5. Which one of the following is not
3. Malaysia 4. Switzerland (A) 1 and 2 (B) 2 and 3
correctly matched?
[UPPCS (Mains) 2015] Choose the correct answer from the (C) 1 and 4 (D) 3 and 4

Answer Sheet
1. (B) 2. (A) 3. (B) 4. (B) 5. (C) 6. (D) 7. (D) 8. (D) 9. (C) 10. (B)
 World Geography 179

15. Old Names of Countries

1. Zimbabwe was earlier known as (C) Ghana - Dutch Guiana (d) Burma
[UP Lower Sub. (Spl)(Pre) 2004] (D) Kinshasa - Leopoldville List-II (New Name)
(A) Southern Rhodesia 3. Match List-I with List-II and select 1. Taiwan 2. Myanmar
(B) Gold Coast the correct answer using the code 3. Thailand 4. Iraq
(C) Ivory Coast given below the lists. Code
(D) Belgium Congo [Andhra Pradesh PSC (Pre) 2016
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2. Which of the following pairs is not Uttarakhand UDA/LDA (Pre) 2003]
(A) 2 1 3 4
correctly matched? [IAS (Pre) 2005] List-I (Old Name) (B) 4 2 1 3
Current Name Old Name (a) Siam (C) 1 3 2 4
(A) Harare - Salisbury (b) Formosa (D) 3 1 4 2
(B) Ethiopia - Abyssinia (c) Mesopotamia

Answer Sheet
1. (A) 2. (C) 3. (D)

16. International Border Lines

1. Which one of the following lakes (A) North Korea and South Korea 9. Consider the map given below.
forms an international boundary (B) U.S.A. and Canada
between Tanzania and Uganda? (C) India and Pakistan
[IAS (Pre) 2000] (D) India and China
(A) Chad (B) Malawi 6. 38th Parallel border lines divides Afghanistan
(C) Victoria (D) Zambenzi which of the two following
2. McMahon Line is [MPPCS (Pre) 1999] countries? [Mizoram PSC (Pre) 2015] jab
Pun
(A) India-China Border (A) Poland and Germany
(B) India-Nepal Border (B) Pakistan and Afghanistan
(C) India-Pakistan Border (C) India and Tibet Balochistan
(D) India-Bangladesh Border (D) North Korea and South Korea
Rajputana
3. Which of the following rivers from 7. The International boundary betw-
international border? een North Korea and South Korea
[UP Lower Sub. (Spl) (Pre) 2002, 2003] runs along [UPPCS (Mains) 2005]
(A) Indus (B) Nile (A) 25º N, Lat. (B) 33º N, Lat. The dotted (broken) line in the map
(C) Yamuna (D) Rhine (C) 38º N, Lat. (D) 48º N, Lat. is the [IAS (Pre) 1996]
4. Rio Grande river makes boundary 8. Maginot line was [UPPCS (Pre) 1994] (A) Durand line
between [UPPCS (Spl)(Mains) 2008] (A) The border between France (B) Mc Mahon line
(A) Canada and USA and Germany (C) Line of demarcation between
(B) Mexico and USA (B) The border between East India and Pakistan suggested
(C) Mexico and Guatemala Germany and Poland by the Boundary Commission
(D) Guatemala and Honduras (C) The border between America (1947)
and Canada (D) Route followed by the Young
5. Radcliffe line defines boundary
(D) The border between India and husband Expedition
between [UPPCS (Pre) 2014]
Afghanistan

Answer Sheet
1. (C) 2. (A) 3. (D) 4. (B) 5. (C) 6. (D) 7. (C) 8. (A) 9. (A)

17. The Capitals of Countries

1. What is the new Administrative 2. Which one of the following pairs is 3. Which one of the following pairs is
capital proposed for Myanmar? not correctly matched? not correctly matched?
[Chhattisgarh PCS (Pre) 2008 [IAS (Pre) 2005] [Tamil Nadu PSC (Pre) 2017
IAS (Pre) 2006] (A) Bahamas - Nassau IAS (Pre) 2006]
(A) Bassein (B) Costa Rica - San Jose (A) Slovenia - Bratislava
(B) Mandalay (C) Nicaragua - Balmopan (B) Seychelles - Victoria
(C) Myitkyina (D) Dominican Republic - Santo (C) Sierra Leone - Freetown
(D) Pyinmana Domingo (D) Uzbekistan - Tashkent
180 Objective General Studies
4. Which one of the following cities 13. Which of the following pair is 22. Which of the following pairs is not
is not a former capital of the given correctly matched? correctly matched?
country (Country given in the [UPPSC (GIC) 2010] [UPPCS (Pre) 2017]
brackets)? [IAS (Pre) 2005] (A) Cyprus - Baghdad (A) Guinea Bissau - Bissau
(A) Karachi (Pakistan) (B) Lebanon - Beirut (B) Taiwan - Taipei
(B) Auckland (New Zealand) (C) Turkey - Ashkhabad (C) Nicaragua - Managua
(C) Kyoto (Japan) (D) Ukraine - Akmola (D) Maldives - Malabo
(D) Brisbane (Australia) 14. Which one of the following is not 23. Match List-I with List-II and select
5. The capital of Peru is correctly matched? the correct answer using the code
[MPPCS (Pre) 2012] [UPPCS (Mains) 2005] given below the lists.
(A) Lisbon (B) Lima (A) China - Shanghai [UPPCS (Mains) 2009]
(C) Madrid (D) Caracas (B) Canada - Ottawa List-I
6. Vienna is the capital of which (C) Australia - Camberra (a) Windhoek (b) Accra
Country? [MPPCS (Pre) 1992] (D) Russia - Moscow (c) Nairobi (d) Lusaka
(A) Canada (B) Somalia 15. Which one of the following is not a List-II
(C) Austria (D) Australia correct match? [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2012] 1. Kenya 2. Namibia
7. Which one of the following pairs (A) Finland - Helsinki 3. Ghana 4. Zambia
(Nations and Capitals) is not (B) Bolivia - La Paz Code
correctly matched? (C) Ethiopia - Lusaka (a) (b) (c) (d)
[Chhattisgarh PCS (Pre) 2008] (D) Ukraine - Kiev (A) 1 2 3 4
(A) Chile - Santiago 16. Which one of the following pairs is (B) 2 3 1 4
(B) Argentina - Buenos Aires not correctly matched? (C) 3 2 4 1
(C) North Korea - Seoul [UPPCS (Mains) 2010] (D) 4 3 2 1
(D) Ethiopia - Addis Ababa (A) Budapest - Hungary 24. Match List-I with List-II and select
8. Which one of the following pairs (B) Kinshasa - Zaire the correct answer using the code
(Country and Capital) is not (C) Nairobi - Kenya given below the lists.
properly matched? (D) Christ Church - New Zealand [MPPCS (Pre) 2008]
[Chhattisgarh PCS (Pre) 2008]
17. Which one of the following is not a List-I
(A) China - Beijing national capital? (a) Kenya (b) Uganda
(B) Japan - Kyoto [UPPCS (Mains) 2006 (c) Uzbekistan (d) Ukraine
(C) Austria - Vienna Uttarakhand UDA/LDA (Pre) 2003]
List-II
(D) Spain - Madrid (A) Bonn (B) Canberra
1. Tashkent 2. Nairobi
9. Which one of the following pairs is (C) New York (D) Beijing
3. Kiev 4. Kampala
not correctly matched? 18. Which of the following is not a
[UPPCS (Mains) 2007] Code
capital city of a country?
(A) Ghana - Accra [53rd to 55th BPSC (Pre) 2013] (a) (b) (c) (d)
(B) Kenya - Nairobi (A) Canberra (B) Sydney (A) 4 2 1 3
(C) Namibia - Windhoek (C) Wellington (D) Riyadh (B) 2 4 1 3
(D) Nigeria - Rabat (C) 2 4 3 1
19. Helsinki is the capital of
10. Pisa famous for leaning tower is [Mizoram PSC (Pre) 2019 (D) 4 2 3 1
located in [UPPCS (Pre) 1993] UPPCS (Pre) 1993] 25. Match List-I with List-II and select
(A) Australia (B) France (A) Denmark (B) Finland the correct answer using the code
given below the lists.
(C) Italy (D) Spain (C) Norway (D) Sweden
[Sikkim PSC (Pre) 2017
11. Which one of the following is not 20. Which one of the following is not UPPCS (Mains) 2003]
correctly matched? correctly matched?
[Meghalaya PSC (Pre) 2018 [Telangana PSC (Pre) 2018
List-I (Country)
UPPCS (Pre) 2008] UPPCS (Pre) 2001] (a) Bulgaria
(A) Copenhagen - Denmark (A) Fizi - Suva (b) Georgia
(B) Berlin - Germany (B) Finland - Oslo (c) Iceland
(C) Paris - France (C) Guyana - George Town (d) Norway
(D) Oslo - Norway (D) Lebanon - Beirut List-II (Capital)
12. Which one of the following pair is 21. Which one of the following pairs is 1. Oslo 2. Reykjavik
not correctly matched? correctly matched? 3. Sofia 4. Tbillsi
[Tamil Nadu PSC (Pre) 2018 [UPPCS (Mains) 2012] Code
UPPCS (Pre) 2007] Country City (a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) Amman - Jordon (A) Venezuela - Bogota (A) 3 4 2 1
(B) Bishkek - Tajikistan (B) New Zealand - Caracas (B) 4 2 3 1
(C) Ulan Bator - Mongolia (C) Colombia - Wellington (C) 3 4 1 2
(D) Sana’a - Yemun (D) Cyprus - Nicosia (D) 4 2 1 3
 World Geography 181
26. Match List-I with List-II and select 28. Match List-I with List-II and select 30. Match the following.
the correct answer using the code the correct answer using the code [UPPCS (Pre) 1992]
given below the lists. given below the lists. List-I
[UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2009] [Haryana PSC (Pre) 2019 (a) Sri Lanka (b) Maldives
List-I (Country) UPPCS (Pre) 1995]
(c) Burma (d) Zimbabwe
(a) Burundi (b) Kazakhstan List-I (Country) (e) Mauritius
(c) Laos (d) Mali (a) Brazil (b) Cuba List-II
List-II (Capital) (c) Kenya (d) Zambia 1. Male 2. Rangoon
1. Astana 2. Bamako List-II (Capital) 3. Colombo 4. Harare
3. Bujumbura 4. Vientiane 1. Havana 2. Brasilia 5. Port Louis
Code 3. Lusaka 4. Nairobi Code
(a) (b) (c) (d) Code (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
(A) 3 2 1 4 (a) (b) (c) (d) (A) 3 1 2 4 5
(B) 4 1 2 3 (A) 1 2 3 4 (B) 3 2 1 4 5
(C) 3 1 4 2 (B) 2 1 4 3 (C) 3 1 4 2 5
(D) 1 3 4 2 (C) 2 3 1 4 (D) 5 4 3 1 2
27. Match List-I with List-II and select (D) 3 4 1 2 31. Match List-I with List-II and select
the correct answer using the code 29. Match the following. the correct answer using the code
given below the lists. [MPPCS (Pre) 1993] given below the lists.
[Andhra Pradesh PSC (Pre) 2019 List-I [Himachal Pradesh PSC (Pre) 2019
UPPCS (Mains) 2011] (a) Brazil (b) Costa Rica UPPCS (Pre) 1997]
List-I (Country) (c) Peru (d) Ivory Coast List-I
(a) Azerbaijan (b) Gambia List-II (a) Australia (b) Tajikistan
(c) Kazakhastan (d) Latvia 1. Yamoussoukro (c) Tanzania (d) Switzerland
List-II (Capital) 2. San Jose List-II
1. Banjul 2. Riga 3. Rio-De-Janeiro 1. Dodoma 2. Bern
3. Baku 4. Astana 4. Lima 3. Dushanbe 4. Canberra
Code Code Code
(a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 3 1 4 2 (A) 2 1 4 3 (A) 1 2 3 4
(B) 3 4 1 2 (B) 1 2 3 4 (B) 3 4 1 2
(C) 4 1 2 3 (C) 3 2 4 1 (C) 4 3 1 2
(D) 1 2 4 3 (D) 3 4 1 2 (D) 4 2 3 1

Answer Sheet
1. (D) 2. (C) 3. (A) 4. (D) 5. (B) 6. (C) 7. (C) 8. (B) 9. (D) 10. (C)
11. (B) 12. (B) 13. (B) 14. (A) 15. (C) 16. (D) 17. (C) 18. (B) 19. (B) 20. (B)
21. (D) 22. (D) 23. (B) 24. (B) 25. (A) 26. (C) 27. (A) 28. (B) 29. (C) 30. (A)
31. (C)

18. World Towns

1. Alaska is a part of which of the 3. Which of the following cities is seat (B) Peshawar - Gujranwala -
following countries? of Parliament of South Africa? Multan - Islamabad
[MPPCS (Pre) 2012 [Arunachal Pradesh PSC (Pre) 2016 (C) Peshawar - Islamabad -
Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2006] IAS (Pre) 2005] Gujranwala - Multan
(A) Greenland (A) Pretoria (D) Islamabad - Multan - Peshawar
(B) United States of America (B) Durban - Gujranwala
(C) Canada (C) Johannesburg 5. Kandhar is located in
(D) Russia (D) Cape Town [Himachal Pradesh PSC (Pre) 2019
2. Which one of the following cities 4. Which one of the following is the RAS/RTS (Pre) 2000, 1999]
of California (USA) is not located correct sequence of the given towns (A) Southern Afghanistan
within the ‘Silicon Valley’? of Pakistan while moving from (B) Northern Afghanistan
[West Bengal PSC (Pre) 2018 North towards South?
UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2013] [IAS (Pre) 2005]
(C) Eastern Iraq
(A) Campbell (B) Palo Alto (A) Islamabad - Gujranwala - (D) Western Pakistan
(C) Santa Rosa (D) Santa Clara Peshawar - Multan
182 Objective General Studies
6. Which one of the following is Reason (R): They are the List-I (Country)
situated at the highest altitude? gateways to international ocean (a) Palestine
[UPPCS (Pre) 1993] routes. (b) Kosovo
(A) Gartola (B) Kathmandu Select the correct answer from the (c) Turkish Cyprus
(C) Lhasa (D) Thimphu code given below. (d) Taiwan
7. Which of the following pairs is not [UPPCS (Mains) 2005]
List-II (Capital)
correctly matched? Code 1. Nicosia
[UPPCS (Pre) 1992] (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and 2. Taipei
(A) Auroville - Pondicherry (R) is the correct explanation of 3. Ramallah
(B) Baikonur - Ukraine (A)
4. Pristina
(C) Bandung - Indonesia (B) Both (A) and (R) are true,
Code
(D) Batticaloa - Sri Lanka but (R) is not the correct
explanation of (A) (a) (b) (c) (d)
8. Which is not correctly matched? (A) 2 3 1 4
[UPPCS (Pre) 1990] (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true (B) 3 4 1 2
(A) Tasmania - Uganda
17. Match List-I with List-II and select (C) 1 2 4 3
(B) Sicily - Italy
the correct answer using the code (D) 4 1 3 2
(C) Newfoundland - Canada
given below the lists. 20. Match the cities labelled as (a), (b),
(D) Durban - South Africa (c) and (d) in the given map with
[UPPCS (Pre) 2011]
9. Durban city is situated in the names of cities and select the
[MPPCS (Pre) 2014]
List-I (Lake)
correct answer using the code given
(A) South Africa (a) Erie (b) Michigan
below the names of cities.
(B) Australia (c) Ontario (d) Superior [Himachal Pradesh PSC (Pre) 2018
(C) North America List-II (City) IAS (Pre) 1999]
(D) South America 1. Duluth 2. Detroit
10. Which of the following country is 3. Gary 4. Hamilton
located in the South of the Arctic Code
Circle? [UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2013] (a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) Finland (B) Iceland (A) 2 1 4 3 d
(C) Norway (D) Sweden (B) 1 3 2 4 c b
11. The Sun City is located in (C) 4 2 3 1 a
[UPPCS (Pre) 2011] (D) 2 3 4 1
(A) Italy (B) Japan 18. The given map shows four towns of Air Route
(C) Mexico (D) South Africa Central Asian region marked as 1,
2, 3 and 4. Identify these from the Name of Cities
12. Kanto plain is in
[RAS/RTS (Pre) 1999, 2000] following list and select the correct 1. Darwin
answer using the code given below. 2. Kuala Lampur
(A) China (B) Cambodia
[IAS (Pre) 2001] 3. Lagos
(C) New Zealand(D) Japan
4. Nairobi
13. Mexico is located in
[Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2006]
5. Singapore
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) South American Continent
(A) 1 2 4 3
(B) North American Continent
2 (B) 2 1 4 3
(C) African Continent
1 3 (C) 1 4 5 2
(D) European Continent
4 (D) 4 3 5 2
14. Congo is situated in
[Jharkhand PCS (Pre) 2013]
21. A rough outline map of Northern
Towns Sri Lanka is shown in the given
(A) Africa
figure. Jaffna is located at the point
(B) Asia (a) Bishkek (b) Ashgabat
marked as [Kerala PSC (Pre) 2015
(C) Europe (c) Tashkent (d) Dushanbe IAS (Pre) 1996]
(D) North America Code
b
15. In which one of the following is (a) (b) (c) (d) c
Malta located? [IAS (Pre) 2008] (A) 3 1 2 4 d
a
(A) Baltic Sea (B) 3 1 4 2
(B) Mediterranean Sea (C) 1 3 2 4
(C) Black Sea (D) 1 3 4 2
(D) North Sea 19. Match List-I with List-II and select
16. Assertion (A): Most of the mega the correct answer using the code
cities of the world are located in given below the lists. (A) a (B) b
coastal areas. [UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2015]
(C) c (D) d
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22. Arrange the following from West to List-II (Largest City) 3. Sri Lanka 4. Switzerland
East and select the correct answer 1. Lagos 2. Damascus Code
from the code given below. 3. Toronto 4. Athens (a) (b) (c) (d)
[MPPCS (Pre) 2008]
Code (A) 4 1 2 3
1. London 2. Lisbon (a) (b) (c) (d) (B) 2 3 1 4
3. Frankfurt 4. Beirut (A) 1 2 4 3 (C) 1 2 4 3
Code (B) 2 3 4 1 (D) 3 4 2 1
(A) 1 2 3 4 (C) 3 4 1 2 25. What is the correct sequence of
(B) 2 1 3 4 (D) 4 3 2 1 the following cities in South-East
(C) 2 1 4 3 24. Match List-I with List-II and select Asia as one proceeds from South to
(D) 1 2 4 3 the correct answer using the code North?
23. Match List-I with List-II and select given below the lists. 1. Bangkok 2. Hanoi
the correct answer using the code [UPPCS (Mains) 2014] 3. Jakarta 4. Singapore
given below the lists. List-I (Town/City) Select the correct answer using the
[RAS/RTS (Pre) 2012] (a) Davos (b) Barcelona code given below. [IAS (Pre) 2014]
List-I (Country) (c) Auckland (d) Kandy (A) 4, 2, 1, 3 (B) 3, 2, 4, 1
(a) Canada (b) Greece List-II (Country) (C) 3, 4, 1, 2 (D) 4, 3, 2, 1
(c) Nigeria (d) Syria 1. Spain 2. New Zealand

Answer Sheet
1. (B) 2. (C) 3. (D) 4. (C) 5. (A) 6. (C) 7. (B) 8. (A) 9. (A) 10. (B)
11. (D) 12. (D) 13. (B) 14. (A) 15. (B) 16. (A) 17. (D) 18. (A) 19. (B) 20. (A)
21. (D) 22. (B) 23. (C) 24. (A) 25. (C)

19. Geographical Nickname

1. Which of the following city is 6. Which State of U.S.A. is also known known as the city of the golden
known by the name of the city of as the ‘Blue Grass State’? gate? [UPPCS (Mains) 2013]
smoke? [Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2005] [Punjab PSC (Pre) 2019 (A) Paris (B) Amsterdam
(A) Kolkata (B) Chicago UPPCS (Mains) 2004] (C) Mumbai (D) San Francisco
(C) London (D) Lanzhou (A) California (B) Kentucky 13. Which of the following cities is
2. Which of the following is known as (C) Montana (D) Texas called ‘Manchester of East’?
‘Mistress of Eastern Sea’? 7. Which city of Turkey is known as [UPPCS (Mains) 2014]
[West Bengal PSC (Pre) 2017 the ‘Gateway to the West’? (A) Nagoya (B) Tokyo
38th BPSC (Pre) 1994] [UPPSC (GIC) 2010, 2005] (C) Sendai (D) Osaka
(A) Sri Lanka (B) Pakistan (A) Adana (B) Ankara 14. Which one of the following is called
(C) Burma (D) India (C) Istanbul (D) Izmir the ‘Pearl of Siberia’?
3. The midnight Sun appears at 8. Which country is called ‘Land of [UPPCS (Pre) 2015]
[UPPCS (Pre) 1990] White Elephants’? (A) Baikal Lake
(A) North Pole [Uttarakhand PCS (Mains) 2006] (B) Great Bear Lake
(B) South Pole (A) China (B) Thailand (C) Karda Lake
(C) Equator (C) South Africa (D) South Korea (D) Lincanbur Lake
(D) Tropic of Cancer 9. Which country is famous by the 15. Which one of the following is called
4. Which of the following is known as name of the land of rising Sun? as the ‘Land of Morning calm’?
‘the Continent of Birds’? [UPPCS (Pre) 1991] [UPPCS (Pre) 2015]
[UPPCS (Pre) 1994] (A) Norway (B) Japan (A) Philippines (B) Japan
(A) Europe (C) Britain (D) Finland (C) Taiwan (D) Korea
(B) Australia 10. Which of the following countries is 16. Match the following.
(C) South America called ‘Garden of Lakes’? [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1994]
(D) Asia [UPPCS (Mains) 2012]
List-I
5. Which city of South America is (A) Poland (B) Finland (a) Niagara falls
known as ‘The Paris of America’ due (C) Netherlands (D) Switzerland (b) The land of thousand lakes
to its wide roads? 11. Which of the following cities is (c) Eiffel Tower
[RAS/RTS (Pre) 1993] known as the ‘city of cities’? (d) Roof of the World
(A) Santiago [MPPCS (Pre) 2012]
List-II
(B) Buenos Aires (A) Amsterdam (B) Rome
1. Pamir 2. Paris
(C) Mexico City (C) Venice (D) Athens
3. Finland 4. New York State
(D) Rio-de-Janeiro 12. Which one of the following is
184 Objective General Studies
Code List-I 3. Africa 4. Pamir
(a) (b) (c) (d) (a) Dark Continent Code
(A) 3 4 1 2 (b) Roof of the World (a) (b) (c) (d)
(B) 4 3 2 1 (c) Country of thousand lakes (A) 4 3 2 1
(C) 1 2 4 3 (d) Pearls Island (B) 3 4 1 2
(D) 4 1 3 2 List-II (C) 2 1 4 3
17. Match the following. 1. Finland 2. Bahrain (D) 1 2 3 4
[RAS/RTS (Pre) 1997]

Answer Sheet
1. (B) 2. (A) 3. (A) 4. (C) 5. (B) 6. (B) 7. (C) 8. (B) 9. (B) 10. (B)
11. (C) 12. (D) 13. (D) 14. (A) 15. (D) 16. (B) 17. (B)

20. Hydrosphere
1. On the sea level, nearest place to (C) Pacific ocean (C) Glaciers and mountains
the centre of Earth is? (D) Antarctica ocean (D) Underground water
[38th BPSC (Pre) 1992] 6. A ridge of 64000 km length and 10. On the planet Earth, most of the
(A) North Pole 2000 km to 2400 km width passing fresh water exists as ice caps and
(B) Tropic of Capricorn through North and South Atlantic glaciers. Out of the remaining fresh
(C) Tropic of Cancer oceanic basins enters into the water, the largest proportion
(D) Tropic of equator South Pacific oceanic basin through [IAS (Pre) 2013]
2. Datum line [UPPCS (Pre) 1991, 1994] Indian oceanic and then from the (A) is found in atmosphere as
middle of Australia and Antarctic. moisture and clouds
(A) is a horizontal line to the sea
This ridge is [Haryana PSC (Pre) 2017 (B) is found in fresh water lakes
level from where heights and
47th BPSC (Pre) 2005] and rivers
depths are measured
(B) is the mean of primary and (A) Socotra-Lakshadweep (C) Exists as ground water
secondary data - Changos-Ridge (D) Exists as soil moisture
(C) International date line (B) Pacific - Antractica Ridge 11. Which one is the most extensive
(D) is an imaginary line which (C) Dolfin - Challenger Ridge part of the oceanic floor?
passes through zero degree (D) Mid - Oceanic Ridge [Andhra Pradesh PSC (Pre) 2017
meridian 7. Where is ‘Ninety East Ridge’ Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2012]
3. Which one of the following seas is situated? (A) Ocean Deeps
the deepest? [Gujarat PSC (Pre) 2016 [53rd to 55th BPSC (Pre) 2011] (B) Oceanic Slope
UPPCS (Mains) 2015] (A) Pacific Ocean (C) Oceanic Shelves
(A) South China Sea (B) Indian Ocean (D) Deep Sea Plains
(B) Bering Sea (C) Atlantic Ocean 12. Consider the following statements.
(C) Mediterranean Sea (D) Arctic Ocean 1. On the planet Earth, the
(D) Japan Sea 8. The tension of gravitational water fresh water available for use
4. The surface of Earth covered with in the ground is amounts to about less than 1%
water is approximately [UP UDA/LDA (Spl)(Mains) 2010] of the total water found.
[Karnataka PSC (Pre) 2016 (A) below 1/3 atmosphere 2. Of the total fresh water found
41st BPSC (Pre) 1996] (B) At 1.25 atmosphere on the planet Earth 95% is
(A) One-fourth (C) At 5 atmosphere bound up in polar ice caps and
(B) Half (D) At 15 atmosphere glaciers.
(C) Two-third 9. The largest amount of fresh water Which of the statements given
(D) Three-fifth (3/5) on our planet is in above is/are correct?
[Kerala PSC (Pre) 2019 [IAS (Pre) 2010]
5. The largest part of our hydrosphere
is [Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2010] UPPCS (Pre)(Re. Exam) 2015] (A) Only 1
(A) Atlantic ocean (A) River (B) Only 2
(B) Indian ocean (B) Lakes and streams (C) Both 1 and 2
(D) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer Sheet
1. (A) 2. (A) 3. (A) 4. (C) 5. (C) 6. (D) 7. (B) 8. (A) 9. (C) 10. (C)
11. (D) 12. (A)
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21. Major Oceans of the World

1. The correct sequence of the 5. Sargasso is related to the Ocean, (C) Azerbaijan - Uzbekistan
following seas from West to East is that ocean is [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1999] (D) Kazakhstan - Russia
[UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2016] (A) Northern Pacific 10. Red Sea is an example of
(A) Black sea, Mediterranean Sea, (B) Northern Atlantic [UPPCS (Pre) 2017]
Caspian Sea, Aral Sea (C) Southern Pacific (A) Volcanic valley
(B) Caspian Sea, Mediterranean (D) Southern Atlantic (B) Eroded valley
Sea, Black Sea, Aral Sea 6. Sargasso Sea is characterized by (C) Axial trough
(C) Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, [UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2014] (D) U-shaped valley
Caspian Sea, Aral Sea (A) very cold water 11. Which one of the following African
(D) Black Sea, Meditterranean Sea, (B) very warm water countries does not border with the
Aral Sea, Caspian Sea Mediterranean Sea?
(C) highly saline water
2. The inland sea is the (D) typical marine vegetation [UPPCS (Mains) 2010]
[RAS/RTS (Pre) 1999]
7. Which of the following seas does (A) Algeria (B) Chad
(A) White Sea (B) Black Sea not have a coast line? (C) Morocco (D) Tunisia
(C) Caspian Sea (D) Sea of Japan [UPPCS (Mains) 2016] 12. Which one of the following
3. Towards the North of Turkey is (A) Black Sea (B) Sargasso Sea countries of South-West Asia does
[Nagaland PSC (Pre) 2019 not open out to the Mediterranean
(C) Sea of Azov (D) Caspian Sea
MPPCS (Pre) 1991] Sea? [IAS (Pre) 2015]
8. The sea surrounded by Italy, Sicily,
(A) Black Sea Sardinia and Corsica is (A) Syria (B) Jordan
(B) Caspian Sea [UP UDA/LDA (Mains) 2010] (C) Lebanon (D) Israel
(C) Red Sea (A) Adriatic Sea 13. Mediterranean Sea is a border of
(D) Mediterranean Sea (B) Aegean Sea which of the following countries?
4. Turkey is located between (C) Ligurian Sea 1. Jordan 2. Iraq
[IAS (Pre) 2014] 3. Lebanon 4. Syria
(D) Tyrrhenian Sea
(A) Black Sea and Caspian Sea 9. Which of the following pairs of Select the corret answer using the
(B) Black Sea and Mediterranean countries are around Aral Sea? code given below. [IAS (Pre) 2017]
Sea [Meghalaya PSC (Pre) 2016 (A) Only 1, 2 and 3
(C) Gulf of Suez and Mediterranean UPPCS (Pre) 2012] (B) Only 2 and 3
Sea (A) Kazakhstan - Uzbekistan (C) Only 3 and 4
(D) Gulf of Aqaba and Dead Sea (B) Kazakhstan - Turkmenistan (D) 1, 3 and 4

Answer Sheet
1. (C) 2. (C) 3. (A) 4. (B) 5. (B) 6. (D) 7. (B) 8. (D) 9. (A) 10. (C)
11. (B) 12. (B) 13. (C)

22. Oceanic Currents

1. Which one of the following factors ocean current? [UPPCS (Pre) 2017] (A) Canaries (B) Kuroshio
is responsible for the change in (A) Canaries (B) Humboldt (C) California (D) Humboldt
the regular direction of the ocean (C) Oyashio (D) Agulhas 7. Which of the following ocean
currents in the Indian Ocean? 4. The country benefiting the most currents does not belong to Indian
[IAS (Pre) 1997] Ocean? [UPPCS (Mains) 2014]
out of the North Atlantic Drift is
(A) Indian Ocean is half an Ocean [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1999] (A) Agulhas Current
(B) Indian Ocean has Monsoon (A) Poland (B) Portugal (B) Mozambique Current
drift (C) Norway (D) Nigera (C) South Indian Ocean Current
(C) Indian Ocean is a land-locked 5. Which one of the following is a (D) Benguela Current
ocean cold current of the South Atlantic 8. Which one of the following currents
(D) Indian Ocean has greater Ocean? [UPPCS (Pre) 2005] does not contribute to form a
variation in salinity complete circle of currents in the
(A) Canary current
2. Agulhas current flows in (B) Benguela current South Atlantic Ocean?
[RAS/RTS (Pre) 1999] [Meghalaya PSC (Pre) 2017
(C) Agulhas current
(A) The Indian Ocean UPPCS (Pre) 2000]
(D) Brazil current
(B) The Pacific Ocean (A) Benguela
6. Which one of the following Oceanic
(C) North Atlantic Ocean currents is not associated with the (B) Brazil
(D) South Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean? (C) Canary
3. Which of the following is not a cold [Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2016] (D) West wind drift
186 Objective General Studies
9. The ocean current different from (C) Difference in salinity of water (c) Peru Current
the remaining three is (D) Occurrence of the Belt of Calm (d) West Australian Current
[RAS/RTS (Pre) 1999] near the equator List-II
(A) Benguela 14. Consider the following factors. 1. Pacific Ocean
(B) Brazilian 1. Rotation of the Earth 2. A slow Eastward movement of
(C) South Equatorial 2. Air pressure and wind water over the zone of Westerly
(D) Peruvian 3. Density of ocean water wind
10. Which of the following is cold ocean 4. Revolution of the Earth 3. Indian Ocean
current? [Jharkhand PCS (Pre) 2003 Which of the above factor influence 4. Warm current
UPPCS (Pre) 1995] the ocean currents? [IAS (Pre) 2012] Code
(A) Peruvian Current (Hamboldt (A) 1 and 2 (B) 1, 2 and 3 (a) (b) (c) (d)
Current) (C) 1 and 4 (D) 2, 3 and 4 (A) 4 2 1 3
(B) Kuroshio Current 15. Consider the following statements. (B) 1 3 4 2
(C) Gulf Stream 1. Ocean currents are the slow- (C) 4 3 1 2
(D) Brazil Current surface movement of water in (D) 1 2 4 3
11. Which of the following is not the ocean. 17. Which of the following pair of
matched correctly? 2. Ocean currents assist in oceanic currents is shown in the
[UPPCS (Pre) 1998] maintaining the Earth’s heat given map? [IAS (Pre) 1999]
(A) Brazil Current - South Atlantic balance.
Ocean 3. Ocean currents are set in
(B) Hamboldt Current - North motion primarily by prevailing
Pacific Ocean winds.
(C) Gulf Stream - North Atlantic 4. Ocean currents are affected by
Ocean the configuration of the ocean.
(D) Agulhas Current - Indian Ocean Which of these statements are
12. Gulf stream is [44th BPSC (Pre) 2000 correct? [Haryana PSC (Pre) 2018
42nd BPSC (Pre) 1997] IAS (Pre) 2002]
(A) a river in the gulf (A) 1 and 2 (B) 2, 3 and 4
(B) an oceanic current (C) 1, 3 and 4 (D) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(C) another name of Jet Stream 16. Match List-I with List-II and select
(D) a surface wind the correct answer using the code
13. What explains the Eastward flow of given below the lists.
the equatorial counter-current? [Sikkim PSC (Pre) 2017 (A) Benguela and Falkland
[IAS (Pre) 2015] Jharkhand PCS (Pre) 2013]
(B) Canary and Hamboldt
(A) The Earth’s rotation on its axis List-I (C) Agulhas and Guinea
(B) Convergence of the two (a) Gulf Stream (D) Benguela and Guinea
equatorial currents (b) West Wind Drift

Answer Sheet
1. (B) 2. (A) 3. (D) 4. (C) 5. (B) 6. (A) 7. (D) 8. (C) 9. (D) 10. (A)
11. (B) 12. (B) 13. (A) 14. (B) 15. (D) 16. (A) 17. (D)

23. Salinity
1. Which one of the following salts 3. Which one of the following denotes found in [MPPCS (Pre) 2015
contributes maximum to the water salinity gradient? Uttarakhand PCS (Mains) 2006]
salinity of sea water? [UPPCS (Pre)(Re. Exam) 2015] (A) Pacific Ocean
[UPPCS (Pre) 2000] (A) Thermocline (B) Indian Ocean
(A) Calcium sulphate (B) Halocline (C) Mediterranean Sea
(B) Magnesium chloride (C) Pycnocline (D) Dead Sea
(C) Magnesium sulphate (D) Chemocline 6. Water of which one of the following
(D) Sodium chloride 4. Main source of Salinity of the Sea is sea is most saline?
2. The highest salinity is found in [53rd to 55th BPSC (Pre) 2011] [Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2002
[UPPCS (Pre) 1995] (A) Rivers UPPCS (Pre) 1998]
(A) Dead Sea (B) Land (A) Baltic Sea
(B) Red Sea (C) Wind (B) Black Sea
(C) Great Salt Lake in U.S.A. (D) Ash ejected from the Volcano (C) Dead Sea
(D) Lake Van in Turkey 5. The highest amount of salinity is (D) Red Sea
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7. World’s most saline Ocean/Lake is 9. Which of the following seas has the (C) Both salinity and depth
[RAS/RTS (Pre) 1997] highest average salinity? increases
(A) Caspian Sea [60th to 62nd BPSC (Pre) 2016] (D) Salinity decreases and depth
(B) Great Salt Lake (A) Black Sea increases
(C) Dead Sea (B) Yellow Sea 11. Where is Great Salt lake located?
(D) Lake Van (C) Mediterranean Sea [Uttarakhand UDA/LDA (Mains) 2007]
8. Which of the following Sea has the (D) Dead Sea (A) Iran (B) U.S.A.
highest salinity? [UPPCS (Pre) 2012] 10. When density in the sea increases, (C) India (D) Turkey
(A) Caspian Sea then [UPPCS (Pre) 1990] 12. Average salinity of water of Arabian
(B) Mediterranean Sea (A) Salinity and depth decreases Sea is [53rd to 55th BPSC (Pre) 2011]
(C) Red Sea (B) Salinity increases but depth (A) 25 ppt (B) 35 ppt
(D) Dead Sea decreases (C) 45 ppt (D) 55 ppt

Answer Sheet
1. (D) 2. (D) 3. (B) 4. (B) 5. (D) 6. (C) 7. (D) 8. (D) 9. (D) 10. (B)
11. (B) 12. (B)

24. High Tide, Low Tide

1. Spring Tide occurs high tide is [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1999] (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and
[UPPCS (Pre) 1999] (A) Gravitational force of the Moon (R) is the correct explanation of
(A) When the Sun, the Earth and (B) Gravitational force of the Sun (A)
Moon are in a straight line (C) Centrifugal force of the Earth (B) Both (A) and (R) are true,
(B) When the Sun and Moon make (D) Gravitational force of the Earth but (R) is not the correct
a right angle explanation of (A)
5. Tides occurs in oceans and seas due
(C) When a strong wind blows to which among the following? (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(D) When the night is very cold 1. Gravitational force of Sun. (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true
2. The high tide in the Ocean is caused 2. Gravitational force of Moon. 7. In which one of the following
by [47th BPSC (Pre) 2005] positions given in the figure sea-
3. Centrifugal force of Earth.
(A) Earthquake (B) Sun tide would have maximum height?
Select the correct answer using the [IAS (Pre) 1999]
(C) Stars (D) Moon code given below. [IAS (Pre) 2015]
3. What are the causes of high-tide (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 and 3 oon
fM
low-tide formation in the ocean? it oM
(C) Only 1 and 3 (D) 1, 2 and 3 Orb 1
6. Statement (A): During the times M4
[UPPCS (Pre) 1991]
of neap-tide, high-tide is below Sun
(A) Due to the effect of the Sun M2
normal and low-tide is above h
(B) Due to rotation of the Earth normal. art
M3 it of E
(C) Due to the combined effect of Reason (R): Neap-tides occurs Orb
Sun and the Moon during the new-Moon instead of
(D) Due to Gravitation, Centripetal full-Moon.
force and the Centrifugal force (A) M1 (B) M2
Choose the correct answer using (C) M3 (D) M4
4. The cause of producing indirect following options. [IAS (Pre) 1998]

Answer Sheet
1. (A) 2. (D) 3. (D) 4. (C) 5. (D) 6. (C) 7. (D)

25. Oceanic Trench

1. In which one of the following (A) Northern 4. Match List-I with List-II and select
oceans Diamantina Trench is (B) Challenger the correct answer using the code
situated? [IAS (Pre) 2006] (C) Manhattan given below the lists.
(A) Pacific Ocean (D) Richards [IAS (Pre) 2000]
(B) Atlantic Ocean 3. Which one of the following is the List-I (Oceanic Trench)
(C) Indian Ocean deepest oceanic trench? (a) Aleutian
(D) Arctic Ocean [UPPCS (Mains) 2015] (b) Kermadec
2. Which is the world’s deepest (A) Tonga (B) Mariana (c) Sunda
trench? [UPPCS (Pre) 1991] (C) Puerto Rico (D) Izu-Bonin (d) S. Sandwich
188 Objective General Studies
List-II (Location) 4. South Atlantic Ocean (B) 2 3 1 4
1. Indian Ocean Code (C) 1 3 2 4
2. North Pacific (a) (b) (c) (d) (D) 1 4 2 3
3. South Pacific (A) 2 4 1 3

Answer Sheet
1. (C) 2. (B) 3. (B) 4. (B)

26. Rivers of the World

1. Which one among the following 11. River Volga falls into 20. Consider the map given below.
rivers is the longest? [IAS (Pre) 2007] [UPPCS (Pre) 1992
(A) Amazon (B) Amur RAS/RTS (Pre) 1992]
(C) Congo (D) Lena (A) Red Sea
2. The longest river of South America (B) Caspian Sea
[48th to 52nd BPSC (Pre) 2008] (C) Black Sea
(A) Nile (B) Amazon (D) Mediterranean Sea
(C) Mississippi (D) Ganga 12. Which of the following river flows
3. Largest river of the world in terms through rift valley?
of drainage area, is [UPPCS (Pre) 1998]

Salween
[RAS/RTS (Pre) 1999, 2000] (A) Amazon (B) Indus Myanmar
(A) Nile (C) Volga (D) Rhine
(B) Amazon 13. Which of the following is not
(C) Congo related to Asia? [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1996]
(D) Mississippi-Missouri (A) Lop Nor (B) Amur
4. Which of the following rivers (C) Niger (D) Tigris
crosses the Equator twice? 14. Which of the following river of
[UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2015] Africa crosses Tropic of Capricorn
(A) Zaire (B) Niger twice? [UPPSC (GIC) 2010]
(C) Nil (D) Amazon (A) Zambezi (B) Limpopo
5. Which of the following countries is (C) Congo (D) Niger
not under the drainage area of Nile 15. The country which provides the The river shown on the map is
river? [UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2013] best example of radial drainage is [West Bengal PSC (Pre) 2019
(A) Chad (B) Ethiopia [UPPCS (Spl)(Mains) 2008] IAS (Pre) 1997]
(C) Sudan (D) Uganda (A) Australia (B) France (A) Irrawaddy (B) Mekong
6. The Blue Nile river originates from (C) Sri Lanka (D) Zaire (C) Chao Phraya (D) Salween
[UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2016] 16. Mahaweli Ganga is a river of 21. Assertion (A): Egypt is the Gift of
(A) Lake Victoria (B) Lake Tana [UPRO/ARO (Mains) 2013] the Nile.
(C) Lake Edward (D) Lake Albert (A) Bangladesh (B) India Reason (R): It is an oasis of the
7. Which one of the following rivers of (C) Sri Lanka (D) Nepal Sahara desert.
Asia flows towards the South? 17. Which of the following pair is not Select the correct answer from the
[UPPCS (Mains) 2010] correctly matched? code given below.
(A) Amur (B) Lena [UPPCS (Spl)(Mains) 2008] [Telangana PSC (Pre) 2018
(C) Ob (D) Salween River Country UPPCS (Mains) 2005]
8. The largest river of Asia is (A) Dnieper - Ukraine Code
[UPPCS (Mains) 2016] (B) Po - Italy (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and
(A) Indus (B) Brahmaputra (C) Rhine - Germany (R) is the correct explanation of
(C) Yangtze (D) Hwang Ho (D) Rhone - Spain (A)
9. Syr and Amu rivers fall into 18. The great Asian river Mekong does (B) Both (A) and (R) are true,
[RAS/RTS (Pre) 2012] not flow through but (R) is not the correct
[Assam PSC (Pre) 2019 explanation of (A)
(A) Caspian Sea (B) Black Sea
Jharkhand PCS (Pre) 2011] (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(C) Baltic Sea (D) Aral Sea
(A) China (B) Malaysia (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true
10. The river duo, which fall into the
Black Sea are [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1999] (C) Combodia (D) Laos 22. Match the drainage basin labelled
19. The glacial lake Itasca is the source as (a), (b), (c) and (d) with the
(A) Volga-Danube names listed below and select the
(B) Dnieper-Volga of river [UPPCS (Mains) 2015]
correct answer using the code given
(C) Dnieper-Danube (A) Missouri (B) Mississippi
below the names of the drainage
(D) Ural-Volga (C) Rio Grande (D) Red river basins. [IAS (Pre) 2000]
 World Geography 189
DRAINAGE BASIN names given in the list and select Code
the correct answer using the code (a) (b) (c) (d)
given below the lists. (A) 4 3 2 1
[Sikkim PSC (Pre) 2017 (B) 5 3 1 2
IAS (Pre) 1998]
(a) (b) (C) 5 4 1 3
(D) 3 1 4 2
24. Match List-I with List-II and select
the correct answer using the code
given below the lists.
(c) (d) [UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2016]
1. Ganga-Brahmaputra List-I
2. Indus (a) Lena (b) Amur
3. Parana (c) Tigris (d) Mahi
4. Zambezi List-II
Code 1. Persian Gulf 2. Arctic Ocean
(a) (b) (c) (d) 3. Arabian Sea 4. Pacific Ocean
(A) 3 1 2 4 Code
(B) 1 3 4 2 (a) (b) (c) (d)
(C) 1 3 2 4 1. St. Lawrence
(A) 2 4 1 3
(D) 3 1 4 2 2. Orinoco
(B) 3 2 4 1
23. Match rivers labelled (a), (b), (c) 3. Mackenzie
(C) 4 1 3 2
and (d) on the given map with their 4. Amazon
(D) 1 3 2 4
5. Yukon

Answer Sheet
1. (A) 2. (B) 3. (B) 4. (A) 5. (A) 6. (B) 7. (D) 8. (C) 9. (D) 10. (C)
11. (B) 12. (D) 13. (C) 14. (B) 15. (C) 16. (C) 17. (D) 18. (B) 19. (B) 20. (D)
21. (A) 22. (D) 23. (B) 24. (A)

27. Towns and Cities along the Bank of Rivers

1. ‘River Seine’ flows through the (A) Bonn - Rhine 10. Which one of the following pair is
town [38th BPSC (Pre) 1992] (B) Cairo - Nile not correctly matched?
(A) London (B) Paris (C) New York - Hudson [Tripura PSC (Pre) 2019
(C) Rome (D) Frankfurt (D) Vienna - Volga UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2009]
2. Paris the capital of France, is 6. Correct pair is [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1999] (A) Belgrade - Danube
located on the bank of (A) Paris - Swan (B) Lisbon - Tiber
[RAS/RTS (Pre) 1992] (B) Perth - Seine (C) Warsaw - Vishtula
(A) Rhone (B) Rhine (C) Cairo - Congo (D) Washington - Potomac
(C) Seine (D) Sone (D) Budapest - Danube 11. Match List-I with List-II and select
3. Which one of the following is not 7. Which of the following is correctly the correct answer using the code
correctly matched? matched? [UPPCS (Mains) 2004] given below the lists.
[UPPCS (Mains) 2015] [Sikkim PSC (Pre) 2017
(A) Hamburg - Elbe river
(A) Khartoum - Nile UPPCS (Pre) 2017]
(B) Belgrade - Seine river
(B) New York - Hudson (C) Kiev - Don river List-I (City)
(C) Berlin - Spree (D) Lahore - Satluj river (a) Khartoum
(D) Sidney - Seine 8. Which of the following capitals is (b) Brazzaville
4. Which one of the following pairs is not situated on the banks of Daunbe (c) Rotterdam
not correctly matched? river? [MPPCS (Pre) 1997] (d) Paris
[IAS (Pre) 2009] (A) Belgrade (B) Budapest List-II (River)
City River (C) Rome (D) Vienna 1. Zaire 2. Nile
(A) Berlin - Rhine 9. Huangpu river flows through which 3. Seine 4. Rhine
(B) London - Thames one of the following cities? Code
(C) New York - Hudson [IAS (Pre) 2006] (a) (b) (c) (d)
(D) Vienna - Danube (A) Beijing (A) 2 1 4 3
5. Which of the following is not (B) Ho Chi Minh City (B) 1 2 3 4
correctly matched? (C) Shanghai (C) 4 3 2 1
[UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2004] (D) Manila (D) 3 4 1 2
190 Objective General Studies
12. Match List-I with List-II and select (B) 4 3 2 1 (C) 2 4 3 1
the correct answer using the code (C) 3 4 1 2 (D) 3 4 2 1
given below the lists. (D) 1 4 2 3 16. Match List-I with List-II and select
[Arunachal Pradesh PSC (Pre) 2019 14. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code
IAS (Pre) 2005] the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
List-I (City) given below the lists. [UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2015]
(a) Washington D.C. [IAS (Pre) 2007] List-I (City)
(b) Berlin List-I (City) (a) London (b) Antwerp
(c) Paris (a) Bangkok (b) Phnom-Penh (c) Rotterdam (d) Hamburg
(d) Madrid (c) Hanoi (d) Yangon List-II (River)
List-II (Location) List-II (River) 1. Rhine 2. Scheldt
1. River Manzanares 1. Irrawaddy 3. Thames 4. Elbe
2. River Seine 2. Mekong Code
3. River Spree 3. Menam (Chao Phraya) (a) (b) (c) (d)
4. River Potomac 4. Red River (A) 3 2 4 1
Code Code (B) 3 4 2 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d) (C) 3 1 2 4
(A) 2 3 4 1 (A) 3 2 4 1 (D) 3 2 1 4
(B) 4 1 2 3 (B) 4 1 3 2 17. Match List-I with List-II and select
(C) 2 1 4 3 (C) 3 1 4 2 the correct answer using the code
(D) 4 3 2 1 (D) 4 2 3 1 given below the lists.
13. Match List-I with List-II and select 15. Match List-I with List-II and select [56th to 59th BPSC (Pre) 2015]
the correct answer using the code the correct answer using the code List-I (City)
given below the lists. given below the lists. (a) Rotterdam (b) Paris
[UPPCS (Pre) 1999 [UPPCS (Mains) 2003] (c) Budapest (d) Washington
UPPCS (Spl)(Pre) 2002, 03] List-I (River) List-II (River)
List-I (Town) (a) Potomac (b) Nile 1. Seine 2. Potomac
(a) Berlin (b) Lahore (c) Tigris (d) Thames 3. Rhine 4. Danube
(c) New York (d) Rome List-II (Country) Code
List-II (River) 1. England 2. USA (a) (b) (c) (d)
1. Tiber 2. Hudson 3. Iraq 4. Sudan (A) 2 3 1 4
3. Ravi 4. Spree Code (B) 1 3 4 2
Code (a) (b) (c) (d) (C) 3 1 4 2
(a) (b) (c) (d) (A) 1 3 4 2 (D) 4 3 2 1
(A) 1 2 3 4 (B) 2 4 1 3

Answer Sheet
1. (B) 2. (C) 3. (D) 4. (A) 5. (D) 6. (D) 7. (A) 8. (C) 9. (C) 10. (B)
11. (A) 12. (D) 13. (B) 14. (A) 15. (C) 16. (D) 17. (C)

28. Landforms by River

1. Grand Canyon is (A) India (C) Strong winds
[43rd BPSC (Pre) 1994] (B) Nepal (D) Deep sea
(A) a gorge (C) Bangladesh 4. The greatest delta of the world is
(B) a large cannon (D) Pakistan formed by [41st BPSC (Pre) 1996]
(C) a river 3. Formation of delta is affected by (A) Ganga and Brahmaputra
(D) an old cannon [MPPCS (Pre) 1993] (B) Missisippi-Missouri
2. Chisapani Gorge is located in (A) Rocks (C) Yangtze-Kyang
[UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2015] (B) Tide-ebb (D) Huang-Hoe

Answer Sheet
1. (A) 2. (B) 3. (D) 4. (A)
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29. Islands
1. The largest Island of the World is 9. Which one of the following islands (A) 1990 (B) 1992
[UPPCS (Pre) 1993] is located in the South Indian (C) 1997 (D) 1999
(A) Borneo Ocean? [Assam PSC (Pre) 2019 17. In the map given below, four
(B) Greenland UPPCS (Spl)(Mains) 2004] islands of Indian Ocean region
(C) Madagascar (A) Chagos i.e., (a) Seychelles. (b) Chagos,
(D) New Guinea (B) Maldives (c) Mauritius and (d) Socotra are
2. The largest island (after Greenland) (C) Mauritius marked as 1, 2, 3 and 4. Match
of the world is (D) Seychelles them and select the correct answer
[Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2010] 10. Which of the following islands from the code given below.
of the Pacific Ocean belongs to [IAS (Pre) 2002]
(A) Borneo
(B) Malagasy Melanesia groups of islands.
(C) Sumatra [Sikkim PSC (Pre) 2019
UPPCS (Spl)(Mains) 2004] 2
(D) New Guinea
3. Which of the following islands are (A) Soloman island
known as ‘Sheep Islands’? (B) Gilbert island
[UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2015] (C) Society island 3 1
(A) Canary Islands (D) Marshall island
(B) Madeira Islands 11. Diego Garcia is situated in
(C) Faroe Islands [MPPCS (Pre) 1999]
4
(D) Wellington Islands (A) Indian Ocean
4. Which one of the following is the (B) Pacific Ocean
largest in area? (C) Arctic Ocean
Code
[UPPCS (Mains) 2015] (D) Atlantic Ocean
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) New Zealand North Island 12. The distance from Aceh in the far
North-West to Torres Strait in the (A) 1 3 4 2
(B) New Foundland (B) 3 1 2 4
(C) New Zealand South Island East is 5000 miles, almost equal to
the distance London and Baghadad. (C) 1 3 2 4
(D) Java (D) 3 1 4 2
The archipelago has 14,000 islands,
5. Which one of the following some mere equatorial rocks, others 18. Consider the map given below.
statements is correct? some of the largest in the world. The numbers marked 1, 2, 3 and 4
[UPPCS (Mains) 2012]
This description best fits respectively indicate the islands of
(A) Greenland is the second largest [IAS (Pre) 1997] [IAS (Pre) 1994]
(area) island in the World (A) West Indies
(B) Nuuk is a small town of (B) Japan
Greenland
(C) Philippines
(C) The elevation of Nuuk above
(D) Indonesia
the sea level is 3 metre.
(D) Greenland belongs to U.S.A. 13. Which of the following statement is
not correct? [UPPCS (Pre) 1993]
6. Which one among the following
Eastern islands is divided into three (A) Falkland Archipelago is located 3
in Indian ocean 1
countries? [UPPCS (Pre) 2010]
(B) Namibia is located in Africa
(A) Borneo 2
(C) Nicaragua is in central America
(B) Celebes
(D) Yemen is in Asia
(C) New Guinea
(D) Timor 14. Fiji Island is located in
[44th BPSC (Pre) 2000]
7. Kalimantan is a part of which of the
following islands? (A) Atlantic Ocean
[RAS/RTS (Pre) 2010] (B) Pacific Ocean 4
(A) Honshu (C) Indian Ocean
(B) Borneo (D) Arabian Sea (A) The Bahamas, Azores, Falkland
(C) Cuba 15. Which of the following is the largest Cape Verde
(D) Madagascar (Malagasy) island of Japan? [UPPCS (Pre) 1991] (B) The Bahamas, Azores, Cape
(A) Hokkaido Verde and Falkland
8. Madagascar is the largest island in
[Uttarakhand UDA/LDA (Mains) 2007] (B) Shikoku (C) Azores, Cape Verde, the
(C) Hodouri Bahamas and Falkland
(A) Indian Ocean
(D) Honshu (D) Cape Verde, the Bahamas,
(B) Pacific Ocean Falkland and Azores
(C) Bay of Bengal 16. When was Macau island transferred
(D) Red Sea to China? [UPPCS (Pre) 1990]
192 Objective General Studies
19. Where are the Balearic islands (A) Nile (C) Greenland
located? [IAS (Pre) 2005] (B) Amazon (D) Australia
(A) Mediterranean Sea (C) Brahmaputra 22. Grenada is located in
(B) Black Sea (D) Sindh [Goa PSC (Pre) 2019
(C) Baltic Sea 21. Which of the following is an island Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2012]
(D) North Sea continent? (A) Pacific Ocean
20. On which river is the world’s largest [Uttarakhand UDA/LDA (Mains) 2006] (B) Indian Ocean
river island? [Kerala PSC (Pre) 2019 (A) Africa (C) Caribbean Sea
MPPCS (Pre) 1997] (B) New Zealand (D) Mediterranean Sea

Answer Sheet
1. (B) 2. (D) 3. (C) 4. (C) 5. (C) 6. (A) 7. (B) 8. (A) 9. (C) 10. (A)
11. (A) 12. (D) 13. (A) 14. (B) 15. (D) 16. (D) 17. (D) 18. (C) 19. (A) 20. (C)
21. (D) 22. (C)

30. Lakes and Waterfalls

1. The correct sequence of the Great 7. Which of the following is the oldest 13. Which of the following cities is
Lakes of the USA from East to West and deepest lake of the world? located on Lake Superior?
is [Jharkhand PCS (Pre) 2013] [UPPCS (Pre) 2015] [UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2014]
(A) Huron - Michigan - Ontario - (A) Baikal Lake (A) Chicago (B) Buffalo
Superior - Erie (B) Great Bear Lake (C) Detroit (D) Duluth
(B) Superior - Ontario - Erie - (C) Karda Lake 14. Which of the following is not
Michigan - Huron (D) Lincanbur Lake correctly matched?
(C) Ontario - Erie - Huron - 8. On the basis of area and volume, [UPRO/ARO (Mains) 2014]
Michigan - Superior the largest lake of the world is (A) Titicaca Lake - Bolivia - Peru
(D) Erie - Huron - Michigan - [UPPCS (Spl)(Pre) 2008] (B) Lake Urmia - Iran
Ontario - Superior (A) Aral Sea (C) Lake Raindeer - Russia
2. Which of the following lakes lies (B) Caspian Sea (D) Lake Athabaska - Canada
entirely in the U.S.A.? (C) Baikal Lake 15. Which is highest waterfall of the
[UPPCS (Mains) 2015] (D) Michigan Lake world? [MPPCS (Pre) 2005]
(A) Lake Michigan 9. Finger Lake Region is located in (A) Niagara
(B) Lake Huron [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2008] (B) Salto Angel
(C) Lake Superior (A) Australia (B) Austria (C) Ribbon
(D) Lake Erie (C) U.S.A. (D) Britain (D) Tugela
3. Which of the following is the second 10. Which of the following is called 16. Which of the following waterfalls is
deepest and the longest lake of the ‘Garden of Lakes’? located in Venezuela?
world? [UPRO/ARO (Mains) 2014] [UPPCS (Mains) 2014] [UPPSC (RI) 2014]
(A) Tanganyika Lake (A) Finland (A) Victoria Falls
(B) Baikal Lake (B) Sweden (B) Angel Falls
(C) Superior Lake (C) New Zealand (C) Alfred Creek Falls
(D) Great Bear Lake (D) Greenland (D) Tugela Falls
4. Which one is not a part of Great 11. Which of the following is called the 17. The waterfall ‘Victoria’ is associated
Lakes? [Kerala PSC (Pre) 2017 ‘land of one thousand lakes’? with the river
Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2010] [UPPCS (Mains) 2015] [Karnataka PSC (Pre) 2018
(A) Bear (B) Superior (A) Finland IAS (Pre) 2003]
(C) Huron (D) Michigan (B) Sweden (A) Amazon
5. The largest fresh water lake in the (C) Greenland (B) Missouri
world is [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1993] (D) U.S.A. (C) St. Lawrence
(A) Lake Windermear 12. Which one of the following pairs is (D) Zambezi
(B) Lake Loch Ness not correctly matched? 18. Which of the following lakes is a
(C) Lake Baikal [UPPCS (Pre) 2015] world heritage site?
(D) Lake Superior (A) Boiling Lake - Dominica [Andhra Pradesh PSC (Pre) 2019
6. Which is the deepest lake of the (B) Five Flower - Mangolia UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2014]
world? [UPPCS (Mains) 2011 Lake (A) Red Lagoon of Bolivia
UPPCS (Pre) 2002] (C) Red Lagoon - Bolivia (B) Boiling Lake of Dominica
(A) Titicaca (B) Victoria (D) Great Slave - Canada (C) Five Flower Lake of China
(C) Baikal (D) Dead Sea Lake (D) Plitivice Lake of Croatia
 World Geography 193
19. Which one of the following is not (C) World’s highest navigable lake - 1. Great Bear 2. Baikal
correctly matched? Lake Titicaca 3. Victoria 4. Superior
[Himachal Pradesh PSC (Pre) 2019 (D) World’s second deepest lake - Code
UPPCS (Pre)(Re. Exam) 2015] Lake Tanganyika (A) 4, 3, 2, 1
(A) World’s tallest waterfall - 20. Arrange the following lakes in (B) 3, 2, 1, 4
Tugela Falls correct descending order of their (C) 4, 2, 1, 3
(B) World’s largest fresh water lake area using the code given below. (D) 3, 1, 4, 2
- Lake Superior [UPPCS (Pre) 2016]

Answer Sheet
1. (C) 2. (A) 3. (A) 4. (A) 5. (D) 6. (C) 7. (A) 8. (B) 9. (C) 10. (A)
11. (A) 12. (B) 13. (D) 14. (C) 15. (B) 16. (B) 17. (D) 18. (D) 19. (A) 20. (A)

31. Straits
1. Strait of Hormuz lies between (C) Strait of Dover (A) Bab-el-Mandeb
[UPPCS (Mains) 2005] (D) Strait of Gibraltar (B) Hormuz
(A) Black Sea and Marmara Sea 8. Strait of Dover connects (C) Bosphorus
(B) Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman [UPPCS (Mains) 2010] (D) Malacca
(C) Arabian Sea and Red Sea (A) Baltic Sea and the Gulf of 14. Between India and East Asia, the
(D) Red Sea and Mediterranean Bothnia navigation time and distance can
Sea (B) Bay of Biscay and the English be greatly reduced by which of the
2. The strait which separates Asia Channel following?
from North America is (C) English Channel and the North 1. Deepening the Malacca
[UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2004] Sea Straits between Malaysia and
(A) Bering Strait (D) Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea Indonesia.
(B) Palk Strait 9. The Palk Bay lies between 2. Opening a new canal between
(C) Strait of Gibraltar [IAS (Pre) 1996] the Gulf of Siam and Andaman
(D) Strait of Malacca (A) Gulf of Kutch and Gulf of Sea.
3. Malacca Strait facilitates movement Khambhat Which of the statements given
from [44th BPSC (Pre) 2000] (B) Gulf of Mannar and Bay of above is/are correct?
Bengal [IAS (Pre) 2011]
(A) Indian Ocean to China Sea
(B) Red Sea to Mediterranean Sea (C) Lakshadweep and Maldives (A) Only 1
(C) Atlantic Ocean to Pacific Ocean Islands (B) Only 2
(D) Mediterranean Sea to Black Sea (D) Andaman and Nicobar Islands (C) Both 1 and 2
10. Persian Gulf does not form border (D) Neither 1 nor 2
4. Which Strait separates Europe from
Africa? [UPPCS (Pre) 1999] with [UPPCS (Mains) 2007] 15. Match the following.
(A) Bahrain (B) Iraq [RAS/RTS (Pre)(Re. Exam) 2013]
(A) Bosphorus (B) Gibraltar
(C) Dover (D) Bering (C) Kuwait (D) Oman List-I
5. The strait connecting the Arctic and 11. Which of the following is not (a) Strait of Gibraltar
Pacific Ocean is [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1994] coastline country of Persian Gulf? (b) Strait of Malacca
[UPPCS (Mains) 2008] (c) Strait of Bering
(A) Bering
(B) Torres (A) Kuwait (d) Strait of Hormuz
(C) Dover (B) Oman List-II
(D) Malacca (C) Qatar 1. Between Indonesia and
(D) United Arab Emirates Malaysia
6. Ten Degree Channel separates
[UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2001] 12. Which one of the following pairs is 2. Between Gulf of Persia and Gulf
correctly matched? of Oman
(A) Andaman from Nicobar Islands
[Tripura PSC (Pre) 2018 3. Between Africa and Europe
(B) Andaman from Myanmar UPPCS (Mains) 2003]
(C) India from Sri Lanka 4. Between Asia and North
(A) Gulf of Bothnia - France America
(D) Lakshadweep from Maldives
(B) Baffin bay - Argentina Code
7. Through which one of the following (C) Gulf of - Canada
straits does a tunnel connect the (a) (b) (c) (d)
Carpentaria (A) 4 2 3 1
United Kingdom and France?
(D) Gulf of Tonkin - Vietnam (B) 3 4 1 2
[IAS (Pre) 2007
UPPCS (Mains) 2007] 13. Which strait connects Red Sea and (C) 3 1 4 2
Indian Ocean? (D) 4 3 2 1
(A) Davis Strait
[Maharashtra PSC (Pre) 2019
(B) Denmark Strait 53rd to 55th BPSC (Pre) 2011]
194 Objective General Studies
Answer Sheet
1. (B) 2. (A) 3. (A) 4. (B) 5. (A) 6. (A) 7. (C) 8. (C) 9. (B) 10. (D)
11. (B) 12. (D) 13. (A) 14. (B) 15. (C)

32. Canals
1. Which of the following is the largest 5. Panama Canal connects (A) Volga - Don Canal
navigation canal of the world? [43rd BPSC (Pre) 1999] (B) Sault - Sainte Marie Canal
[UPPSC (GIC) 2010 (A) North America and South (C) Ludwings Canal
UPPCS (Pre) 2005, 1995] America (D) White sea Canal
(A) Kiel Canal (B) Pacific Ocean and Atlantic 10. Which one of the following inter-
(B) Panama Canal Ocean national waterways is not operated
(C) Soo Canal (C) Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea through lock-system?
(D) Suez Canal (D) Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2013]
2. One will not have to pass through 6. Soo Canal connects (A) Suez Canal
the Suez Canal while going from [UPPCS (Pre) 1991] (B) Rhine River
Bombay to [IAS (Pre) 1997] (A) Turan and Ontario (C) Denube River
(A) Alexandria (B) Suez (B) Bengal and Tripura (D) Panama Canal
(C) Port Said (D) Benghazi (C) Superior and Michigan 11. Assertion (A): The distance
3. Suez Canal connects (D) Superior and Huron between India and the Western
[RAS/RTS (Pre) 1999 7. Which one of the following countries was shortened by the
30th BPSC (Pre) 1993 construction of the Suez Canal.
UPPCS (Pre) 1992] countries is planning to construct
a rival to the Panama Canal to link Reason (R): The Suez Canal
(A) Black Sea with Red Sea
the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans? connects the Mediterranean to the
(B) Mediterranean Sea with [IAS (Pre) 2007] Red Sea.
Caspian Sea
(A) Colombia (B) Costa Rica Select correct answer by using
(C) Red Sea with Mediterranean
Sea (C) Guatemala (D) Nicaragua codes given below.
8. Kiel Canal connects [UPPCS (Pre) 1992]
(D) None of the above
[RAS/RTS (Pre) 1999] (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and
4. The port pair located at both ends (R) is the correct explanation of
of the Suez Canal is (A) North Sea - Baltic Sea
(B) Black Sea - Red Sea (A)
[UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2013]
(C) Baltic Sea - Red Sea (B) Both (A) and (R) are true,
(A) Cario and Alexandria but (R) is not the correct
(B) Suez and Cairo (D) North Sea - Black Sea
explanation of (A)
(C) Cairo and Port Said 9. Which of the following canal is used
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(D) Port Said and Suez as an inland waterway in Southern
Germany? [UPPCS (Pre) 2017]
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true

Answer Sheet
1. (D) 2. (B) 3. (C) 4. (D) 5. (B) 6. (D) 7. (D) 8. (A) 9. (C) 10. (A)
11. (A)

33. Dams
1. Kariba dam has been built on the world. Which of the following two started construction of a dam on
river [UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2016] countries have it as a joint project? Brahmaputra River in Nov. 2010 is
(A) Kafue [IAS (Pre) 1995] [Andhra Pradesh PSC (Pre) 2019
(B) Zambezi (A) Brazil and Peru UPPCS (Pre) 2013]
(C) Chambeshi (B) Paraguay and Ecuador (A) Chingdu (B) Zangmu
(D) Kabompo (C) Brazil and Paraguay (C) Zhuang (D) Gyangze
2. The Aswan High Dam is located in (D) Colombia and Paraguay 6. Which of the following is not
[Jharkhand PCS (Pre) 2013] 4. World’s longest sea bridge has been correctly matched?
(A) Sudan built on [UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2009] [UPPCS (Pre)(Re. Exam) 2015]
(B) Egypt (A) East China Sea (A) Grand Coulee - Columbia
(C) Zaire (B) Gulf of Tonkin (B) Hoover - Tennessee
(D) Nigeria (C) Jiaozhou Bay (C) Nurek - Vakhsh
3. Itaipu Dam built on the river Parana (D) South China Sea (D) Cahora - Zambezi
is one of the largest dams in the 5. The place where China has (Cobbora) Bassa
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7. Match List-I with List-II and select (b) Damodar Code
the correct answer using the code (c) Nile (a) (b) (c) (d)
given below the lists. (d) Zambezi (A) 1 2 3 4
[UPPCS (Pre) 2013 List-II (B) 1 3 4 2
UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2013]
1. Aswan 2. Kariba (C) 3 4 1 2
List-I 3. Panchet 4. Hoover (D) 4 3 1 2
(a) Colorado

Answer Sheet
1. (B) 2. (B) 3. (C) 4. (C) 5. (B) 6. (B) 7. (D)

34. Coral Reefs

1. The Great Barrier Reef is located in (C) Ireland 4. ‘Great Barrier Reef’ is
[Sikkim PSC (Pre) 2016 (D) Queensland [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1999]
MPPCS (Pre) 2015] 3. Generally, where are coral reefs (A) A coral reef near Australia
(A) Pacific Ocean found? [Tripura PSC (Pre) 2017 (B) A watershed in Rajasthan
(B) Indian Ocean RAS/RTS (Pre) 2008] (C) Wall of China
(C) Mediterranean Sea (A) In temperature climate above (D) A range of the Rocky Mountains
(D) Atlantic Ocean 18ºC 5. The largest Coral reef in the world
2. The ‘Great Barrier Reef’ of corals is (B) Between tropics of cancer and is found near the coast of which one
situated near the coast of tropics of capricorn coastal of the following countries?
[Haryana PSC (Pre) 2017 areas [IAS (Pre) 2007]
RAS/RTS (Pre) 1993] (C) On both East and West coast of (A) Australia (B) Cuba
(A) New Zealand continents and islands only (C) Ghana (D) Philippines
(B) Finland (D) On colder sea coasts

Answer Sheet
1. (A) 2. (D) 3. (B) 4. (A) 5. (A)

35. Atmosphere
1. The correct sequence of different 4. Which gas has maximum life on Earth from the harmful
layers of the atmosphere from the percentage in atmosphere? radiations of the Sun?
surface of the Earth upwards is [UPPCS (Pre) 1993] [Karnataka PSC (Pre) 2018
[IAS (Pre) 1998] (A) Carbon (B) Nitrogen Chhattisgarh PCS (Pre) 2013]
(A) Troposphere, Stratosphere, (C) Oxygen (D) Hydrogen (A) Troposphere
Ionosphere, Mesosphere 5. The stratosphere is said to be (B) Ionosphere
(B) Stratosphere, Troposphere, ideal for flying jet aircrafts. This is (C) Ozone layer
Ionosphere, Mesosphere because [Jharkhand PCS (Pre) 2010] (D) Mist
(C) Troposphere, Stratosphere, (A) This layer is rich in ozone which 8. Function of ozone layer in
Mesosphere, Ionosphere reduces fuel consumption stratosphere is
(D) Stratosphere, Troposphere, (B) The temperature is constant [Telangana PSC (Pre) 2019
Mesosphere, Ionosphere and ideal for aircraft engine Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2002]
2. Most weather activity occurs in efficiency (A) To stabilize the global
which atmospheric layer? (C) This layer is out of the firing temperature
[RAS/RTS (Pre) 1999] range of antiaircraft guns (B) To reduce the frequency of
(A) Ozonosphere (D) The absence of the clouds and Earthquake
(B) Ionosphere other weather phenomena (C) To avoid failure of monsoons
(C) Troposphere 6. The ozone layer lies in the (D) To prevent ultra-violet
(D) Exosphere [Chhattisgarh PCS (Pre) 2011 radiation effect on ground
3. The atmosphere is a mixture of Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2010 9. Ozone layer refers to
several gases. Near the Earth UPPCS (Pre) 1997
UPPCS (Mains) 2005, 2003] [West Bengal PSC (Pre) 2019
surface it contains mainly 38th BPSC (Pre) 1992]
[RAS/RTS (Pre) 1997] (A) Troposphere
(B) Tropopause (A) The atmospheric condition of
(A) Nitrogen and oxygen Antarctica
(B) Nitrogen and carbon dioxide (C) Stratosphere
(B) Modern invention done on the
(C) Oxygen and carbon dioxide (D) Photosphere
planet saturn
(D) Ethane and oxygen 7. Which of the following protects
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(C) The layer about 10-20 km (A) Troposphere zones in terms of the distance from
below the surface of Earth (B) Stratosphere the Earth’s surface in increasing
(D) The layer of atmosphere of (C) Ionosphere order and select the correct answer
15-20 km above the surface of (D) Exosphere from the code given below.
Earth 14. Which layer of Atmosphere is used [Tamil Nadu PSC (Pre) 2019
10. The height of ozone layer above the UPPCS (Pre)(Re. Exam) 2015]
for Telecommunication?
surface of Earth is [Jharkhand PCS (Pre) 2013] 1. Thermosphere
[41st BPSC (Pre) 1996] (A) Troposphere 2. Troposphere
(A) 15-20 km (B) 40-50 km (B) Thermosphere 3. Stratosphere
(C) 70-80 km (D) 110-120 km (C) Stratosphere 4. Mesosphere
11. Which one of the following layers (D) Ionosphere Code
of the atmosphere is responsible for 15. In which atmospheric layer are (A) 1, 3, 4, 2 (B) 2, 3, 1, 4
the deflection of radio waves? communication satellites located? (C) 3, 4, 2, 1 (D) 2, 3, 4, 1
[UPPCS (Mains) 2005 18. Which of the following are correct
[Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2005
IAS (Pre) 1996] in matching the layer of atmosphere
RAS/RTS (Pre) 1997]
(A) Troposphere (B) Stratosphere (A) Exosphere (B) Stratosphere and its characteristics?
(C) Mesosphere (D) Ionosphere (C) Ionosphere (D) Troposphere [UPPCS (Mains) 2002]
12. Which layer of atmosphere is 16. The four layers of the atmosphere 1. Troposphere - Weather
responsible for Aurora Borealis? are Phenomena
[UPPCS (Pre) 2010] 2. Stratosphere - Ozone layer
1. Ionosphere 2. Mesosphere
(A) Troposphere 3. Ionosphere - Radio waves
3. Stratosphere 4. Troposphere
(B) Thermosphere reflected to Earth’s surface
Their correct ascending order in
(C) Ionosphere terms of height is 4. Mesosphere - Aurorae
(D) Exosphere [UPPCS (Mains) 2005] Code
13. Wireless communication is reflect- Code (A) 1, 2, 3 and 4
ed to Earth’s surface by (B) 1, 2 and 4
(A) 1, 2, 3, 4 (B) 2, 1, 4, 3
[Maharashtra PSC (Pre) 2017 (C) 1, 2 and 3
UPPCS (Pre) 2013] (C) 4, 3, 2, 1 (D) 3, 4, 1, 2
17. Arrange the following atmospheric (D) 2 and 3

Answer Sheet
1. (C) 2. (C) 3. (A) 4. (B) 5. (D) 6. (C) 7. (C) 8. (D) 9. (D) 10. (A)
11. (D) 12. (C) 13. (C) 14. (D) 15. (A) 16. (C) 17. (D) 18. (C)

1. Which one of the following reflects
more Sunlight as compared to the
three? [IAS (Pre) 2010]
(A) Sand desert
(B) Paddy crop land
(C) Land covered with fresh snow
(D) Prairie land
2. Which of the following statements
is not true? [UPPCS (Pre) 2002]
(A) Presence of water vapour is
highly variable in the lower
atmosphere
(B) The zone of maximum
temperature is located along
the equator
(C) Frigid zones are located in both
the hemispheres between the
polar circles and the poles
(D) Jet streams are high altitude
winds affecting the surface
weather conditions
3. The highest temperature on the
Earth is recorded at
[MPPCS (Pre) 2010]
36. Insolation
(A) Equator (R) is the correct explanation of
(B) 10º North Latitude (A)
(C) 20º North Latitude (B) Both (A) and (R) are true,
(D) 25º North Latitude but (R) is not the correct
4. Clear sky nights are cooler than explanation of (A)
cloudy sky nights due to (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
[Punjab PSC (Pre) 2019 (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true
39th BPSC (Pre) 1994] 6. Normally, the temperature de-
(A) condension creases with the increase in height
(B) radiation from the Earth’s surface, because
(C) induction 1. The atmosphere can be heated
(D) conduction upwards only from the Earth’s
5. Assertion (A): The atmosphere surface.
receives most of the heat only 2. There is more moisture in the
indirectly from the Sun and directly upper atmosphere.
from the Earth’s surface. 3. The air is less dense in the
Reason (R): The conversion upper atmosphere.
from shortwave solar to longwave Select the correct answer using the
terrestrial energy takes place at the code given below. [IAS (Pre) 2012]
Earth’s surface. (A) Only 1
[UPPCS (Pre) 1997] (B) 2 and 3
Code (C) 1 and 3
(D) 1, 2 and 3
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and
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7. Consider the following statements. ture is greater in the Northern (A) Only 1
1. The annual range of tempera- Hemisphere than that in the (B) Only 2
ture is greater in the Pacific Southern Hemisphere. (C) Both 1 and 2
Ocean than that in the Atlantic Which of the statements given (D) Neither 1 nor 2
Ocean. above is/are correct?
2. The annual range of tempera- [IAS (Pre) 2007]

Answer Sheet
1. (C) 2. (B) 3. (C) 4. (B) 5. (A) 6. (C) 7. (B)

37. Cyclone
1. The Tornadoes are very strong (A) Safir-Simpson Scale witnesses heavy torrential short
tropical cyclones originating in (B) Mercalli Scale duration rainfall accompanied by
[UPPCS (Pre) 1996] (C) Fujita Scale thunderstorms? [IAS (Pre) 1999]
(A) Caribbean Sea (D) Richter scale
(B) China Sea 8. A sudden fall of Mercury in
(C) Arabian Sea Barometer indicates c
(D) Black Sea [Uttarakhand PCS (Mains) 2002]
2. Which one of the following regions (A) Fair weather
of the U.S.A. is known as ‘Tornado (B) Stormy weather
Alley’? [UPPCS (Pre) 2005] (C) Cold weather d a
(A) Atlantic Seaboard (D) Hot weather b
(B) Pacific Coast 9. Which of the following cyclones did
(C) Mississippi Plains not affect India?
(D) Alaska [UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2013]
3. Which of the following would (A) Aila
(A) a (B) b
you generally associate with (B) Nargis
Tornadoes? (C) c (D) d
(C) Thane
[UP Lower (Spl)(Pre) 2009] 13. Match List-I with List-II and select
(D) Neelam the correct answer using the code
(A) Gulf of Mexico 10. In the South Atlantic and South- given below the lists.
(B) China Sea Eastern Pacific regions in tropical [Haryana PSC (Pre) 2018
(C) Indian Ocean latitudes, cyclone does not UPPCS (Mains) 2005]
(D) U.S.A. originate. What is the reason?
List-I
4. To measure the intensity of [IAS (Pre) 2015]
(a) Australia (b) China
Tornadoes we use (A) Sea surface temperatures are
[UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2009] low (c) India (d) U.S.A.
(A) Mercalli scale (B) Inter-Tropical Convergence List-II
(B) Fujita Scale Zone seldom occurs 1. Hurricanes
(C) Saffir-samson scale (C) Coriolis force is too weak 2. Willy-Willy
(D) Richter scale (D) Absence of land in those regions 3. Typhoons
5. Which of the following area is more 11. Assertion (A): The surface winds 4. Cyclones
susceptible to typhoon cyclone? spiral inwards upon the centre of Code
[Jharkhand PCS (Pre) 2003] the cyclone. (a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) Australia (B) China Sea Reason (R): Air descends at the (A) 1 2 3 4
(C) Asia (D) America centre of the cyclone. (B) 2 3 4 1
[IAS (Pre) 2002]
6. Willy-Willy is (C) 3 2 1 4
[UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2001 Code (D) 4 3 2 1
IAS (Pre) 1995] (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and 14. Match List-I with List-II and select
(A) A type of tree grown in (R) is the correct explanation of the correct answer using the code
temperate regions (A) given below the lists.
(B) A wind that blows in a desert (B) Both (A) and (R) are true, [Arunachal Pradesh PSC (Pre) 2017
(C) A tropical cyclone of the North- but (R) is not the correct UPPCS (Pre) 2014]
West Australia explanation of (A)
List-I
(D) A kind of common fish found (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(a) Willy-Willy
near Lakshadweep islands (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true
(b) Hurricanes
7. Which of the following scales is 12. Which one of the areas marked
(c) Typhoons
used to measure the damage by a as (a), (b), (c) and (d) in the
given figure of the cyclone, (d) Baguio
hurricane? [UPPCS (Mains) 2016]
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List-II Code (B) 2 1 4 3
1. U.S.A. 2. Australia (a) (b) (c) (d) (C) 1 2 4 3
3. Philippines 4. China (A) 1 2 3 4 (D) 2 1 3 4

Answer Sheet
1. (A) 2. (C) 3. (D) 4. (B) 5. (B) 6. (C) 7. (A) 8. (B) 9. (B) 10. (A)
11. (A) 12. (D) 13. (B) 14. (B)

38. Humidity
1. Humid heat is experienced in moisture in the atmosphere is (R) is the correct explanation of
summer when the weather is associated with latitude. (A)
[Meghalaya PSC (Pre) 2016 Reason (R): The ability to keep (B) Both (A) and (R) are true,
UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2002] the moisture in the form of water but (R) is not the correct
(A) Raw (B) Keen vapour is related to temperature. explanation of (A)
(C) Scorching (D) Muggy [IAS (Pre) 2006] (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
2. Assertion (A): The amount of (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true

Answer Sheet
1. (D) 2. (A)

39. Air Pressure

1. Which of the following latitudes the oceans at about 30º to 35º low pressure belt instead of high
(North or South) would you N and S latitudes is known as pressure.
associate with ‘Horse Latitudes’? Horse Latitude. Reason (R): The low pressure
[UP Lower (Spl)(Pre) 2008] 2. Horse Latitudes are low areas are stable over oceans rather
(A) 30º (B) 45º pressure belts. than on land. [IAS (Pre) 2002]
(C) 60º (D) 23½º Which of the statements given Code
2. Air pressure is lowest in above is/are correct? (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and
[UPPCS (Pre) 2014] [IAS (Pre) 2007] (R) is the correct explanation of
(A) Winter season (A) Only 1 (A)
(B) Spring season (B) Only 2 (B) Both (A) and (R) are true,
(C) Autumn season (C) Both 1 and 2 but (R) is not the correct
(D) Summer season (D) Neither 1 nor 2 explanation of (A)
3. Consider the following statements. 4. Assertion (A): 60º-65º latitudes (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
1. Either of the two belts over in both the hemispheres have a (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true

Answer Sheet
1. (A) 2. (D) 3. (A) 4. (C)

40. Cloud
1. Highest altitude clouds are 3. Which of the following cloud is Thunder clouds development is due
[Punjab PSC (Pre) 2017 responsible for highly intense rain? to which of these phenomena?
UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2009] [West Bengal PSC (Pre) 2019 [Himachal Pradesh PSC (Pre) 2017
(A) Altocumulus Jharkhand PCS (Pre) 2003] IAS (Pre) 2002]
(B) Altostratus (A) Cumulus (A) 1 and 2
(C) Cumulus (B) Cumulonimbus (B) 2, 3 and 4
(D) Cirrostratus (C) Nimbostratus (C) 1, 2 and 4
2. Clouds are the result of (D) Cirrostratus (D) 1, 2, 3 and 4
[Arunachal Pradesh PSC (Pre) 2018 4. Consider the following climatic and 5. During a thunderstorm, the thunder
Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2016] geographical phenomena. in the sky is produced by the
(A) Evaporation 1. Condensation 1. meeting of cumulonimbus
(B) Normal temp. lapse rate 2. High temperature and humidity clouds in the sky.
(C) Catabatic lapse rate 3. Orography 2. lightning that separates the
(D) Condensation 4. Vertical wind nimbus clouds.
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3. violent upward movement of code given below. (B) 2 and 3
air and water particles. [IAS (Pre) 2013] (C) 1 and 3
Select the correct answer using the (A) Only 1 (D) None of the above

Answer Sheet
1. (D) 2. (D) 3. (C) 4. (C) 5. (D)

41. Winds
1. What are roaring forties, furious 6. The winds flowing from high pres- Code
fifties and shrieking sixties? sure area toward Mediterranean (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and
[MPPCS (Pre) 2015] sea are [Nagaland PSC (Pre) 2019 (R) is the correct explanation of
(A) Oceanic storms UPPCS (Pre) 1992] (A)
(B) Westerlies in Southern (A) Westerly (B) Both (A) and (R) are true,
Hemisphere (B) Trade wind but (R) is not the correct
(C) Westerlies in Northern (C) Monsoonal wind explanation of (A)
Hemisphere (D) Sea wind (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(D) Pacific Ocean currents 7. The seasonal reversal of winds is (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true
2. In which of the following regions the typical characteristic of 10. Westerlies in Southern Hemisphere
long forties winds blow? [West Bengal PSC (Pre) 2019 are stronger and persistent than in
[RAS/RTS (Pre) 1993] IAS (Pre) 2014] Northern Hemisphere because
(A) North Sea (A) Equatorial climate 1. Southern Hemisphere has
(B) Indian Ocean (B) Mediterranean climate less landmass as compared to
(C) Caribbean Sea (C) Monsoon climate Northern Hemisphere.
(D) Coral Sea (D) All of the above climates 2. Coriolis force is higher in
3. The term ‘Roaring Forties’ refers to 8. Assertion (A): Wind patterns Southern Hemisphere as com-
[RAS/RTS (Pre) 1993] are clockwise in the Northern pared to Northern Hemisphere.
(A) Strong ocean winds between Hemisphere and anti-clockwise in Which of the statements given
40-60 degree South the Southern Hemisphere. above is/are correct?
[Maharashtra PSC (Pre) 2018
(B) Strong tidal waves between 40- Reason (R): The direction of
IAS (Pre) 2011]
60 degree South wind patterns in the Northern
(C) The sailors heard a loud stormy and the Southern Hemisphere are (A) Only 1
voice between 40-60 degree governed by the Coriolis effect. (B) Only 2
South [IAS (Pre) 2005] (C) Both 1 and 2
(D) Loud voices of volcanic Code (D) Neither 1 nor 2
eruptions between 40-60 (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and 11. Consider the following statements
degree South in the sea (R) is the correct explanation of about the ‘Roaring Forties’.
4. What is the effect of Chinook winds (A) 1. They blow uninterrupted in
in the central plains in the USA? (B) Both (A) and (R) are true, the Northern and Southern
[Jharkhand PCS (Pre) 2013] but (R) is not the correct Hemispheres.
(A) Temperature of winter rises explanation of (A) 2. They blow with great strength
(B) Temperature of summer (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false and constancy.
reduces (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true 3. Their direction is generally
(C) Uniform temperature 9. Assertion (A): Wind patterns are from North-West to East in the
(D) No effect on temperature clockwise in Southern Hemisphere Southern Hemisphere.
5. What causes wind to deflect toward and anti-clockwise in Northern 4. Overcast skies, rain and
left in the Southern Hemisphere? Hemisphere. raw weather are generally
[IAS (Pre) 2010] Reason (R): The directions associated with them.
(A) Temperature of wind patterns in Northern Which of these statements are
(B) Magnetic field and Southern Hemispheres are correct? [IAS (Pre) 2000]
(C) Rotation of the Earth governed by Coriolis effect. (A) 1, 2 and 3 (B) 2, 3 and 4
(D) Pressure [MPPCS (Pre) 2008] (C) 1, 3 and 4 (D) 1, 2 and 4

Answer Sheet
1. (B) 2. (B) 3. (A) 4. (A) 5. (C) 6. (B) 7. (C) 8. (A) 9. (D) 10. (A)
11. (B)
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42. Local Winds

1. ‘Foehn’ is a local wind of (C) Blizzard - Chile Code
[UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2010] (D) Norwesters - India (a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) China 4. Which one of the following (A) 2 4 1 3
(B) Korea locations has ‘Blood Rain’? (B) 4 2 3 1
(C) Japan [UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 1998] (C) 2 4 3 1
(D) Switzerland (A) Italy (B) France (D) 4 2 1 3
2. Which one of the following pairs is (C) Canada (D) Spain 6. Consider the following pairs.
not correctly matched? 5. Match List-I with List-II and select Name of the Related
[UPPCS (Pre) 2016] the correct answer using the code local Winds country
(A) Foehn - Alps Mountain given below the lists. 1. Sirocco - France
(B) Bora - Poland [Telangana PSC (Pre) 2019
2. Bora - Italy
(C) Mistral - Rhine Valley IAS (Pre) 2001]
3. Blizzard - Canada
(D) Khamsin - Egypt List-I (Local Wind)
Which one of the above pairs is not
3. Which one of the following is not (a) Foehn (b) Simoom correctly matched?
correctly matched? (c) Santa Ana (d) Zonda [UPPCS (Mains) 2013]
[UPPCS (Pre) 2005] List-II (Region) (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2
(A) Chinook - U.S.A. 1. Argentina 2. Kurdistan (C) Only 2 and 3 (D) Only 3
(B) Sirocco - Sicily 3. California 4. Alps

Answer Sheet
1. (D) 2. (B) 3. (C) 4. (A) 5. (B) 6. (A)

43. Forests
1. Which of the following countries for extensive tropical rain forests? (A) Tropical region
has a constitutional provision [West Bengal PSC (Pre) 2019 (B) Temperate region
for maintaining 70% of its UPPCS (Pre) 1996] (C) Coastal region
geographical area under forest? (A) Congo Basin (D) None of the above
[UPPCS (Mains) 2016] (B) Ganga Basin 12. In which of the following countries
(A) Maldives (B) Nepal (C) Hwang Ho Basin of Africa, dense, hot and humid
(C) Bhutan (D) Afghanistan (D) Murray-Darling Basin forest are found? [UPPCS (Pre) 1998]
2. The evergreen rainforests are found 7. Taiga forests are characteristics of (A) Ivory Coast (B) Kenya
in [Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2002] [Punjab PSC (Pre) 2019 (C) Zimbabwe (D) South Africa
(A) Australia (B) Brazil UPPCS (Mains) 2016] 13. If tropical rain forest is removed,
(C) Canada (D) France (A) Equatorial region it does not regenerate quickly as
3. Which type of forests are found (B) Tropical region compared to a tropical deciduous
near the equator? [IAS (Pre) 2007] (C) Sub-tropical region forest. This is because
(A) Deciduous forests (D) Temperate region [IAS (Pre) 2011]
(B) Coniferous forest 8. The world’s largest and most dense (A) The soil of rain forest is
(C) Meadows forest forests are in deficient in nutrients
(D) Tropical forest [UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2004] (B) Propagules of the trees in a rain
4. Which one among the following (A) India (B) Tanzania forest have poor viability
covers the highest percentage of (C) Brazil (D) Canada (C) The rain forest species are slow
forest area in the world? growing
9. Which country has the highest
[IAS (Pre) 2003] (D) Exotic species invade the fertile
percentage of its geographical area
(A) Temperate Coniferous forests soil of rain forest
under forests?
(B) Temperate Deciduous forests [UP UDA/LDA (Spl)(Pre) 2010] 14. Which country of the world is the
largest producer of wood pulp?
(C) Tropical Monsoon forests (A) China (B) India
[45th BPSC (Pre) 2001]
(D) Tropical Rain forests (C) Indonesia (D) Japan
(A) U.S.A. (B) Norway
5. Dense forests on the Earth are 10. The coniferous forests are not
(C) Sweden (D) Canada
mostly found [41st BPSC (Pre) 1996] found in [UPPCS (Pre) 2001]
15. Which one of the following
(A) Nearby Equator (A) Amazonia (B) Scandinavia
countries is the largest producer of
(B) Nearby tropic of Cancer (C) Canada (D) Finland fuel wood in the world?
(C) Nearby tropic of Capricon 11. Coniferous forests are mainly found [IAS (Pre) 1997]
(D) Nearby Poles in (A) Indonesia (B) Russia
6. Which one of the following is noted [Uttarakhand Lower Sub. (Pre) 2010]
(C) India (D) China
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16. Dalbergia species is associated with (B) Both (A) and (R) are true, 19. Match List-I with List-II and select
which one of the following? but (R) is not the correct the correct answer using the code
[Tripura PSC (Pre) 2017 explanation of (A) given below the lists.
IAS (Pre) 2007] (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false [Telangana PSC (Pre) 2019
(A) Cashew nut (B) Coffee (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true UPRO/ARO (Mains) 2013]
(C) Tea (D) Rosewood 18. Match List-I with List-II and select List-I
17. Assertion (A): Unlike temperate the correct answer using the code (a) Monsoon Forest
forests, the tropical rain forests, given below the lists. (b) Equatorial Forest
if cleared, can yield productive [Tamil Nadu PSC (Pre) 2019 (c) Mediterranean Forest
farmland that can support intensive IAS (Pre) 1999] (d) Coniferous Forest
agriculture for several years even List-I (Timber) List-II
without chemical fertilizers. (a) Cedar (b) Douglas Fir 1. Plum and Olive
Reason (R): The primary (c) Mahogany (d) Teak 2. Pine and Spruce
productivity of the tropical rain List-II (Country) 3. Teak and Sal
forest is very high compared to that
1. Myanmar 2. Canada 4. Mahogany and Rosewood
of temperate forests.
[Andhra Pradesh PSC (Pre) 2019
3. Mexico 4. Honduras Code
IAS (Pre) 2003] Code (a) (b) (c) (d)
Code (a) (b) (c) (d) (A) 3 4 1 2
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (A) 3 2 1 4 (B) 2 3 4 1
(R) is the correct explanation of (B) 3 2 4 1 (C) 4 2 3 1
(A) (C) 2 3 4 1 (D) 1 3 2 4
(D) 2 3 1 4

Answer Sheet
1. (C) 2. (B) 3. (D) 4. (A) 5. (A) 6. (A) 7. (D) 8. (C) 9. (D) 10. (A)
11. (B) 12. (A) 13. (A) 14. (A) 15. (C) 16. (D) 17. (D) 18. (C) 19. (A)

44. Climate
1. Main factor which determines the (A) South America (A) African Savannah
climate of any area is (B) North America (B) Central Asian Steppe
[UPPSC (GIC) 2010] (C) Australia (C) North American Prairie
(A) Altitude (D) Asia (D) Siberian Tundra
(B) Latitude 5. Which among the following 9. Which of the following pair match-
(C) Type of vegetation countries doesn’t come under the ings is correct? [39th BPSC (Pre) 1994]
(D) Proximity to the sea category of equatorial climate? (A) Mediterranean Sea Zone -
2. By which of the following is the [UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2013] Summer rain
maximum percentage of Earth (A) Congo (B) Ethiopia (B) Equatorial Zone - Rain with
covered? [UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2002] (C) Gabon (D) Zaire thunder in the noon
(A) Arid Region 6. Which one of the following is (C) Monsoon Zone - Heavy rain
(B) Semi arid Region the characteristic climate of the throughout the year
(C) Sub-humid land Tropical Savannah Region? (D) Desert zone - Winter rain
(D) Humid Region [IAS (Pre) 2012] 10. In which among the following
3. “Each day is more or less the same, (A) Rainfall throughout the year countries, rainfall occurs in winter
the morning is clear and bright with (B) Rainfall in winter only season? [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1993]
a sea breeze; as the Sun climbs high (C) An extremely short dry Season (A) China
in the sky, heat mounts up, dark (D) A definite dry and wet Season (B) Norway
clouds form, then rain comes with 7. Mediterranean climate is not found (C) Brazil
thunder and lightning. But rain is in which among the following (D) Nigeria
soon over”. Which of the following town? [Tamil Nadu PSC (Pre) 2019] 11. Which one of the following is
regions is described in the above (A) Los Angeles (B) Rome correctly matched?
passage? [IAS (Pre) 2015] (C) Cape Town (D) New York [Nagaland PSC (Pre) 2017
(A) Savannah 8. “Climate is extreme, rainfall is UPPCS (Mains) 2004]
(B) Equatorial scanty and the people used to (A) Wet winter dry summer - Italy
(C) Monsoon be nomadic herders”. The above (B) Wet throughout the year -
(D) Mediterranean statement best describes which of Sudan
4. Which of the following continents the following regions? (C) Wet summer dry winter - Iran
has all types of climatic zones? [IAS (Pre) 2013]
(D) Dry throughout the year - Chile
[UPPCS (Mains) 2016]
202 Objective General Studies
12. When do Mediterranean regions 2. Variation in altitude between explanation of (A)
receive heavy rainfall? continents and oceans. (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
[MPPCS (Pre) 1999] 3. Presence of strong winds in the (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true
(A) Summer (B) Spring interior. 23. Consider the map given below.
(C) Winter (D) None of these 4. Heavy rains in the interior as
13. The world’s wettest place is compared to coasts.
[UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2001 Select the correct answer using the 1
UPPCS (Pre) 1997] code given below. [IAS (Pre) 2013]
(A) Cherrapunji (B) Mawsynram (A) Only 1 (B) Only 1 and 2 3 4
2
(C) Singapore (D) Waialeale (C) Only 2 and 3 (D) 1, 2, 3 and 4 World
14. The coldest place on the Earth is 20. Given below are two statements
[UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2004 one labelled as Assertion (A) and Of the four shaded areas in the
UP Lower Sub. (Spl)(Pre) 2004 the other labelled as Reason (R). map, that which is characterised
UPPCS (Pre) 1999] by hot dry summer, mild and moist
Assertion (A): Areas lying within
(A) Halifax (B) Chicago winters and seasonal reversal of
five to eight degree latitude on
(C) Siachin (D) Verkhoyansk winds is the areas labelled.
either side of the equator receive
[IAS (Pre) 1997]
15. For short-term climatic predictions, rainfall throughout the year.
which one of the following events, (A) 1 (B) 2
Reason (R): High temperature
detected in the last decade, and high humidity cause (C) 3 (D) 4
is associated with occasional convectional rainfall mostly in the 24. Match List-I with List-II and select
weak monsoon rains in the India noon near the equator. the correct answer using the code
subcontinent? [IAS (Pre) 2002] given below the lists.
By using the code given below,
(A) La Nina [West Bengal PSC (Pre) 2017
select the correct answer.
(B) Movement of Jet Streams UPPCS (Pre) 1999]
[Karnataka PSC (Pre) 2019
(C) El-Nino and Southern IAS (Pre) 2003, 1996] List-I (Region)
Oscillations Code (a) California
(D) Green house effect on global (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (b) West Australia
level (R) is the correct explanation of (c) Bangladesh
16. El-Nino develops in the (A) (d) Siberia
[UPPCS (Mains) 2015] (B) Both (A) and (R) are true, List-II (Types of Climate)
(A) Pacific Ocean but (R) is not the correct 1. Mediterranean
(B) Indian Ocean explanation of (A) 2. Tropical Monsoon
(C) Mediterranean Ocean (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false 3. Cold Temperate
(D) Atlantic Ocean (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true 4. Hot Desert
17. Hekistotherms are plants growing 21. A geographic region has the Code
in [UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2013] following distinct characteristics. (a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) bright light 1. Warm and dry climate. (A) 1 2 3 4
(B) high temperature 2. Mild and wet winter. (B) 1 4 2 3
(C) very low temperature 3. Evergreen oak trees. (C) 2 3 4 1
(D) very low light The above features are the distinct (D) 2 4 1 3
18. Variations in the length of day and characteristics of which one of the 25. Match List-I with List-II and select
night time from season-to-season following regions? [IAS (Pre) 2010] the correct answer using the code
are due to (A) Mediterranean given below the lists.
1. The Earth’s rotation on its axis. (B) Eastern China [UPPCS (Pre) 2003
2. The Earth’s revolution round (C) Central Asia UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2002]
the Sun in an elliptical manner. (D) Atlantic coast of North America List-I (Type of Climate)
3. Latitudinal position of the 22. Assertion (A): The environment (a) Equatorial
place. of the equatorial regions is condu- (b) Mediterranean
4. Revolution of the Earth on axis. cive for plants not for humans. (c) Monsoon
Which of the above mentioned Reason (R): The average annual (d) Savannah
statement/statements is/are cor- temperature difference is very low List-II (Region)
rect? [IAS (Pre) 2013] in equatorial regions. 1. California 2. Bangladesh
(A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 and 4 By using the code given below, 3. Sudan 4. Congo
(C) 1, 2 and 3 (D) Only 1 and 3 select the correct answer.
Code
19. The annual range of temperature in [UP UDA/LDA (Spl)(Mains) 2010]
the interior of the continents is high (a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and
as compared to coastal areas. What (R) is the correct explanation of (A) 4 1 2 3
is/are the reason/reasons? (A) (B) 2 3 1 4
1. Thermal difference between (B) Both (A) and (R) are true, (C) 1 2 3 4
land and water. but (R) is not the correct (D) 4 3 2 1
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26. Consider the following statements. A 12.2 2.5 (C) 2 3 1 4
1. In Equatorial regions, the M 13.3 1.8 (D) 3 2 4 1
year is divided into four main J 13.9 0.3 33. La Nina is suspected to have caused
seasons. J 13.9 - recent floods in Australia. How is La
2. In Mediterranean region, Nina different from El Nino?
A 14.4 -
summer receives more rain. 1. La Nina is characterized
3. In China type climate, rainfall S 15.6 0.8 by unusually cold ocean
occurs throughout the year. O 15.0 2.5 temperature in equatorial
4. Tropical highlands exhibit N 13.3 6.1 Indian Ocean whereas El Nino
vertical zonation of different D 10.6 11.7 is characterized by unsually
climates. Average Temperature : 12.8ºC warm ocean temperature in the
Which of these statements are equatorial Pacific Ocean.
Average Rainfall : 54.9 cm per
correct? [Kerala PSC (Pre) 2016 annum 2. El Nino has adverse effect on
IAS (Pre) 2002] South-West monsoon on India,
Identify the region having the above but La Nina has no effect on
(A) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (B) 1, 2 and 3 climatic pattern from amongst the
(C) 1, 2 and 4 (D) 3 and 4 monsoon climate.
following. [IAS (Pre) 2001]
27. Assertion (A): The Mediterra- Which of the statements given
(A) Mediterranean region above is/are correct?
nean regions have rainy winters. (B) Monsoon region [IAS (Pre) 2011]
Reason (R): During winter they (C) Steppe region
lie in the belt of the Westerlies. (A) Only 1
(D) North-West European region (B) Only 2
Select the correct answer from the 30. Which one of the following climates
code given below. (C) Both 1 and 2
are associated with the shifting of (D) Neither 1 nor 2
[Assam PSC (Pre) 2019 the pressure belts?
UPPCS (Mains) 2004] 34. Analyse the following statistical
1. Equatorial climate date of temperature and rainfall.
Code 2. Mediterranean climate
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and Month Tempera- Rainfall
3. Monsoon climate ture (0º C) (cm)
(R) is the correct explanation of 4. Western European climate
(A) January 6.7 14.0
Select the correct answer from the
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, February 6.7 13.2
code given below.
but (R) is not the correct March 7.2 11.4
[UPPCS (Mains) 2010]
explanation of (A) April 8.9 11.4
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false Code
(A) 1 and 2 May 11.1 8.1
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true
(B) 1 and 3 June 13.9 8.1
28. Assertion (A): The ports of
North-West Europe are open (C) 2 and 3 July 15.0 9.6
throughout the year. (D) 2 and 4 August 15.0 12.2
Reason (R): The South Westerly 31. Which one of the following is the September 13.9 10.4
winds blow over North-West correct sequence of the climatic October 11.1 14.4
Europe throughout the year. regions while going from Zaire to
November 8.9 14.0
Netherlands? [UPPCS (Pre) 2002]
Select the correct answer using the December 7.8 16.8
code given below. 1. Equatorial climate
2. Mediterranean climate The climate, to which this data is
[UPPCS (Mains) 2002]
related to, is [IAS (Pre) 1999]
Code 3. Hot desert climate
4. West European climate (A) St. Lawrence Type
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (B) China Type
(R) is the correct explanation of Code
(C) Western European Type
(A) (A) 1, 3, 2, 4 (B) 1, 4, 2, 3
(D) Mediterranean Type
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, (C) 2, 3, 4, 1 (D) 3, 2, 1, 4
35. Consider the following climatic
but (R) is not the correct 32. Match the correctly.
conditions (Northern Hemisphere).
explanation of (A) [48th to 52nd BPSC (Pre) 2008]
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false Months Tempera- Rainfall
List-I
ture (0º C) (cm)
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true (a) The hottest (b) The coldest
29. The temperature and rainfall J 3.9 4.7
(c) The wettest (d) The driest
record of a meterological station F 4.4 5.7
List-II
are given below. M 8.3 8.2
1. Chile 2. Cherrapunji
Months Tempera- Rainfall 3. Antarctica 4. Sahara A 14.4 9.2
ture (0º C) (cm) M 20.0 9.2
Code
J 9.4 12.2 J 23.3 17.7
(a) (b) (c) (d)
F 10.6 9.1 (A) 1 2 3 4 J 27.8 14.5
M 11.7 7.9 (B) 4 3 2 1 A 27.8 14.0
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S 22.3 12.7 36. The graph given below shows This graph is indicative of which
O 18.3 7.0 the mean average monthly one of the climatic zones of the
N 12.2 5.0 temperatures (in ºC) and mean world? [IAS (Pre) 1995]
monthly rainfall (in cm) of a place. (A) Wet and dry tropical
D 6.7 3.5
(B) Rainy tropical
These are most likely to be found in
the natural regions of (C) Semi-arid tropical
[West Bengal PSC (Pre) 2017 (D) Temperate marine
IAS (Pre) 1998]
(A) China Type
(B) Equatorial Type
(C) Hot desert type
(D) Monsoon type

Answer Sheet
1. (B) 2. (A) 3. (B) 4. (D) 5. (B) 6. (D) 7. (D) 8. (B) 9. (B) 10. (B)
11. (A) 12. (C) 13. (B) 14. (D) 15. (C) 16. (A) 17. (C) 18. (B) 19. (A) 20. (A)
21. (A) 22. (B) 23. (A) 24. (B) 25. (A) 26. (D) 27. (A) 28. (B) 29. (A) 30. (C)
31. (A) 32. (B) 33. (D) 34. (C) 35. (A) 36. (A)

45. Soil
1. The formal development of Ter- (A) Acidic soils List-I (Soils)
rarossa takes place in that part of (B) Cold soils (a) Podzol
land which consists of (C) Soil containing calcium (b) Chernozem
[39th BPSC (Pre) 1994] (D) Saline soils (c) Spodosols
(A) Limestone 6. Which of the following adds/add (d) Laterite
(B) Cynite nitrogen to the soil? List-II (Climate region)
(C) Granite 1. Excretion of urea by animals 1. Temperate cold steppe
(D) Sandstone 2. Burning of coal by man 2. Cold temperate
2. Soil leaching is a major problem 3. Death of vegetation 3. Hot and humid
[UPPCS (Pre) 1998] Select the correct answer using the 4. Humid cold temperate
(A) In tropical rainforests code given below. [IAS (Pre) 2013] Code
(B) In African savanna (A) Only 1 (a) (b) (c) (d)
(C) In mediterranean regions (B) Only 2 and 3 (A) 2 1 4 3
(D) In Australian Dawns (C) Only 1 and 3 (B) 3 4 2 1
3. Capillaries are most effective in (D) 1, 2 and 3 (C) 2 3 4 1
[53rd to 55th BPSC (Pre) 2011] 7. Contour bunding is a method of soil (D) 4 1 3 2
(A) Clayey soil conservation used in 9. Assertion (A): Earthworms are
(B) Silt soil [Arunachal Pradesh PSC (Pre) 2018 not good for agriculture.
(C) Sandy soil IAS (Pre) 2013]
Reason (R): Earthworms break
(D) Loamy soil (A) Desert margin, liable to strong down the soil into fine particles and
4. Conservation of soil is the process wind action make it soft. [Kerala PSC (Pre) 2013]
in which [Sikkim PSC (Pre) 2018 (B) Low flat plains, close to stream
Code
39th BPSC (Pre) 1994] courses, liable to flooding
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and
(A) Barren land is converted into (C) Scrublands, liable to spread to
(R) is the correct explanation of
fertile weed growth
(A)
(B) Soil is aerated (D) None of the above
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true,
(C) Soil is eroded 8. Match List-I with List-II and select but (R) is not the correct
(D) Soil is conserved from harm the correct answer using the code explanation of (A)
5. Halophytes grow well in given below the lists.
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
[MPPCS (Pre) 2014] [RAS/RTS (Re. Exam)(Pre) 2013]
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true

Answer Sheet
1. (A) 2. (A) 3. (A) 4. (D) 5. (D) 6. (C) 7. (D) 8. (A) 9. (D)
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46. Races andTribes

1. Which of the following is (A) Africa (B) Pigmy - Irawadi Basin
considered to be the most recent? (B) Asia (C) Bundu - Sahara
[RAS/RTS (Pre) 1994] (C) Australia (D) Bushman - Kalahari
(A) Heidelberg humans (D) South America 16. Eskimos are inhabitants of
(B) Cro-Magnon humans 10. In which of the following regions [44th BPSC (Pre) 2000]
(C) Pilt magnon humans are Pygmies found? (A) Canada (B) Mongolia
(D) Neanderthal humans [MPPCS (Pre) 2015] (C) Malaya (D) Sri Lanka
2. The first bird is believed to have (A) Sahara 17. The major island, where Eskimos
appeared on the surface of the (B) Kalahari live, is [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1993]
Earth [IAS (Pre) 1994] (C) Equatorial forest (A) New Guinea (B) Hawaii
(A) 300 million years ago (D) Pampas (C) Greenland (D) Iceland
(B) 200 million years ago 11. Among the four house types shown 18. In which dense tropical forest do
(C) 150 million years ago below, which one represents the the Semang tribe live?
(D) 100 million years ago house type of the Pygmies? [UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2002]
3. The most common areas of nomadic [IAS (Pre) 1993]
(A) Amezononia (B) Indonesia
herding are (C) Malaysia (D) Congo
[Jharkhand PCS (Pre) 2013] 19. Which one of the following pairs is
(A) Hot humid regions (A) not correctly matched?
(B) Cold humid regions [UPPCS (Mains) 2010]
(C) Rainy areas (A) Berber - Morocco
(D) Dry areas (B) Inuits - Canada
4. ‘Transhumance’ refers to (B)
(C) Semangs - Indonesia
[Jharkhand PCS (Pre) 2013] (D) Veddas - Sri Lanka
(A) Migration of animals in ranches 20. ‘Zulu’ is a tribe associated with
(B) Human migration in search of [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1999]
Job (C)
(A) New Zealand (B) South Africa
(C) Seasonal movement of people (C) Zimbabwe (D) Mexico
and their herds from valley to 21. Which one of the following is not
mountain and vice-versa correctly matched?
(D) Migration of nomads (D) [UPPCS (Pre) 1996]
5. Which continent is known as ‘the (A) Ainu - Japan
Cradle of Mankind’? (B) Bushman - Union of South
[RAS/RTS (Pre) 2012] 12. Which one of the following is not Africa
(A) Asia pastoral nomads? (C) Maasai - Kenya
(B) Africa [UPPCS (Pre) 2005]
(D) Papuans - New Guinea
(C) Europe (A) Pygmies (B) Kazaks
22. Which region of the World, would
(D) South America (C) Masai (D) Lapps you associate with ‘Bushman’?
6. Which racial group has the largest 13. Within biological communities, [UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2008]
number of members? some species are important in (A) East Africa
[Jharkhand PCS (Pre) 2011] determining the ability of a large
(B) Sahara Desert
(A) Negroid (B) Mongoloid number of other species to persist
in the community. Such species are (C) New Zealand
(C) Australoid (D) Caucasoid (D) Kalahari
7. The original home of the Gypsies called [IAS (Pre) 2000]
(A) Keystone species 23. Which one of the following is
was [IAS (Pre) 1995]
correctly matched?
(A) Egypt (B) Russia (B) Allopatric species
[UPPCS (Pre) 2008]
(C) India (D) Persia (C) Sympatric species
(D) Threatened species (A) Hemites - Uganda
8. The native African tribe ‘Pygmies’ (B) Semites - Malaysia
are found in which of the following 14. Which of the following is correctly
matched? [UPPCS (Pre) 2001] (C) Sakai - Sudan
river basins? [Goa PSC (Pre) 2019
(A) Eskimo - Canada (D) Bushman - Botswana
45th BPSC (Pre) 2001]
(B) Oraon - Japan 24. Which one of the following is not
(A) Niger
correctly matched?
(B) Congo (C) Lapps - India
[UPPCS (Spl)(Mains) 2004]
(C) Nile (D) Gonds - Africa
(A) Central Asia - Alpine
(D) Zambezi 15. Which of the following is correctly
(B) Congo basin - Negrito
9. Pigmies are inhabitants of matched? [Sikkim PSC (Pre) 2017
UPPCS (Mains) 2012] (C) Kalahari - Bushman
[42nd BPSC (Pre) 1997
(A) Eskimo - Amazon Basin (D) Scandinavia - Nordic
44th BPSC (Pre) 2000]
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25. Which of the following is not (C) Greenland (C) 3 4 2 1
correctly matched? (D) Iceland (D) 2 4 1 3
[UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2006] 31. To which of the following racial 34. Match List-I with List-II and select
(A) Kyrgyz - Central Asia groups the natives of North America the correct answer using the code
(B) Maasai - Western Africa belong? [UPPCS (Pre) 2015] given below the lists.
(C) Red Indians - North America (A) Austric (B) Caucasoid [UPPCS (Mains) 2014]
(D) Eskimos - Greenland (C) Mongoloid (D) Negroid List-I (Means in polar areas)
26. Which of the following pairs is not 32. Match List-I with List-II and select (a) Kayak (b) Inuit
correctly matched? the correct answer using the code (c) Umiak (d) Sledge
[UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2009] given below the lists. List-II (Function)
(A) Maori - New Zealand [UPPCS (Pre) 2016] 1. Boat for transport
(B) Maasai - Zambia List-I (Tribe) 2. Dog pulled vehicle
(C) Mayas - Guatemala (a) Khirghiz (b) Bushman 3. Narrow hunting boat
(D) Bushman - Kalahari (c) Ainu (d) Bedouin 4. Snow house
27. Which one of the following was List-II (Area) Code
part of the erstwhile Soviet Union 1. Japan 2. Arab (a) (b) (c) (d)
over which Kurdish population is 3. Central Asia 4. Kalahari (A) 3 4 1 2
spread? [IAS (Pre) 1993]
Code (B) 2 1 4 3
(A) Armenia (a) (b) (c) (d) (C) 1 2 3 4
(B) Azerbaijan (A) 3 1 4 2 (D) 4 3 2 1
(C) Georgia (B) 2 3 4 1 35. Match List-I with List-II and select
(D) Turkmenistan (C) 3 4 1 2 the correct answer using the code
28. The Inuit people are not found in (D) 1 2 3 4 given below the lists.
[UPPCS (Mains) 2009] [UPPCS (Mains) 2005]
33. Match List-I with List-II and select
(A) Alaska the correct answer using the code List-I (Tribe)
(B) Greenland given below the lists. (a) Bushman
(C) Canada [UPPCS (Pre) 2009] (b) Bedouins
(D) Sweden List-I (Tribe) (c) Pigmies
29. Which of the following pairs is not (a) Eskimo (d) Maasai
correctly matched? (b) Maasai List-II (Country)
[UPPCS (Pre) 2012
(c) Bedouins 1. Congo
UP UDA/LDA (Spl)(Pre) 2010]
(d) Bushman 2. Namibia
(A) Fulani - West Africa
List-II (Country) 3. Saudi Arabia
(B) Bantu - Sahara
1. Botswana 4. Kenya
(C) Maasai - East Africa
2. Saudi Arabia Code
(D) Nuba - Sudan
3. Canada (a) (b) (c) (d)
30. Which of the following region is
famous for ‘Lapps’ Tribe? 4. Kenya (A) 1 2 3 4
[UP UDA/LDA (Spl)(Mains) 2010] Code (B) 4 3 2 1
(A) Alaska (a) (b) (c) (d) (C) 2 3 1 4
(B) Scandinavia (A) 1 2 3 4 (D) 4 3 1 2
(B) 4 3 2 1

Answer Sheet
1. (B) 2. (C) 3. (D) 4. (C) 5. (B) 6. (D) 7. (C) 8. (B) 9. (A) 10. (C)
11. (A) 12. (A) 13. (A) 14. (A) 15. (D) 16. (A) 17. (C) 18. (C) 19. (C) 20. (B)
21. (B) 22. (D) 23. (D) 24. (B) 25. (B) 26. (B) 27. (A) 28. (B) 29. (B) 30. (B)
31. (C) 32. (C) 33. (C) 34. (A) 35. (C)

47. Languages
1. The most widely spoken language (A) Chile (A) Highest mountain of Latin
is [Jharkhand PCS (Pre) 2011] (B) Colombia America
(A) Chinese (B) English (C) Republic of Congo (B) Seaport city of Spain
(C) Bengali (D) Spanish (D) Cuba (C) The name of a game
2. For which one of the following 3. What is Esperanto? (D) An artificial language to serve
countries Spanish is not an official [Himachal Pradesh PSC (Pre) 2017 as world language
language? [IAS (Pre) 2005] 38th BPSC (Pre) 1992]
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4. The language spoken by the largest (A) Spanish, French, Portuguese
number of people in the world is and others
[IAS (Pre) 1999] (B) French, Spanish, Portuguese
(A) Hindi (B) English and others
(C) Mandarin (D) Spanish (C) French, Portuguese, Spanish
5. In which one of the following and English
countries is Tamil a major (D) Portuguese, French, Spanish
language? [IAS (Pre) 2005] and others
(A) Myanmar (B) Indonesia
(C) Mauritius (D) Singapore
6. Given below is a map of America. 1
The shaded (marked 1 and
2), dotted (marked 3) and the 2
plain areas (marked 4) indicate 3
respectively, the regions where the 4
languages spoken are
[IAS (Pre) 1994]

Answer Sheet
1. (A) 2. (C) 3. (D) 4. (C) 5. (D) 6. (C)

48. Agriculture
1. Which of the following countries (A) China (B) Philippines 14. Which of the following countries
has the largest area under rice (C) Japan (D) India is the largest producer exporter of
cultivation? [UPPCS (Mains) 2016] 8. World’s largest producer of sugar- castor-oilseeds?
(A) China (B) India cane is [UPPCS (Mains) 2008] [Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2010]
(C) Japan (D) Philippines (A) Brazil (B) China (A) France (B) India
2. The largest wheat producing (C) India (D) Indonesia (C) Japan (D) China
country in the world is 9. Which one of the following 15. The largest producer of bananas in
[Uttarakhand PCS (Mains) 2006] countries is the second largest the world is [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2003]
(A) United States of America producer of sugarcane in the (A) Columbia (B) Zimbabwe
(B) India world? [UPPCS (Mains) 2016] (C) Malaysia (D) India
(C) China (A) Brazil (B) Cuba 16. The largest producer of coconut in
(D) Canada (C) India (D) China the world is
3. The leading producer of both wheat 10. Two largest producers of beets in [UPPCS (Spl)(Mains) 2008]
and rice in the world is the world are [UPPCS (Mains) 2010] (A) Brazil (B) India
[UPPCS (Mains) 2006 (A) Belgium and China (C) Indonesia (D) Philistine
UP Lower Sub. (Spl)(Pre) 2004 17. What is the rank of India in the
(B) France and Russia
Uttarakhand UDA/LDA (Pre) 2003] world as a fruit producer?
(C) Germany and the U.S.A.
(A) China (B) India [UPPCS (Mains) 2016]
(D) Turkey and Ukraine
(C) U.S.A. (D) France (A) Third (B) Fourth
11. Which one of the following
4. India’s rank in rice production in countries produces sugar from (C) First (D) Second
the world is [UPPCS (Mains) 2016]
sugar-beets only? 18. Which country in the world is the
(A) First (B) Second [UPPCS (Mains) 2013] largest producer of tobacco?
(C) Third (D) Fourth (A) France (B) Ukraine [MPPCS (Pre) 2004]
5. Which of the following countries (C) Germany (D) Italy (A) China
has the highest productivity of 12. Which is the largest cotton seed (B) India
rice? [UPPCS (Mains) 2015]
producing country in the world? (C) Pakistan
(A) China (B) India [Jharkhand PCS (Pre) 2003] (D) Bangladesh
(C) Japan (D) Germany (A) China (B) Egypt 19. Which one of the following coun-
6. Cultivation of hybrid rice is most (C) USA (D) Russia tries exports highest percentage of
popular in [UPPCS (Mains) 2013]
13. Which of the following countries its sugar production?
(A) Japan (B) China has the highest per hectare [UPPCS (Mains) 2011]
(C) Korea (D) India production of cotton in the world? (A) India
7. The ‘Rice Gene Bank’ of the world is [UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2015] (B) Mauritius
situated in [Sikkim PSC (Pre) 2019 (A) Israel (B) Mexico (C) Mexico
UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2015] (C) Pakistan (D) Australia (D) China
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20. Two major producers of natural (A) Florida (B) California (A) Soil found in Coniferous forest
rubber in the world are (C) Hawaii (D) Arizona region
[UPPCS (Mains) 2006] 31. Which fruit is not Tropical? (B) Soil of arid region
(A) Brazil and Malaysia [UPPCS (Pre) 1990] (C) Very fertile alluvial soil
(B) Vietnam and India (A) Walnut (B) Coconut (D) None of the above
(C) China and Philippines (C) Apple (D) Cashewnut 42. ‘Mocha’ coffee is grown in
(D) Thailand and Indonesia 32. Large amount of labour is applied [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2010]
21. About one-third of the world’s on small-sized holdings under the (A) Iraq (B) Brazil
production of natural rubber comes system of [Jharkhand PCS (Pre) 2013] (C) Argentina (D) Yemen
from [UPPSC (GIC) 2010 (A) Mediterranean Farming 43. Which one of the following is not
UPPCS (Mains) 2005 (B) Oriental Farming
UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2001]
found in Tea?
(C) Commercial Farming [UP UDA/LDA (Spl)(Pre) 2010]
(A) India (B) Indonesia
(D) Commercial Horticulture (A) Theanine (B) Caffeine
(C) Malaysia (D) Thailand
33. A cropping system where crops are (C) Tannin (D) Morphine
22. The largest rubber cultivation is grown in the inter spaces between
done in [MPPCS (Pre) 2010]
44. Which one of the following is not a
rows of planted trees is called correct statement?
(A) India (B) China [UPPCS (Mains) 2007] [UP Lower Spl. (Pre) 2008]
(C) Indonesia (D) England (A) Relay cropping (A) Cocoa cultivation is popular in
23. Coffee cultivation in Sri Lanka was (B) Mixed cropping Ghana
abandoned because of the disease (C) Inter-cropping (B) Coffee is an important
[IAS (Pre) 1995] (D) Alley cropping plantation crop of Brazil
(A) Leaf blight (B) Leaf spot 34. ‘Monoculture’ is a distinct charac- (C) Sri Lanka is famous for the
(C) Leaf rust (D) Rot teristic of [UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2010] production of tea
24. Large coffee plantations in Brazil (A) Commercial grain-farming (D) Sugarcane is the major
are called [UPPCS (Pre) 2017] (B) Shifting cultivation plantation crop of Malaysia
(A) Estate (B) Estancias (C) Subsistence farming 45. Heroin is obtained from
(C) Kalkhozes (D) Fazendas (D) Organic farming [UPPCS (Mains) 2007]
25. The two leading producers of coffee 35. Which one of the following is not a (A) Hemp (B) Opium
in the world are type of shifting cultivation? (C) Tobacco (D) Betel nut
[UPPCS (Mains) 2009] [UPPCS (Mains) 2006, 2010] 46. In which of the following group of
(A) Brazil and Columbia (A) Jhooming (B) Fang countries maize is used as staple
(B) Brazil and Vietnam (C) Milpa (D) Fazenda food? [UPPCS (Mains) 2007]
(C) Mexico and India 36. ‘Taungya’ agriculture is practised (A) Western Europe
(D) Ethiopia and Mexico in [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1999] (B) Russia
26. The country at the top in terms (A) Myanmar (B) Japan (C) Middle Africa
of percentage of total coffee (C) New Zealand(D) Philippines (D) South-East Asia
production in the world is 37. Azolla-Anabaena Bio-fertilizer is 47. Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley,
[UPPCS (Pre) 2013] used for crop [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2008] renowned for vitreous and citrus
(A) Columbia (B) Brazil (A) Wheat (B) Rice fruit production in America, is
(C) India (D) Ethiopia (C) Mustard (D) Cotton located at [UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 1998]
27. Which one of the following 38. Which one of the following is used (A) California (B) Alaska
countries is the second largest as a bio-fertilizer? (C) Mexico (D) Columbia
exporter of coffee in the world? [Uttarakhand Lower Sub. (Pre) 2010] 48. In which one of the following
[UPPCS (Mains) 2016] (A) Neem (B) Azolla countries high yielding variety seed
(A) Indonesia (B) Columbia (C) Urea (D) Potassium were developed for the first time?
(C) Vietnam (D) Brazil 39. Blue Green Algae is used as bio- [Andhra Pradesh PSC (Pre) 2016
28. Robusta is a variety of ...... produced fertilizer to induce which of the UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2008]
in Africa. [Meghalaya PSC (Pre) 2019 following crop production? (A) Argentina (B) China
Jharkhand PCS (Pre) 2013] [UP UDA/LDA (Spl)(Pre) 2010] (C) Mexico (D) India
(A) Banana (B) Coffee (A) Wheat (B) Rice 49. Wood of which tree is used for cate-
(C) Tobacco (D) Cocoa (C) Gram (D) Mustard chu production? [Goa PSC (Pre) 2019
29. Which one of the following 40. ‘Alfalfa’ is [MPPCS (Pre) 2015] MPPCS (Pre) 1990]
countries is the largest exporter of (A) A kind of grass (A) Saal (B) Khair
tea in the world? [UPPCS (Pre) 2016 (B) A tribe (C) Babool (D) Saaja
MPPCS (Pre) 2005] 50. Peanuts are the main crop of
(C) An animal
(A) India (B) China [UPRO/ARO (Mains) 2013
(D) A town
(C) Kenya (D) Sri Lanka UPPCS (Pre) 2012]
41. What is Podzol?
30. Which of the following states of (A) Georgia (B) Gambia
[Assam PSC (Pre) 2018
U.S.A. grows coffee? (C) Ghana (D) Guatemala
Jharkhand PCS (Pre) 2003]
[UPPCS (Mains) 2015]
 World Geography 209
51. The native place of groundnut is (A) China (B) India Code
[UPPCS (Mains) 2010] (C) USA (D) Australia (a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) Australia (B) Brazil 61. The correct descending order of the (A) 3 1 4 2
(C) China (D) South Africa leading producers of milk is (B) 2 4 1 3
52. Most attractive, warmest and [UPPCS (Pre) 2011] (C) 3 4 2 1
lightest wool of the world (A) China, India, Russia, U.S.A. (D) 4 3 2 1
‘Shahtoosh’ is produced in (B) India, U.S.A., China, Russia 67. Match List-I with List-II and select
[39th BPSC (Pre) 1994] (C) U.S.A., India, China, Russia the correct answer using the code
(A) Nepal (B) Uzbekistan (D) India, China, U.S.A., Russia given below the lists.
(C) China (D) Bangladesh 62. Which one of the following [UPPSC (GIC) 2010]
53. Shahtoosh shawl is made from the countries ranks second in the List-I (Crop)
hairs of [UPPCS (Pre) 2006] production of Corn in the world? (a) Coffee (b) Rice
(A) Hangul (B) Chinkara [UPPCS (Mains) 2013] (c) Wheat (d) Tea
(C) Chiru (D) Merino (A) Brazil (B) Mexico List-II (Production zone)
54. Apiculture is the scientific method (C) Argentina (D) China 1. Yangzi Jiang basin
related to the production of 63. Which one of the following is called 2. Sao Paulo
[RAS/RTS (Pre) 1997] the ‘Sugar Bowl’ of the world? 3. Candy basin
(A) Honey (B) Silk [UPPCS (Mains) 2013, 2015]
4. Huang He basin
(C) Apple (D) Lac (A) Hawaii Islands
Code
55. Viticulture is known for the (B) Cuba
(a) (b) (c) (d)
production of [UPPSC (RI) 2014] (C) India
(A) 2 3 1 4
(A) Orange (B) Grapes (D) Philippines
(B) 2 1 4 3
(C) Apple (D) Saffron 64. Arrange the following countries in
(C) 4 2 1 3
56. Which of the following is nor the descending order of their wheat
production and select the correct (D) 3 1 4 2
correctly matched?
[UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2015] answer from the code given below. 68. Match List-I with List-II and select
[UPPCS (Spl)(Mains) 2008] the correct answer using the code
Cultivation Nomenclature given below the lists.
of cultivation 1. China 2. India
[Punjab PSC (Pre) 2018
(A) Flower’s - Floriculture 3. Russia 4. U.S.A.
UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2013]
Cultivation Code
List-I
(B) Crops - Agronomy (A) 1, 2, 3, 4 (B) 1, 2, 4, 3
(a) Cocoa (b) Coffee
Cultivation (C) 2, 3, 4, 1 (D) 4, 1, 2, 3
(c) Tea (d) Sugarcane
(C) Vegetable - Horticulture 65. Which of the following statements
Cultivation List-II
are correct? [UPPCS (Pre) 2000]
(D) Fruit - Pomology 1. Ivory Coast 2. Kenya
1. China is the largest producer of
Cultivation Tobacco in the world. 3. South Africa 4. Ghana
57. What is the rank of India in silk 2. USA is the largest producer of Code
production in the world? Jowar in the world. (a) (b) (c) (d)
[MPPCS (Pre) 2014] 3. Brazil is the largest producer of (A) 3 2 1 4
(A) First (B) Second Soyabean in the world. (B) 4 1 2 3
(C) Third (D) Fourth 4. Italy is the largest producer of (C) 1 4 3 2
58. Which one amongst the following raw silk in the world. (D) 2 3 4 1
has the largest livestock population Code 69. Match List-I with List-II and select
in the world? [IAS (Pre) 2008] (A) 1 and 2 (B) 2 and 3 the correct answer using the code
(A) Brazil (B) China (C) 3 and 4 (D) 1 and 4 given below the lists.
(C) India (D) USA 66. Match List-I with List-II and select [UPPCS (Pre) 2013
59. Which of the following has the correct answer using the code UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2010]
destroyed the image of ‘beef’ as a given below the lists. List-I (Crop)
safe and healthy food in Europe and [UPPCS (Mains) 2003] (a) Rubber (b) Coffee
America? [UPPCS (Mains) 2005] List-I (Crop) (c) Olive (d) Sugarcane
(A) Bird flu disease (a) Coffee List-II (Region/Country)
(B) Mad cow disease (b) Jute 1. Mauritius 2. Italy
(C) Methods used in Pig farming (c) Rice 3. Columbia 4. Malaysia
(D) Poultry practices (d) Wheat Code
60. The leading producer of milk in the List-II (Production zone) (a) (b) (c) (d)
world is [Jharkhand PCS (Pre) 2011 1. Prairies plains (A) 1 2 3 4
UPPSC (GIC) 2010
UPPCS (Spl)(Mains) 2008 2. Yangtze plains (B) 4 3 2 1
Uttarakhand UDA/LDA (Pre) 2003 3. Sao Paulo Plateau (C) 4 3 1 2
UPPCS (Mains) 2003] 4. Ganges delta (D) 3 4 2 1
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70. Match List-I with List-II and select has Nitrogen deficiency will show Code
the correct answer using the code symptoms like stunted growth and (A) 1 and 2 (B) 2 and 3
given below the lists. pale green and yellow leaves. (C) 3 and 4 (D) 1 and 4
[UPPCS (Pre) 2000] Reason (R): Nitrogen is responsi- 77. Which of the following countries
List-I ble for green leaf growth. are included in the ‘Golden
(Leading Producer Country) [MPPCS (Pre) 2008] Crescent’?
(a) China (b) India Code 1. Afghanistan 2. Iran
(c) Saudi Arabia (d) Thailand (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and 3. Iraq 4. Pakistan
List-II (Commodity) (R) is the correct explanation of Select the correct answer from the
1. Natural Rubber (A) code given below.
2. Milk (B) Both (A) and (R) are true, [UPPCS (Mains) 2007]
3. Iron-ore but (R) is not the correct (A) 1 and 2 (B) 3 and 4
4. Petroleum explanation of (A) (C) 1, 2 and 3 (D) 1, 2 and 4
Code (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false 78. Assertion (A): Commercial
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true Viticulture is specific to the
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 2 3 4 74. Consider the following organisms. Mediterranean Region of Europe.
(B) 4 3 2 1 1. Agaricus 2. Nostoc Reason (R): 85% of its grapes go
(C) 3 2 4 1 3. Spirogyra to wine making.
(D) 2 3 1 4 Which of the above is/are used as Select the correct answer from the
bio-fertilizer/fertilizers? code given below.
71. Consider the following statements
[IAS (Pre) 2013] [UPPCS (Mains) 2005]
associated with Plantation agricul-
ture and select the correct answer (A) 1 and 2 (B) Only 2 Code
using the code given below. (C) 2 and 3 (D) Only 3 (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and
[UPPCS (Pre) 1998] 75. Assertion (A): There are no tea (R) is the correct explanation of
1. Mostly Tropical plantations are plantation in any African country. (A)
located in lowlands. Reason (R): Tea plants need (B) Both (A) and (R) are true,
2. Tropical plantation are found fertile soil with high humus. but (R) is not the correct
in bunches along sea coast. [IAS (Pre) 2007] explanation of (A)
3. Favourable physical conditions Code (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
for Rubber plantation occurs (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true
in Amazon Basin but lacks (R) is the correct explanation of 79. Assertion (A): In Australia, cattle
workers. (A) rearing is done more for meat than
Code (B) Both (A) and (R) are true, for milk.
(A) 1 and 2 are correct but (R) is not the correct Reason (R): Australian are
(B) 2 and 3 are correct explanation of (A) traditionally non-vegetarians.
(C) 1 and 3 are correct (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false [Andhra Pradesh PSC (Pre) 2018
(D) All statements are correct (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true IAS (Pre) 2000]
72. Consider the following crops. 76. Under the international agreement Code
1. Coffee 2. Rubber on agriculture the Green Box (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and
3. Coconut 4. Spices includes economic assistance for (R) is the correct explanation of
Which of the above crops are 1. Agricultural Research (A)
plantation crops? 2. Fertilizer (B) Both (A) and (R) are true,
[UPPCS (Spl)(Mains) 2004] 3. Irrigation but (R) is not the correct
4. Plant Protection explanation of (A)
(A) 1 and 4 (B) 1, 2 and 3
Select the correct answer from the (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(C) 3 and 4 (D) 1, 2 and 4
code given below. (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true
73. Assertion (A): A plant which
[UPPCS (Mains) 2009]

Answer Sheet
1. (B) 2. (C) 3. (A) 4. (B) 5. (A) 6. (B) 7. (B) 8. (A) 9. (C) 10. (B)
11. (B) 12. (A) 13. (D) 14. (B) 15. (D) 16. (C) 17. (D) 18. (A) 19. (B) 20. (D)
21. (D) 22. (C) 23. (C) 24. (D) 25. (B) 26. (B) 27. (C) 28. (B) 29. (C) 30. (C)
31. (C) 32. (D) 33. (D) 34. (A) 35. (D) 36. (A) 37. (B) 38. (B) 39. (B) 40. (A)
41. (A) 42. (D) 43. (D) 44. (D) 45. (B) 46. (C) 47. (A) 48. (C) 49. (B) 50. (B)
51. (B) 52. (C) 53. (C) 54. (A) 55. (B) 56. (C) 57. (B) 58. (C) 59. (B) 60. (B)
61. (B) 62. (D) 63. (B) 64. (A) 65. (A) 66. (C) 67. (B) 68. (B) 69. (B) 70. (C)
71. (B) 72. (B) 73. (A) 74. (B) 75. (D) 76. (D) 77. (D) 78. (A) 79. (A)
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49. Minerals
1. ‘Donbass’ region is famous for world? [UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2013] (A) New South Wales
[UPPCS (Pre) 2007] (A) China (B) India (B) Northern Territory
(A) Iron-ore (B) Coal (C) Brazil (D) France (C) Queensland
(C) Copper-ore (D) Gold 11. Fourth position in the production of (D) Western Australia
2. Which of the following countries is iron-ore is of [UPPCS (Pre) 1991] 21. Johannesburg is famous for
the leading country in the reserve of (A) Phillippines (B) America [42nd BPSC (Pre) 1997]
Anthracite and Bituminous Coal? (C) Russia (D) India (A) Gold mining
[40th BPSC (Pre) 1995] (B) Tin mining
12. Which one is the second largest
(A) Nepal metal present in the Earth’s womb? (C) Mica mining
(B) China [Jharkhand PCS (Pre) 2011] (D) Iron-ore mining
(C) New Zealand (A) Iron (B) Aluminium 22. ‘Kalgoorlie’ situated in Australia is
(D) India (C) Copper (D) Zinc famous for [UPPCS (Pre) 1991]
3. Coal is an example of 13. Identify the correct sequence of the (A) Gold production
[Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2006] iron-ore producing countries of the (B) Good Climate
(A) Igneous world in their descending order. (C) Education
(B) Metamorphic rock [UPPCS (Mains) 2008] (D) Poultry
(C) Sedimentary (A) Australia, China, Brazil, Sweden 23. Which of the following activities is
(D) All of the above (B) Brazil, Sweden, Australia, China performed at Coolgardie?
4. Coal, Crude Oil and Natural gas are (C) China, Brazil, Sweden, Australia [60th to 62nd BPSC (Pre) 2016]
called (D) China, Australia, Brazil, India (A) Coal mining
[Uttarakhand PCS (Mains) 2002] 14. The first three leading producers of (B) Copper mining
(A) Crude Fuel iron-ore in the world are (C) Gold mining
(B) Traditional Fuel [UPPCS (Pre) 1997] (D) Forestry
(C) Natural Fuel (A) Australia, China, U.S.A. 24. Which of the following countries
(D) Fossil Fuel (B) China, Brazil, Australia is the largest exporter of gold to
5. More than half of the world’s (C) Russia, U.S.A., China India? [UPPCS (Mains) 2013]
production of coal come from (D) U.S.A., Russia, U.K. (A) Brazil (B) JAE
[UPPCS (Mains) 2006] 15. Among the Pig iron-producing (C) Switzerland (D) South Africa
(A) U.S.A. and Russia countries of Europe, France stands 25. The largest producer of Silver in the
(B) China and U.S.A. [UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2010, 2013] world is [UPPCS (Mains) 2011
(C) China and India (A) First (B) Second UPPCS (Pre) 1993]
(D) South Africa and Australia (C) Third (D) Fourth (A) Chile (B) China
6. The Ruhr basin is the famous 16. African country Zambia has prolific (C) Mexico (D) Peru
industrial region of copper reserves but economical 26. Mexico is the largest producer of
[UPPCS (Pre) 2010] progress has not been made in the [UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2014]
(A) China country, because of (A) Gold (B) Copper
(B) Germany [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1992]
(C) Zinc (D) Silver
(C) Japan (A) Dense Forests
27. Which one of the following does
(D) United Kingdom (B) Lack of means of transportation not contain silver? [IAS (Pre) 2007]
7. Which of the following countries is (C) No sea port (A) Horn Silver
the largest reservoir of coal? (D) Less population (B) German Silver
[MPPCS (Pre) 2010] 17. Japan is almost self-sufficient in (C) Ruby Silver
(A) Australia (B) China [UPPCS (Pre) 2014]
(D) Lunar Caustic
(C) America (D) Brazil (A) Bauxite (B) Iron-ore
28. Which of the following is different
8. The highest coal producing country (C) Copper (D) Mineral oil from the remaining three?
in the world is 18. Which of the following countries [MPPCS (Pre) 2008]
[53rd to 55th BPSC (Pre) 2011] has been the largest producer of (A) Haematite
(A) India (B) USA copper? [UPPCS (Pre)(Re. Exam) 2015
(B) Magnetite
(C) China (D) Russia UPPCS (Pre) 1996]
(C) Limonite
9. Rukwa lake region (Tanzania) is (A) Chile (B) China
(D) Bauxite
famous for which of the following (C) Peru (D) U.S.A.
29. Bauxite is the ore of
mineral? 19. The leading producer of copper in [MPPCS (Pre) 2014]
[UP UDA/LDA (Spl)(Mains) 2010] the world is [UPPCS (Pre) 1998]
(A) Iron
(A) Mica (B) Coal (A) Australia (B) Chile
(B) Zinc
(C) Iron-ore (D) Gold (C) India (D) U.S.A.
(C) Tin
10. Which one of the following is the 20. Coolgardie lies in the Australian
(D) Aluminium
largest producer of iron-ore in the province of [UPPCS (Pre) 2011]
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30. Maximum aluminium producing 39. World’s largest reserves of mineral 49. Which one of the following is a
country in the world is oil are in [UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2013 prominent Uranium producer?
[56th to 59th BPSC (Pre) 2015 UPPCS (Pre) 2012 [UPPCS (Pre) 2009
UPPCS (Pre) 1993] UP UDA/LDA (Mains) 2010] IAS (Pre) 2006]
(A) Germany (B) India (A) Venezuela (B) Iran (A) U.S.A. (B) Canada
(C) Iran (D) China (C) Saudi Arabia (D) Iraq (C) Germany (D) Zamabia
31. Tin is found [39th BPSC (Pre) 1994] 40. The largest petroleum reserves are 50. Which one of the following
found in [UPPCS (Mains) 2006] countries is credited with the
(A) in Placer deposits
(B) in Metamorphic rocks (A) Iraq (B) Iran establishment of ‘Uranium city’?
(C) in little silic Igneous rocks (C) Venezuela (D) U.S.A. [UPPCS (Mains) 2006]
(D) All of the above 41. Which one of the following (A) Australia (B) Canada
countries has the largest known (C) Russia (D) U.S.A.
32. The leading producer of Tin in the
reserves of oil? [UPPCS (Pre) 2002] 51. Radium is extracted from the mines
world is [UPPSC (GIC) 2010]
(A) Kuwait (B) Venezuela of [39th BPSC (Pre) 1994]
(A) China (B) Brazil
(C) Iraq (D) Nigeria (A) Limestone (B) Pitchblende
(C) Indonesia (D) Malaysia
42. Where is Ras Tanura Oil Refinery (C) Rutile (D) Haematite
33. The largest petroleum producer in
located? [MPPCS (Pre) 2017] 52. Which one of the following
the world is [UPPSC (GIC) 2010]
(A) Iran countries is known for very
(A) Kuwait (B) Iran
(B) United States of America important uranium-ore deposits?
(C) Saudi Arabia (D) Russia
(C) Saudi Arabia [Arunachal Pradesh PSC (Pre) 2019
34. The correct sequence of leading UPPCS (Pre) 2014]
(D) Iraq
producers of petroleum in the
Middle East in descending order is 43. Which country is the largest pro- (A) Canada (B) China
[UP Lower Sub. (Spl)(Pre) 2008] ducer and consumer of gasohol? (C) Australia (D) Zaire
[UPPCS (Mains) 2011] 53. Which one of the following is not
(A) Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia
(B) Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait (A) Brazil (B) Cuba correctly matched?
(C) India (D) U.S.A. [Orissa PSC (Pre) 2017
(C) Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Iran
44. In which of the following countries UPPCS (Mains) 2004]
(D) Saudi Arabia, Iran, Kuwait, Iraq
mineral oil was commercially (A) Donbas Basin - Coal
35. In relation to production of
drilled in 1857? (B) Mesabi Range - Copper
Petroleum the correct ascending
order of the countries is
[RAS/RTS (Pre) 2013] (C) Mosul - Petroleum
[UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 1998] (A) U.S.A. (B) Venezuela (D) Transvaal - Gold
(A) Iran, Iraq, Russia, U.S.A., Saudi (C) Indonesia (D) Romania 54. What is Baku famous for?
Arabia 45. Which crop group out of the [Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2010
(B) Iran, U.S.A., China, Saudi following contains crop/crops UPPCS (Pre) 1993]
Arabia that cannot be used for biofuel (A) Iron Industry
production? (B) Aircraft Industry
(C) Saudi Arabia, U.S.A., Iran,
[RAS/RTS (Re.Exam)(Pre) 2013] (C) Ship-building Industry
China
(D) U.S.A., Iran, China, Saudi (A) Sugarcane, Corn, Mustards (D) Petroleum
Arabia (B) Jatropha, Sugarcane, Palm 55. Natural camphor is obtained from
36. The three leading producers (C) Lentil, Sugarbeet, Wheat [Karnataka PSC (Pre) 2019
of petroleum in the world in (D) Soyabean, Corn, Rapeseed UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2014]
descending order are 46. Which of the following countries (A) high altitude rocks of
[UPPCS (Mains) 2008] is the biggest producer of Atomic Himalayan mountains
(A) Russia, Saudi Arabia, U.S.A. Minerals in the World? (B) foams of Angel Falls in
(B) U.S.A., Saudi Arabia, Iran [Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2006] Venezuela
(C) Saudi Arabia, Russia, U.S.A. (A) Russia (B) China (C) a tree native to China and
(D) Saudi Arabia, U.S.A., Russia (C) U.S.A. (D) Kazakhastan Japan
37. The largest producer of Petroleum 47. The largest reserves of Uranium are (D) sediments of tides of sea near
of South-East Asia is found in [UPPCS (Mains) 2009 Andaman
[UPPCS (Spl)(Mains) 2004] Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2005] 56. Which group of minerals represents
(A) Brunei (B) Indonesia (A) Canada (B) Australia non-ferrous metals?
(C) South Africa (D) Brazil [Sikkim PSC (Pre) 2016
(C) Malaysia (D) Myanmar
48. The leading producer of Uranium RAS/RTS (Re. Exam)(Pre) 2013]
38. Venezuela is a large
[Andhra Pradesh PSC (Pre) 2017 in the world is [Kerala PSC (Pre) 2019 (A) Nickel, Zinc, Copper,
RAS/RTS (Pre) 1993] UPPSC (GIC) 2010] Aluminium
(A) Australia (B) Nickel, Aluminium, Iron-ore,
(A) Banana producer
(B) Canada Zinc
(B) Zinc miner
(C) Kazakhastan (C) Copper, Pig iron, Nickel, Steel
(C) Heroin (Drug) producer
(D) India (D) Nickel, Carbon Steel,
(D) Petroleum production centre Aluminium, Zinc
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57. ‘Mesabi Range’ at international 66. The highest Copper producing Code
level is known for producing country in Africa is (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and
[Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2005] [UP UDA/LDA (Spl)(Pre) 2010] (R) is the correct explanation of
(A) Copper (B) Gold (A) South Africa (B) Zambia (A)
(C) Iron-ore (D) Uranium (C) Kenya (D) Tanzania (B) Both (A) and (R) are true,
58. Which one of the following pair is 67. Which of the following statements but (R) is not the correct
correctly matched? are correct? explanation of (A)
[UPPCS (Mains) 2007] 1. China is the leading coal (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
Mineral Producer producer of the World. (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true
(A) Copper - Arizona 2. Donetsk Basin is the major coal 71. Arrange the following countries
(B) Coal - Karatzas producing region in Ukraine. in their descending order of Gold
(C) Iron-ore - Rasatnoora 3. Saar Region is the major coal production.
(D) Petroleum - Donbas producing area in Germany. 1. Australia 2. China
59. Which one of the following pair is 4. The major coal mining areas of 3. Russia 4. U.S.A.
not correctly matched? the USA lie in the Appalachian Choose the correct answer using
[UPPCS (Mains) 2007]
Region. the code given below.
(A) Kimberley - Diamond Select the correct answer from the [UPPCS (Spl)(Pre) 2008]
code given below. Code
(B) Witwatersrand - Gold
[UPPCS (Pre) 1999]
(C) Katango - Copper (a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 and 2 (B) 2 and 3 (A) 1 2 3 4
(D) Saar - Iron-ore
(C) 1, 2 and 3 (D) All of these (B) 2 1 3 4
60. The leading producer of Titanium
68. Match List-I with List-II and select (C) 4 3 2 1
in the world is [UPPCS (Mains) 2009]
the correct answer using the code (D) 2 4 1 3
(A) India (B) China given below the lists.
(C) Russia (D) U.S.A. [UPPCS (Pre) 2013]
72. Which of the following statements is
61. Which one of the following true about petroleum production?
List-I (Coalfields) [UPPCS (Pre) 1998]
countries is the largest producer of
(a) Donetsk (b) Kuznetsk 1. 60% of world’s petroleum
Bauxite? [UPPCS (Pre) 2015
UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2013]
(c) Lancashire (d) Saar deposits are found in Middle
(A) Guinea (B) Australia List-II (Countries) East.
(C) India (D) Jamaica 1. Germany 2. U.K. 2. Petroleum reserve in Alaska is
62. The mineral which has earned fame 3. Russia 4. Ukraine certified equivalent to Texas.
to Chile is [Punjab PSC (Pre) 2019 Code 3. U.S.A. is a prominent producer
RAS/RTS (Pre) 2010] (a) (b) (c) (d) and importer for petroleum.
(A) Gold (B) Manganese (A) 1 2 3 4 Code
(C) Nitrate (D) Mineral oil (B) 4 3 2 1 (A) 1 and 2 are true
63. Which one of the following is not (C) 3 4 1 2 (B) 2 and 3 are true
correctly matched? (D) 1 3 2 4 (C) 1 and 3 are true
[UPPCS (Pre) 2013 69. Match List-I with List-II and select (D) All are true
UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2010] the correct answer using the code 73. In the context of global oil prices,
(A) China - Tin given below the lists. ‘Brent crude oil’ is frequently
(B) Brazil - Iron-ore [UP UDA/LDA (Spl)(Mains) 2010] referred to in the news. What does
(C) Mexico - Silver List-I (Iron-ore region) this term imply?
(D) Peru - Nitrate (a) Lorraine (b) Midland 1. It is a major classification of
64. Which of the following countries is (c) Kiruna (d) Kokshetau crude oil.
the largest producer of diamond? List-II (Concerned Country) 2. It is sourced from North Sea.
[UPPCS (Pre) 2012 1. Sweden 2. Kazakhstan 3. It does not contain sulphur.
UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2013] 3. U.K. 4. France Which of the statements given
(A) Australia (B) Venezuela above is/are correct?
Code
(C) Russia (D) Botswana [West Bengal PSC (Pre) 2016
(a) (b) (c) (d) IAS (Pre) 2011]
65. Commercial sources of energy (A) 4 2 3 1
purely consists of (A) Only 2 (B) 1 and 2
(B) 3 4 2 1 (C) 1 and 3 (D) 1, 2 and 3
[53rd to 55th BPSC (Pre) 2011]
(C) 4 3 1 2
(A) Power, coal, oil, gas, hydro- 74. Match List-I with List-II and select
(D) 1 2 3 4 the correct answer using the code
electricity and uranium
70. Statement (A): Chile is still a given below the lists.
(B) Coal, oil, firewood, vegetable
prominent copper producer in the [UPPSC (GIC) 2010]
waste and agricultural waste
world. List-I (Minerals)
(C) Power, coal, animal dung and
firewood Reason (R): Chile is endowed (a) Coal (b) Gold
(D) Coal, gas, oil and firewood with the largest deposits of
(c) Iron-ore (d) Mineral Oil
porphyry copper. [IAS (Pre) 1999]
214 Objective General Studies
List-II (Producing Region) 76. Match List-I with List-II and select Code
1. Highveld the correct answer using the code (a) (b) (c) (d)
2. Karaganda Basin given below the lists. (A) 2 4 3 1
3. San Joaquin Valley [UPPCS (Pre) 1999] (B) 2 3 4 1
4. Krivoi Rog List-I (C) 1 3 2 4
Code (a) Iron-ore (b) Petroleum (D) 3 1 4 2
(a) (b) (c) (d) (c) Copper (d) Uranium 78. Recently, there has been a concern
(A) 2 3 1 4 List-II over the short supply of a group of
(B) 2 1 4 3 1. Port Radium 2. Binghama elements called ‘rare Earth metals’.
(C) 3 2 4 1 3. Baku 4. Mesabi Why?
(D) 4 1 2 3 Code 1. China, which is the largest
75. Match List-I with List-II and select (a) (b) (c) (d) producer of these elements, has
the correct answer using the code (A) 4 3 2 1 imposed some restrictions on
given below the lists. their export.
(B) 3 4 1 2
[Telangana PSC (Pre) 2019 2. Other than China, Australia,
(C) 1 2 3 4
IAS (Pre) 2000] Canada and Chile, these
(D) 1 3 2 4 elements are not found in any
List-I (Minerals) 77. Match List-I with List-II and select country.
(a) Mineral Oil (b) Copper the correct answer using the code 3. Rare Earth metals are essential
(c) Manganese (d) Bauxite given below the lists. for the manufacture of various
List-II (Major Producer) [UPPCS (Mains) 2010] kinds of electronic items and
1. Zambia 2. Guyana List-I (Minerals) these is a growing demand for
3. Venezuela 4. Gabon (a) Copper (b) Diamond these elements.
Code (c) Gold (d) Silver Which of the statement(s) given
(a) (b) (c) (d) List-II (Important Centres) above is/are correct?
(A) 3 1 4 2 1. Butte [Assam PSC (Pre) 2016
2. Katanga IAS (Pre) 2012]
(B) 3 1 2 4
(C) 1 3 2 4 3. Kimberley (A) Only 1 (B) 2 and 3
(D) 1 3 4 2 4. Witwatersrand (C) 1 and 3 (D) 1, 2 and 3

Answer Sheet
1. (B) 2. (B) 3. (C) 4. (D) 5. (B) 6. (B) 7. (C) 8. (C) 9. (B) 10. (A)
11. (D) 12. (A) 13. (D) 14. (B) 15. (D) 16. (C) 17. (C) 18. (A) 19. (B) 20. (D)
21. (A) 22. (A) 23. (C) 24. (C) 25. (C) 26. (D) 27. (B) 28. (D) 29. (D) 30. (D)
31. (A) 32. (A) 33. (C) 34. (B) 35. (A) 36. (D) 37. (B) 38. (D) 39. (A) 40. (C)
41. (B) 42. (C) 43. (D) 44. (D) 45. (C) 46. (D) 47. (B) 48. (C) 49. (B) 50. (B)
51. (B) 52. (C) 53. (B) 54. (D) 55. (C) 56. (A) 57. (C) 58. (A) 59. (D) 60. (B)
61. (B) 62. (C) 63. (B) 64. (C) 65. (A) 66. (B) 67. (D) 68. (B) 69. (C) 70. (B)
71. (B) 72. (D) 73. (B) 74. (B) 75. (A) 76. (A) 77. (B) 78. (C)

50. City and Industries

1. Which of the following cities is (A) Osaka - Textile Industry 5. Which one of the following is not
known as the oil capital of Europe? (B) Yokohama - Ship building correctly matched?
[UPPCS (Pre) 2017] [Andhra Pradesh PSC (Pre) 2018
(C) Pitsburg - Iron and Steel
(A) Belfast (B) Aberdeen UPPCS (Pre) 2005]
(D) Houston - Automobile
(C) Leeds (D) Liverpool (A) Anshan - Iron and Steel
4. Which of the given is not correctly
2. Which of the following is not cor- (B) Detroit - Automobiles
matched? [Assam PSC (Pre) 2017
rectly matched? [UPPCS (Pre) 1998] UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2001]
(C) Moscow - Ship building
(A) Detroit - Automobiles (D) Osaka - Textiles
(A) Anshan - Iron and Steel
(B) Magnitrogorsk - Iron and Steel 6. Which city is an important centre
(B) Detroit - Automobile for cotton textile industry?
(C) Johannesburg - Gold Mining
(C) Chelyabinsk - Ship building [UPPCS (Pre) 1990]
(D) Birmingham - Ship building
industry (A) Sheffield
3. Which one of the following is not
correctly matched? (D) Milan - Silk textile (B) Bern
[Tamil Nadu PSC (Pre) 2017
industry (C) Osaka
UPPSC (GIC) 2010] (D) Johannesburg
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7. Which one of the following is not (A) Japan does have abundant (C) Chemical - Texas
matched properly? minerals (D) Motor Car - Nagoya
[UPPCS (Pre) 1996] (B) It has abundant bio-energy 23. Match List-I with List-II and select
(A) Detroit - Motorcar resources the correct answer using the code
(B) Hawana - Cigar (C) Industrial revolution was given below the lists.
(C) Sheffield - Cutlery started here [UPPCS (Pre) 2011]
(D) Venice - Ship building (D) Japan has high technology List-I (Iron-Steel Centre)
8. Which one of the following is not 16. Which one of the following pairs is (a) Hamilton (b) Birmingham
correctly matched? not correct? [UPPCS (Mains) 2013] (c) Essen (d) Anshan
[UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2016] (A) Ruhr Industrial Region - List-II (Country)
Ship building State Germany 1. China 2. Canada
Centre (U.S.A.) (B) Flanders Industrial Region - 3. U.K. 4. Germany
(A) Houston - Texas Belgium and France
Code
(B) Sparrows Point - Maryland (C) Scotland Industrial Region -
Sweden (a) (b) (c) (d)
(C) New Orleans - Louisiana (A) 4 3 1 2
(D) Camden - Florida (D) New England Industrial Region
- U.S.A. (B) 2 1 4 3
9. Which one of the following pairs is (C) 2 3 4 1
not correctly matched? 17. Which woody raw material is used
for making of paper pulp? (D) 3 4 2 1
[Mizoram PSC (Pre) 2018
[RAS/RTS (Pre) 2013] 24. Match List-I with List-II and select
UPPCS (Mains) 2013]
(A) Peparin (B) Poplar the correct answer using the code
(A) Cleveland - Iron and Steel given below the lists.
(B) Detroit - Motor Vehicle (C) Bagasse (D) Rice straw
[UPPCS (Mains) 2005
(C) Mesabi Range - Coalfield 18. Which country has market
UPPCS (Pre) 2005]
(D) Philadelphia - Ship Building based locations of iron and steel
industries? [UP UDA/LDA(Pre) 2010 List-I (Centre)
10. Which one is the biggest wool (a) Pittsburg (b) Shanghai
UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2013]
producing country in the world? (c) Dundee (d) Leningrad
[Telangana PSC (Pre) 2018
(A) China (B) India
(C) Japan (D) U.K. List-II (Industry)
UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2013]
19. Which one of the following 1. Ship building
(A) China (B) U.S.A.
countries has a market based steel 2. Iron and Steel
(C) Australia (D) U.K.
industry? [UPPSC (RI) 2014] 3. Cotton Textile
11. Which of following wool producing
centre belongs to Germany? (A) Germany (B) England 4. Jute Textile
[UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2013] (C) India (D) Japan Code
(A) Saint Petersburg 20. Which one of the following is not (a) (b) (c) (d)
(B) Wuppertal true?[UP UDA/LDA (Spl)(Mains) 2010] (A) 1 2 3 4
(C) Bradford (A) Osaka is known as Manchester (B) 4 3 2 1
(D) Prato of the East (C) 2 3 4 1
(B) Most of the iron and steel (D) 4 3 1 2
12. The leading producer of cotton
industry in Japan are located at 25. Match List-I with List-II and select
textiles in the world is
Southern Coastal region the correct answer using the code
[UPPCS (Mains) 2005]
(C) Northern Kyushu of Japan given below the lists.
(A) China (B) India
is known for cotton textile [Andhra Pradesh PSC (Pre) 2018
(C) U.S.A. (D) Russia industry UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2010]
13. Which one of the following is an (D) South Korea is a leading
example of ‘Footloose’ industry? List-I (Centres)
country in Eastern Asia for ship (a) Nagoya
[UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2013] building industry
(A) Oil Refinery (B) Sugar (b) Salem
21. Which of the following is the largest
(C) Software (D) Aluminium (c) Los Angeles
metal trading centre?
14. For the location of which one [Arunachal Pradesh PSC (Pre) 2016
(d) Abadan
of the following industries, the 56th to 59th BPSC (Pre) 2015] List-II (Industries)
availability of raw material is not (A) Johannesburg 1. Iron and Steel
the primary consideration? (B) New York 2. Aircraft
[UPPCS (Pre) 2015] 3. Cotton Textiles
(C) London
(A) Iron and Steel (D) Singapore 4. Oil Refinery
(B) Sugar 22. Which one of the following is not Code
(C) Electronics correctly matched? (a) (b) (c) (d)
(D) Cement [UPPSC (Pre)(Re. Exam) 2015] (A) 2 3 4 1
15. Japan in one of the leading Industry Location (B) 4 2 3 1
industrial country in the world (A) Paper - Ontario (C) 1 4 2 3
because [UP Lower Sub. (Mains) 2008] (D) 3 1 2 4
(B) Cotton Textiles - Detroit
216 Objective General Studies
26. Match List-I with List-II and select List-I (Coalfields) the correct answer using the code
the correct answer using the code (a) Kuzbas given below the lists.
given below the lists. (b) Red Basin [RAS/RTS (Pre) 2016]
[UP Lower Sub. (Spl)(Pre) 2002] (c) Bristol List-I (Industrial Regions)
List-I (Cities) (d) New South Wales (a) Lancashire Region
(a) Anshan (b) Detroit List-II (Location) (b) Ruhr Region
(c) Hawana (d) Nagoya 1. United Kingdom (c) Keihin Region
List-II (Industry) 2. Russia (d) Southern Appalachian
1. Cotton Textile 2. Cigar 3. Australia List-II (Country)
3. Automobile 4. Iron and Steel 4. China 1. United States of America
Code Code 2. Germany
(a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d) 3. United Kingdom
(A) 1 2 3 4 (A) 1 3 2 4 4. Japan
(B) 4 3 2 1 (B) 2 4 1 3 Code
(C) 3 4 1 2 (C) 3 2 4 1 (a) (b) (c) (d)
(D) 2 4 1 3 (D) 4 3 1 2 (A) 3 2 1 4
27. Match List-I with List-II and select 29. Match List-I with List-II and select (B) 3 4 2 1
the correct answer using the code the correct answer using the code (C) 1 2 3 4
given below the lists. given below the lists. (D) 3 2 4 1
[UPPCS (Mains) 2005] [UPPCS (Pre) 2016] 31. With reference to the usefulness of
List-I (Centre) List-I (Industrial Region) the by-products of Sugar industry,
(a) Anshan (b) Glasgow (a) Kinki which of the following statement
(c) Ottawa (d) Sheffield (b) Canton is/are correct?
List-II (Industry) (c) Lorraine 1. Bagasse can be used as biomass
1. Cutlery 2. Paper (d) Belo Horizonte fuel for the generation of
3. Ship building 4. Iron and Steel List-II (Country) energy.
Code 2. Molasses can be used as
1. China 2. Japan
one of the feedstocks for
(a) (b) (c) (d) 3. Brazil 4. France the production of synthetic
(A) 1 2 3 4 Code chemical fertilizers.
(B) 4 3 2 1 (a) (b) (c) (d) 3. Molasses can be used for the
(C) 3 4 1 2 (A) 2 1 4 3 production of ethanol.
(D) 2 3 1 4 (B) 2 1 3 4 Select correct answer using the
28. Match List-I with List-II and select (C) 3 2 1 4 codes given below. [IAS (Pre) 2013]
the correct answer using the code (D) 4 3 2 1 (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 and 3
given below the lists. 30. Match List-I with List-II and select (C) Only 1 and 3 (D) 1, 2 and 3
[UPPCS (Mains) 2013]

Answer Sheet
1. (B) 2. (D) 3. (D) 4. (C) 5. (C) 6. (C) 7. (D) 8. (D) 9. (C) 10. (A)
11. (B) 12. (A) 13. (C) 14. (C) 15. (D) 16. (C) 17. (B) 18. (C) 19. (D) 20. (C)
21. (C) 22. (B) 23. (C) 24. (C) 25. (D) 26. (B) 27. (B) 28. (B) 29. (A) 30. (D)
31. (C)

51. Transport
1. Which of the following is busiest (A) Cape of Good Hope ‘Lufthansa’? [MPPCS (Spl)(Pre) 2004]
sea route of the world? (B) Panama Canal (A) Germany (B) France
[Maharashtra PSC (Pre) 2019 (C) Suez Canal (C) Yugoslavia (D) Spain
UPPCS (Pre) 1998] (D) North Atlantic 5. The correct sequence in descending
(A) Indian Ocean 3. The shortest air-route from Perth to order of the given countries in
(B) North Atlantic Ocean London is [Karnataka PSC (Pre) 2016 terms of railway length in the world
(C) South Atlantic Ocean IAS (Pre) 1994] is [UPPCS (Pre) 2014
(D) Pacific Ocean (A) Perth, Bombay, Rome, London UPPCS (Spl)(Mains) 2008]
2. Which one of the following is the (B) Perth, Ankara, Paris, London (A) India, U.S.A., Germany, Canada
busiest ocean trade route? (C) Perth, Aden, Paris, London (B) Canada, Germany, U.S.A., India
[Assam PSC (Pre) 2016 (D) Perth, Mombasa, Rome, London (C) U.S.A., Russia, China, India
UPPCS (Pre) 2014] (D) Germany, U.S.A., Canada, India
4. Which country’s airlines is
 World Geography 217
6. The Canadian Pacific Railway runs In the context of above statements, List-II
between [West Bengal PSC (Pre) 2019 which of the following is correct? 1. Paris to Istanbul
Jharkhand PCS (Pre) 2013] [UPPCS (Pre) 2003 2. Leningrad to Vladivostok
(A) Edmonton and Halifax UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2002] 3. Leningrad to Volgograd
(B) Montreal and Vancouver Code 4. Buenos Aires to Valparaiso
(C) Ottawa and Prince Rupert (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and 5. Paris to Warsaw
(D) Halifax and Vancouver (R) is the correct explanation of Code
7. Euro tunnel for fast running trains (A)
(a) (b) (c) (d)
joins [Assam PSC (Pre) 2019 (B) Both (A) and (R) are true,
(A) 5 4 2 1
RAS/RTS (Pre) 1997] but (R) is not the correct
explanation of (A) (B) 1 4 3 2
(A) Holland - England (C) 5 1 2 3
(B) England - France (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true (D) 1 2 3 4
(C) Belgium - Holland 14. The given map shows location of
(D) France - Luxembourg 12. During a flight from Delhi to Tokyo
the following are the landing airports labelled as 1, 2, 3, 4 and
8. The longest rock tunnel of the 5. What is the correct sequence of
world is located in airports.
the airports in which the hijacked
[UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2013] 1. Hong Kong 2. Hanoi Indian Airlines plane IC-814
(A) Finland (B) New York 3. Taipei 4. Bangkok landed after its initial take off from
(C) Japan (D) Sweden The correct sequence of the landing Kathmandu in December 1999?
9. Rail-road tunnel Seikan is in at these airports during an onward [IAS (Pre) 2000]
[UPPCS (Mains) 2012]
journey is [IAS (Pre) 1997]
(A) China (B) South Korea (A) 1, 2, 3, 4 (B) 4, 2, 1, 3
(C) Japan (D) Malaysia (C) 3, 4, 1, 2 (D) 4, 1, 2, 3
13. Match List-I with List-II and select 3 5
10. Which country has the world’s 1 4
longest network of bullet train? the correct answer using the code
2
[Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2016]
given below the lists. [IAS (Pre) 1995
47th BPSC (Pre) 2005]
(A) Russia (B) Japan
(C) U.S.A. (D) China List-I
11. Assertion (A): North Atlantic sea (a) European trans-Continental
route is the busiest sea route in the railway
world. (b) Trans-Andean railway
(c) Trans-Siberian railway (A) 3, 1, 2, 4 (B) 2, 4, 1, 3
Reason (R): It connects two (C) 5, 4, 2, 3 (D) 5, 1, 3, 2
major industrial zones of the world. (d) Orient Express

Answer Sheet
1. (B) 2. (D) 3. (A) 4. (A) 5. (C) 6. (B) 7. (B) 8. (B) 9. (C) 10. (D)
11. (A) 12. (B) 13. (A) 14. (C)

52. Ports and Harbours

1. Which one of the following has the 4. Which one of the following is not a 8. Which one of the following is
largest harbour in the world? sea port city? [40th BPSC (Pre) 1995] known as the ‘Coffee Port’ of the
[Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2005, 2006] (A) Tokyo (B) Canberra world? [MPPCS (Pre) 2015
(A) London (B) Colombo (C) New York (D) London IAS (Pre) 2000]
(C) Shanghai (D) New York 5. Which one of the following is now (A) Sao Paulo
2. World’s busiest sea port by cargo the biggest port of the world? (B) Santos
tonnage is [UPPCS (Spl)(Mains) 2004] (C) Rio-de-Janeiro
[UP UDA/LDA (Mains) 2010] (A) Cape Town (B) New York (D) Buenos Aires
(A) Busan (B) Rotterdam (C) Shanghai (D) Tokyo 9. In terms of the monetary value, the
(C) Singapore (D) Shanghai 6. Alexandria is a port in largest ship-builder of the world is
3. Which of the following is the busiest [UPPCS (Mains) 2007] [UP UDA/LDA (Mains) 2010]
port of Japan? (A) Egypt (B) Israel (A) China (B) Japan
[Arunachal Pradesh PSC (Pre) 2016 (C) Jordan (D) Libya (C) South Korea (D) U.S.A.
UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2015] 10. In which country, Port Gwadar is
7. Port diamond is located in
(A) Yakohama [UPPSC (GIC) 2010] located? [Haryana PSC (Pre) 2019
(B) Hiroshima (A) Australia (B) Sri Lanka Jharkhand PCS (Pre) 2013]
(C) Hitachi (C) South Africa (D) Zaira (A) Iran (B) Pakistan
(D) Kagoshima (C) India (D) Sri Lanka
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11. Which of the following is not Ports Country (B) Igarka - China
correctly matched? (A) Rotterdam - The Netherland (C) Montevideo - Uruguay
[UPPCS (Pre) 2016] (D) Jakarta - Indonesia
Answer Sheet
1. (C) 2. (D) 3. (A) 4. (B) 5. (C) 6. (A) 7. (C) 8. (B) 9. (C) 10. (B)
11. (B)

53. Mapping
1. Isobaths are used to show (C) Chorochromatic map The map shows the sea voyage
[Chhattisgarh PCS (Pre) 2003] (D) Choroschematic map route followed by [IAS (Pre) 1994]
(A) Rainfall (B) Pressure 4. Consider the map given below. (A) Thomas Cook
(C) Time (D) Depth (B) Ferdinand Magellan
2. What is most accurate method of (C) John Cabot
representing relief features? (D) Vasco-de-Gama
[Jharkhand PCS (Pre) 2013] 5. Isogonic lines are
(A) Contours [UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 1998]
(B) Hachures (A) Same atmospheric pressure
(C) Layer colouring lines
(D) Hill shading (B) Same temperature lines
3. Daily weather map showing isobars (C) Same salinity lines
is an example of [IAS (Pre) 1997] (D) Same magnetic declination line
(A) Choropleth map
(B) Isopleth map

Answer Sheet
1. (D) 2. (A) 3. (B) 4. (B) 5. (D)

54. Miscellaneous
1. The concept of Neo-Determination 5. Which one of the following 8. Where was the first nuclear power
in Geography was advanced by statements is not correct? station established in the world?
[UPPCS (Pre) 1994] [Arunachal Pradesh PSC (Pre) 2019 [Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2002]
(A) Miss Semple (B) G. Taylor UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 2013] (A) Britain (B) Germany
(C) Ratzel (D) Huntington (A) The country which does not (C) Russia (D) U.S.A.
2. In their book ‘Introducing Cultural belong to group of BALKANS is 9. Which one of the following pairs is
Geography’, J.E. Spencer and W.L. Bosnia not correctly matched?
Thomas has divided the world into (B) North-Eastern part of [IAS (Pre) 2005]
how many Cultural Worlds? Australia is not affected by (A) Seikan Rail Tunnel - China
[UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2016] Mediterranean climate (B) Petronas Towers - Malaysia
(A) 9 (B) 10 (C) The Nova Scotia Coalfield lies (C) Appalachian Trail - USA
(C) 11 (D) 12 in Canada
(D) Rogun Dam - Tajikistan
3. The most important fishing (D) At present China is the country
10. Peneplain is related to
grounds of the world are found in in the world which is the largest
[Karnataka PSC (Pre) 2018
the regions where [IAS (Pre) 2013] producer of cotton
MPPCS (Pre) 2017]
(A) Warm and cold atmospheric 6. The line joining the areas having
(A) Wind
currents meet the same rainfall is called
[Tripura PSC (Pre) 2016 (B) Underground water
(B) Rivers drain out large amounts (C) Glacier
of fresh water into the sea MPPCS (Pre) 2015]
(A) Isobar (B) Isohyet (D) River
(C) Warm and cold oceanic
currents meet (C) Isotherm (D) Isohaline 11. The Bermuda Triangle lies in
[UPPCS (Mains) 2008
(D) Continental shelf is undulating 7. Which one of the following is UPPCS (Pre) 2003, 2001
4. Grand bank is located at correctly matched? UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2002]
[UP UDA/LDA (Spl)(Mains) 2010] [UPPCS (Mains) 2002]
(A) North Atlantic Ocean
(A) Western coast of North America (A) Paraguay - Pampas (B) South Atlantic Ocean
(B) Western Europe coast (B) U.S.A. - Manitoba (C) North Pacific Ocean
(C) Eastern coast of North America (C) Morocco - Atlas mountains (D) South Pacific Ocean
(D) Eastern coast of Africa (D) Australia - Kimberley
 World Geography 219
12. Where is the Satellite launch centre 21. South-East Asia has captured the (A) India (B) Japan
of USA? [UPPCS (Pre) 1991] attention of global community (C) China (D) France
(A) Alamos over space and time as a geo- 31. The Chernobyl nuclear disaster
(B) Los Angles strategically significant region. occurred in [UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2013]
(C) Cape Verde Which among the following is the (A) France (B) Japan
(D) Cape Kennedy most convincing explanation for (C) Ukraine (D) Germany
13. The satellites of which one of the this global perspective? 32. Which one of the following is the
[IAS (Pre) 2011]
following countries have helped in correct sequence of the countries in
the preparation of a detailed and (A) It was the hot theatre during descending order of their nuclear
complete map of Antarctica? the second world war power capacity?
[IAS (Pre) 1998] (B) Its location between the Asian [UPPCS (Mains) 2014]
(A) Canada (B) France powers of China and India (A) Russia, Japan, China, France
(C) Russia (D) U.S.A. (C) It was the arena of superpower (B) France, Russia, Japan, China
14. The largest producer of wine in the confrontation during the cold (C) Japan, Russia, France, China
world is [UP UDA/LDA (Mains) 2010] war period
(D) USA, France, Japan, Russia
(D) Its location between the Pacific
(A) France 33. The name of which of the following
and Indian oceans and its pre-
(B) Italy eminent maritime character countries closely means ‘country of
(C) Spain 40 tribes’?
22. A visa is required for Kailasha [UPPCS (Pre)(Re. Exam) 2015]
(D) United States of America Mansarovar pilgrimage because it
15. The age of the tree can be is located in (A) Kazakhstan (B) Kyrgyzstan
determined from the [Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2010] (C) Tajikistan (D) Uzbekistan
[UPPCS (Pre) 2006] (A) Nepal (B) Chinese Tibet 34. Which pair amongst the following
(A) Counting of leaves on the tree (C) Bhutan (D) Sikkim is not correctly matched?
(B) Counting the number of rings [UPPCS (Pre) 2015]
23. In which of the following seasons
on its stem the Christmas is celebrated in (A) The queen of Adriatic sea -
(C) Counting the branches on the Australia? Rome
tree [Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2010] (B) Lorraine Coalfields - France
(D) Measurement of its height (A) Winter (B) Summer (C) West Midlands - Birmingham
16. Where is the Copacabana Beach (C) Spring (D) Autumn (D) Tula - Russia
located? [IAS (Pre) 2007]
24. Which country has the status of only 35. Consider the following pairs.
(A) Buenos Aires ‘Dialogue Partner in the ASEAN’? Community Country
(B) Hawaiian Islands [Chhattisgarh PCS (Pre) 2011] 1. Kurd - Bangladesh
(C) Rio-de-Janeiro (A) Vietnam (B) Cambodia 2. Madhesi - Nepal
(D) Valletta (C) Singapore (D) India 3. Rohingya - Myanmar
17. The World’s highest ground based 25. Which one of the following country Which of the pairs given above is/
telescopic observatory is located in is not a member of the OPEC? are matched? [IAS (Pre) 2016]
[UPPCS (Pre) 2006] [UP UDA/LDA (Pre) 2002] (A) 1 and 2 (B) Only 2
(A) Columbia (B) India (A) Algeria (B) China (C) 2 and 3 (D) Only 3
(C) Nepal (D) Switzerland (C) Indonesia (D) U.A.E. 36. Consider the following statements
18. The headquarters of the European 26. The headquarter of SAARC is and select the correct answer from
Union is located at [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1996] the code given below.
[UPPCS (Mains) 2010, 2011] (A) Kathmandu (B) New Delhi [Tamil Nadu PSC (Pre) 2018
(A) Brussels (B) Helsinki (C) Islamabad (D) Dhaka UPPCS (Pre) 2005]
(C) Paris (D) Rome 27. Where is ‘The leaning tower of Pisa’ 1. Cuba is known as the ‘sugar
19. The headquarter of the Internation- located? [MPPCS (Pre) 1995] bowl’ of the world.
al Maritime Organization is located (A) Italy (B) France 2. Hong Kong is special Adminis-
at [UPPCS (Mains) 2016] trative Region of China.
(C) Switzerland (D) Spain
(A) London (B) Geneva 3. U.S.A. is the leading producer
28. Where is Elysee Palace?
(C) Paris (D) Rome of milk in the world.
[MPPCS (Pre) 1995]
20. Which of the following is not 4. Australia is a Federal State.
(A) Germany (B) France
correctly matched? Code
[UPPCS (Mains) 2002]
(C) Italy (D) Spain
(A) Only 1 and 2
(A) International Red Cross Society 29. Which is the tallest among flyer
birds? [Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2002] (B) Only 1, 2 and 3
- Geneva (C) Only 2, 3 and 4
(B) International Court of Justice - (A) Crane (B) Heron
(D) Only 1, 2 and 4
The Heg (C) Ostrich (D) Peacock
37. Consider the following statements.
(C) European Economic 30. Which country has the largest
Community - Brussels number of Post Offices? 1. Length of a terrestrial mile is
[Karnataka PSC (Pre) 2018 lesser than that of a nautical
(D) Food and Agricultural
Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2006] mile.
Organisation - New York
220 Objective General Studies
2. Harmattan is a dusty land-wind Code 2. India wants to plug the vacuum
of the East African Coast. (a) (b) (c) (d) created by the termination of
3. Greece and Albania form a part (A) 1 2 4 3 Cold War.
of the Iberian peninsula. (B) 1 4 2 3 3. India wants to restore the
Which of the statement(s) given (C) 3 2 4 1 historical and cultural ties with
above is/are correct? (D) 3 4 2 1 its neighbours in South-East
[IAS (Pre) 2006] and East Asia.
40. Bermuda Triangle extends up to
(A) 1, 2 and 3 (B) Only 2 and 3 which of the following places? Which of the statements given
(C) Only 3 (D) Only 1 above is/are correct?
1. Southern Florida [IAS (Pre) 2011]
38. Match List-I with List-II and select 2. Puerto Rico
the correct answer using the code (A) Only 1 (B) 1 and 3
3. Hawaii Islands
given below the lists. (C) Only 3 (D) 1, 2 and 3
Select the correct answer using the
[Chhattisgarh PCS (Pre) 2008] 43. Arrange the following countries
code given below. [IAS (Pre) 2006]
List-I in the descending order of their
(A) 1, 2 and 3 (B) Only 1 and 2 number of nuclear power plants
(a) Pole star (b) Earth (C) Only 2 and 3 (D) Only 1 and 3
(c) Greenland (d) Explosion and select the correct answer from
41. Match List-I with List-II and select the code given below.
List-II the correct answer using the code [UPPCS (Pre) 2013]
1. Gravitation given below the lists. 1. France
2. Sound [UPPCS (Pre)(Re. Exam) 2015] 2. Japan
3. Arctic ocean List-I 3. Russia
4. North (a) Golden Triangle 4. U.S.A.
Code (b) Bermuda Triangle Code
(a) (b) (c) (d) (c) Rice Bowl of Far East (A) 3, 4, 2, 1
(A) 4 3 1 2 (d) Red Basin (B) 3, 1, 4, 2
(B) 4 1 2 3 List-II (C) 4, 1, 2, 3
(C) 4 2 3 1 1. Myanmar (D) 4, 3, 2, 1
(D) 4 1 3 2 2. Opium producing area of South 44. Consider the following sources of
39. Match List-I with List-II and select East Asia power generation.
the correct answer using the code 3. China 1. Hydro
given below the lists. 4. North Atlantic Ocean
[IAS (Pre) 2009]
2. Natural Gas
Code 3. Nuclear
List-I (Geographical feature) (a) (b) (c) (d) 4. Diesel
(a) Great Victoria Desert (A) 3 2 4 1 Arrange them in descending
(b) Grand Canyon (B) 2 4 1 3 order of their percentage in the
(c) Lake Winnipeg (C) 4 3 2 1 total installed capacity of power
(d) Southern Alps (D) 1 4 3 2 generation in India.
List-II (Country) 42. With reference to ‘Look East Policy’ [UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2016]
1. Australia of India, consider the following (A) 1, 3, 4, 2
2. Canada statements. (B) 3, 2, 1, 4
3. New Zealand 1. India wants to establish itself as (C) 1, 2, 3, 4
4. U.S.A. an important regional player in (D) 2, 1, 4, 3
the East Asian affairs.

Answer Sheet
1. (B) 2. (C) 3. (C) 4. (C) 5. (A) 6. (B) 7. (C) 8. (D) 9. (A) 10. (D)
11. (A) 12. (D) 13. (A) 14. (A) 15. (B) 16. (C) 17. (B) 18. (A) 19. (A) 20. (D)
21. (D) 22. (B) 23. (B) 24. (D) 25. (B) 26. (A) 27. (A) 28. (B) 29. (A) 30. (A)
31. (C) 32. (D) 33. (B) 34. (A) 35. (C) 36. (D) 37. (D) 38. (D) 39. (B) 40. (B)
41. (B) 42. (B) 43. (C) 44. (C)