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World Geography MCQs

Attempt World Geography MCQs from the PPSC, FPSC, and NTS past papers. These MCQs cover a wide variety of topics including currencies, capitals, parliaments, famous cities, famous palaces, nicknames, geology, mountains, and others.

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Q 151: _________ is an elevated portion of the land with some summit area.

A) Glacier
B) Mountain
C) Mound
D) None of these

Q 152: What is meant by 'MEANDER'?

A) A grassy area
B) A barren area
C) A bend of a river
D) A bend of canal

Q 153: Desert movement is the resultant feature of which process.

A) Weathering
B) Deflation
C) Dunes
D) None of these

Q 154: Land sliding occurs due to:

A) Rain
B) Weathering
C) Deforestation
D) All of these

Q 155: Modification of stationary barchans results in the formation of.

A) Parabolic
B) Seif
C) Dune
D) None of these

Q 156: ____ is used to record intensity and source of earthquakes.

A) Barometer
B) Seismograph
C) Hydrometer
D) Pyrometer

Q 157: ______is used to record intensity and effects of earthquakes.

A) Richter
B) Seismograph
C) Mercalli Scale
D) Pyrometer

Q 158: A line on a map joining places of equal rainfall is called an:

A) Isohyet
B) Isotherm
C) Isobar
D) None of these

Q 159: Which of the following disasters can a man not outrun?

A) Solifluction
B) Mudflow
C) Creep
D) None of these

Q 160: Which of the following is the feature of erosion except?

A) Earth Pillar
B) Monoliths
C) Yarding
D) None of these

Q 161: Eroded bedrock with long, horizontal parallel grooves is termed as ____ is:

A) Yarding
B) Hamada
C) Zuegen
D) Serf

Q 162: Low silicon, oxygen and High magnesium are the characteristics of _______ magma.

A) Mafic and Felsic
B) Felsic and Rhyolitic
C) Mafic and Basaltic
D) None o f these

Q 163: Describes the rocky parts of the earth's crust (or lithosphere), and its historic development.

A) Demography
B) Geography
C) Geology
D) Morphology

Q 164: What are organized clusters of houses which are smalt in number called?

A) City
B) Dwelling
C) Hamlet
D) None of these

Q 165: Sanitation is the _____ means of promoting health through the prevention of human contact with the hazards of waste.

A) Hygienic
B) Proper
C) Better
D) None of these

Q 166: Japan Current is also called:

A) Cold Current
B) Kuroshio Current
C) Canary Current
D) None of these

Q 167: Kuroshio current originated from which direction of the Japan.

A) Northern
B) Southern
C) Western
D) Eastern

Q 168: The Agulhas Current, a significant surface oceanic current, forms with the Mozambique Current and ______ current?

A) Kuroshio
B) Madagascar
C) Gulf Stream
D) Canary Current

Q 169: Which of the following forms the coastal land?

A) Tidal Creek
B) Bay
C) Lagoon
D) All of these

Q 170: A large sand area with tittle wind and no vegetation forms which shape of dune?

A) Parabolic Dune
B) Longitudinal Dune
C) Transverse dune
D) Star dune

Q 171: The Andes is the longest Mountain range in:

A) North America
B) South America
C) North Africa
D) South Africa