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World Facts and Geography

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World facts and geography encompass global statistics, technological history, and international political systems. This includes facts about research, natural resources, and democratic structures worldwide. Such questions are common in the general awareness papers of SSC, UPSC, and banking exams.

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World Facts and Geography Questions

Multiple choice geography rivers, coasts and glaciation landforms created by wind erosion wind and coast denudation river landform

The greatest deposits of loeses are found in ____________.

  1. New Zealand

  2. Central Europe

  3. China

  4. Argentina
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Extensive loess deposits are found in northern China, the Great Plains of North America, central Europe, and parts of Russia and Kazakhstan. The thickest loess deposits are near the Missouri River in the U.S. state of Iowa and along the Yellow River in China.

Multiple choice geography endogenetic movements endogenic process and creation of mountains major domains of the earth land and oceans study of continents - north america earth's movement and creation of landforms earthquake earthquakes

Which of the following regions is the best example of Rift Valley?

  1. Peninsular India

  2. East Africa

  3. Dead-Sea basin

  4. Scotland
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
  • A Rift valley is a narrow linear depression in the land surrounded by mountain ranges. It is created by a geological fault in earth's crust. The East African Rift valley which runs thousands of km long is the best example of a Rift valley in the world.
Multiple choice geography endogenetic movements endogenic process and creation of mountains major domains of the earth land and oceans study of continents - north america earth's movement and creation of landforms earthquake earthquakes

Where is lake Baikal situated?

  1. Canada

  2. Uganda

  3. Siberia

  4. Peru
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Lake Baikal is situated in Russia, located in southern Siberia, between Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Buryat Republic to the southeast. It is the world's deepest freshwater lake.

Multiple choice geography endogenetic movements endogenic process and creation of mountains major domains of the earth land and oceans study of continents - north america earth's movement and creation of landforms earthquake earthquakes

The Amazon river originates in _____________.

  1. Swiss Alps

  2. Tibetan Plateau

  3. Andes mountains

  4. Black forest mountain
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Amazon River is the largest river in the world by the amount or volume of water it carries. Its headwaters are in the Andes Mountains in Peru. It flows through the tropical forests of South America.

Multiple choice history the making of a global world causes of nazism feudalism in europe british exploitation of the indian economy

Wines were famous in ______.

  1. India

  2. China

  3. Europe

  4. Arabia
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
 Wine is famous all over Europe with French having its one of best wines.  France is one of the largest wine producers in the world. French wine traces its history to the 6th century BCE, with many of French regions dating their wine-making history to Roman times. The wines produced range from expensive wines sold internationally to modest wines usually only seen within France such as the Margnat wines were during the post war period.
Romans also had trade relations with India. At Arikamedu in Tamil Nadu, large amphorae jars are found which are supposed to be the containers of wine bought from the Roman empire for the Indian Princes.
Multiple choice here we go again second world war and world history

Which country led the Manhattan Project related to the development of nuclear weapons?

  1. USA

  2. France

  3. Germany

  4. Japan
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
The US led the Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb. It employed 130000 people and costed $2 billion. It made the first successful nuclear test on 16th July 1945.
Multiple choice here we go again second world war and world history

The survivors of the Holocaust were sent to which modern state?

  1. East Germany

  2. United States

  3. West Germany

  4. Isreal
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
When the war ended in 1945, some of the Jews imprisoned in the Nazi camps were still alive along with other survivors. They went to live in what was to become the modern state of Israel.
Multiple choice geography the earth and the graticule general idea about earth space around the earth is the earth round?

What is the habitable portion of the World Land Area?

  1. Less than 35%

  2. Less than half of it

  3. 50%

  4. About 75%
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The habitable portion of the Earth's land area is significantly less than half, as much of the land is covered by deserts, mountains, ice caps, or dense forests that are not suitable for large-scale human habitation.