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World Geographical Records

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World geographical records encompass the extremes of physical geography, including the largest lakes, islands, oceans, and trenches. These factual questions test knowledge of global superlatives and major geographical features. This topic is a staple in general studies sections of UPSC, state PSC, and SSC exams.

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World Geographical Records Questions

Multiple choice

Arabian Sea is part of which ocean?

  1. Indian Ocean

  2. Arctic Ocean

  3. Pacific Ocean

  4. Atlantic Ocean
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Arabian Sea is the northwestern part of the Indian Ocean, located between India and the Arabian Peninsula. It has been an important trade route connecting the Middle East, South Asia, and East Africa for millennia.

Multiple choice

Java Sea is part of which ocean?

  1. Indian Ocean

  2. Arctic Ocean

  3. Pacific Ocean

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

The Java Sea is an extension of the Pacific Ocean, located between the Indonesian islands of Java to the south, Borneo to the north, and Sumatra to the west. It is a vital shipping lane connecting the Straits of Malacca to the Pacific Ocean.

Multiple choice

Sulu Sea is part of which ocean?

  1. South Pacific Ocean

  2. Indian Ocean

  3. Arctic Ocean

  4. Pacific Ocean
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The Sulu Sea is located in the southwestern Philippines and is part of the Pacific Ocean basin. It connects to the South China Sea and the Celebes Sea, making it an important maritime route in Southeast Asia.

Multiple choice

Sea of Japan is part of which ocean?

  1. Arctic Ocean

  2. Pacific Ocean

  3. Indian Ocean

  4. South Pacific Ocean
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Sea of Japan is the marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean. 

Multiple choice

Which among the following options is the world's largest desert?

  1. Thar

  2. Sahara

  3. Gobi

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Sahara Desert in Africa is the world's largest hot desert, covering approximately 9.2 million square kilometers. When including polar deserts (Antarctica and the Arctic are technically deserts due to low precipitation), Antarctica is largest, but in common usage 'desert' refers to hot deserts like Sahara, Gobi, and Thar.

Multiple choice

Which is the largest oil refinery in the world?

  1. Ras tanura (saudi arabia) oil refinery.

  2. SK energy, ulsan, south korea

  3. Paraguana refinery complex, Falcon, Venezuela

  4. Jamnagar refinery (Reliance Industries), Jamnagar, Guajrat, India

  5. ExxonMobil, Singapore
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

It is the largest oil refinery in the world. It was commissioned on 15 July 1999. It has a capacity of 1,240,000 barrels per day.

Multiple choice

The largest ocean is

  1. Atlantic Ocean

  2. Indian Ocean

  3. Arctic Ocean

  4. Pacific Ocean
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the world's five oceans, followed by the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean and Arctic Ocean. It covers an area of about 155 million square kilometers (about 60 million square miles).

Multiple choice

Which is the largest island of the World?

  1. Greenland

  2. Medagaskar

  3. New Guienne

  4. Great Britain
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Greenland is the world's largest island, covering approximately 2,166,086 square kilometers. Madagascar is the second-largest island but option B has a typo ('Medagaskar'). New Guinea is the second-largest at 785,753 km², and Great Britain is the ninth-largest. Note that option C also contains a typo ('New Guienne').

Multiple choice

In which of the following seas is Malta located?

  1. Baltic Sea

  2. Mediterranean Sea

  3. Black Sea

  4. North Sea
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Malta is in the centre of Mediterranean Sea. Italy is in the South and Libya is located in the North of Malta. Its area is 246 sq. km.