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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

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.

Multiple choice

Name the river which crosses the equator two times.

  1. Nile

  2. Mississippi

  3. Amazone

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

The Congo River is unique in that it crosses the equator twice - once flowing north and once south. The Nile flows north but doesn't cross the equator twice, while the Amazon and Mississippi are in hemispheres where they can't cross twice.

Multiple choice

Sahara is the biggest ______ in the world.

  1. river

  2. wall

  3. lake

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

The Sahara Desert, located in North Africa, is the world's largest hot desert spanning approximately 9.2 million square kilometers. While Antarctica is larger, it's a polar desert, not typically referenced in general knowledge contexts.

Multiple choice

The Great Wall of China is the ______wall in the world.

  1. smallest

  2. highest

  3. largest

  4. none of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Great Wall of China is often cited as the largest man-made structure in terms of length and mass, stretching over 21,000 kilometers including all branches. It's not the highest wall - that distinction belongs to various modern fortifications.

Multiple choice

The largest zoo (Kruger National Park) in the world is in

  1. Dubai

  2. Australia

  3. South America

  4. South Africa
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Kruger National Park is one of Africa's largest game reserves and is located in South Africa. While Australia has large wildlife reserves, the claim about Kruger being 'the largest zoo' refers to this South African park.

Multiple choice

______ is the biggest ocean.

  1. Pacific

  2. Indian

  3. Arctic

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

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest ocean on Earth, covering approximately 63 million square miles - about 46% of the world's water surface and larger than all land areas combined.