Geography · General Awareness
World Geographical Records
2,795 Questions
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
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Mediterranean sea
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Black sea
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Baltic sea
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North sea
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Balearic islands are located in the Mediterranean sea.
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1, 2 and 4
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1, 2 and 3
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2 and 3
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1, 2, 3 and 4
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Bosnia and Herzegovina, Alabania and Croatia have Adriatic Sea as a boundary.
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Costa Rica
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Pacific Ocean
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Colombia
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Venezuela
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The Panama Canal joins Pacific Ocean, Atalantic Ocean, Colombia and Costa Rica. Venezuela is the correct answer.
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Brazil and Peru
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Paraguay and Ecuador
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Brazil and Paraguay
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Colombia and Paraguay
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Itaipu is the largest dam in the world. This is a joint project of Brazil and Paraguay.
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Brazil Current
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Canary Current
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Falkland Current
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Benguela Current
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Labrador Current
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It is characterised by high temperature and high salinity. It originates in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Kuroshio Current
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Tsushima Current
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Peru Current
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El Nino Current
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East Australia Current
C
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It flows along the western coast of South America and originates in the Pacific Ocean.
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NE Monsoon Current
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SW Monsoon Current
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Agulhas Current
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Mozambiqe Current
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West Wind Drift
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It is produced due to Eastward Blowing Westerlies.
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Benguela and Falkland
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Canary and Humboldt
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Agulhas and Guinea
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Benguela and Guinea
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Benguela is a cold current that flows from south to north along the west coast of Africa. Guinea current is a warm current flowing east of Guinea along the west coast of Africa.
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Baltic Sea
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Black Sea
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Caribbean Sea
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Caspian Sea
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The basaltic rock found in Baltic sea is transported by glaciers.
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Mississippi
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Nige
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Nile
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Tiber
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A cuspate delta is formed when a river deposits sediment onto a straight coastline with strong waves. The Tiber River in Italy is a classic example of a cuspate delta.
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The largest known flood basalt region in the world is the Deccan trap area of peninsular India.
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The largest flood basalt region in the United States of America is the Columbia Plateau.
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The two shield volcanoes Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea have summit elevations of more than 6500 m above sea level.
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The island of Hawaii includes at least seven coalesced volcanic domes.
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Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea are shield volcanoes, but their summit elevations are approximately 4,169 m and 4,207 m above sea level, respectively. The statement claiming they are more than 6,500 m above sea level is incorrect.
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North Pacific Ocean
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South Pacific Ocean
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North Sea
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South Atlantic Ocean
C
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The Dogger Bank is a large sandbank in the North Sea, famous for being one of the most productive fishing grounds in the world.
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A-2 B-3 C-4 D-1
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A-2 B-4 C-3 D-1
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A-1 B-3 C-4 D-2
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A-1 B-4 C-3 D-2
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Bering Strait
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Palk Strait
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Strait of Gibraltar
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Strait of Malacca
A
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The Bering Strait is the narrow waterway that separates the Chukchi Peninsula of Russia (Asia) from the Seward Peninsula of Alaska (North America).
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Alaska
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India
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Labrador
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Scandinavia
B
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Explanation
The Indian subcontinent is geographically classified as a peninsula, and it is the second largest after the Arabian Peninsula.
