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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 physics the kinetic model of matter force and kinetic theory change of states phase change

Cooking takes longest time

  1. At the sealevel

  2. At Simla

  3. At Mount Everest

  4. In a submarine 100 m below the surface of water
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Cooking takes longer at higher altitudes because the atmospheric pressure is lower, which causes water to boil at a lower temperature. Mount Everest has the lowest atmospheric pressure among the options, making it the slowest for cooking.

Multiple choice geography earth as a planet spheres of earth earth and structure introduction to the spheres of the earth

How many oceans are there in the world?

  1. 3

  2. 5

  3. 7

  4. 9
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

There are 5 oceans in the world which covers about 70% of the total earth surface.These five oceans are namely, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Arctic Ocean and Antarctic ocean. Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean in the world on the other hand Arctic Ocean is the smallest ocean.

Multiple choice geography earth as a planet spheres of earth earth and structure introduction to the spheres of the earth

Which is the lowest body of water in the world?

  1. Black Sea

  2. Dead Sea

  3. Adriatic Sea

  4. Red Sea
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
  • The surface and shores of the Dead Sea are 423 metres (1,388 ft) below sea level, making it Earth's lowest elevation on land. 
  • The Dead Sea is 377 m (1,237 ft) deep, making it the deepest hypersaline lake in the world.
  • It is 9.6 times as salty as the ocean, and one of the world's saltiest bodies of water.
Multiple choice geography earth as a planet spheres of earth earth and structure introduction to the spheres of the earth

The southern hemisphere of the earth is called _________ hemisphere.

  1. Water

  2. Land

  3. Population

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


  • The water hemisphere has only one-eighth of the world's land, Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica, a small part of Southeast Asia and the southern part of South America are in the water hemisphere.
  •  Most of the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean is on the water hemisphere.
  • Southern Hemisphere climates tend to be slightly milder than those at similar latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere, except in the Antarctic which is colder than the Arctic.
  • This is because the Southern Hemisphere has significantly more ocean and much less land; water heats up and cools down more slowly than land.

Multiple choice geography human environment interactions - the tropical and the subtropical region life in the ganga - brahmaputra basin drainage system in brazil life in tropical and subtropical regions

Which of the following is the longest river in the world?

  1. Nile

  2. Misissippi-Missouri

  3. Amazon

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

  1. Nile River- 6693 km
  2. Amazon River- 6436 km
  3. Mississippi Missouri River - 5970 km
  4. Congo river - 4700 km.
  • Though some studies claim that the Amazon is the longest river but the generally accepted information is that the Nile is still considered to be the longest river till further confirmatory studies are done. So option A is correct.

Multiple choice geography the properties of sea water properties of sea water oceanic salinity and oceanic temperature oceans : temperature, salinity and density circulation of ocean water

Cuba is situated in _________ Sea.

  1. Caribbean

  2. Mediterranean

  3. Cabrador

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

Cuba is located in the northern Caribbean where the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean meet. It is east of the Yucatán Peninsula (Mexico), south of both the U.S. state of Florida and the Bahamas, west of Haiti and north of both Jamaica and the Cayman Islands.

Multiple choice geography the properties of sea water properties of sea water oceanic salinity and oceanic temperature oceans : temperature, salinity and density circulation of ocean water

What is meant by an ocean?

  1. Huge water bodies

  2. Huge continents

  3. Huge land mass

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

The ocean basins are huge depressions of great depth, usually more than 2000 m, having basaltic floors with varying topographic feature. Nearly 70.8 per cent of the earth's surface is covered by water. The ocean has saline water body and home of nearly 1.4 lakh species and also believed the first homes of all living organisms.

Multiple choice geography the properties of sea water properties of sea water oceanic salinity and oceanic temperature oceans : temperature, salinity and density circulation of ocean water

The smallest sea of the world is __________.

  1. Red Sea

  2. Baltic Sea

  3. North Sea

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

The smallest sea on Earth is the Baltic Sea. This sea is about 146,000 square feet. It lies along the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe and is bordered by Poland, Russia, Sweden and Finland.

Multiple choice geography the properties of sea water properties of sea water oceanic salinity and oceanic temperature oceans : temperature, salinity and density circulation of ocean water

Basphorus strait connects black sea and ______ sea.

  1. Marmara

  2. Afean

  3. Baltic

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

Basphorus strait connects black sea and Marmara sea.
The Bosporus Strait (or Bosphorus) connects the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara. It also separates Asian Turkey from European Turkey (Trace), thus it separates the two continents. Bordered on both sides by the massive city of Istanbul, the strait is one of the planet's most strategic waterways.