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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

tallest mountain in the world

  1. mount everest

  2. blue mountains

  3. mount fuji

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

Mount Everest is the Earth's highest mountain above sea level, with a peak at 8,848.86 meters.

Multiple choice

What is the largest desert on earth?

  1. Sahara

  2. Gobi

  3. Arabian

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

The Sahara is the largest HOT desert in the world at 9.2 million square kilometers. If polar deserts are included, Antarctica is actually larger. Most quizzes mean hot desert when asking this.

Multiple choice evs - i water in our life where do we get water from? why conserve water uses of water

More than 70% of world's freshwater is contained in

  1. Polar ice

  2. Glaciers and mountains

  3. Antartica

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

The Oceans hold about 97% of water, and the Glacier’s and polar ice caps hold another 2%. The polar ice caps contain 77% of the world's fresh water supply and another 22% is trapped in the ground which leaves only 3% of the world’s fresh water supply in lakes and rivers.

Therefore, the correct answer is option A.

Multiple choice evs water in our life where do we get water from? why conserve water uses of water

Largest amount of fresh water is found in

  1. Lakes and streams

  2. Underground

  3. Polar ice and glaciers

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

Over 68 percent of freshwater is found in polar ice & glaciers, while 30 percent is found in ground water, 0.3 percent is found in surface water of lakes rivers & ponds

So, the correct answer is 'Polar ice and glaciers'

Multiple choice evs water in our life where do we get water from? why conserve water uses of water

More than 70% of world's freshwater is contained in

  1. Antarctica

  2. Glaciers and mountains

  3. Greenland

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

The oceans hold about 97% of water and the glaciers and polar ice caps hold another 2% of the total water on Earth. The polar ice caps contain 77% of the world's fresh water supply and another 22% is trapped in the ground, which leaves only 3% of the world’s fresh water supply in lakes and rivers. 

Multiple choice geography in search of the source of wind atmospheric pressure, pressure belts and winds elements of weather and climate :wind monsoon phenomena and its mechanism

Storms in the Pacific ocean are known as ______.

  1. Hurricanes

  2. The Typhoon

  3. Cyclones

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

Typhoon,

In the Atlantic and northern Pacific, the storms are called "hurricanes," after the Caribbean god of evil, named Hurrican. In the northwestern Pacific, the same powerful storms are called "typhoons." In the northern Indian Ocean, they're called "severe cyclonic storms."

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

Which river has the largest river basin in the world?

  1. Nile

  2. Amazon

  3. Brahmaputra

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

Amazon is the largest river in the world,situated in south America. It covers an area of 7,500,000 square km and 40% of the south America continent. The most important tributary is the Maraming river, which is the second largest river in the world.  Major part of the basin is covered with amazon rain forest.

Multiple choice social studies precautions for natural disasters cyclonic winds monsoon phenomena and its mechanism tsunami, floods, cyclones, droughts and landslides

Hurricane is a tropical cyclone that occurs in the ___________.

  1. Atlantic Ocean

  2. North-eastern Pacific Ocean

  3. Indian Ocean

  4. Both A & B
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Hurricanes are tropical cyclones that form over the North Atlantic Ocean and the Northeast Pacific Ocean. Those in the Northwest Pacific are called Typhoons, and those in the Indian Ocean are simply called Cyclones.

Multiple choice geography earthquakes and volcanoes volcanism types and features of earthquakes and volcanoes movement of the earth's plates

Wettest place on Earth is _____________.

  1. Nongpoh

  2. Cherrapunji

  3. Jowai

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

Sohra (temporarily called Cherrapunjee or Cherrapunji) is a subdivisional town in the East Khasi Hills district in the Indian state of Meghalaya. Sohra has often been credited as being the wettest place on Earth, but for now nearby Mawsynram currently holds that distinction.

 

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.