TOP 60 MCQS ON

PHYSICAL AND
POLITICAL
DIVISIONS OF
WORLD
F O R J K S S B FA A A N D OT H E R
EXAMS
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1. Which continent is known as 'White Continent’?
a) Asia
b) Australia
c) Antarctica
d) Africa
Answer: c) Antarctica
2. Which continent is known as “Peninsular continent”?
a) Europe
b) North America
c) Antarctica
d) Africa
Answer: a) Europe
3. Which of the following continents is called the
‘Continent of Continents'?
a) Europe
b) North America
c) Asia
d) Africa
Answer: c) Asia
4. Which one of the following is known as an ‘Island
continent'?
a) Europe
b) North America
c) Australia
d) Africa
Answer: c) Australia
5. Which of the following continents is known as the
'Continent of Thirsty Lands' due to the small amount of
rainfall received over a large part of it?
a) Europe
b) North America
c) Australia
d) Africa
Answer: c) Australia
6. Which of the following continent is known as
'Continent Dedicated to Science'?
a) Europe
b) North America
c) Antarctica
d) Africa
Answer: c) Antarctica
7. Which of the following continents is known by the
nickname 'The Dark Continent’?
a) Europe
b) North America
c) Antarctica
d) Africa
Answer: d) Africa
8. Which of the following two continents presents a
mirror image of each other?
a) Europe and South America
b) North America and South America
c) Africa and South America
d) Africa and Asia
Answer: c) Africa and South America
9. Which of the following continents extends in all the
Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western hemispheres?
a) Europe
b) North America
c) Africa
d) Asia
Answer: c) Africa
10. Through which of the following continents do the
three lines of Cancer, Equator and Capricorn pass?
a) Europe
b) North America
c) Africa
d) Asia
Answer: c) Africa
11. Which is the highest mountain peak in the
continent of North America?
a) Mount Kilimanjaro
b) Mount Mcenley
c) Mount Aconcagua
d) Mount Elbrush
Answer: b) Mount Mcenley
12. Which is the highest mountain peak in the
continent of Antarctica?
a) Mount Kilimanjaro
b) Mount Vinson Massif
c) Mount Kosciuszko
d) Mount Elbrush

Answer: b) Mount Vinson Massif

13. The largest lake in the continent of Africa is?
a) Caspian Sea
b) Lake Victoria
c) Lake Ayer
d) Lake Superior
Answer: b) Lake Victoria
14. The longest river in the continent of Europe is?
a) Volga
b) Nile
c) Murray Darling
d) Mississippi
Answer: a) Volga
15. Which latitude line passes through the continent of
Australia??
a) Artic Circle
b) Tropic of Cancer
c) Equator
d) Tropic of Capricorn
Answer: d) Tropic of Capricorn
16. The continent with the most countries is
A. Asia
B. Europe
C. North America
D. Africa
Answer: D. Africa
17. Which continent is completely located in the
southern hemisphere?
A. South America
B. Africa
C. Australia
D. Asia

Ans: C. Australia
19. Where is 'Dakshin Gangotri' located?
A. Uttarakhand
B. Arctic
C. Himalaya
D. Antarctica
Ans: D. Antarctica
20. There is a mountain range of Europe -
A. Alps
B. Himalaya
C. Andes
D. Rocky
Ans: A. Alps
21. In which continent is the Atlas Mountains located?
A. Asia
B. Africa
C. Australia
D. Europe

B. Africa
22. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly
matched?
A. Amman - Jordan
B. Bishkek – Tajikistan
C. Ulan Bator - Mongolia
D. Sanaiya – Yemen

Ans: Bishkek - Tajikistan

23. Which of the following city is not the capital of any
country?
A. Canberra
B. Sydney
C. Wellington
D. Riyadh

B. Sydney
24. Which is the second largest continent of the world?
A. Asia
B. Antarctica
C. N. America
D. Africa

D. Africa
25. Which of the following is the largest desert in the
world?
A. Arabian
B. Kalahari
C. Sahara
D. Thar

C. Sahara
26. The largest desert of South Asia is
A. Atacama
B. Colorado
C. Kalahari
D. Thar

D. Thar
27. In which country is the Gobi desert located?
A. Australia
B. India
C. Mongolia
D. Africa

C. Mongolia
29. In which country is the Takla Makaan desert
located?
A. Kazakhstan
B. Turkmenistan
C. Uzbekistan
D. China

D. China
30. Match List-I with List-II –
List-I (Desert) A. Gobi B. Atacama C. Patagonia D. Thar List-
II (Location) 1. Mongolia 2. India 3. Argentina 4. Chile
A. A - 1, B - 2, C - 3, D - 4
B. A - 1, B - 4, C - 2, D - 3
C. A - 1, B - 4, C - 3, D - 2
D. A - 1, B - 2, C - 4, D – 3

C. A - 1, B - 4, C - 3, D - 2
31. By what name are the cold deserts of the world
known?
A. Taiga
B. Tundra
C. Steppe
D. Prairie

B. Tundra
32. In which part of the continents is the presence of
deserts generally found?
A. Northern
B. Southern
C. Eastern
D. Western

D. Western
32. The driest desert in the world is?
A. Atacama
B. Kalahari
C. Sahara
D. Thar

A. Atacama
33. Which is the smallest ocean?
A. Pacific
B. Atlantic
C. Arctic
D. Indian

C. Arctic
34. The Mariana Trench is the deepest trench in the
............ ocean.
A. Pacific
B. Atlantic
C. Indian
D. Arctic

A. Pacific
35. Which one of the following oceans is blocked in the
north by the continent of Asia?
A. Pacific Ocean
B. Arctic Ocean
C. Atlantic Ocean
D. Indian Ocean

D. Indian Ocean
36. Which ocean is located to the west of the continent
of North America?
A. Arctic Ocean
B. Atlantic Ocean
C. Pacific Ocean
D. Indian Ocean

C. Pacific Ocean
37. In which ocean is the presence of the Ring of Fire
found?
A. Pacific Ocean
B. Atlantic Ocean
C. Indian Ocean
D. Arctic Ocean

A. Pacific Ocean
38. The boundaries of which of the following seas touch
the three continents?
A. The Red Sea
B. Bering Sea
C. Mediterranean Sea
D. Arabian Sea

C. Mediterranean Sea
39. The largest gulf in the world is
A. Hudson's Bay
B. Bay of Bengal
C. Gulf of Mexico
D. Persian Gulf

C. Gulf of Mexico
40. Which is the world's largest river by volume of
water?
A. Nile
B. Mississippi
C. Yangtze
D. Amazon

D. Amazon
42. Which one of the following rivers crosses the
equator twice?
A. Zaire
B. Niger
C. Nile
D. Amazon

A. Zaire
43. Turkey is located between
a) Black Sea and Caspian Sea
b) Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea
c) Gulf of Suez and Mediterranean Sea
d) Gulf of Aqaba and Dead Sea

Answer: b) Black Sea and

Mediterranean Sea
44. Which one of the following islands is of
volcanic origin?
a) Reunion Island
b) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
c) Lakshadweep Island
d) Maldives

Answer: a) Reunion Island

45. Which of the following country is the
smallest in area and population both?
a) Monaco
b) Tuvalu
c) Vatican city
d) Palau

Answer: c) Vatican city

46. The boundary between North and South Korea is
marked by which one of the following?
a) 16th Parallel
b) 29th Parallel
c) 38th Parallel
d) 49th Parallel

Answer: (c) 38th Parallel

47. Which country has the largest coastline?
a) USA
b) Australia
c) Canada
d) India

Answer: c) Canada
48. Arakan Yoma is the extension of the Himalayas
located in
a) Baluchistan
b) Myanmar
c) Nepal
d) Kashmir

Answer: (b) Myanmar

49. Which one of the following is not an international
boundary line?
a) Dresden Line
b) Durand Line
c) Maginot Line
d) 38th parallel

Answer: (a) Dresden Line

50. The largest coral reef in the world is found near the
coast of which one of the following countries?
a) Australia
b) Cuba
c) Ghana
d) Philippines

Answer: (a) Australia

51. Which one of the following longest continuous
mountain range in the world?
a) The Himalayas
b) The Andes
c) The Rocky Mountains
d) The Alps

Answer: (b) The Andes

52. Anatolia is a part of which among the following ?
[A] Australia
[B] Asia
[C] North America
[D] Antarctica

[B] Asia
53. What is the name of the mountain range in central Asia,
where Russia, China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan come
together?
[A] Altai Mountains
[B] Sayan Mountains
[C] Ural Mountains
[D] Baikal Mountains

A [Altai Mountains]
Notes:
Altai Mountains, also called as onion range
54. Which among the following is the largest Bay of the
world?
[A] Bay of Bengal
[B] Hudson Bay
[C] Blacksod Bay
[D] Sandy Bay, Gibraltar

Correct Answer: [A] Bay of Bengal

55. Which among the following is the largest gulf in
India?
[A] Gulf of Khambhat
[B] Gulf of Mannar
[C] Gulf of Kutch
[D] Gulf of Aden

Answer: [B] Gulf of Mannar

56. Which among the following is not the island of
Indonesia?
[A] Sumatra
[B] Java
[C] Borneo
[D] Greenland

Ans: [D] Greenland

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