UPSC World Geography Test 3 (Old Year Questions)

Ans a
Baikonour (Leninsk) – Kazakhstan Kourou – French Guiana Borobudur – Indonesia Cannes – France.

Ans c
To orbit around the Sun, the planet Mars (Red planet) takes more time (687 days) than time taken by Earth (365 ¼ days). The diameter of the planet Mars (6,787 km) is less than that of the Earth (12,756 km).

Ans a
Venus second closest planet after Mercury to the Sun is often considered ‘Earth’s twin’ because of their close proximity in size, mass (weight) and density. Existence of human life is highly improbable because of high levels CO2 in its atmosphere.

Ans c

Ans a
Ratio of land area to water area of earth is 29 : 71 (nearly 1 : 2.5). Surface area of Earth : 510,100,500 sq. km. Land area of Earth : 148,950,800 sq. km. Ocean Surface of Earth : 361,149,700 sq. km..

Ans d
Pyinmana is the new administration capital with strategic importance proposed for Myanmar. Present capital is ‘Yangon’.

Ans d
Myanmar is bordered by Thailand, Laos, Bangladesh, China and China.

Ans a
Richter scale is a logarithmic scale that runs from 1 to 9, tough no upper limit exists. An increase of 1 magnitude unit represents a factor of 10 times in amplitude i.e. a magnitude of 8 quake is 10 time more powerful than magnitude of 7 quakes. Every increase of one number in magnitude means the energy release of the quake is 32 times greater. For example, an earthquake of magnitude 6.0 releases 32 times as such energy as an earthquake measuring 5.0.

Ans b

Ans b
Lithuania is not bordered by Ukraine.

Ans B
Great Britain comprises England, Wales and Scotland on the island of Great Britain, while the United Kingdom includes Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland on the Island of Ireland. The Isle of Man in the Irish sea and the channel islands in the English channel, are dependencies of the crown, with their own systems of government.

Ans d
Washington D.C. – River Potomac Berlin – River Spree Paris – River Seine Madrid – River Manzanares.

Ans a

Ans d
Karachi was the capital of newly independent Pakistan from 1947 until 1959. In 1959, Rawalpindi became the second capital, and in 1967 Islamabad became permanent capital. Auckland was colonial of New Zealand in 1840 and in 1865 the capital was transferred to Wellington. Upto 1185, Kyoto was the capital of Japan. In 1185, it was transferred to Tokyo (Kamakura). Brisbane was the capital of Queensland. It never was the capital of Australia.

Ans a
Petronas Towers – Malaysia Appalachian Trail – U.S.A. Rogum Dam – Tajikistan Seikan Rail Tunnel, 34 miles in length is the world’s longest and most costly tunnel linking all the islands of Japan by train.

Ans c
Sequence of towns of Pakistan moving from North to South: Peshawar – Islamabad – Gujranwala – Multan.

Ans d
Mount St. Helens is located in United States of America.

Ans b
Continent Area (sq. km.) % area Asia 44,579,000 29.5 Africa 30,065,000 20.0 North America 24,256,000 16.3 South America 17,819,000 11.8 Antarctica 13,209,000 9.6 Europe 9,938,000 6.5 Oceania 7,687,000 5.2

Ans c
Black sea shares its borders with Bulgaria in the west. Read sea shares its borders with Eritrea (Africa) in south west. Yellow sea is located in the east of China, and Caspian sea is located in the south west region of Kazakhstan.

Ans a
Gulfs with wide fronts and narrow rears experience high tides. Options (b), (c) and (d) are correct.