Geography Civil Service Exam Sample Test

Geography Civil Service Exam Sample Test

Model Test Geography Questions

1. Which is the largest Gulf in the World?

(a) The Gulf of Cambay

(b) The Gulf of Mexico

(c) The Persian Gulf

(d) The Strait of Hormuz

Answer (b)

2. The World’s longest river is

(a) Nile

(b) Ganges

(c) Amazon

(d) Mississippi-Missouri

Answer (a)

3. The highest waterfall of the world is:

(a) Niagara Falls

(b) Boyoma Falls

(c) Salto Angel Falls

(d) Khone Falls

Answer (c)

4. The largest lake in Africa is:

(a) Lake Victoria

(b) Lake Malawi

(c) Lake Tanganyika

(d) Lake Chad

ANSWER (a)

5. Which of the following rivers falls into the Atlantic Ocean?

1. Orinoco

2. Danube

3. Amazon

4. Congo

(a) 1, 2 and 3

(b) 1, 3 and 4

(c) 2, 3 and 4

(d) 1, 2 and 4

Answer (b)

6. The Strait connecting Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal is:

(a) Bering Strait

(b) Dover Strait

(c) Palk Strait

(d) Vermosa Strait

Answer (c)

7. Which of the following rivers flowing through Pakistan has its source of origin in that country itself?

(a) Ravi

(b) Jhelum

(c) Chenab

(d) None of these

Answer (d)

8. Two main cold currents in the North Pacific Ocean are known as

(a) Oyashio and California currents

(b) Alaska and Kuroshio currents

(c) North Equatorial and Counter Equatorial currents

(d) North Pacific and Kuroshio currents

Answer (a)

9. Consider the following statements:

1. Temperature of surface water is comparatively higher in the northern hemisphere than in the southern hemisphere.

2. The isotherms in the southern hemisphere are not regular and do not follow the latitudes while they (isotherms) are regular and follow the latitudes in the northern hemisphere.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer (a)

10. Consider the following statements:

I. Suez Canal is an important link between developed countries and developing countries.

ll. lt joins the Mediterranean Sea with the Gulf of Suez

lll. lt is not a sea level canal.

Which of the statement given above is/are correct?

(a) l and ll

(b) I and lll

(c) ll and III

(d) I only

Answer (a)

11. The Karakoram Highway connects which of the following pairs of countries?

(a) India- Nepal

(b) India-China

(c) India-Pakistan

(d) China-Pakistan

Answer (d)

12. Which one of the following countries has the longest international boundary with India?

(a) Bangladesh

(b) Bhutan

(c) China

(d) Pakistan

Answer (a)

13. Which state is in the easternmost part of India?

(a) Assam

(b) Nagaland

(c) Arunachal Pradesh

(d) Manipur

Answer (c)

14. The largest southernmost single island in India is:

(a) Rameswaram Island

(b) Minicoy Island

(c) Car Nicobar Island

(d) Great Nicobar Island

Answer (d)

15. Which state has smallest land area?

(a) Goa

(b) Nagaland

(c) Sikkim

(d) Tripura

Answer (a)

16. Which one of the following cities will never get the vertical rays of the sun?

(a) Srinagar

(b) Mumbai

(c) Kolkata

(d) Thiruvananthapuram

Answer (a)

17. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?

(a) Plimsoll Line - India and Afghanistan

(b) Durand Line - India and Myanmar

(c) Mac Mohan Line - India and Nepal

(d) Radcliffe Line -- India and Pakistan

Answer (d)

18. Madhya Pradesh shares its border with how many States?

(a) 3

(b) 4

(c) 5

(d) 6

Answer (c)

19. The Lakshadweep Islands are situated in:

(a) Indian Ocean

(b) Arabian Sea

(c) Bay of Bengal

(d) None of these

Answer (b)

20. Which one of the following States shares boundaries with the maximum number of other States of India?

(a) Madhya Pradesh

(b) Maharashtra

(c) Assam

(d) Bihar

Answer (c)

21. Which of the following is east of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands?

(a) Thailand

(b) Sri Lanka

(c) Indonesia

(d) All of them

Answer (c)

22. The States of India having common border with Myanmar are:

(a) Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh

(b) Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Assam

(c) Mizoram, Manipur, Tripura, Meghalaya

(d) Assam, Manipur, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh

Answer (a)

23. The largest population of Scheduled Tribes is in:

(a) Himachal Pradesh

(b) Madhya Pradesh

(c) Arunachal Pradesh

(d) Sikkim

Answer (b)

24. The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through:

(a) Madhya Pradesh

(b) West Bengal

(c) Rajasthan

(d) Orissa

Answer (d)

25. In India, how many States share the coastline?

(a) 7

(b) 8

(c) 9

(d) 10

Answer (c)