Gk Questions on World Geography for UPSC, SSC, RPSC, UPPSC and all other competitive examinations.
World Geography Gk Questions
1. Which is the largest country in terms of area in South America?
a) Argentina
b) Brazil
c) Colombia
d) Chile
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2. Which African country is called the Pearl of Africa?
a) Kenya
b) Nigeria
c) Uganda
d) South Africa
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3. Which river is often called the “Mother of Rivers”?
a) Mekong
b) Amazon
c) Yangtze
d) Mississippi
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4. What is the capital of Japan?
a) Beijing
b) Seoul
c) Tokyo
d) Bangkok
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5. What is the name of the largest island of South East Asia?
a) Java
b) Borneo
c) Sumatra
d) Philippines
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6. Which desert is called the “world’s driest desert”?
a) Sahara Desert
b) Gobi Desert
c) Atacama Desert
d) Kalahari Desert
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7. Which river is the longest in China?
a) Yellow River
b) Yangtze River
c) Mekong River
d) Indus River
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8. What is the name of the world’s largest tropical rainforest?
a) Amazon Rainforest
b) Congo Rainforest
c) Borneo Rainforest
d) Madagascar Rainforest
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9. What is the capital of South Korea?
a) Seoul
b) Busan
c) Pyongyang
d) Tokyo
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10. Which ocean is the most remote and least explored?
a) Atlantic Ocean
b) Indian Ocean
c) Pacific Ocean
d) Southern Ocean
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11. Which is the highest mountain in Antarctica?
a) Mount Kilimanjaro
b) Mount Elbrus
c) Mount Everest
d) Vinson Massif
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12. Who first stated that the cause of lunar eclipse was the Earth’s shadow falling on the Moon?
a) Galileo Galilei
b) Isaac Newton
c) Aryabhata
d) Johannes Kepler
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13. Who first made the world map scale?
a) Ptolemy
b) Anaximander
c) Ferdinand Magellan
d) Christopher Columbus
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14. Who made the most accurate measurement of the Earth’s circumference?
a) Ferdinand Magellan
b) Christopher Columbus
c) Eratosthenes
d) James Cook
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15. Who is called the father of human geography?
a) Alexander von Humboldt
b) Carl Ritter
c) Ibn Battuta
d) Marco Polo
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