Geography (World mapping) PYQs — UPSC Prelims

All 97 Geography (World mapping) Previous Year Questions for UPSC Prelims, with answers and explanations. Click any question for the full solution.

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Consider the following countries : 1. United Kingdom 2. Denmark 3. New Zealand 4. Australia 5. Brazil How many of the above countries have more than four time zones?
Consider the following pairs : 1. Country: Botswana, Resource-rich in: Diamond 2. Country: Chile, Resource-rich in: Lithium 3. Country: Indonesia, Resource-rich in: Nickel In how many of the above rows is the given information correctly matched?
Consider the following pairs : 1. Region: Mallorca, Country: Italy 2. Region: Normandy, Country: Spain 3. Region: Sardinia, Country: France In how many of the above rows is the given information correctly matched?
Consider the following countries : 1. Bolivia 2. Brazil 3. Colombia 4. Ecuador 5. Paraguay 6. Venezuela Andes mountains pass through how many of the above countries?
Consider the following water bodies : 1. Lake Tanganyika 2. Lake Tonlé Sap 3. Patos Lagoon Through how many of them does the equator pass?

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Consider the following pairs : River - Flows into 1. Mekong - Andaman Sea 2. Thames - Irish Sea 3. Volga - Caspian Sea 4. Zambezi - Indian Ocean Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched ?

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Consider the following pairs: Sea - Bordering country 1. Adriatic Sea - Albania 2. Black Sea - Croatia 3. Caspian Sea - Kazakhstan 4. Mediterranean Sea - Morocco 5. Red Sea - Syria Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

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Which of the following has/have shrunk immensely/dried up in the recent past due to human activities? 1. Aral Sea 2. Black Sea 3. Lake Baikal Select the correct answer using the code given below:

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Which one of the following countries of South-West Asia does not open out to the Mediterranean Sea?

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Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched? Geographical Feature - Region 1. Abyssinian Plateau - Arabia 2. Atlas Mountains - North-Western Africa 3. Guiana Highlands - South-Western Africa 4. Okavango Basin - Patagonia

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Between India and East Asia, the navigation-time and distance can be greatly reduced by which of the following? 1. Deepening the Malacca straits between Malaysia and Indonesia. 2. Opening a new canal across the Kra isthmus between the Gulf of Siam and Andaman Sea. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Which one of the following can one come across if one travels through the Strait of Malacca ?

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A great landslide caused by an earthquake killed hundreds of people in January 2001 near

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