Miscellaneous — 23 World Geography PYQs with Answers | UKPSC PYQ Hub

Question 1

Maximum Coastal erosion is caused by

Accepted Answer

Waves. Maximum Coastal erosion is caused by waves. Coastal landforms or erosion are produced by the joint action of oceanic waves, currents and tides on the coastline along with the combination of processes, sediments and the geology of the coast itself. Among all of these factors, waves are the most important of all in carving out the coastal landforms.

Question 2

The Geographical regions which are particularly rich in endemic, rare and threatened species, found relatively in small areas and facing significant habitat loss are referred to as:

Accepted Answer

Hot spots. To quality as a biodiversity hot spot on Myers 2000 edition of the hot spot map a region must meet two strict criteria. it must contain at least 1500 species of vascular plants. (More that 0.5% of the world's total) as endemics and it has to have at least 70% of its primary vegetation. Certain area have large numbers of endemic species those found nowhere else many of these are heavily threatened by habitual loss and other human activities.

Question 3

The shape of Atoll is:

Accepted Answer

Horse Shoe/Ring Shaped. ‘Horseshoe’ or ‘ring shaped’ coral reef located away from land and in deep seas is called annular coral reef (atoll). Usually they are built around an island. Most of the atolls are found in the Pacific Ocean. Fiji Atoll (Fill Atoll) and Funafuti Atoll in the Ellice Island are prime examples of this. Many coral rings (atolls) are also found in Lakshadweep.

Question 4

In which of the following days, all place on the Earth experience 12 hours of day and 12 hours of night?

Accepted Answer

March 21. On March and September 23rd, direct rays of the sun fall on the equator. At this position, neither of the poles is tilted towards the sun, so the whole earth experiences 12 hours of day and 12 hours of night. This is called an equinox.

Question 5

'Project Tiger' was started in India in the year–

Accepted Answer

1973. The Government of India launched Project Tiger on 1st April, 1973 to promote conservation of the tiger. Project Tiger has been the largest species conservation initiative of its kind in the world. Starting from 9 Tiger reserves in 1973, the number is grown up to 54 in 2022 as 54th Tiger reserve in India was declared in Ranipur wildlife sanctuary, Uttar Pradesh.

Question 6

Among the following which city is known as 'Dhumranagar' (Smog City)?

Accepted Answer

Chicago. Chicago, America is known as smog city.

Question 7

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?

Accepted Answer

Bora - Siberia. The bora is a cold and typically very dry and often gusty katabatic wind from the north-east (Adriatic coast of the Balkans). The bora is most common blowing down from the mountains on the eastern side of the Adriatic Sea where it flows mainly from the northeast through gaps in the Dinaric Alps, Rest are correctly matched.

Question 8

Match List-I with List-II and choose the correct answer using the codes given below– List-I List-II (Old Name) (New Name) A. Siyam 1. Taiwan B. Formosa 2. Myanmar C. Mesopotamia 3. Thailand D. Burma 4. Iraq Geography of the World Codes: ABCDABCD

Accepted Answer

3 1 4 2. Correct match is- Old Name New Name Siyam Thailand Formosa Taiwan Mesopotamia Iraq Burma Myanmar