10 Geography Questions Whose Answers Every Job Aspirant Should Know

Preparing for Government job exams is a difficult task. Some popular government recruitment exams include UPSC CSE, IBPS PO, SSC CGL, NDA and others. These examinations comprise several stages like Prelims and Mains to assess the candidate’s grasp of diverse subjects (like History, Geography, others), logical reasoning and analytical skills.

To clear these exams, the aspirants need to have a deep knowledge of world Geography comprising a part of the General Knowledge section. If you are an aspirant preparing for any of these government job exams, you should be prepared to answer general knowledge questions about world geography. Here are some current affairs questions to help you prepare for future government exams.

Q1: Which is the driest place in the World?

Answer: The Atacama Desert in Chile. Some regions of the desert receive less than 1 mm of rain each year, while some parts have never seen rain.

Q2: Which is the World’s largest epic?

Answer: Mahabharata is the largest epic in the world. It is a Sanskrit epic from India that narrates the story of the Pandavas, the Kauravas, and other monarchs who controlled the region of Bharata-Varsha.

Q3: Which is the largest Delta in the World?

Answer: The Sunderban Delta, located in South Asia covering most of Bangladesh and the state of West Bengal in India is the world’s largest Delta.

Q4: Which is the World’s largest freshwater lake?

Answer: Lake Superior, located in North America is the World’s largest freshwater lake with a surface area of 82103 km square.

Q5: Which is the World’s deepest lake?

Answer: Lake Baikal, located in Southeast Siberia is the oldest and deepest lake in the World. It has a depth of 1,700m.

Q6: Which is the highest lake in the World?

Answer: Lake Titicaca, located at 12,500 feet (3,810 meters) above sea level in the Andes Mountains of South America, is the highest.

Q7: Which is the world’s largest mammal?

Answer: Blue Whale. It can weigh up to 1815 Quintals and grow to be 98 feet long.

Q8: Which is the longest rail line in the world?

Answer: The Trans-Siberian Railway. It stretches 9,289 kilometres from Moscow to Vladivostok in Russia.

Q9: Which is the longest Railway tunnel in the world?

Answer: The Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland. It measures 57.1 kilometres.

Q10: Which is the longest railway platform in the world?

Answer: Hubballi Junction in Karnataka, India at 1,507 meters.

Reading newspapers and magazines, as well as tracking daily news, are some ways to stay updated about the world’s geography.