PPSC Geography Past Paper 2021 Solved MCQs with Answers
Solved Geography MCQs from the PPSC 2021 past paper, each with the correct answer and a clear explanation. Ideal practice for PPSC, FPSC, NTS, CSS and PMS. All questions are extracted from the actual 2021 paper and verified before publication.
The world's largest island is?
Greenland is the world's largest island, Australia being classed as a continent.
Tirich Mir is the highest peak of the range?
Tirich Mir, at 7,708 metres, is the highest peak of the Hindu Kush.
What is another name for the Cholistan Desert?
The Cholistan Desert is locally called Rohi.
Into how many climate zones is our earth divided?
The earth is divided into three broad climate zones: the torrid, the temperate and the frigid.
The iceberg known as A-76 is in which sea?
Iceberg A-76, which calved in 2021 and was then the world's largest, broke away into the Weddell Sea.
At what height from the Earth's surface is the ozone layer found, in kilometers?
The ozone layer lies about 20 to 30 km above the earth's surface, within the stratosphere.
The area from 5N to 5S of the Equator is called?
The belt from about 5 degrees North to 5 degrees South, where winds are light and variable, is called the doldrums.
Potwar Plateau and the Salt Range region are situated between which rivers?
The Pothohar Plateau and the Salt Range lie between the Indus and the Jhelum.
Great Salt Lake is located in?
The Great Salt Lake is in the state of Utah.
Khyber Pass links Peshawar with?
The Khyber Pass carries the route from Peshawar to Kabul.
A significant river of the Pothohar Plateau is?
The Soan is the principal river of the Pothohar Plateau.
Which is the largest district of Punjab in terms of area?
Bahawalpur is the largest district of Punjab by area, taking in much of the Cholistan Desert.
A tropical cyclone is called a hurricane when its speed exceeds?
A tropical cyclone is classed as a hurricane when sustained winds exceed 74 miles per hour.
Which element is most abundant in the Earth's crust?
Oxygen is the most abundant element in the earth's crust, followed by silicon.
Which two oceans are connected by the Panama Canal?
The Panama Canal connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Which is the biggest river in the world?
The Amazon is the largest river in the world by volume of water discharged.
The atmospheric zone in which the ozone layer is present is?
The ozone layer lies in the stratosphere.
The city of Florence is located in which country?
Florence, the city of the Renaissance, is in Italy.
Limestone is found in which type of rocks?
Limestone is a sedimentary rock, formed from the remains of marine organisms and precipitated calcium carbonate.
At which place do the Jhelum and Chenab rivers meet?
The Jhelum and the Chenab meet at Trimmu in Jhang district.
What does archipelago mean?
An archipelago is a cluster or chain of islands.
The Earth spins around its?
The earth spins around its axis, an imaginary line through the poles.
In which direction of Pakistan does the Arabian Sea lie?
The Arabian Sea lies to the south of Pakistan.
Which desert extends over most of North Africa?
The Sahara extends over most of North Africa.
Greenwich Mean Time is situated near the city of?
Greenwich, which gives its name to Greenwich Mean Time, is in London.
The largest and deepest ocean is?
The Pacific is the largest and deepest ocean.
Banjosa Lake is located in?
Banjosa Lake is near Rawalakot in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
The Fertile Crescent Region is located in?
The Fertile Crescent, the arc of well watered land where agriculture and the earliest cities arose, is in the Middle East.
Which country is located in Africa?
Congo and Swaziland, now called Eswatini, are both African countries.
Which desert is known as the cold desert?
The Gobi in Mongolia and China is known as the cold desert, since its high altitude brings freezing winters.
Which region of China is connected to Gwadar?
Gwadar is linked to Kashgar in Xinjiang through the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.
Bandar Abbas seaport is located in which country?
Bandar Abbas is a major seaport of Iran, on the Strait of Hormuz.
Pakistan is located in which continent?
Pakistan lies in Asia.
The world's second highest peak?
K2, at 8,611 metres, is the world's second highest peak.
Shatt al-Arab is the river that forms the border between two countries, which are?
The Shatt al-Arab, formed by the meeting of the Tigris and Euphrates, forms part of the border between Iran and Iraq.
What is a basin?
A basin is a bowl-shaped depression in the land surface, which may hold a lake or collect the drainage of a river system.
The world's smallest ocean is?
The Arctic is the smallest and shallowest of the oceans.
Kharan Desert is located in?
The Kharan Desert is in Balochistan.
The deepest place in Pakistan (related to sea level) is?
The deepest point associated with Pakistan is in the Arabian Sea, in the Makran Trench off the coast.
Which is a country that is landlocked?
Mongolia is landlocked, enclosed between Russia and China.
Sikaram is the highest peak of?
Sikaram, at about 4,761 metres, is the highest peak of the Safed Koh range.
The United Kingdom is made up of England and?
The United Kingdom comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Ferozpur Headwork is situated on?
Ferozepur Headworks is on the River Sutlej.
The greatest volume of Earth's ice is found in?
Antarctica holds the greatest volume of the earth's ice, about 90 per cent of the world's total.
Kalabagh Dam is planned to be constructed on the River?
Kalabagh Dam is planned on the River Indus, though the project has remained stalled.
Golden Triangle is the region where the borders of the following countries meet?
The Golden Triangle is the opium producing region where Thailand, Laos and Myanmar meet.
Sindh occupies which region of Pakistan?
Sindh occupies the south eastern part of Pakistan.
Which of the following is a landlocked country?
Afghanistan is landlocked, with no access to the sea.
The Taklamakan Desert is situated in?
The Taklamakan Desert lies in Xinjiang, China.
Margalla Hill is an offshoot of?
The Margalla Hills above Islamabad are an offshoot of the Himalayan range.
The first built barrage of Pakistan is?
The Sukkur Barrage, completed in 1932, was the first barrage built in what is now Pakistan.
River Indus stretches to the Arabian Sea from?
The Indus reaches the Arabian Sea through its delta near Thatta.
Chinkara Deer and Peacocks are mainly found in?
The chinkara gazelle and the peacock are characteristic of Pakistan's desert regions, particularly Thar and Cholistan.
Malaka-i-Kohsar Murree is situated in?
Murree, called Malika-e-Kohsar, the queen of the hills, lies in the Pir Panjal range of the Lesser Himalayas.
China is located to the _______ of Pakistan.
China lies to the north of Pakistan.
Cyclones are known as?
A cyclone is a large system of winds circulating around a centre of low pressure.
Who is known as the 'Father of Geography'?
Eratosthenes, who first measured the earth's circumference and coined the word geography, is called the Father of Geography.
Diego Garcia is an American naval base located in which ocean?
Diego Garcia, the American naval base, is in the Indian Ocean.
Golden Crescent is the term given to?
The Golden Crescent is the opium producing region covering Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan.
About the PPSC Geography Past Paper 2021
Every MCQ above is taken from the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) Geography papers held in 2021, with the correct answer and a written explanation for each. Past-paper practice is the most dependable way to prepare for PPSC, FPSC, NTS, CSS and PMS, because these papers repeat their themes, and often the questions themselves, from one year to the next.
Questions were checked against reliable sources before publication. Where a circulating source sheet carried a factual or wording error, we corrected it rather than reproducing the mistake. For chapter-wise preparation, work through our World Geography MCQs hub, which also lists every other year’s paper. Further reading: Pakistan Movement and the PPSC official website.
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