Previous year MCQs

UPPSC 1996 GS-I World Geography
Question

Which one of the following countries has the largest population?

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option C: Indonesia

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Indonesia”.
Indonesia has the largest population among the given options.

China > India > United States > Indonesia > Pakistan

Similar Questions:

Assertion (A): India is a monsoon country.
Reason (R): The high Himalayas impart it climatic distinctiveness.

Codes:
  1. A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
  2. B) Both A and R are true, but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
  3. C) A is true, but R is false.
  4. D) A is false, but R is true.
Which one of the following is a secretion from the body of an insect?
  1. A) Pearl
  2. B) Coral
  3. C) Lac
  4. D) Gum
The gas used in artificial ripening of unripe fruit is
  1. A) Acetylene
  2. B) Ethane
  3. C) Hydrogen
  4. D) Carbon dioxide
Match List I and List II and select the correct answer from the code given below:
List-I (Capital) - List-II (Country)

1. Havana - A. Brazil
2. Brasilia - B. Cuba
3. Lusaka - C. Kenya
4. Nairobi - D. Zambia

Code:
  1. A) A-l, B-2, C-3, D-4
  2. B) A-2, B-l, C-4, D-3
  3. C) A-2, B-3, C-l, D-4
  4. D) A-3, B-4 C-l, D-2
In South Asia, the country with the largest percentage of aged population is
  1. A) Bhutan
  2. B) India
  3. C) Nepal
  4. D) Sri Lanka
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List-I (Country) - List-II (Capital)

A. Uzbekistan - 1. Tashkent
B. Tajikistan - 2. Dushanbe
C. Kyrgyzstan - 3. Bishkek
D. Turkmenistan - 4. Ashgabat

Codes:
A B C D
  1. A) 1 2 3 4
  2. B) 1 2 4 3
  3. C) 1 3 4 2
  4. D) 1 4 2 3
Which of the following countries is the leading producer of lodine in the world?
  1. A) Japan
  2. B) U.S.A.
  3. C) Chile
  4. D) China
Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List-I (Different name of tropical cyclone) - List-II (Country)

A. Willy-Willies - 1. Philippines
B. Taifu - 2. Australia
C. Baguio - 3. Japan
D. Hurricanes - 4. U.S.A.

Codes:
  1. A) 3 4 1 2
  2. B) 2 3 4 1
  3. C) 1 3 2 4
  4. D) 2 3 1 4
"Horn of Africa" consists of:
  1. A) Algeria, Morocco and West Sahara
  2. B) Libya, Sudan and Egypt
  3. C) Somalia, Ethiopia and Djibouti
  4. D) Zimbabwe, Botswana and Angola
Which one of the following countries is NOT a member of U.N.O.?
  1. A) Libya
  2. B) Iraq
  3. C) Switzerland
  4. D) Vatican City
Maginot line was:
  1. A) Boundary between France and Germany
  2. B) Boundary between East Germany and Poland
  3. C) Boundary between U.S.A. and Canada
  4. D) Boundary between India and Afghanistan
Baku is famous for?
  1. A) Dense rail transport network
  2. B) Intensive farming
  3. C) Mineral oils
  4. D) Manufacturing industry