MPT Screening Test Preparation MCQs

  1. What is the total area of the earth?
    A) 400,000,000 sq. km
    B) 500,000,000 sq. km
    C) 510,072,000 sq. km
    D) 600,000,000 sq. km

  2. What is the earth’s equatorial circumference?
    A) 23,000,000 miles
    B) 25,000,000 miles
    C) 24,901,461 miles
    D) 26,500,000 miles

  3. What is the ratio between land and oceans?
    A) 60.5% and 39.5%
    B) 50% and 50%
    C) 80% and 20%
    D) 70.8% and 29.2%

  4. What is the total area of oceans?
    A) 350,000 million sq. km
    B) 361,132 million sq. km
    C) 370,000 million sq. km
    D) 390,000 million sq. km

  5. The total area of the earth is how many times greater than the area of the US?
    A) 40 times
    B) 45 times
    C) 50 times
    D) 52 times

  6. What is the highest part of the earth?
    A) K2
    B) Mt. Everest
    C) Himalayas
    D) Karakoram

  7. What is the lowest part of the earth?
    A) Mariana Trench
    B) Dead Sea
    C) Lake Assal
    D) Caspian Depression

  8. What is the deepest part of the earth?
    A) Dead Sea
    B) Atlantic Rift
    C) Mariana Trench
    D) Indian Ocean Trench

  9. How many continents is the Earth surface divided into?
    A) 5
    B) 6
    C) 7
    D) 8

  10. Which is the largest continent by area?
    A) Africa
    B) Asia
    C) North America
    D) Europe

  11. What is the area of Asia?
    A) 43,000,000 sq. km
    B) 44,391,162 sq. km
    C) 45,000,000 sq. km
    D) 46,500,000 sq. km

  12. What percentage of the land area does Asia comprise?
    A) 25%
    B) 30%
    C) 35%
    D) 40%

  13. What is the highest point of Asia?
    A) K2
    B) Mount Elbrus
    C) Mt. Everest
    D) Mount Fuji

  14. What is the 2nd largest continent by area?
    A) Asia
    B) Africa
    C) North America
    D) South America

  15. What is the total area of Africa?
    A) 30,000,000 sq. km
    B) 30,365,700 sq. km
    C) 31,000,000 sq. km
    D) 32,000,000 sq. km

  16. What percentage of the total area of the earth does Africa have?
    A) 18.2%
    B) 20.3%
    C) 22.5%
    D) 25%

  17. What is the highest point in Africa?
    A) Mt. Kenya
    B) Mt. Elgon
    C) Mt. Kilimanjaro
    D) Drakensberg

  18. What is the lowest point in Africa?
    A) Dead Sea
    B) Qattara Depression
    C) Lake Assal
    D) Danakil Depression

  19. What is the 3rd largest continent on earth?
    A) South America
    B) Europe
    C) North America
    D) Australia

  20. What is the total area of North America?
    A) 23,000,000 sq. km
    B) 25,000,000 sq. km
    C) 24,247,039 sq. km
    D) 26,000,000 sq. km

  21. What percentage of the earth’s total area does North America contain?
    A) 15.5%
    B) 16.3%
    C) 17.2%
    D) 18%

  22. What is the highest point of North America?
    A) Mt. Logan
    B) Mt. Rainier
    C) Mt. McKinley
    D) Mt. Hood

  23. What is the lowest point of North America?
    A) Lake Superior
    B) Death Valley
    C) Grand Canyon
    D) Mojave Basin

  24. What is the total area of South America?
    A) 18,000,000 sq. km
    B) 17,858,000 sq. km
    C) 17,000,000 sq. km
    D) 16,900,000 sq. km

  25. What percentage of the earth’s total area does South America contain?
    A) 7.9%
    B) 9.3%
    C) 8.9%
    D) 10%

  26. What is the highest point of South America?
    A) Mt. Fitz Roy
    B) Mt. Aconcagua
    C) Mt. Illimani
    D) Mt. Chimborazo

  27. What is the lowest point of South America?
    A) Amazon Basin
    B) Valdes Peninsula
    C) Pantanal
    D) Atacama Desert

  28. What is the total area of Antarctica?
    A) 13,500,000 sq. km
    B) 14,200,000 sq. km
    C) 15,000,000 sq. km
    D) 14,800,000 sq. km

  29. What percentage of the earth’s area does Antarctica contain?
    A) 7.5%
    B) 9%
    C) 8.2%
    D) 10.1%

  30. What is the total area of Europe?
    A) 11,000,000 sq. km
    B) 10,400,000 sq. km
    C) 10,900,000 sq. km
    D) 9,800,000 sq. km

  31. What percentage of the land area does Europe comprise?
    A) 5.5%
    B) 6.7%
    C) 7.3%
    D) 8%

  32. What is the highest point of Europe?
    A) Mont Blanc
    B) Mt. Elbrus
    C) Matterhorn
    D) Mt. Etna

  33. What is the lowest point of Europe?
    A) North Sea
    B) Caspian Sea
    C) Black Sea
    D) Sea of Azov

  34. What is the total area of Australia?
    A) 7,686,884 sq. km
    B) 7,400,000 sq. km
    C) 7,900,000 sq. km
    D) 8,200,000 sq. km

  35. What percentage of the earth’s area does Australia contain?
    A) 6%
    B) 4.9%
    C) 5.2%
    D) 5.8%

  36. What is the highest point of Australia?
    A) Mt. Ossa
    B) Mt. Kosciuszko
    C) Mt. Bogong
    D) Mt. Bartle Frere

  37. What is the lowest point of Australia?
    A) Simpson Desert
    B) Great Artesian Basin
    C) Lake Eyre
    D) Lake Torrens

  38. About how much of the Earth’s crust is composed of aluminum?
    A) 7.1%
    B) 9.5%
    C) 8.2%
    D) 10%

  39. What is the deepest part of the ocean?
    A) Java Trench
    B) Tonga Trench
    C) Mariana Trench
    D) Puerto Rico Trench

  40. What is the greatest depth in the Indian Ocean?
    A) Sunda Trench
    B) Java Trench
    C) Andaman Trench
    D) Makran Trench

  41. What is the highest waterfall in the world?
    A) Tugela Falls
    B) Yosemite Falls
    C) Angel Waterfall
    D) Niagara Falls

  42. What is Death Valley of California famous for?
    A) Earthquakes
    B) Caves
    C) Hottest area
    D) Forests

  43. What is the largest ocean in the world?
    A) Indian Ocean
    B) Pacific Ocean
    C) Atlantic Ocean
    D) Arctic Ocean

  44. What is the smallest sea in the world?
    A) Red Sea
    B) Baltic Sea
    C) Dead Sea
    D) Caribbean Sea

  45. What does the Strait of Gibraltar connect?
    A) Red Sea with Arabian Sea
    B) Caspian Sea with Black Sea
    C) Mediterranean Sea with Atlantic Ocean
    D) Pacific Ocean with Indian Ocean

  46. What does the Panama Canal connect?
    A) Mediterranean Sea with Atlantic Ocean
    B) Indian Ocean with Red Sea
    C) Atlantic Ocean with Pacific Ocean
    D) Arctic Ocean with Atlantic Ocean

  47. What is the Sea of Japan famous for?
    A) Oil reserves
    B) Coral reefs
    C) Fishing
    D) Tourism

  48. Which of the following is a Baltic State?
    A) Ukraine
    B) Belarus
    C) Estonia
    D) Finland

  49. What is the biggest island in the world?
    A) Madagascar
    B) Greenland
    C) New Guinea
    D) Borneo

  50. Which is the largest saltwater lake in the world?
    A) Aral Sea
    B) Lake Victoria
    C) Caspian Sea
    D) Dead Sea

  51. Which is the world’s largest city by area?
    A) Tokyo
    B) Shanghai
    C) New York
    D) Los Angeles

  52. What is the longest strait in the world?
    A) Bering Strait
    B) Strait of Malacca
    C) Bosporus
    D) Strait of Gibraltar

  53. Where is the Takla Makan Desert located?
    A) Mongolia
    B) Kazakhstan
    C) Pakistan
    D) China

  54. What is the world’s smallest state by population?
    A) San Marino
    B) Monaco
    C) Vatican City
    D) Liechtenstein

  55. Where is the Kuril Island situated?
    A) Between Alaska and Russia
    B) Between Korea and Japan
    C) Between China and Taiwan
    D) Between Russia and Japan

  56. Where does the Yellow Sea lie?
    A) Japan and Korea
    B) China and Japan
    C) China and Korea
    D) Taiwan and Korea

  57. Where is the world’s largest volcano, Mauna Loa, located?
    A) Philippines
    B) Indonesia
    C) Hawaii
    D) Japan

  58. The eastern Mediterranean island Cyprus is divided between which two countries?
    A) Italy and Greece
    B) Greece and Turkey
    C) Syria and Lebanon
    D) Egypt and Turkey

  59. What is the world’s smallest Islamic state by area?
    A) Brunei
    B) Bahrain
    C) Maldives
    D) Qatar

  60. The Sakhalin Islands are claimed by which two countries?
    A) China and Japan
    B) Russia and Japan
    C) Korea and Russia
    D) Japan and Philippines

  61. Where is the world-famous Golden Gate Bridge located?
    A) Los Angeles
    B) San Francisco
    C) New York
    D) Seattle

  62. Which country is the world’s largest producer of uranium?
    A) Canada
    B) Australia
    C) Kazakhstan
    D) Russia

  63. The Dead Sea lies between which two countries?
    A) Egypt and Israel
    B) Israel and Jordan
    C) Syria and Jordan
    D) Lebanon and Israel

  64. Which is the largest sea in the world?
    A) Caribbean Sea
    B) Mediterranean Sea
    C) Arabian Sea
    D) South China Sea

  65. Which country has the greatest number of volcanoes in the world?
    A) Indonesia
    B) Japan
    C) Philippines
    D) Italy

  66. Which country has the largest number of islands?
    A) Canada
    B) Norway
    C) Japan
    D) Indonesia

  67. What is a subway?
    A) Sea tunnel
    B) Overhead rail system
    C) Underground passage
    D) Airport runway

  68. Which sea is located in Central Asia?
    A) Baltic Sea
    B) Aral Sea
    C) Black Sea
    D) Caspian Sea

  69. Which country is below sea level?
    A) Denmark
    B) Belgium
    C) Germany
    D) Netherlands

  70. Bore is caused by:
    A) Volcanic eruptions
    B) Earthquakes
    C) Oceanic pressure
    D) Rising with meeting river currents

  71. A canyon is a large form of:
    A) Cliff
    B) Ridge
    C) Gorge
    D) Plateau

  72. What kind of weathering takes place in the valley side above the surface of a glacier?
    A) Abrasion
    B) Frost-shattering
    C) Chemical weathering
    D) Oxidation

  73. What is a wind called that changes direction with the seasons?
    A) Cyclone
    B) Trade wind
    C) Westerlies
    D) Monsoon

  74. What is the largest latitude circle on Earth?
    A) Tropic of Cancer
    B) Arctic Circle
    C) Tropic of Capricorn
    D) Equator

  75. What is the world’s largest delta?
    A) Amazon Delta
    B) Bangladesh (Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta)
    C) Nile Delta
    D) Mekong Delta

  76. What is meant by equinox?
    A) When sun is closest to Earth
    B) Longest night
    C) Day and night are equal
    D) Longest day

  77. What is meant by solstice?
    A) Equal day and night
    B) When sun reaches its maximum distance from Earth’s equator
    C) When moon is closest to Earth
    D) Seasonal storm

  78. Why do seasons change?
    A) Earth’s axis tilts
    B) Earth is revolving around the sun
    C) Gravitational pull of the moon
    D) Rotation of the Earth

  79. What is the age of Earth?
    A) 4000 million years
    B) 5500 million years
    C) 6000 million years
    D) 5000 million years

  80. Where is Antarctica situated?
    A) North Pole
    B) Arctic Circle
    C) Equator
    D) South Pole

  81. Which continent is called the Dark Continent?
    A) Asia
    B) Africa
    C) Australia
    D) Europe

  82. In which continent are the Alps mountains located?
    A) Asia
    B) Africa
    C) Europe
    D) South America

  83. What does the Suez Canal connect?
    A) Indian Ocean and Atlantic Ocean
    B) Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea
    C) Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea
    D) Red Sea and Arabian Sea

  84. Which is the shortest day in the Northern Hemisphere?
    A) March 21
    B) December 21 or 22
    C) June 21
    D) October 15

  85. In which direction does the Earth rotate on its axis?
    A) East to West
    B) West to East
    C) North to South
    D) Clockwise

  86. The Friendship Bridge on the Oxus River connects which two countries?
    A) Turkmenistan & Afghanistan
    B) Uzbekistan & Afghanistan
    C) Tajikistan & Kyrgyzstan
    D) Iran & Uzbekistan

  87. The Johar Strait separates:
    A) Indonesia and Malaysia
    B) Thailand and Singapore
    C) Singapore and Malaysia
    D) Brunei and Malaysia

  88. The Strait of Dover separates:
    A) England and Netherlands
    B) England and France
    C) Scotland and Ireland
    D) France and Belgium

  89. The Bay of Biscay is located between:
    A) Portugal and France
    B) France and Spain
    C) Spain and Italy
    D) France and Italy

  90. Where is the longest underwater tunnel “Seikan Tunnel” located?
    A) South Korea
    B) Japan
    C) United Kingdom
    D) China

  91. What is the most populous metropolitan area in the world?
    A) New York
    B) Shanghai
    C) Tokyo
    D) Delhi

  92. What is the coldest region in the world?
    A) Antarctica
    B) Arctic
    C) Greenland
    D) Siberia

  93. What is the diameter of the Earth at the equator?
    A) 12,500 km
    B) 12,753 km
    C) 13,000 km
    D) 12,000 km

  94. At what speed does the Earth orbit the Sun?
    A) 103,000 km/h
    B) 110,000 km/h
    C) 105,500 km/h
    D) 107,320 km/h

  95. How many times a year does the sun shine vertically on the equator?
    A) Once
    B) Thrice
    C) Twice
    D) Four times

  96. Which country has the longest summer day?
    A) Norway
    B) France
    C) Sweden
    D) Canada

  97. What is the standard time of Pakistan in relation to GMT?
    A) 4 hours ahead
    B) 6 hours behind
    C) 5 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time
    D) 5 hours behind

  98. On which date do sunrays fall vertically over the Tropic of Cancer?
    A) March 21
    B) September 22
    C) June 21
    D) December 22

  99. The minimum distance between the Sun and the Earth occurs on:
    A) July 4
    B) January 3
    C) June 21
    D) December 31

  100. What is the period of the lunar month?
    A) 28.53 days
    B) 26.10 days
    C) 27.50 days
    D) 29.50 days

  101. Where is Greenwich located?
    A) Oxford
    B) London
    C) Manchester
    D) Liverpool

  102. The Red Sea is an example of:
    A) Fold mountain
    B) Ocean trench
    C) Rift valley
    D) Basin

  103. What is a graben?
    A) A down faulted area
    B) A mountain range
    C) A raised plateau
    D) A river basin

  104. What is a cyclone?
    A) A low pressure system with anti-clockwise winds in Northern Hemisphere
    B) A high pressure wind system
    C) A thunderstorm
    D) A cold wind blowing from poles

  105. The highest salinity is found in:
    A) Dead Sea
    B) Salt Lake
    C) Assal Lake
    D) Caspian Sea

  106. What is an iceberg?
    A) A mountain of ice on land
    B) Frozen lake
    C) A floating mass of ice
    D) Glacier part on land

  107. The grassland of Asia is called:
    A) Pampas
    B) Prairie
    C) Savanna
    D) Steppe

  108. What is viticulture?
    A) Study of fruits
    B) Cultivation of grapes
    C) Cultivation of vegetables
    D) Study of soil

  109. What is horticulture?
    A) Growing of cereal crops
    B) Forestry
    C) Growing of flowers and fruits
    D) Cultivation of grapes

  110. What is meant by humid farming?
    A) Farming near rivers
    B) Farming in rainy season
    C) Farming in arid zones
    D) Irrigation farming

  111. The world’s largest coffee-producing country is:
    A) Colombia
    B) Vietnam
    C) Ethiopia
    D) Brazil

  112. In Pakistan, iron ore is found in:
    A) Thar
    B) Kalabagh
    C) Sui
    D) Dera Ghazi Khan

  113. The aborigines of North America are called:
    A) Eskimos
    B) Red Indians
    C) Mayans
    D) Maoris

  114. The river Irrawaddy is the life-blood of which country?
    A) Thailand
    B) Laos
    C) Myanmar
    D) Vietnam

  115. Sheffield has been famous for:
    A) Wool industry
    B) Cutlery industry (Corrected spelling)
    C) Coal mining
    D) Tourism

  116. Diego Garcia is an island located in the:
    A) Pacific Ocean
    B) Indian Ocean
    C) Atlantic Ocean
    D) Arctic Ocean

  117. What is the Gulf Stream?
    A) Cold current in Pacific
    B) A warm current in the Atlantic Ocean
    C) Oceanic trench
    D) A gulf near USA

  118. Which of the following is a hardwood tree?
    A) Pine
    B) Fir
    C) Sheesham
    D) Deodar

  119. Speleology is the scientific study of:
    A) Fossils
    B) Caves
    C) Volcanoes
    D) Minerals

  120. What is the Dead Sea?
    A) A freshwater lake
    B) A trench
    C) A river delta
    D) Salt lake and lowest point of Earth below sea level

  121. Where is the Atacama Desert located?
    A) Peru
    B) Chile
    C) Brazil
    D) Argentina

  122. In which year was the Suez Canal constructed?
    A) 1875
    B) 1859
    C) 1869
    D) 1900

  123. The Aswan Dam is located in:
    A) Sudan
    B) Egypt
    C) Iraq
    D) Turkey

  124. The biggest exporter of food in the world is:
    A) USA
    B) China
    C) Brazil
    D) EU

  125. The largest producer of pig iron is:
    A) Russia
    B) USA
    C) China
    D) India

  126. The largest producer of copper is:
    A) Peru
    B) Australia
    C) Chile
    D) USA

  127. What is a basin?
    A) Mountain region
    B) Low area of land
    C) River delta
    D) Ridge

  128. What is a cataract?
    A) A whirlpool
    B) Large waterfall
    C) Type of reef
    D) Rocky valley

  129. The term ‘humidity’ indicates:
    A) A foggy day
    B) Amount of moisture in the air (Corrected from “a bend of river”)
    C) A dry spell
    D) A windy condition

  130. What is a cyclone?
    A) A storm over land
    B) Sea breeze
    C) A large system of winds
    D) Dust cloud

  131. Where is the Gulf of Mannar located?
    A) Arabian Sea
    B) Bay of Bengal
    C) Indian Ocean
    D) Pacific Ocean

  132. The Strait of Florida connects:
    A) Caribbean Sea with Atlantic Ocean
    B) Pacific Ocean with Atlantic Ocean
    C) Gulf of Mexico with Atlantic Ocean
    D) Red Sea with Arabian Sea

  133. The Strait of Florida is located between:
    A) USA and Haiti
    B) Cuba and Bahamas
    C) Mexico and USA
    D) Jamaica and Haiti

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