Geography One-Liner PDF

Q. What is the process by which snow or ice is lost from a glacier?
Answer: Ablation
Q. What refers to one culture influencing another culture through interaction?
Answer: Acculturation
Q. What is an isolated flat-topped elevation with steep sides called?
Answer: Mesa
Q. What is the seasonal movement of livestock between lowlands and highlands called?
Answer: Transhumance
Q. What is a Reg?
Answer: A desert pavement covered with pebbles
Q. Which instrument measures relative humidity in the atmosphere?
Answer: Sling Psychrometer
Q. What is the practice of growing two or more crops on the same plot simultaneously called?
Answer: Mixed cropping / Intercropping
Q. What is an Umland?
Answer: Hinterland of a city
Q. What are the leading causes of death globally according to WHO?
Answer: Ischemic heart disease, stroke, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Q. What is soft hail consisting of small snow particles with a fragile ice crust called?
Answer: Graupel
Q. Which model studies the diffusion of innovations?
Answer: Hagerstrand model
Q. Which process is also known as the cold rain process?
Answer: Bergeron process
Q. Which atmospheric circulation cell extends from the equator to about 30° latitude?
Answer: Hadley Cell
Q. What is the gently sloping submerged edge of a continent called?
Answer: Continental shelf
Q. Who presented the Demographic Transition Model?
Answer: Warren Thompson
Q. What are phytoplankton?
Answer: Microscopic plants floating in sunlit water
Q. What happens when a cold front passes a region?
Answer: Cooler temperatures and clear skies
Q. Where does the maximum latent heat transfer occur?
Answer: Sub-tropical oceans
Q. What is a continuous urban area formed by merging cities called?
Answer: Conurbation
Q. Shallow earthquakes (less than 20 km deep) are associated with which boundaries?
Answer: Divergent plate boundaries

Q. Which country lies in the north of Pakistan?
Answer: China

Q. Which place is called the “Roof of the World”?
Answer: Tibet

Q. Which is the largest fort of Pakistan?
Answer: Ranikot Fort

Q. Indus River originates from _____?
Answer: Tibet

Q. What is the length of coastline of Pakistan?
Answer: 1048 km

Q. Deosai National Park is located in which region of Pakistan?
Answer: Gilgit-Baltistan

Q. Main goal of British colonial rule in Punjab?
Answer: Exploitation of resources

Q. Who was the powerful Sikh ruler of Punjab before 1849?
Answer: Ranjit Singh

Q. Azakhel dry port has recently been inaugurated in which city?
Answer: Nowshera

Q. Who was the founder of the Unionist Party?
Answer: Sir Fazal Hussain

Q. Torkham Border connects Pakistan with which country?
Answer: Afghanistan

Q. Sukkur Barrage located on which river?
Answer: Indus River

Q. Worldwide Nanga Parbat is _______ highest mountain.
Answer: 9th

Q. The Pakistan Navy’s primary flag is called the?
Answer: Naval Ensign

Q. Kartarpur Corridor is in the district of _____?
Answer: Narowal

Q. The first rocket launched by Pakistan was ______?
Answer: Rehbar

Q. Karachi to Islamabad direction?
Answer: South to north

Q. What is the height of Tarbela Dam?
Answer: 143 m (470 feet)

Q. Pak China Boundary line was demarcated during the era of _______?
Answer: Ayyub Khan (1963)

Q. The Friendship Gate is built on the border between Pakistan and _____?
Answer: Afghanistan


Q. Which is the deepest place on Earth?
Answer: Mariana Trench

Q. Which is the largest desert in the world?
Answer: Antarctic Desert

Q. Which country has the longest coastline in the world?
Answer: Canada

Q. Which is the highest mountain in Japan?
Answer: Mount Fuji

Q. Which mountain range separates Europe and Asia?
Answer: Ural Mountains

Q. Which is the most populous country in Africa?
Answer: Nigeria

Q. What is the capital city of Pakistan?
Answer: Islamabad

Q. What is the capital city of Malta?
Answer: Valletta

Q. What is the capital city of Peru?
Answer: Lima

Q. What is the capital city of Canada?
Answer: Ottawa

Q. Which sea is the saltest (most saline) in the world?
Answer: Dead Sea

Q. Which river flows through the city of Paris?
Answer: Seine River

Q. In which countries is the Kalahari Desert located?
Answer: Botswana and Namibia

Q. Which is the highest peak in the African continent?
Answer: Mount Kilimanjaro

Q. Which is the largest island in Asia?
Answer: Borneo

Q. Which country in the world has no mosquitoes?
Answer: Iceland

Q. What was the old name of Sri Lanka?
Answer: Ceylon

Q. Which volcano destroyed the ancient city of Pompeii?
Answer: Mount Vesuvius

Q. Which is the largest ocean in the world?
Answer: Pacific Ocean

Q. The Equator passes through how many countries?
Answer: 13 Countries


Q. Which 2 nations agreed to redraw their borders in 2023 near the Matterhorn on account of melting glaciers?
Answer: Switzerland and Italy
Q. What is the name of the 1,500 mile river under the Orenburg Oblast with monuments labeled “Asia” and “Europe”?
Answer: The Ural River
Q. Which body of water was later renamed by Pierre Le Moyne D’Iberville?
Answer: Lake Pontchartrain
Q. What is the only country that borders both the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf?
Answer: Iran
Q. Which province above Washington state has about 5.6 million people?
Answer: British Columbia
Q. Which country spanned two continents before a secession in 1903?
Answer: Panama
Q. Which North American volcano is called “Bring the water”?
Answer: Mount Rainier
Q. Which capital started following two time zones in 2016?
Answer: Nicosia
Q. Which US state with two names stretches the farthest south?
Answer: New Mexico
Q. Which small Asian country starting with B is in the Himalayas?
Answer: Bhutan
Q. Name the two South American countries starting with B.
Answer: Bolivia and Brazil
Q. Which landlocked nation is called “The Kingdom in the Sky”?
Answer: Lesotho
Q. Which nation was formed by six colonies in 1901?
Answer: Australia
Q. What is the capital of Iraq?
Answer: Baghdad
Q. Which is the capital of Ohio?
Answer: Columbus
Q. In which ocean are the Falkland Islands located?
Answer: Atlantic Ocean
Q. Dubai is located in which country?
Answer: United Arab Emirates
Q. What is the highest mountain in North America?
Answer: Denali
Q. Which body of water divides Maryland?
Answer: Chesapeake Bay
Q. What is the world’s largest rainforest?
Answer: Amazon
Q. Which Central American country has English as official language?
Answer: Belize
Q. Which country is also known as Holland?
Answer: Netherlands
Q. How many nations are recognized by the UN?
Answer: 195
Q. What is the most populous city in Africa?
Answer: Lagos
Q. Where is Machu Picchu located?
Answer: Peru
Q. What is the deepest lake in the world?
Answer: Lake Baikal
Q. What is the capital of Pakistan?
Answer: Islamabad
Q. Which US state contains the northernmost point?
Answer: Minnesota
Q. What is a land surrounded by water on three sides called?
Answer: Peninsula
Q. Where is Angel Falls located?
Answer: Venezuela
Q. How many major islands are in Hawaii?
Answer: 8
Q. Which continent has highest and lowest points?
Answer: Asia
Q. Which mountain range stretches from Canada to New Mexico?
Answer: Rocky Mountains
Q. Which country has the largest population?
Answer: India
Q. What is the currency of Albania?
Answer: Lek
Q. Which states meet at Four Corners?
Answer: Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado
Q. What is the capital of El Salvador?
Answer: San Salvador
Q. Where are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers located?
Answer: Asia
Q. What is the largest active volcano?
Answer: Mauna Loa
Q. Which US state is called Old Line State?
Answer: Maryland
Q. Which desert has highest temperature record?
Answer: Death Valley
Q. What is a chain of islands called?
Answer: Archipelago
Q. Which country has Shaolin Temple and Forbidden City?
Answer: China
Q. Which country is called Land of Thousand Lakes?
Answer: Finland
Q. What is the highest mountain in Africa?
Answer: Mount Kilimanjaro
Q. Which is the smallest sea in the world?
Answer: Sea of Azov
Q. Where is K2 located?
Answer: Karakoram Range
Q. Which ocean lies on west coast of USA?
Answer: Pacific Ocean
Q. Which country is called Land of Thunder Dragon?
Answer: Bhutan
Q. What is the southernmost point of Africa?
Answer: Cape Agulhas

Q. Where is Salar de Uyuni located?
Answer: Bolivia
Q. Grand Canyon is in which state?
Answer: Arizona
Q. Which strait separates Saudi Arabia from Africa?
Answer: Bab el Mandeb
Q. What is the second largest island in the world?
Answer: New Guinea
Q. What is the northernmost capital city?
Answer: Reykjavik
Q. Population of New Zealand?
Answer: About 5.3 million
Q. Capital of Suriname?
Answer: Paramaribo
Q. Smallest continent?
Answer: Australia
Q. Great Lakes consist of how many?
Answer: 5
Q. Highest point on Earth?
Answer: Mount Everest
Q. City of Angels refers to?
Answer: Los Angeles
Q. City of Fountains refers to?
Answer: Kansas City
Q. Largest island in Mediterranean?
Answer: Sicily
Q. What is a plateau?
Answer: Flat elevated land
Q. Capital of Afghanistan?
Answer: Kabul
Q. Kalahari Desert is in which country?
Answer: Botswana
Q. Which river forms US-Mexico border?
Answer: Rio Grande
Q. Where is Guyana?
Answer: South America
Q. Most populated African country?
Answer: Nigeria
Q. Which country is also a continent?
Answer: Australia
Q. Country of Pyramids of Giza?
Answer: Egypt
Q. Where is Malta located?
Answer: Mediterranean Sea
Q. Land of Fire and Ice?
Answer: Iceland
Q. Largest and deepest ocean?
Answer: Pacific Ocean
Q. Largest desert?
Answer: Antarctic Desert
Q. Great Barrier Reef is in which country?
Answer: Australia
Q. Father of Waters river?
Answer: Mississippi River
Q. Largest continent?
Answer: Asia
Q. Map with contour lines is called?
Answer: Topographic map
Q. Country with 7000 islands?
Answer: Philippines
Q. Most populous city in world?
Answer: Tokyo
Q. Country with most pyramids?
Answer: Sudan
Q. Where is Moldova?
Answer: Eastern Europe
Q. Largest underground lake location?
Answer: Namibia
Q. Bermuda Triangle is in which ocean?
Answer: Atlantic Ocean
Q. How many countries in Africa?
Answer: 54
Q. Cliffs of Moher are in which country?
Answer: Ireland
Q. Capital of Senegal?
Answer: Dakar
Q. Ocean between North America and Africa?
Answer: Atlantic Ocean
Q. Where is Chile?
Answer: South America
Q. River from Minneapolis to New Orleans?
Answer: Mississippi
Q. Number of countries in North America?
Answer: 23
Q. Which country is near Florida?
Answer: Cuba
Q. Where is Mongolia?
Answer: East Asia
Q. Postal abbreviation for Mississippi?
Answer: MS
Q. Mountain range in eastern USA?
Answer: Appalachian Mountains
Q. Capital of Tennessee?
Answer: Nashville
Q. Capital of Spain?
Answer: Madrid
Q. State between California and Washington?
Answer: Oregon

Q. Which state was not one of 13 colonies?
Answer: Maine
Q. Capital of Greece?
Answer: Athens
Q. Second largest populated city?
Answer: Delhi
Q. Capital of New Hampshire?
Answer: Concord
Q. Prime meridian is at?
Answer: 0° longitude
Q. Valletta is in which country?
Answer: Malta
Q. Capital of UK?
Answer: London
Q. Capital of Pennsylvania?
Answer: Harrisburg
Q. Capital of Canada?
Answer: Ottawa
Q. Big Ben is located in which city?
Answer: London
Q. Which is not a Great Lake?
Answer: Champlain
Q. Capital of Italy?
Answer: Rome
Q. Larger city population?
Answer: Mexico City
Q. Lake Moraine is in which country?
Answer: Canada
Q. What measures distance north or south?
Answer: Latitude
Q. Capital of France?
Answer: Paris
Q. Capital of Ireland?
Answer: Dublin
Q. Terraced fields found in which country?
Answer: Vietnam
Q. Smallest ocean?
Answer: Arctic Ocean
Q. Where is Indonesia?
Answer: Southeast Asia
Q. Capital of Germany?
Answer: Berlin
Q. Saint Basil’s Cathedral is in which country?
Answer: Russia
Q. Capital of Russia?
Answer: Moscow
Q. Capital of Romania?
Answer: Bucharest
Q. Burj Khalifa is located in which country?
Answer: UAE
Q. Capital of Portugal?
Answer: Lisbon
Q. Smallest population country among France, UK, Spain?
Answer: Spain
Q. Capital of Sweden?
Answer: Stockholm
Q. Capital of Belgium?
Answer: Brussels
Q. Capital of Poland?
Answer: Warsaw
Q. Where is Chad?
Answer: Central Africa
Q. Capital of Netherlands?
Answer: Amsterdam
Q. Smallest Canadian province?
Answer: Prince Edward Island
Q. Where are Maldives?
Answer: Indian Ocean
Q. Mexico is in which continent?
Answer: North America
Q. Capital of Denmark?
Answer: Copenhagen
Q. Capital of Lithuania?
Answer: Vilnius
Q. Capital of Hungary?
Answer: Budapest
Q. Colosseum is in which country?
Answer: Italy
Q. Longest river in the world?
Answer: Nile River
Q. Capital of Switzerland?
Answer: Bern
Q. Capital of Iceland?
Answer: Reykjavik
Q. Capillas de Mármol are in which country?
Answer: Chile
Q. Australia is not surrounded by which sea?
Answer: Philippine Sea
Q. Capital of Slovakia?
Answer: Bratislava
Q. Currency of India?
Answer: Rupee
Q. Petronas Towers are in which country?
Answer: Malaysia
Q. Capital of Albania?
Answer: Tirana
Q. Hoover Dam is built on which river?
Answer: Colorado River

Q. Which is the deepest place on Earth?
Answer: Mariana Trench
Q. Which is the largest desert in the world?
Answer: Antarctic Desert
Q. Which country has the longest coastline?
Answer: Canada
Q. Highest mountain in Japan?
Answer: Mount Fuji
Q. Mountain range between Europe and Asia?
Answer: Ural Mountains
Q. Most populous country in Africa?
Answer: Nigeria
Q. Capital of Malta?
Answer: Valletta
Q. Capital of Peru?
Answer: Lima
Q. Saltiest sea in the world?
Answer: Dead Sea
Q. Largest ocean in the world?
Answer: Pacific Ocean
Q. What’s the capital of Paraguay?
Answer: Asunción
Q. Where is this located: Japan, Myanmar, or Belize?
Answer: Myanmar
Q. What’s the capital of Norway?
Answer: Oslo
Q. Where can you go to see this castle: Scotland, Romania, or Tanzania?
Answer: Romania
Q. What’s the capital of Ukraine?
Answer: Kyiv
Q. What’s the capital of Colombia?
Answer: Bogotá
Q. What’s the capital of Czechia?
Answer: Prague
Q. What country is this monument located in: Switzerland, Norway, or Albania?
Answer: Albania
Q. What’s the capital of Luxembourg?
Answer: Luxembourg City
Q. What’s the capital of Belarus?
Answer: Minsk
Q. What’s the capital of Montenegro?
Answer: Podgorica
Q. What is this landmark called: the Great Barricade, Great Wall of China, or Retaining Wall?
Answer: Great Wall of China
Q. Where is Nepal?
Answer: Asia
Q. Where can you find this bridge: the United States, Germany, or the Netherlands?
Answer: Germany
Q. What’s the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina?
Answer: Sarajevo
Q. Where are these pools (Pamukkale) located: Iceland, Denmark, or Turkey?
Answer: Turkey
Q. What’s the capital of Austria?
Answer: Vienna
Q. What’s the capital of Estonia?
Answer: Tallinn
Q. What’s the capital of Serbia?
Answer: Belgrade
Q. Where is Eritrea: Africa, Asia, Europe?
Answer: Africa
Q. What’s the capital of Japan?
Answer: Tokyo
Q. What’s the capital of Latvia?
Answer: Riga
Q. What’s the capital of Turkey?
Answer: Ankara
Q. What is this famous landmark called: the Eiffel Tower, Tower of London, or Paris Spire?
Answer: Eiffel Tower
Q. What’s the capital of Slovenia?
Answer: Ljubljana
Q. What’s the capital of Bulgaria?
Answer: Sofia
Q. What’s the capital of Finland?
Answer: Helsinki
Q. What is this famous temple called: Angkor Wat, Hagia Sophia, or Petra?
Answer: Angkor Wat
Q. What’s the capital of North Macedonia?
Answer: Skopje
Q. What’s the name of this famous bridge in San Francisco: the Rouge Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge, or Golden Gate Bridge?
Answer: Golden Gate Bridge

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