Geography Questions and Answers for UPSC

Aspirants preparing for the civil services examination and looking for brief and befitting answers to the questions based geography syllabus of the IAS exam have landed at the correct place. Physical geography, climate, resources, urbanization, etc. are the topics covered under geography and questions based on the same have been given below for the candidates’ reference.

Considering the vast UPSC Syllabus, BYJU’S brings to you a list of important questions along with their answers to prepare for geography, one of the main subjects for both, prelims and mains examination.

In this article, aspirants can get direct and aligned answers to geography questions, with a focus on the UPSC Mains General Studies-I paper. This will help candidates easily comprehend the syllabus and get straightforward answers to all their topic-related queries.

Water vapour varies from zero to four per cent by volume of the atmosphere. Water is present in the atmosphere in three forms namely –...
According to world bank data, Mongolia has the lowest population density in the world. It has a population density of 2 persons per sq.km. ...
The atmosphere is composed of gases, water vapour and dust particles. It consists of about 78 percent nitrogen, 21 percent oxygen, 0.9 percent...
According to world bank data 2020, the density of the population of India is 464 sq.km. As per the provisional population totals of the census...
Importance of water vapour in the atmosphere: It bsorbs parts of the insolation from the sun and preserves the earth’s radiated heat. It...
India is densely populated because of the following reasons. Availability of water: People prefer to live in areas where freshwater is easily...
Nitrogen is the most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere. It constitutes around 78.08 Percentage by Volume in the atmosphere. The details of...
Vatican city is the least populated country in the world with a population of just over 800 persons. Vatican City is the world’s smallest...
Koeppen recognised five major climatic groups, four of which are based on temperature and one on precipitation. They are  A (Tropical), B (...
Koeppen recognised five major climatic groups. They are A (Tropical), B ( Dry Climates ), C (Warm Temperate), D (Cold Snow Forest Climates), and...
Air expands when heated and gets compressed when cooled. This results in variations in the atmospheric pressure. The result is that it causes the...
El Nino and La Nina are examples of atmospheric circulation. El Niño is a climate pattern that describes the unusual warming of surface...
The 3 types of atmospheric circulation cells are the Hadley cell, the Ferrel cell, and the polar cell Hadley cell: Occurs between the...
The main causes of atmospheric circulation are: Differential heating of the atmosphere causes air to rise at some locations and sink at some...
The major factors affecting global atmospheric circulation are:  Uneven heating of earth's surface Seasonal changes in temperature and...
Water is present in the atmosphere in three forms namely – gaseous, liquid and solid. Water present in gaseous form is called Water vapour....
According to Human Development Report 2020, Norway ranks first in Human Development Index with HDI value of 0.957. It is followed by Ireland,...
Sunlight, an essential prerequisite for life. But it can be dangerous to human health. Excessive exposure to the sun might cause risks of various...
Every 11 years or so, the Sun's magnetic field completely flips. This means that the Sun's north and south poles switch places. Then it takes...
According to measurements made by the most recent NASA satellite missions,  at Earth's average distance from the Sun (about 150 million...