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.

The negative effects of solar energy are: Excessive UV exposure results in a number of chronic skin changes. These include various skin cancers...
The continental drift theory tries to explain the distribution of oceans and continents. This theory was put forth by German scientist Alfred...
Red sea separates the continent of Asia and Africa. The Isthmus of Suez in eastern Egypt connects the continents of Africa and Asia and separates...
Continents  Oceans Continents are large and continuous masses of land which are separated by expanses of water. Oceans are large water...
Convectional Current Theory was given by Arthur Holmes in the 1930s. It discussed the possibility of convection currents operating in the mantle...
Continuous volcanic eruptions contributed water vapour and gases to the atmosphere. As the earth cooled, the water vapour released started...
The mega-ocean was called PANTHALASSA, meaning all water. According to Wegener, all the continents formed a single continental mass and mega...
Solar radiation is a general term for the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the sun. Solar radiation can be captured and turned into useful...
Solar radiation is caused by nuclear fusion that takes place in the sun.Fusion occurs when protons of hydrogen atoms violently collide in the...
Solar radiation is radiant (electromagnetic) energy from the sun. It is important because it provides light and heat for the Earth and energy for...
The air masses are named based on their source regions. These are:  Source regions Air masses Warm tropical and subtropical oceans...
When two different air masses collide, they don't mix. They push against each other along a line called air front.  When a warm air mass...
Maritime air mass is found on seas and oceans. Two kinds of air masses form over water. They are  Maritime tropical (mT) formed over warm...
Categories of cyclones: Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), classified the low-pressure systems in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea on...
La Nina means Little Girl in Spanish. La Nina is also sometimes called El Viejo that means anti-El Nino (simply a cold event). La Nina has the...
During La Nina events, trade winds are even stronger than usual and push more warm water toward Asia. La Nina brings warmer-than-normal...
El-Nino is the opposite of La Nina. El Nino means the little boy in Spanish and La Nina means the little girl. They are opposite phases of the El...
The Coriolis force is directly proportional to the angle of latitude. As the latitude at which horizontally and freely moving objects are located...
At the equator, the Coriolis force is zero and the wind blows perpendicular to the isobars. There is no Coriolis effect because there is no...
Normally, temperature decreases with an increase in elevation. It is called the normal lapse rate. At times, the situation is reversed and the...