Geography Previous Year Questions 2026 | UPSC CSE

Geography - MOST IMPORTANT UPSC CSE Previous Year Questions

Practice real questions from previous year exams of UPSC CSE.

📘 Climate of India📚 Factors affecting the climate of India
Q1

Which among the following pairs of places had most marked difference in total rainfall per annum even though located approximately along the same latitude?

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📘 General Miscellaneous📚 Miscellaneous
Q2

In Mizoram, the settlement pattern is mostly of ‘linear type’ along the ridges, because

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📘 India-Location, Structure📚 Misc
Q3

According to the ancient Indian geographical concept, ‘Bharatvarsha’ was a part of:

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📘 Atmospheric Moisture and Precipitation📚 Forms of Precipitation (Rainfall, Snowfall, Sleet, Hail)
Q4

A rainy day, as defined by the Indian Meteorological department, is a day when the rainfall at a point received is:

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📘 Soil of India📚 Desert (Arid) Soil
Q5

Soils of Western Rajasthan have a high content of:

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📘 Minerals and Energy Resources of India (Distribution and Production)📚 Coal
Q6

The Neyveli thermal power plant is fed by

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📘 Minerals and Energy Resources of India (Distribution and Production)📚 Coal
Q7

At the present state of our knowledge and resources position, India will remain self sufficient for the next three decades in:

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📘 Universe📚 Neptune
Q8

Even though Pluto is usually the farthest planet, its path is highly elliptical, crossing inside the path of some other planet. As a result for a period of twenty years from 1979, the farthest planet is not Pluto but:

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📘 Atmosphere: Composition and Structure📚 Structure of the Atmosphere (Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere)
Q9

When there is depletion of ozone in the stratosphere, the wavelength of radiation striking the earth’s surface will be:

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📘 Earth Evolution📚 Eclipses- Solar, Lunar
Q10

The solar eclipse achieves totality only in the limited geographical regions because:

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📘 Universe📚 Stars and Constellations
Q11

Which one of the following is NOT an astronomical object?

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📘 Earth Evolution📚 Time zones, Local and Standard Time and the International Date Line, Calendar
Q12

Which of the following places have their standard times, that are the same as GMT?

  1. Accra
  2. Dublin
  3. Madrid
  4. Lisbon
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📘 General Miscellaneous📚 Miscellaneous
Q13

The production of cultured pearls is an important cottage industry of:

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📘 General Miscellaneous📚 Miscellaneous
Q14

When the Couple Protection Rate is going up:

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📘 Population and Demographics of India📚 Population Size, Growth Rate, Distribution, and Demographic Transition
Q15

Which one of the following shows the descending order of the four metropolitan cities in the Indian subcontinent in so far as their population strength is concerned?

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📘 General Miscellaneous📚 Miscellaneous
Q16

The New Population Bomb refers to:

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📘 Running Water (Fluvial) Landforms📚 Erosional - Rills, Gullies, and Valleys (V-Shape, Gorge, Canyon)
Q17

Which one of the following types of erosion is responsible for the formation of Chambal Ravines ?

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📘 Major World Landforms (Factual Examples)📚 Globally significant Plateaus
Q18

The average elevation of Tibetan Plateau above sea level is

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📘 General Miscellaneous📚 Miscellaneous
Q19

The only anthropoid ape to be found in India is the

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📘 Physiography of India📚 Himalayas- North-South Division
Q20

The Himalayas are formed of parallel fold ranges, of which the oldest range is

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