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MCQ on Class 6 Geography Major Domains of the Earth
Which component of the Earth’s primarily consists of oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and other gases?
- A) Lithosphere
- B) Atmosphere
- C) Hydrosphere
- D) Biosphere
Answer: B) Atmosphere
What are the large landmasses on Earth called?
- A) Oceans
- B) Continents
- C) Basins
- D) Crusts
Answer: B) Continents
What are the huge water bodies called?
- A) Continents
- B) Crusts
- C) Oceans
- D) Basins
Answer: C) Oceans
From where is the elevation of land measured?
- A) Atmosphere
- B) Oceans
- C) Basins
- D) Sea level
Answer: D) Sea level
Which location records the greatest depth on Earth?
- A) Mt. Everest
- B) Mariana Trench
- C) Atlantic Ocean
- D) Himalayas
Answer: B) Mariana Trench
Which continent is the largest in terms of area?
- A) Africa
- B) Asia
- C) Europe
- D) North America
Answer: B) Asia
Which two continents together form the landmass called Eurasia?
- A) Asia and Europe
- B) Africa and Asia
- C) Europe and North America
- D) Australia and Antarctica
Answer: A) Asia and Europe
Which continent is the only one through which the Tropic of Cancer, the Equator, and the Tropic of Capricorn pass?
- A) Asia
- B) Europe
- C) Africa
- D) North America
Answer: C) Africa
Which continent is connected  to North America by the Isthmus of Panama?
- A) Asia
- B) Europe
- C) Africa
- D) South America
Answer: D) South America
Which continent is mostly located in the Northern Hemisphere?
- A) Asia
- B) Europe
- C) Africa
- D) North America
Answer: A) Asia
Which desert is the world’s largest hot desert and located in Africa?
- A) Sahara Desert
- B) Gobi Desert
- C) Kalahari Desert
- D) Atacama Desert
Answer: A) Sahara Desert
Which river flows through Africa and is the world’s longest river?
- A) Amazon River
- B) Nile River
- C) Mississippi River
- D) Yangtze River
Answer: B) Nile River
Which two oceans surround South America on the east and the west?
- A) Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean
- B) Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean
- C) Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean
- D) Arctic Ocean and Southern Ocean
Answer: C) Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean
Which continent is the smallest and lies entirely in the Southern Hemisphere?
- A) Asia
- B) Europe
- C) Australia
- D) Africa
Answer: C) Australia
Which continent is permanently covered with thick ice sheets?
- A) Africa
- B) Europe
- C) South America
- D) Antarctica
Answer: D) Antarctica
Which continent has the world’s largest river, the Amazon?
- A) Asia
- B) Africa
- C) North America
- D) South America
Answer: D) South America
What is the percentage of the Earth’s surface is covered with water?
- A) 29%
- B) 71%
- C) 97%
- D) 100%
Answer: B) 71%
Which component of the Earth’s environment consists of water in all its forms?
- A) Atmosphere
- B) Lithosphere
- C) Hydrosphere
- D) Biosphere
Answer: C) Hydrosphere
Where is the majority of Earth’s water found?
- A) Oceans
- B) Glaciers
- C) Lakes
- D) Underground
Answer: A) Oceans
What is the percentage of Earth’s water is found in the oceans?
- A) 71%
- B) 97%
- C) 29%
- D) 100%
Answer: B) 97%
What is the percentage of Earth’s water is available as fresh water for human use?
- A) 71%
- B) 97%
- C) Less than 1%
- D) 100%
Answer: C) Less than 1%
