World & Physical Geography MCQs

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If the earth stops rotating, then the impact of weight of a body will be minimum on the Poles. The maximum weight will be a t equator. If the earth stops rotating then there would be no centrifugal force whose direction is away from the core. Thus the force due to gravity is not minimised at all and this in turn increases an object’s weight at the equator.

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Europa is an icy moon of the planet Jupiter. It has long been a high priority for its exploration because it holds a salty liquid water ocean beneath its icy crust. The ultimate aim of NASA’s Europa Clipper mission is to determine if Europa is habitable.

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Neptune is the eighth and farthest-known planet from the Sun in the Solar System. It is 17 times mass of earth. Neptune has 14 known moons. Triton is the largest Neptunian moon.

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The Republic of Formosa is nothing but today’s Taiwan. It was a short-lived republic that existed on the island of Taiwan in 1895 between the formal cession of Taiwan by the Qing dynasty of China to the Empire of Japan by the Treaty of Shimonoseki.

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Eskimos live in the tundra climate. The tundra is part of the polar region, which is characterized by a frigid climate. The polar region includes the Arctic and the Antarctic. Eskimos are indigenous people who have traditionally lived in the northern circumpolar region. This region includes eastern Siberia, Alaska, Canada, and Greenland. Eskimos live in igloos during the winter and portable huts in the summer. The word “igloo” is the Eskimo word for “house”. Eskimos have developed unique skills and adaptations to survive in the extreme cold climates.

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Mercator projection is the standard map projection for nautical purposes. It was created in 1569 by Gerardus Mercator for navigational purposes. The Mercator projection is widely used for navigation charts because any straight line on a Mercator projection map is a line of constant true bearing. This enables a navigator to plot a straight-line course.  The Mercator projection is uniquely suited to marine navigation because it maps trajectories of constant bearing (called rhumb lines or loxodromes) to straight lines. Courses and bearings are measured using a compass rose or protractor, and the corresponding directions are easily transferred from point to point.  The Mercator projection became popular because it shows relative sizes accurately and is useful for navigation.

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The African country which has the ethnic conflicts between Hutus & Tutsi ethnic groups is Rawanda. They endemic to that country. Its capital city is Kigali.

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Nile is considered the Father of African Rivers. It is Stretching for approximately 6,695 km across 10 different countries, the Nile River is the longest river in the world.

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Mongolia is the least densely populated country in Asia, with only two people per square kilometer. The average population density in Asia in 2020 was 1,018 people per square kilometer. Mongolia is also the world’s most sparsely populated country. The country has a cold climate due to its high altitudes and latitudes. Large parts of Mongolia are covered by mountains and deserts, leaving little arable land. As of 2016, Mongolia’s population was estimated to be 3,068,243.
The least densely populated country in Southeast Asia is Laos, with 32 people per square kilometer. The most densely populated country in Southeast Asia is Singapore, with 7,919 people per square kilometer.

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Tidal bore is a Tidal phenomenon in which the leading edge of the incoming tide forms a wave (or waves) of water that travel up a river or narrow bay against the direction of the river or bay’s current.