World & Physical Geography MCQs

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Godavaya is an ancient port trade site on southern coast of Sri Lanka.

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Pampas are located in South America, covering more than 1,200,000 square kilometers. The Pampas are found in Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil. The word “pampa” comes from the Quechua word for “plain”. The Pampas are fertile, low-lying grasslands with a temperate climate. They receive 600 to 1,200 mm of precipitation annually. The Pampas are home to roughly 400 species of birds and 100 other species. Grasslands are transitional biomes, meaning they are found between deserts and forests. They cover a quarter of the Earth’s land and can be found on every continent except Antarctica.

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Planetary or permanent winds blow from high pressure belts to low pressure belts in the same direction throughout the year. They never change the direction. They blow over vast area of continents and oceans. They are easterly and westerlies and polar easterlies.

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The Andromeda is a Galaxy. It is also known as Messier 31, M31, or NGC 224 and originally the Andromeda Nebula. It is approximately 2.5 million light-years from Earth and the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way.

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Gulf stream does not touch Hawaii. Strongest Westerlies as we know blow between 40 and 50 degrees latitude. The Trade winds make Hawaii a hot tourism destination.

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A chain of roughly adjacent metropolitan areas is called a megalopolis. The term was first used in the early 20th century to describe a cluster of well-networked cities. Megalopolises can occur for a variety of reasons, such as certain areas attracting more growth than others.
A megalopolis is typically the center of a region’s economic, political, and cultural activity. The term was originally used by Patrick Geddes in his 1915 book, “Cities in Evolution”. In the early 1960s, French geographer Jean Gottman used the term to describe the belt on the east coast of the United States.

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Mount St. Helens is an active stratovolcano located in Skamania County, Washington, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Mount St. Helens is 34 miles (55 km) west of Mount Adams, in the western part of the Cascade Range. These “sister and brother” volcanic mountains are approximately 50 miles (80 km) from Mount Rainier, the highest of Cascade volcanoes.

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Svalbard is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. It is situated midway between continental Norway & the North Pole. It often experiences midnight sun in summer & polar night in winter.

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The Miocene is the first geological epoch of the Neogene period. It is named by Charles Lyell. It extends from  23.03 to 5.33 million years ago.

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Hypabyssal rocks are found at intermediate depths, generally upto 2 kms below the Earth’s surface. Plutonic rocks are found at a considerable depths, generally 7 – 10 kms below the earth’s surface.