World & Physical Geography MCQs

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The word cement means the Portland cement that has brought about a revolution in building and other construction works. The raw materials of the cement industry are limestone, clay, gypsum and coal.

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The word cement means the Portland cement that has brought about a revolution in building and other construction works. The raw materials of the cement industry are limestone, clay, gypsum and coal. tonne of cement requires around two tonnes of raw materials and fuel. Hence the industry is highly weight losing in its character.

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La Grande Soufriere is a 1467 meters high active stratovolcano, part of the Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc, located in Guadeloupe, the overseas territory of France. It is located on the Basse-Terre island of Guadeloupe. It is the highest mountain peak in the Lesser Antilles.

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Martinique Island is an island located in the eastern Caribbean Sea, as one of the Windwards Islands of the Lesser Antilles archipelago in the West Indies region. This island is an overseas territory of France. The inhabitants of Martinique are French citizens with full political and legal rights. Martinique is located between two sovereign island countries such as St.Lucia, to the south, and Dominica, to the north. Barbados is located to the southeast of Martinique.

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Glorioso Islands are a group of French islands that form part of the Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean under the French Southern and Antarctic lands, an overseas territory of France. They are geographically part of the Comoro Islands between the French overseas region of Mayotte and Madagascar. The France-Seychelles Maritime Boundary Agreement is a 2001 treaty between France and Seychelles which delimits the maritime boundary between Seychelles and the uninhabited Glorioso Islands which are claimed by France.

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Bight of Benin forms the coastline of Ghana. Ghana is a country located along the Bight of Benin of the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean, in the subregion of West Africa. Ghana is bordered by the Cote D’Ivoire in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, Togo in the east, the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean in the south.

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Brazil and Guyana are the two countries that share the location of mountain “Monte Caburai”. Monte Caburaí is a mountain located on the border between the South American countries of Brazil and Guyana standing at 1,465 metres above sea level.

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Tisza River was once also called “the most Hungarian river”. The Tisza is one of the main rivers of Central and Eastern Europe. Once, it was called “the most Hungarian river” because it flowed entirely within the Kingdom of Hungary. Today, it crosses several national borders. Ukraine, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia and Serbia are the basin countries of this river.

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Indonesia is the basin country of the “Cenderawasih Bay”. Cenderawasih Bay, also known as Sarera Bay, is a large bay in the Northern Province of Papua and West Papua, New Guinea, Indonesia. Teluk Cenderawasih National Park is located in the Teluk Cenderawasih. In the Cenderawasih Bay, extensive coral reefs exist. Parts of the area have been declared a protected marine reserve of 1.5 million hectares, the largest natural park in Southeast Asia. The western part of the bay was declared a marine national park in 2002.

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The Republic of Jordan is an Arab country which lies in the west Asia region. Syria is the country which shares its borders with Jordan in the North.