World & Physical Geography MCQs

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Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country located on Northern Europe, bordered by Sweden to the west, Russia to the east, and Norway to the north. Baltic Sea forms the coastline of Finland to the south and south-west. More specifically, the Baltic Sea’s two important parts-one is the Gulf of Bothnia, which forms the coastline of Finland to the west and south-west and the other part Gulf of Finland forms the coastline of Finland to the south. Gulf of Bothnia, which is a part of the Baltic Sea, is located between Sweden, to the west, and Finland, to the east. The Gulf of Finland, which is a part of the Baltic Sea, is located between Finland to the north and Estonia to the south. The Gulf of Finland is surrounded by and forms the coastline of Finland, Russia, and Estonia, thereby forming the basin countries of the Gulf of Finland. The capital of Finland is Helsinki, which is the most populous city in Finland. The official currency of Finland is Euro. The parliament name of Finland is “Eduskunta Riksdagen”, which is a unicameral legislature.

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Ridnitsohkka is a 1317 meters high mountain, which forms part of the Scandinavian mountain range, is located in Finland. This is the second-highest point in Finland, though it is the highest mountain with its peak within Finland. It has the most extensive area of permanent snow in Finland.

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Vanoise National Park is an IUCN Category II national park located in the Alps region of France which contains Vanoise Massif and Grande Casse Mountain, the highest mountain of Vanoise. This national park is France’s first national park. This park is well known for its population of Alpine Ibex.

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Ghana houses the largest artificial reservoir in the world based on the surface area, “Lake Volta”. Lake Volta, the largest artificial reservoir in the world based on the surface area and is contained behind the Akosombo Dam which generates a substantial amount of Ghana’s electricity. It is completely within the country of Ghana.

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Iceland houses the volcanic caldera “Krafla”. Krafla is a volcanic caldera in the north of Iceland in the Myvatn region which is situated on the Iceland Hotspot atop the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at the divergent boundary between the North American Plate and the Eurasian Plate. There have been 29 reported eruptions in recorded history.

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The island nation of Kiribati, officially known as Republic of Kiribati is located in central Pacific Ocean. It is made up of 33 islands among which the highest is Banaba island.

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Belau, Palaos or Pelew are the early names of Palau. Officially , the Republic of Palau is an island nation and an archipelago of 340 islands in the pacific ocean. The capital of Palau is Ngerulmud and it’s largest city is Koror.

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The solar mass is used to indicate the masses of other stars, as well as clusters, nebulae and galaxies. It is equal to the mass of the Sun, about two nonillion (two quintillion in the long scale) kilograms. It is equal to approximately 1.99 × 1030 kilograms.

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Since the demotion of Pluto as a planet in 2006, Neptune is now the farthest major planet from the Sun. At 4.5 billion km (2.8 billion miles) from the Sun, it orbits at 5.45 km (3.38 miles) per second, taking 164.79 years to complete one orbit.

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The Chinook winds are known as snow eater. Along the eastern slopes of the Rockies, they are warm, dry winds that provide a welcome respite from the long winter chill. The hot winds melt and dry the winter snow making grazing possible throughout the winter. Chinook is associated with warm weather; it does not lead to rainfall in the Prairies.