World & Physical Geography MCQs

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The Columbia-Snake Plateau in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho (USA) is formed due to volcanic eruptions with a consequent coating of basalt lave. Hence it is called as ‘Flood Basalt Plateau’

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Continental Tropical Air Masses are air masses which are dry, hot and stable throughout the year. The source regions of the air masses include tropical and sub-tropical deserts of Sahara in Africa, and of West Asia and Australia.

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Cyclone can be defined as the rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low-pressure centre which is circling counter-clockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern.
They are called as Typhoons in South China Sea and Western Pacific.

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Guaniguanico Mountain Range is a mountain range located in western Cuba. It is also known as Cordillera de Guaniguanico. The highest peak of this range is Pan de Guajaibon. It houses Sierra del Rosario and Sierra de Los Organos mountains and the San Diego River which divides the two. It also houses the Vinales Valley.

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Tombs of the Kings of Paphos, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is located in Cyprus. This large necropolis, dating back to the 4th century B.C., are carved out of solid rock with Doric columns and frescoed walls. These were the burial sites of aristocrats and high officers of Paphos, Cyprus.

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Grasslands are characterized as lands dominated by grasses rather than large shrubs or trees. Very few trees or tall large plants grow in the grasslands. Grassland biomes are normally situated between a forest and a desert. In fact, grasslands surround every desert in Asia.

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The Labrador Sea is located in the North Atlantic Ocean. It lies between the Labrador Peninsula of Canada and Greenland Island of Denmark. This marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean is connected to the Baffin Bay via the Davis Strait. This is formed on the geological separation of Greenland plate from the North American Plate. This sea houses the Northwest Atlantic Mid-Ocean Channel, one of the world’s largest turbidity current channel systems. It is also a major source of the North Atlantic Deep Water, a cold water mass that flows at great depth along the western edge of the North Atlantic Ocean.

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The Grand Bara Desert, also known as Bara Wein, is a desert located in the Ali Sabieh-Arta-Dikhil regions of Djibouti. It consists of large areas of sand flats with sparse, semi-desert and desert grasses and scrubs vegetation. This desert is largely formed due to drying up of lake beds. It is part of the Ethiopian Xeric grasslands and shrublands ecoregion.

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The sex ratio for the entire world population is approximately 101 males to 100 females (2021 est.). Qatar has the highest sex ratio, with three males per woman, followed by the United Arab Emirates, having 222 men per 100 women.

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Natural pastures in most of the herding areas are not capable to support grazing for a long time. Hence movements with animals have to be undertaken in search of grazing, either over long distances or vertically from one elevation
to another. The vertical movement is called transhumance.