World & Physical Geography MCQs

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A form of cavernous weathering and subcategory of tafoni is called as Honeycomb weathering. It is also been called alveoli, lacework, stonelace, fretting or miniature tafoni weathering.

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Small holes or caves on the surface of a rock formed by weathering is called as Tafoni. They are considered as polygenetic in origin due to its formation by an interaction of complex physical and chemical weathering.

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Armenia is a landlocked nation. It is located in Western Asia. Georgia lies to the north; Azerbaijan lies to the east; Turkey lies to the west and Iran lies to the south of Armenia.

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Great Bear Lakes and Great Slave Lakes are the two largest lakes of Canada. Great Bear Lake is the largest lake in Canada, which is located inside Canada as a whole. Great Slave Lake is the second-largest lake of Canada, after Great Bear Lake. It is also the deepest lake in North America.

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Fiery Cross Reef is a disputed island located in the South China Sea. It is also known as Northwest Investigator Reef or Yongshu Reef or Kagitingan Reef. It is a militarised reef occupied, administered and controlled by the People’s Republic of China. It is also claimed by the Republic of China(Taiwan), the Philippines and Vietnam as their territories. It is part of the Spratly Islands archipelago.

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Mount Kilimajaro, Tanzania is the tallest mountain in Africa. It is made up of extinct volcanoes. Uhuru is the highest peak of Mount Kilimanjaro.

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Deosai Plateau is the second highest plateau in the world, with an average elevation of 13,497 ft (4,114 m) above sea level. It is located in the Astore and Skardu districts of Gilgit-Baltistan, in northern Pakistan. The word Deosai means “the land of giants”.
The Deosai Plateau is part of the Deosai National Park, which is located in the western Himalayas. The park is a high-altitude alpine plateau that covers an area of 3,584 square kilometers.
The Deosai Plateau is home to the only stable population of the critically endangered Himalayan Brown Bear in the region. The park is also home to other wild animals, including red fox, golden marmot, Sind ibex, wolf, the Ladakh urial, and the snow leopard.

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The Gangetic Plains is the large space of level, made by the Ganges River in the northern parts of India. It borders the surrounding areas of Himalayas.  It is an important part of the countries of India, Nepal, and Bangladesh.
It is bounded by:
Thar Desert – West
Himalayas – North
Ganges Delta – East
Vindhyas and Satpuras – South

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Kilauea is an active shield volcano in the Hawaiian Islands. It last erupted between 1983 and 2018. It is the most active of the five volcanoes that together form the Island of Hawaii.

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Mount Krakatoa is a Caldera in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung. It has an elevation of 813 metres.