World & Physical Geography MCQs

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Badain Jaran Desert is located in China. It is the third-largest desert in China. It lies within the Gansu, Ningxia and Inner Mongolia provinces of China. This desert houses some of the tallest stationary dunes on the earth such as the “Bilutu Peak”. It is the tallest dune in Asia, also the third-tallest in the world. It is also the world’s tallest stationary dune. The mega dunes of the Badain Jaran Desert are also known as “Singing Sand Dunes”, “Whistling Sand Dunes” or “Booming Dunes”.

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Union Banks is a disputed and controversial atoll located in the centre of Dangerous Ground in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. The ownership rights of the islands and reefs comprising Union Banks are disputed between China, Vietnam, Taiwan and the Philippines.

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The Jelep La pass (Sikkim – Bhutan border), passes through the Chumbi Valley. It connects Sikkim with Lhasa, the capital of Tibet.

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The Thermosphere is located between 80 and 400 km above the mesopause. It contains electrically charged particles known as ions. It is therefore known as Ionosphere.

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The Kalahari Desert is  a large semi-arid sandy savannah in Southern Africa. It covers the countries: Botswana, parts of Namibia and regions of South Africa. It covers an area of 930,000 square kilometres.

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The Rwenzori Mountains are located on the border between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. It is located within eastern Equatorial Africa. The highest peak of Rwenzori Mountains is Mount Stanley which is 5109 metres above sea level. These mountains houses Virunga National Park of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwenzori Mountains National Park of Uganda. European exploration of Africa termed Ruwenzori Mountains as the Mountains of Moon because of its permanently ice-capped and glaciated upper regions and its mountains streams which form a source to the Nile River.

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Cocos Island, located in the Pacific Ocean, is administered by Costa Rica. It lies south-west of Costa Rican mainland. It is aa UNESCO World Heritage Site and as Ramsar Wetland. Costa Rica designated the entire island as National Park in 1978. It has no permanent inhabitants except Costa Rican park rangers. It is the southernmost point of the North American continent if outer islands are included.

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Nimbostratus clouds are low clouds. They are associated with continuous rainfall or snowfall that may continue for a very duration.

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Cyclone is any low-pressure area with winds spiralling inwards. Cyclones rotate anti-clockwise in Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in Southern Hemisphere. The process of Cyclone formation and intensification is called Cyclogenesis.

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Seamounts are mountains with pointed summits, rising from the seafloor that does not reach the surface of the ocean. They are volcanic in origin. These can be 3,000-4,500 m tall.