World & Physical Geography MCQs

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Mid oceanic ridges are underwater mountain systems formed by plate tectonic spreading. It forms at divergent plate boundaries.

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Stratovolcano is a tall, conical volcano built up by many layers of hardened lava and other ejecta. It is also known as composite volcano.

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Fraser Island is the world’s largest sand island, stretching over 120 kilometres, located in Australia. It is a UNESCO Wolrd Heritage Site. It was the traditional land of the Butchulla people. This island is protected through Great Sandy National Park.

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The Maya Mountains are a mountain range located in Belize. The highest peak of this range is Doyle’s Delight which is 1124 metres above sea level. This mountain range houses Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary. It is a location of a number of Mayan ruin sites. These mountains are made of the Paleozoic era of granite and sediments.

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The Indus Delta is a Ramsar wetland site. It is formed where the Indus river meets the Arabian sea. The delta is a home to the largest arid mangroves in the world.

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The Khuzestan Plain is the largest plain in Iran. It is one of the richest agricultural areas in the world. It was the center of the ancient Elamite culture of Iran.  The Limagne Plain is a large plain in the Auvergne region of France. The Limagne is a very fertile plain and is mainly an area of cereal production.  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.

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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. The temperature here starts increasing with heights. Radio waves transmitted from the earth are reflected back to the earth by this layer. The International Space Station and other satellites orbit in this layer. Auroras are observed in the lower parts of this layer.

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The position of the Earth when it is at the greatest distance from the sun is called the Aphelion. 
The closest point to the Sun in a planet’s orbit is called perihelion.

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Mayotte, an Indian Ocean island, is an overseas department and territorial region of France. It is a part of the Comoros Archipelago, located in the Mozambique Channel of the Indian Ocean, off the coast of southeast Africa. it lies between Madagascar and Mozambique. During the Comoros Independence, people of Mayotte decided to remain politically part of France through the referendum of 1974.

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Cumulonimbus clouds are clouds with extensive vertical development. They are also called thunderheads. Thunderheads produce rain, thunder and lightning.

Nimbostratus clouds bring continuous rainfall or snowfall that may continue for a very duration.