World & Physical Geography MCQs

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Karst landforms are topographic features associated with the dissolution of soluble rocks like limestone, dolomite or gypsum. Uvalas are closed karst depressions usually larger than the sinkhole.

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Fault scarp is an offset on the ground surface where one side of a fault has moved vertically with respect to the other. It is a type of a topography associated with tectonic movements.

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The great Victoria Desert is located in Australia. It is a sparsely populated desert region. It is the largest desert in Australia. It is also a World Wildlife Fund ecoregion. It was also a location for nuclear weapon trials in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Canada houses the longest freshwater beach in the world, the Wasaga Beach. It is a famous summer tourist destination. It lies adjacent to Georgian Bay, The Blue Mountains. This beach forms the mouth of the Nottawasaga River. This beach is a popular destination of all kinds of winter sports activities such as snowmobiling and skiing.

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Scarborough Shoal is located in the South China Sea of the Pacific Ocean. It is also known as Democracy Reef or Panatag Shoal. It is located between the Macclesfield Bank and Luzon Island of the Philippines. It is a disputed territory in which its ownership rights are claimed by both China and the Philippines.

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The Caspian sea despite its name, is one of the largest lakes in the world. It is surrounded by the following countries:
-Kazakhstan
-Russia
-Turkmenistan
-Azerbaijan
-Iran

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Alps are a folded mountain ranges in Europe. Mount Blanc is one of the important peaks in Alps. Alps are a source for the rivers Danube, Rhine, etc.

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Mount Tambora also known as Tomboro is an active strato-volcano in Indonesia. Tambora’s 1815 eruption was the largest in recorded human history and the largest of the Holocene.

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The mid-Atlantic ridge representing the zone of divergent or constructive plate margins is the most striking relief feature which having ‘S’ shape extending from Iceland to Bouvet Island. This ridge is known as Dolphin rise (north of the equator) and Challenger rise (south of the equator).

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Cold ocean currents in the Indian Ocean:
Somali Current 
West Australian Current
Warm ocean currents in the Indian Ocean:
The North East Monsoon Drift
The South West Monsoon Drift
North Equatorial Current
South Equatorial Current
Mozambique Current
Madagascar Current
Agulhas Current