World & Physical Geography MCQs

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Horst is a raised fault block bounded by normal faults. The word Horst in Dutch and German means ‘heap’. It is a raised block of earth’s crust that has been lifted. It is a tectonic landform.

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Dike is a sheet of rock that is formed in a fracture of a pre existing rock body. They can be magmatic or sedimentary in origin.

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The Bahamas is a nation located in the Lucayan Archipelago in the West Indies region of the Caribbean. Lucayan Archipelago is also known as Bahamas Archipelago. The Bahamas occupies 97% of Lucayan Archipelago.

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The Pothohar plateau in Pakistan, is bounded on the east by the Jhelum River, on the west by the Indus River, on the north by the Kala Chitta Range and the Margalla Hills, and on the south by the Salt Range.

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The Stratosphere is the layer of the Earth’s atmosphere which lies beyond the troposphere. It extends up to an altitude of 50 kilometres from the earth’s surface. This layer is almost free from clouds and associated weather phenomenon. It therefore makes conditions most ideal for flying aeroplanes.

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

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Warm front is that sloping frontal surface along which warm and light air becomes active and aggressive and rises slowly over cold and dense air. Precipitation occurs over a rela­tively large area for several hours in the form of moderate to gentle precipitation.

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Cyclone is any low-pressure area with winds spiralling inwards.
Torrent is a strong and fast-moving stream of water or other liquid.

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The Koeppen climate classification system recognizes five major climatic types and each type is designated by a capital letter- A, B, C, D, E, and H.
The group A is recognised as Tropical climate.
The letter code Af represents Tropical Rainforests (No dry season).

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Continents do not end abruptly at the shoreline, they slope seaward from coast to a point where the slope becomes very steep. This shallow submerged extension of the continent is called as the Continental Shelf.