World & Physical Geography MCQs

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Karst landforms are a type of topography formed due to dissolution of soluble rocks like limestone, dolomite and gypsum.
Poljes also called as karst fields or karst polje are large flat plains found in karst regions. The word Polje means ‘field’. They are flat floored depression within karst limestone.

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Endorheic basins are basins which have a limited drainage and which normally retains water. It does not allow the outflow to other external bodies like rivers or oceans. 
Caspian sea is the worlds’s largest inland saline sea.

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Pond is a relatively smaller body of standing water. It is filled with water, either natural or artificial and is smaller than the lake.

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Mud volcano or mud dome is a landform created by the eruption of mud, water, slurries and gases.  They do not produce lava and are not necessarily driven by magmatic activity.

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Lake Titicaca is the highest navigable lake in the world. It is a large, deep, freshwater lake in the Andes region flowing through the borders of Peru and Bolivia. It is a Ramsar Wetland. It is the largest lake in South America by volume of water and by surface area. According to the Global Nature Fund (GNF), Titicaca’s biodiversity is threatened by water pollution and the introduction of new species by humans.

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Beagle Channel, Strait of Magellan and Drake Passage are the only three navigable waterway-passages around South America connecting the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. However, most of the commercial shipping prefer to use the open-ocean Drake Passage for the conveyance between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean.

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The Patagonian Plateau in Argentina is a semi arid scrub and a rain shadow desert plateau. It is famous for sheep rearing.

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Gulf of Nicoya is a gulf facing the Pacific Ocean which separates the Nicoya Peninsula from the mainland of Costa Rica. It houses islands such as Chira Island and Island San Lucas. Nicoya is one of the five “Blue Zones” of the world. This gulf lies adjacent to several nature reserves and wildlife parks.

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The Old City of Dubrovnik is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Croatia. It is known as the “Pearl of Adriatic” located on the Dalmatian Coast of Croatia facing the Adriatic Sea. It was an important Mediterranean sea power from the 13th century onwards. It is featured by Gothic Renaissance and Baroque churches, monasteries, palaces and fountains.

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The “eye” is a roughly circular area of comparatively light winds and fair weather found at the center of a severe tropical cyclone. There is little or no precipitation.
The eye is the region of lowest surface pressure.