World & Physical Geography MCQs

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The Negroid are represented by the African people. They are also called woollen haired people. The dense pigmentation adapts them to strong heat and sun of equatorial regions in which this race originated. Hottentots and Bushmen are two major groups of Negroid people.

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Tadjourah Region is a geographical region of Djibouti. It is located in north-central Djibouti. This region is located along with the Gulf of Tadjoura, Lake Ghoubbet. This region is served by the Tadjoura Airport, salt and fisheries industries. This region houses several important sites of Djibouti such as Lake Assal, Mousa Ali Mountains; Goda Mountains; Day Forest National Park etc.

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The Layou River is located in the island country of Dominica, officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, in the Windwards Islands of the Lesser Antilles Archipelago. Layou River is the longest and deepest river in Dominica which rises from the interior of the country and flow westwards to reach the Caribbean Sea. Layou River is always prone to flooding because of the collapse of Matthieu Dam multiple times.

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Human settlements can be permanent or seasonal/temporary. They can be rural or urban.
The settlement in which houses are constructed along a road, river, canal edge of a valley, or along a levee or railway line is known as Linear Pattern.

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Centre with population of more than one lakh is called a city or class I town. Cities accommodating population size between one to five million are called metropolitan cities and more than five million are mega cities. Majority of metropolitan and mega cities are urban agglomerations

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The Banda Sea is located in the south-western Pacific Ocean in the East Indian Archipelago. This sea is bordered by the Molucca Sea and the Ceram Sea to the north and Timor Island to the south. The Banda Sea is located in the centre of Maluku Islands. The Banda Sea is a marine ecoregion, as defined by the World Wildlife Fund. It is part of the Coral Triangle region which has the greatest diversity of coral reef species in the broader Indo-Pacific.

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Gums and resins form one group of plant products obtained from forests. Chicle is used for making chewing gums and it is a product obtained from the sap of the zapote tree growing in the tropical rainforests from southern Mexico and British Honduras to Brazil.

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Important species of timber that are in good international demand include cedar, teak, ebony and balsa.
Balsa wood – This tropical wood is among the lightest in weight and finds application in making boats and canoes. This wood is found in the tropical forests of South America.

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Gilf Kebir, also known as Gilf al-Kebir or Jilf al Kabir, is a plateau located between Egypt and Libya. Its English translation is the Great Barrier. This sandstone plateau which rises from the Libyan Desert floor houses Gilf Kebir National Park. It is an important World War II archaeology site in which many logistical machines and equipment are still found intact, also houses many neolithic petroglyphs such as Magharet el Kantara and Saharan rock art and many cliff paintings-pictographs and rock carvings-petroglyphs.

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The Emlembe Mountains is located between South Africa and Eswatini. This mountain which is 1681 meters high above sea level forms part of the Drakensberg parent mountain range.