World & Physical Geography MCQs

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Les Saintes, also known as Isles des Saintes, is a group of small islands in the archipelago of Guadeloupe, an overseas territory of France. Terre-de-Haut in Les Saintes Islands is the pearl of the archipelago, it is designated by UNESCO as one of the most beautiful bays in the world. “Salako”, a traditional hat, is originated from and native to Les Saintes. Also, “Saintoise” a type of fishing boat without a deck , is originated from and native to this island group.

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The island country of Grenada is the southernmost island in the Antilles archipelago, bordering the eastern Caribbean Sea and the western Atlantic Ocean, and roughly 140 km north of both Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago. It is located northwest of Trinidad and Tobago, northeast of Venezuela and southwest of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

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Azerbaijan does share a land border with Iran. Iran is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered to the northwest by Armenia and Azerbaijan, to the north by the Caspian Sea, to the northeast by Turkmenistan, to the east by Afghanistan, to the southeast by Pakistan, to the south by the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, and to the west by Turkey and Iraq. It is the second-largest country in the Middle East, and its capital and largest city is Tehran.

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The Val Grande National Park is situated in the city of Piedmont in Italy. It was recognized as a National Park in 1991.

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The highest mountain peak of Federated States of Micronesia is Mount Nanhalaud. It is located in Pohnpei island of Micronesia. Its total height above the mean sea level is about 782 meter.

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Weathering is the breaking up of the rocks on the earth’s surface. Erosion is the wearing away of the landscape by different agents like water, wind and ice.

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A rift valley is a linear-shaped lowland caused due to the fissure in the earth along which one side moves down with reference to the other. It is commonly seen between several highlands or mountain ranges created by the action of a geologic rift or fault. A rift valley is formed on a divergent plate boundary, a crustal extension, a spreading apart of the surface.

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There are two ways in which scientists quantify the size of earthquakes : magnitude and intensity. Magnitude measures the energy released at the source of the earthquake; Intensity measures the strength of shaking produced by the earthquake at a certain location. The Richter Scale is used for measuring the magnitude of earthquakes. Mercalli scale is used to measure intensity of earthquakes.

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Maldives is the smallest country not only in the Indian Ocean but also in Asia in terms of area and population. There are over 1,192 coral islands in the Maldives, which are spread over 90,000 sq.km, making it one of the world’s most dispersed countries. They lie south-southwest of India and are considered part of Southern Asia.

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The Gotthard Base Tunnel is a railway base tunnel through the Alps in Switzerland. It opened on 1 June 2016, and full service began on 11 December 2016.With a route length of 57.09 km, it is the world’s longest and deepest traffic tunnel and the first flat, low-level route through the Alps.