World & Physical Geography MCQs

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Kyrgyzstan is a landlocked country situated in the central Asian region. The largest lake of Kyrgyz Republic is Issyk-Kul which is located about 1600 meter above the mean sea level.

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The longest river of The Republic of Union of Myanmar is River Irrawaddi. It is located in the region Ale Ywa, Ayeyarwadi region, Myanmar. It is about 2,288 km in length.

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Asia is generally divided into South Asia, South East Asia, East Asia and West Asia. China and Japan are part of East Asia. The People’s Republic of China, which was established in 1949 is the largest country in East Asia. It is also the fourth largest country in the world. It has the largest population in the world. It shares its border with 14 nations in Asia.

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The rate of deforestation is high in Temperate Zone.

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The Earth can be divided into four main layers: the solid crust on the outside, the mantle, the outer core and the inner core. Out of them, the mantle is the thickest layer (extends from where the crust ends to about 2,890 km), while the crust is the thinnest layer. The crust ranges from 5–70 km in depth and is the outermost layer.

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A levee, dike, dyke or flood bank is a broad, low embankment built up along the banks of a river channel during floods. Levees are usually parallel to the way the river flows, so levees can help direct the flow of the river. Levees can also be artificially created or reinforced.

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Gneiss is a common and widely distributed type of metamorphic rock. Gneiss is formed by high temperature and high-pressure metamorphic processes acting on formations composed of igneous or sedimentary rocks. Orthogneiss is gneiss derived from igneous rock. Paragneiss is gneiss derived from sedimentary rock.

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An evergreen forest is a forest consisting entirely or mainly of evergreen trees that retain green foliage all year round. Such forests reign in the equatorial region, between the tropics primarily as broadleaf evergreens, and in temperate and boreal latitudes primarily as coniferous evergreens.

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Tropical rainforests cover only about 7% of the Earth’s surface. They are located in a band around the equator, mostly in the area between the Tropic of Cancer (23.5° N latitude) and the Tropic of Capricorn (23.5° S latitude). They are home to approximately 50% of all living things on earth.

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Austria in Central Europe is a landlocked country. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Hungary and Slovakia to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west.