World & Physical Geography MCQs

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The agricultural products account for about 9 per cent of the total value of exports. Within agricultural products, food accounts for the largest share (7.2%) of the total export trade. The US, Japan, Germany, UK, France and Italy are the leading importers of food, each accounting for more than 4 per cent of the total value of food imports.

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Suriname does share a land border with Guyana. Guyana is a country on the northern mainland of South America. It is considered part of the Caribbean region because of its strong cultural, historical, and political ties with other Caribbean countries and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Guyana is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north, Brazil to the south and southwest, Venezuela to the west, and Suriname to the east.

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The Japan is an island country which lies in the North west Pacific ocean. It is bordered by Sea of Japan in the west.

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The highest mountain peak of Kenya is Mount Kenya. The height of Mount Kenya is 5,199 meters above the mean sea level. It is the second highest mountain in Africa after Kilimanjaro.

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The Lake Elmenteitia, a Ramsar wetland, is a part of Kenya rift valley system situted near the town of Gilgil. It was designated as Ramsar site in 2005.

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The longest river of the Kingdom of Netherlands is the river Rhine. It is about 1,230 kilometer long out of which is flows in the Netherlands around 165 kilometer.

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The Steady State theory (also known as the Infinite Universe theory or continuous creation) was developed in 1948 by Fred Hoyle, Thomas Gold, Hermann Bondi and others as an alternative to the Big Bang theory. In the steady-state theory, the density of matter in the expanding universe remains unchanged due to a continuous creation of matter. It asserts that the observable universe is basically the same at any time as well as at any place.

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The solar mass is used to indicate the masses of other stars, as well as clusters, nebulae and galaxies. It is equal to the mass of the Sun, about two nonillion (two quintillion in the long scale) kilograms. It is equal to approximately 1.99 × 1030 kilograms.

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‘Terra Rossa’ in Latin or Italian language is another name for “Red Soil” or “Red Terrain“. It is a type of red clay soil produced by the weathering of limestone. Terra Rossa is typically found in regions with a Mediterranean climate.

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Occupying most of the Iberian Peninsula’s land area. Spain is the third largest country in Europe and 45% is covered by the Meseta Plateau. The plateau is rarely flat, and is in reality a mostly hilly highland area divided by the Cordillera Central (mountains), and then ringed by additional mountain ranges, north, east and south. In the west the Meseta slopes gently down into neighboring Portugal.