World & Physical Geography MCQs

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Sericulture refers to the rearing of silk worms and obtaining silk from them. Sericulture originated in China and the Chinese kept the processes of obtaining silk a secret for about three thousand years.

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Cotton is one of the most important cash crops supplying raw material to an extensive textile industry. The Boll Weevil disease affecting the cotton crops, reduces the yields of the crop and the soil.

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Annobon Island is part of Equatorial Guinea, a nation on Africa’s west coast. Equatorial Guinea is divided into an Insular region, including Annobon and the capital city’s home, Bioko Island, and the Mainland “Rio Muni”. The island country Sao Tome and Principe is between Bioko Island and Annobon Island, all located within the Cameroon Line. Equatorial Guinea is uniquely the only African state where Spanish is an official language, and plans are in progress to relocate its capital from Malabo in Bioko to Ciudad de la Paz in Rio Muni.

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Mount Abuna Yosef is a 4260 meters high mountain located in the Ethiopian Highlands region of Ethiopia. This mountain houses Church of Gennete Maryam which is an important landmark monolithic church. This mountain is the sixth tallest mountain in Ethiopia.

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Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country located on Northern Europe, bordered by Sweden to the west, Russia to the east, and Norway to the north. Baltic Sea forms the coastline of Finland to the south and south-west. More specifically, the Baltic Sea’s two important parts-one is the Gulf of Bothnia, which forms the coastline of Finland to the west and south-west and the other part Gulf of Finland forms the coastline of Finland to the south. Gulf of Bothnia, which is a part of the Baltic Sea, is located between Sweden, to the west, and Finland, to the east. The Gulf of Finland, which is a part of the Baltic Sea, is located between Finland to the north and Estonia to the south. The Gulf of Finland is surrounded by and forms the coastline of Finland, Russia, and Estonia, thereby forming the basin countries of the Gulf of Finland. The capital of Finland is Helsinki, which is the most populous city in Finland. The official currency of Finland is Euro. The parliament name of Finland is “Eduskunta Riksdagen”, which is a unicameral legislature.

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Strait of Dover, also known as the Dover Strait or the Dover Narrows, is a naturally formed narrow navigable waterway located in the Atlantic Ocean that connects the English Channel to the North Sea, thereby separates Great Britain from continental Europe. The entire strait is located between and within the territorial waters of France and the United Kingdom, but a right of transit passage under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) exists allowing unrestricted shipping. Most maritime traffic between the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea and Baltic sea passes through the Strait of Dover, rather than taking the longer and more dangerous route around the north of Scotland.

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Lake Bourget, also known as Lac du Bourget or Lac Gris (Grey Lake), is a lake located at the southernmost end of the Jura Mountains in France. It is the deepest lake located entirely within France, and either the largest or second-largest after Lac de Grand-Lieu depending on the season. It is a Ramsar Wetland lake.

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The Atlantic Ocean forms the coastline of Guinea. Guinea shares a border with Guinea-Bissau to the north-west, Senegal to the north, Mali to the north-east, Ivory Coast to the east, Sierra Leone to the south-west and Liberia to the south.

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Lake Piso is the one and only lake found in Republic of Liberia. It is also known as Lake Pisu and Fishermen’s Lake. Its total area is about 103 sq. km.

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Of the nine planets, only Venus and Mercury have no known natural satellites. A total of 139 moons, or natural satellites, can be found in the vast solar system.