World & Physical Geography MCQs

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Jute is fibre crop of hot and humid tropical regions. Jute cultivation has also been more centralised than most other crops. Although it has been cultivated in a number of countries, more than 90 per cent of it is accounted for by India and Bangladesh.

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Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Georgia, United States is the busiest airport in the world. In 2021, the Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport served around 76 million passengers. It has retained the top position as the world’s busiest airport by passenger traffic for over 22 consecutive years. In comparison, the next busiest airport is Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in the USA which served around 62.5 million passengers in 2021. Dubai International Airport that ranked #3 had 29.1 million passengers in 2021.

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Salpa Line, also known as the Suomen Salpa, is defensive-bunker line on the eastern border of Finland. This line was built during the Interim Peace period between the Winter War and the Continuation War to defend Finland against a possible Soviet invasion. This 1200km long line stretches from the Gulf of Finland to northern Finland. This line never saw a military action because the Soviet Offensive in 1944 was stopped at the VKT-Line on the Karelian Isthmus.

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The Piton des Neiges, also known as Snow Peak, is 3070 meters high Pliocene aged dormant shield volcano located in the Reunion Island, an overseas region of France in the Indian Ocean. This mountain forms the highest point of the Reunion Island. This volcano was formed as a result of the volcanic activities of the Reunion Hotspot.

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Cape Three Points is a small peninsula in the Western Region of Ghana on the Atlantic Ocean. Cape Three Points is known as the “land nearest nowhere” because it is the land nearest a location in the sea which is at 0 latitudes, 0 longitudes and 0 altitudes. It marks the western end of the Gulf of Guinea.

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The country, Mongolia is situated in the east Asia. It is a landlocked country. It is home to the world’s fifth largest desert called Gobi desert.

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The largest lake of Montenegro is Lake Skadar. It is located on the border of Albania and Montenegro. It is named after the city of Shkoder in Albania. Its total area varies between 370-530 sq. km.

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The longest river of the Kingdom of Norway is Glomma . The Glomma, or Glåma, is Norway’s most voluminous river. The total length of the river Glomma is 621 Kilometer.

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The Gutenberg Discontinuity marks the boundary between two sections of Earth’s interior, known as the lower mantle (which is considered solid) and the underlying outer core (believed to be molten). It occurs within the Earth’s interior at a depth of about 2,900 km below the surface. It is named after Beno Gutenberg (1889-1960), a seismologist who made several important contributions to the study and understanding of the Earth’s interior.

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Above Troposphere, temperature increases rapidly with height in the Stratosphere layer as it houses the ozone layer which absorbs ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun. Again, temperature increases rapidly with height in Thermosphere which comprises Ionosphere (lower part) and Exosphere (upper part)). Temperature in Exosphere which is the uppermost layer of the atmosphere reaches up to more than 4500 o Celsius.