World & Physical Geography MCQs

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Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, Belize and the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Honduras to the east, El Salvador to the southeast and the Pacific Ocean to the south.

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The Caribbean Sea forms the coastline of the country “Haiti”. Haiti is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, to the east of Cuba and Jamaica and south of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island which it shares with the Dominican Republic.

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The longest river of Republic of Malawi is Shire river. It flows into Zambezi river in Mosambique. Its total length in Malawi is about 402 km.

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The longest river of the Republic of Macedonia is river Vardar. The river is around 388 kilometer long. The basin area of the river is around 25,000 sq.Km.

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Lateral or sideways erosion widens the river valley; while, Vertical or downward erosion deepens the river valley. Due to continued lateral erosion, the river valley increasingly becomes broader and shallower. The valley slopes are also eroded by weathering and mass wasting and by the development of tributary valleys.

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The thermosphere is the hottest layer of the atmosphere. It extends from 80 kilometers above the surface of the Earth up to 600 kilometers and can heat up to 1,500 degrees Celsius because it’s very sensitive to solar activity. The air is thin and extremely hot, and there are sparse air molecules in this layer.

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The Chinook winds are known as snow eater. Along the eastern slopes of the Rockies, they are warm, dry winds that provide a welcome respite from the long winter chill. The hot winds melt and dry the winter snow making grazing possible throughout the winter. Chinook is associated with warm weather; it does not lead to rainfall in the Prairies.

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Norway’s extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea, is laced with fjords, a renowned part of its landscape. Many people consider fjords the very symbol of Norway.

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China is the world’s largest wheat producer with around 17% of total global production. Russia is the largest global wheat exporter.

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• The strongest tropical storm of 2022, dubbed Super Typhoon ‘Hinnamnor’, hits the islands of Japan and South Korea.
• Typhoon Nanmadol, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Josie, was a powerful tropical cyclone that impacted Japan.
• Typhoon Noru, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Karding, was an intense tropical cyclone that affected Vietnam, Thailand, and the Philippines — where it caused widespread agricultural damages.