World & Physical Geography MCQs

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Equatorial Guinea is a Central African country known for its two diverse territories – the mainland region known as “Rio Muni”, and an insular region that includes “Bioko Island”, site of the capital city Malabo. As the island country is located to the west of Central Africa, the Bight of Biafra/Bight of Bonny of the South Atlantic Ocean forms its coastline. The “Bioko Island” accommodates a volcanic landscape and is particularly located in the Gulf of Guinea region. The other significant islands of this insular region of Equatorial Guinea encompass Annobon Island and three offshore islands of the mainland region, part of the Gulf of Guinea.

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The Potaro River is a river in Guyana that runs from Mount Ayanganna area of the Pakaraima Mountains for approximately 225 km before flowing into the Essequibo River, Guyana’s largest river. The renown Kaieteur Falls is on the Potaro.

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The Canje River, located in northeastern Guyana, is the main tributary of the Berbice River. It runs roughly parallel to the Atlantic Ocean coast. The Dutch established an outpost, Concordia Post, on the river. In 1763 a slave revolt began on two plantations on the Canje River.

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The highest mountain ranges of Ireland are MacGillycuddy’s Reeks which lies in the Reeks district. The highest point of Ireland, Carrauntoohil is also located in these ranges.

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The total area of the Republic of Malta is about 316 sq. km. The area which comes under agriculture in Malta is about 103 sq. km and counts about to 33% of total land of the country.

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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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In the solar system, Neptune is the fourth-largest planet by diameter, the third-most-massive planet, and the densest giant planet. It is 17 times the mass of Earth. It is the eighth and farthest known planet from the Sun in the Solar System.

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The average temperature on Earth is about 61o F (16o C). But temperatures vary greatly around the world depending on the time of year, ocean and wind currents and weather conditions. Summers tend to be warmer and winters colder. Also, temperatures tend to be higher near the equator and lower near the poles.

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The Summer Solstice is the longest day of the year that occurs in the northern hemisphere on 21 June. It occurs when the sun is directly over the Tropic of Cancer, or right over 23.5 degrees north latitude. In contrast, the Southern Hemisphere receives most sunlight on December 21, 22 or 23 when northern hemisphere has its longest nights– or the winter solstice.

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The continental shelf is the extended perimeter of each continent and associated coastal plain. Much of the shelf was exposed during glacial periods, but is now submerged under relatively shallow seas (known as shelf seas) and gulfs, and was almost similarly submerged during other interglacial periods. The continental margin, between the continental shelf and the abyssal plain, comprises a steep continental slope followed by the flatter continental rise. Sediment from the continent above cascades down the slope and accumulates as a pile of sediment at the base of the slope, called the continental rise. Though the continental shelf is treated as a physiographic province of the ocean, it is not part of the deep ocean basin proper, but the flooded margins of the continent.