World & Physical Geography MCQs

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The longest river of Republic of Liberia is Saint John. The river originates along Nimba Range from Guinea. Its total length is 282 km.

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The highest mountain peak of Liechtenstein is Mount Grayspitz. It is located in the Ratikon Range of Alps located on the border between Liechtenstein and Switzerland. Its height is 2599 meters above the mean sea level.

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The speed of Loo in Bihar is 8-16 Km/h. It mainly blows during the month of April-May. The north-eastern part and entire plains of Bihar are affected by Loo.

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A moraine is material left behind by a moving glacier. This material is usually soil and rock. Just as rivers carry along all sorts of debris and silt that eventually builds up to form deltas, glaciers transport all sorts of dirt and boulders that build up to form moraines.

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A bowl-shaped depression that is at the mouth of a volcano or geyser is called a volcanic crater. These craters are caused by the volcano’s activity. It is a vent.

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The Limpopo River cuts through the Tropic of Capricorn twice. It rises in Transvaal and flows through South Africa, Botswana and Mozambique to the Indian Ocean. The Limpopo is the second largest river in Africa that drains to the Indian Ocean, after the Zambezi River.

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As the river approaches the sea, the speed of the flowing water decreases, and the river begins to break up into several streams known as distributaries. Then a time comes when the river becomes very slow and it begins to deposit its load. Each distributary forms its own mouth. The collection of sediments from all the mouths forms a delta, which is a triangular landmass.

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The Radio waves are reflected back to Earth in the Ionosphere which is an electrically charged layer of the upper atmosphere. This process is used to communicate beyond the horizon, at intercontinental distances, mostly in the shortwave frequency bands.

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Lake Nasser was created by the construction of the Aswan High Dam in Southern Egypt across the waters of the Nile between 1958 and 1971. The largest man-made lake in the world, Lake Nasser has a major role in Egypt’s fishing industry.

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Nigeria is the most populous and oil rich country in Africa.