World & Physical Geography MCQs

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Bight of Benin forms the coastline of Ghana. Ghana is a country located along the Bight of Benin of the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean, in the subregion of West Africa. Ghana is bordered by the Cote D’Ivoire in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, Togo in the east, the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean in the south.

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The Pasion River is a river located in the northern lowlands region of Guatemala. The river is fed by a number of upstream tributaries whose sources lie in the hills of Alta Verapaz. The Pasion river basin is recognized as an archaeological region or zone and contains a number of archaeological sites of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization, which to an extent shared some commonalities in Maya architectural style, political history and glyphic conventions.

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Iceland houses the “Vaglaskogur Forest”. It is a 300-hectare forest in Iceland. It is the second-largest forest area in the country. This area contains many birch trees and is a visitor attraction.

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Lake Toba is the largest lake in Indonesia and the largest volcanic lake in the world. Lake Toba is a large natural lake in North Sumatra, Indonesia, occupying the caldera of a supervolcano. The lake is located in the middle of the northern part of the island of Sumatra. It is the largest lake in Indonesia and the largest volcanic lake in the world. Lake Toba Caldera is one of the twenty Geoparks in Indonesia, which is recognised in July 2020 as one of the UNESCO Global Geopark.

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Indonesia houses the famous “Ombilin Coal Mine”. The Ombilin Coal Mine is a coal mine near West Sumatra, Indonesia. It is located in a narrow valley along the Bukit Barisan mountains, among the Polan, Pari and Mato hills. Coal was discovered in the mid-19th century by Willem Hendrik de Greve, and mining was pioneered in the area in 1876. The mine is known as the oldest coal mining site in Southeast Asia.

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The largest lake of Republic of Mali is Debo lake. It is formed by seasonal flooding of the Niger river. Its total area is about 160 sq. km.

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In the Northern Hemisphere the summer solstice, the longest day and shortest night of the year, occurs around June 21st. The opposite day, the shortest of the year, is the Winter Solstice, which occurs around 21 December each year.

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The Blue Nile, locally known as Abbay, is the major tributary of the great Nile river – the longest river in the world. The Blue Nile River starts from Ethiopia’s lake Tana and merges with the smaller tributary White Nile at Khartoum Sudan to form the Nile River.

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China shares its land borders 14 countries of which longest one is shared with Mongolia (4677 km), followed by Russia (3645 km), India (3380 km) and Myanmar (2185 km).

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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.