World & Physical Geography MCQs

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The largest lake of Republic of Madagascar is Lake Alaotra which is situated in the North central highlands of the country. It has an area of about 900 sq. km.

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In the Sahara Desert, there are also gravel plains and elevated plateaus with bare rocky surface. These rocky surfaces may be more than 2500 m. high at some places.

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The instrument for automatically detecting and recording the intensity, direction, and duration of an earthquakeis known as seismograph. Seismography is the scientific measuring and recording of the shock and vibrations of earthquakes. The study of these records is known as seismology.

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Extending from the top of the thermosphere to 10,000 km above the earth is the exosphere which is farthest from the Earth. This layer has very few atmospheric molecules, which can escape into space.

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El Nino initially referred to a weak, warm current appearing annually around Christmas time along the coast of Ecuador and Peru and lasting only a few weeks to a month or more. Every three to seven years, a warm ocean current event may last for many months, having significant economic and atmospheric consequences worldwide. This is known as El Nino.

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The Red Sea is a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia. The connection to the ocean is in the south through the Bab el Mandeb strait and the Gulf of Aden. To the north lie the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba, and the Gulf of Suez (leading to the Suez Canal).

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Yosemite Falls is the highest measured waterfall in North America. Located in Yosemite National Park in the Sierra Nevada of California in the United States, it is a major attraction in the park, especially in late spring when the water flow is at its peak.

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The world’s longest mountain chain is the Andes, about 7,000 km long. The chain stretches from north to south through seven countries in South America, along the west coast of the continent: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina.

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Occupying most of the Iberian Peninsula’s land area. Spain is the third largest country in Europe and 45% is covered by the Meseta Plateau. The plateau is rarely flat, and is in reality a mostly hilly highland area divided by the Cordillera Central (mountains), and then ringed by additional mountain ranges, north, east and south. In the west the Meseta slopes gently down into neighboring Portugal.

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Cotopaxi is an active stratovolcano in the Andes Mountains, located in the Latacunga canton of Cotopaxi Province, south of Quitoand northeast of the city of Latacunga, Ecuador, in South America.It is the second highest summit in Ecuador, reaching a height of 5,897 m. It is one of the world’s highest volcanoes.