World & Physical Geography MCQs

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The agricultural products account for about 9 per cent of the total value of exports. Within agricultural products, food accounts for the largest share (7.2%) of the total export trade.

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Gulf of Lion acts as a bay of the Mediterranean Sea. It is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to the Mediterranean Sea. This gulf is located in Western Europe, in which it lies between Southern France and North-Eastern Spain. The chief port on the Gulf of Lion is Marseille, a town in France. This gulf is the location where Mistral Wind and Tramontane wind blow. Mistral Wind is a strong, cold, northwesterly wind that blows from southern France into the Gulf of Lion in the northern Mediterranean.

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Reunion Islands is an overseas department and region of France, which is located in the Indian Ocean. Reunion Islands is one of the 18 regions of France and is an integral part of the French Republic with the same status as Metropolitan France. Reunion Island shares maritime boundaries with Madagascar and Mauritius. Reunion Islands is located to the east of Madagascar and south-west of Mauritius. Reunion Islands form part of the Mascarene Islands or Mascarenhas Archipelago, which is a group of islands located in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar consisting of the islands of Mauritius and the French overseas region Reunion Island.

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The French Austral Lands and Seas comprise the largest of the rarely emerged landmasses in the southern Indian Ocean: the Crozet Archipelago, the Kerguelen Islands, Saint-Paul and Amsterdam Islands as well as 60 small sub-Antarctic islands. This ‘oasis’ in the middle of the Southern Ocean covers an area of more than 67 million ha and supports one of the highest concentrations of birds and marine mammals in the world. In particular, it has the largest population of King Penguins and Yellow-nosed albatrosses in the world. The remoteness of these islands from centres of human activity makes them extremely well-preserved showcases of biological evolution and a unique terrain for scientific research.

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The Sierra Madre de Chiapas is a major mountain range in Central America. It crosses El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico and Honduras. The Sierra Madre de Chiapas is part of the American Cordillera, a chain of mountain ranges that consists of an almost continuous sequence of mountain ranges that form the western “backbone” of North America, Central America, and South America. The highest point is the “Volcan Tajumulco” of Guatemala.

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The south western part of Kazakhstan is connected with Caspian sea, which is the largest inland water body of the world.

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The Razna National Park is situated in the Latgale region of Latvia. It was designated in the year 2007 and it covers an area of about 596 sq. km.

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There are total of 15 rivers in Lebanese Republic. All of the 15 rivers have their source of origin in the mountains of Lebanon itself.

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Lakshadweep is a group of coral islands in the Laccadive Sea. It is known as coral island because it has been made up of coral, which are skeletons of tiny marine animals called polyps.When the living polyps die, other polyps grow on top of their hard skeletons. They grow higher and higher and thus form coral islands.

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The term “smog” was first used in London during the early 1900’s to describe the combination of smoke and fog. What we typically call “smog” today is a mixture of pollutants but is primarily made up of ground-level ozone.