World & Physical Geography MCQs

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Glorioso Islands are a group of French islands that form part of the Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean under the French Southern and Antarctic lands, an overseas territory of France. They are geographically part of the Comoro Islands between the French overseas region of Mayotte and Madagascar. The France-Seychelles Maritime Boundary Agreement is a 2001 treaty between France and Seychelles which delimits the maritime boundary between Seychelles and the uninhabited Glorioso Islands which are claimed by France.

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The Camargue is a natural region located in France, between the Mediterranean Sea and the two arms of the Rhone Delta. The eastern arm is called the Grand Rhone and the western one is the Petit Rhone. Camargue was designated as a Ramsar Site as a Wetland of International Importance. BirdLife International recognized this area as an Important Bird Area. It is an important nature reserve area and a biosphere reserve, designated by UNESCO.

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The Caucasus is a region between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea and mainly occupied by Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and southwestern Russia. It is home to the Caucasus Mountains, including the Greater Caucasus mountain range, which has historically been considered a natural barrier between Eastern Europe and Western Asia.

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Guyana, Brazil and Venezuela are the three countries that share the location of “Pacaraima Mountains”. The Pacaraima Mountains are a mountain range primarily in southwestern Guyana, and into northern Brazil and eastern Venezuela. Its highest peak is Mount Roraima at 2,810 metres above sea level, a tepui surrounded by cliffs. It is geologically part of the Guayana Shield and biogeographically part of the Guayana Highlands.

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Tisza River was once also called “the most Hungarian river”. The Tisza is one of the main rivers of Central and Eastern Europe. Once, it was called “the most Hungarian river” because it flowed entirely within the Kingdom of Hungary. Today, it crosses several national borders. Ukraine, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia and Serbia are the basin countries of this river.

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The Federated States of Micronesia is a island country situated in the Western Pacific ocean. It is constituted of about 600 islands. The total area of the country is about 702 sq. km.

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Mercury, Venus, and Mars have chemical and physical properties similar to Earth and are all referred to as terrestrial planets. The word ‘terrestrial’ comes from the Latin word terra, meaning ‘land.’ On the other end of the spectrum are the gas giants known as the Jovian planets.  These are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.  They are labeled Jovian after Jupiter, the largest of the group. The word ‘Jovian’ comes from Jove, another name for the Roman god Jupiter.

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When magma solidifies under the earth’s surface, it forms plutonic rock bodies or plutons. The most common rock types in plutons are granite, granodiorite, tonalite, monzonite, and quartz diorite.

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El Nino Modiki is associated with global warming.

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The Kalahari Desert is a large semi-arid sandy savanna in Southern Africa, covering much of Botswana, parts of Namibia and regions of South Africa. The Kalahari sand dunes, some of which stretch west to the Namib Desert, compose the largest continuous expanse of sand on earth.