World & Physical Geography MCQs

Notes:
The Peligre Dam is a gravity dam located on the Artibonite River of Haiti. At 72 m it is the tallest dam in Haiti. The dam was created as a flood-control and an energy-providing measure in the Artibonite River Valley during the 1950s, as part of the Artibonite Valley Agricultural Project. This dam impounds Lake Peligre.

Notes:
Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, with a population of 356,991 and an area of 103,000 km2, making it the most sparsely populated country in Europe.

Notes:
The Ts’ehlanyane National Park is situated in the Leribe district of Lesotho. It is a part of Maloti mountain system.

Notes:
The State of Libya is home to the Sahara Desert, the largest desert of the world. About 90% of the Libya’s area is desert or semi desert.

Notes:
The highest mountain peak of Federal Republic of Nigeria is Mount Chappal Waddi. It is located in the Tarawa state of Nigeria. It is about 2419 meter high above the mean sea level.

Notes:
During the Rainy Season in India (Mid-June to the end of September), the intense heat that prevails in the Indian subcontinent causes a low pressure region over the Northern Plains in the Northwestern parts of the country. It is intense enough to attract the moisture- bearing winds from the Indian Ocean. Thus, the south-east trade winds from the Southern Hemisphere are attracted towards India. On crossing the equator, they are deflected to their right and blow over the Indian subcontinent as the south-west monsoon winds.

Notes:
Spring Tides refer to either of the two tides that occur at or just after new moon and full moon when the tide-generating force of the sun acts in the same direction as that of the moon, reinforcing it and causing the greatest rise and fall in tidal level. The highest spring tides (equinoctial springs) occur at the equinoxes.

Notes:
Equinox means two days during the year, March 21 and September 23, when day and night are almost equal throughout the world because the Sun shines vertically on the Equator. March 21 is called vernal equinox and September 23 is called autumnal equinox.

Notes:
United States is the third largest country in terms of population after China and India.

Notes:
Austria in Central Europe is a landlocked country. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Hungary and Slovakia to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west.