World & Physical Geography MCQs

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The largest lake of Republic of Malawi is Malawi lake. It is about 1/5th of the total area of the country. It has a total area of about 29,600 sq. km.

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The total area of Republic of Malawi is about 118,484 sq. km. The total forest cover of the country is about 34.4%.

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The longest river of the Kingdom of Norway is Glomma . The Glomma, or Glåma, is Norway’s most voluminous river. The total length of the river Glomma is 621 Kilometer.

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Ursa Major, also known as Great Bear, is a constellation in the northern sky. In antiquity, it was one of the original 48 constellations listed by Ptolemy, and is now the third largest constellation of the 88 modern constellations. It is visible throughout the year from most of the northern hemisphere, and appears circumpolar above the mid-northern latitudes.

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Due to gravity, our Earth has an atmosphere. Gravity causes the gases to be held close to the earth instead of escaping into outer space. Besides, gravity makes the atmosphere denser closer to the Earth – the upper layers push down against the lower layers.

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The Alps are the highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe. It stretches approximately 1,200 kilometres across eight Alpine countries: France, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, and Slovenia.

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A cloudburst is sudden copious rainfall. It is a sudden aggressive rainstorm falling for a short period of time limited to a small geographical area. Generally cloudbursts are associated with thunderstorms.

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Tropical rainforests are characterized in two words: hot and wet. Mean monthly temperatures exceed 18 °C during all months of the year. Average annual rainfall is no less than 1,680 mm and can exceed 10 m although it typically lies between 1,750 mm and 3,000 mm.This high level of precipitation results in poor soils due to leaching of soluble nutrients in the ground.

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The process of seeping of water into the ground is known as infiltration. Infiltration happens when water soaks into the soil from the ground level. It moves underground and moves between the soil and rocks. Some of the water is soaked up by roots to help plants grow. Some of the water moves down into the soil to a level that is filled with water, called ground water.

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Chile is the world’s largest producer of copper, as it has the largest copper reserves. This South American nation holds almost 30% of the world’s copper reserves, and it leads global copper mining by producing around 5.7 million metric tons or nearly 28% of global production due to its vast copper-rich Andes Mountains.