World & Physical Geography MCQs

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Port-Cros National Park is an IUCN Category II national park established on the Mediterranean island of Port-Cros, east of Toulon, France. It also administers natural areas in some surrounding locales. It was founded in 1963 after the island of Port-Cros was bequeathed to the state. The state is the sole landowner on the island, which is a natural protected area. The park claims being the first national park in Europe that unites terrestrial and maritime protection zones. The protected area is about 700 hectares of land and 1288 hectares of the sea at 600m zone from the coast. Most of the area of the main island Port-Cros as well as the small islands of Bagaud, Gabiniere and Rascas are protected.

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Hungary houses the largest thermal lake in the world “Lake Heviz”. Lake Heviz is located in Heviz, Hungary, near the western end of Lake Balaton. It is the largest thermal lake in the world which is available for swimming. The flow of water is powerful, and the water in the lake is completely replenished every 72 hours.

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Kyrgyzstan is a landlocked country situated in the central Asian region. The largest lake of Kyrgyz Republic is Issyk-Kul which is located about 1600 meter above the mean sea level.

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The Algharabolli National is situated in the Tripoli district of Tripolitania region of northwestern Libya. It was established in the year of 1992. It covers an area of about 8,000 hectares.

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The Islamic Republic of Mauritania is a desert country located in northwest Africa. Almost 2/3 of the country is covered by the Western Sahara Desert.

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The largest lake of the Republic of Niger is Lake Debo. It is located near the River Niger in Mali. It has a total area of about 160 sq. km.

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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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The Summer Solstice is the longest day of the year that occurs in the northern hemisphere on 21 June. It occurs when the sun is directly over the Tropic of Cancer, or right over 23.5 degrees north latitude. In contrast, the Southern Hemisphere receives most sunlight on December 21, 22 or 23 when northern hemisphere has its longest nights– or the winter solstice.

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Typhoons are common in the China Sea and along the margins of the west Pacific Ocean.

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Sirocco originates in the Sahara and blows across the Mediterranean Sea into southern Europe. It arises from a warm, dry, tropical airmass in the Arabian or Sahara deserts that is pulled northward by lowpressure cells moving eastward across the Mediterranean Sea.