World & Physical Geography MCQs

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The island nation of Kiribati, officially known as Republic of Kiribati is located in central Pacific Ocean. It is made up of 33 islands among which the highest is Banaba island.

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Lithuania is a country located in the Baltic region of European continent. It shares its smallest border with the state of Poland which is about 71 km long.

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The largest lake of United Mexican States is Lake Chapala. It is the largest freshwater lake of Mexico. It lies in the Municipalities of Chapala, Jocotepec, Poncitlan and Jamay in Jalisco. Its total area is about 1100 sq. km.

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Mercury is the innermost planet (nearest to the Sun) in the Solar System. It is also the smallest, and its orbit is the most eccentric (that is, the least perfectly circular) of the eight planets. It orbits the Sun once in about 88 Earth days, completing three rotations about its axis for every two orbits.

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Emerald, together with ruby and sapphire, form the “big three” of colored stones or gems which are all metamorphic in nature. Basalt is an igneous rock.

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The ozone layer refers to a region of Earth’s stratosphere that absorbs most of the Sun’s ultraviolet (UV) radiation. It absorbs 97–99% of the Sun’s mediumfrequency ultraviolet light (from about 200 nm to 315 nm wavelength), which otherwise would potentially damage exposed life forms near the surface.

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South America’s Amazon river is the world’s largest river. It flows into the South Altantic Ocean. Its length is 6,296 km.

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The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in the United States in the state of Arizona. For thousands of years, the area has been continuously inhabited by Native Americans.

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The Black Forest is a large forested mountain range in the state of Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany. It is bounded by the Rhine valley to the west and south. It is the highest part of the South German Scarplands and much of it is densely wooded.

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Pygmies are nomadic hunter-gatherers who live in the equatorial rainforests of central Africa as well as parts of southeast Asia. They are nomadic, and obtain their food through a mix of foraging, hunting, fishing, and trading with inhabitants of neighboring villages. Their cultural identity is very closely tied to the rainforest, as are their spiritual and religious views.