World & Physical Geography MCQs

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The Pacific Ocean forms the coastline to the south of Honduras. Honduras is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras, a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea.

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The Blue Mountain Peak is the highest mountain peak of Jamaica. It is situated in Saint Thomas Parishes of Jamaica. its height is about 2,256 meters.

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The Republic of Jordan is an Arab country which lies in the west Asia region. Syria is the country which shares its borders with Jordan in the North.

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

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The longest river of Montenegro is River Moraca. It originates from the mount Rzaca. It is about 100 kilometer long. The river ends its journey into the Lake Skadar.

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The Wakhan corridor created in 1893 by an agreement between British Empire and Afghanistan separates Pakistan from Tajikistan. The two nations are only 16km apart from each other. It is a narrow strip that extends from northeastern Afghanistan to China.

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The Gatun Dam is earth-filled in Panama, across the Chagres River. The Dam constructed between 1907-1913, is a crucial part of the Panama canal. It is built on the artificial Gatun Lake and is a hydroelectric plant that generates electricity.

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The Earth is farthest away from the Sun, at the aphelion point, two weeks after the June Solstice, when the Northern Hemisphere is enjoying warm summer months. Conversely, it is closest to the Sun, or at the perihelion, about two weeks after the December Solstice, when it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere.

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The landlocked seas are Aral Sea, Caspian Sea, Dead Sea, Great Salt Lake, Salton Sea and Sea of Galilee. Landlocked seas may are also considered lakes as the definition of a lake is “a large body of freshwater surrounded by land”. A land locked sea would be one with no access to the rest of the world’s oceans.

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China shares its land borders 14 countries of which longest one is shared with Mongolia (4677 km), followed by Russia (3645 km), India (3380 km) and Myanmar (2185 km).