World & Physical Geography MCQs

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Cuba is traditionally known as the “Sugar bowl of the world” as it used to be the worlds largest sugar producer. But now brazil has taken the top spot in sugar production.

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Amazon is the largest river in the world. It is located in South America. It has the largest average discharge in the world.

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Volta River Project is located in Ghana. The Volta River is the main river system in Ghana. The Volta River Project was planned by Ghana’s first president, Kwame Nkrumah, as part of an industrial program to transform Ghana into an industrialized country. The Volta River Project includes the Akosombo Dam, also known as the Volta Dam. The Akosombo Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Volta River in southeastern Ghana. The dam was completed in 1965 and is 124m tall and 660m long. The dam holds back the waters of Lake Volta, the largest man-made lake in the world by surface area. The Lake Volta reservoir covers a third of Ghana’s land area.

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The Horn of Africa is a peninsula in East Africa that juts into the Arabian Sea. It is the easternmost extension of the African continent and is home to several countries, including Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia. The area is known for its unique blend of cultures and its strategic location at the crossroads of the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. It has a long history of trade and migration, and has been an important hub for commerce and cultural exchange for centuries.

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Mount Kilimanjaro is located in [C] Tanzania. It is the highest mountain in Africa and is known for its distinctive volcanic cones and snow-capped peaks.

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The Chenab River, also known as the Chandrabhaga River, is formed by the merging of the Chandra and Bhaga Rivers at Tandi in the Lahaul Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh. The Chandra and Bhaga Rivers originate from opposite sides of the Baralacha pass at an elevation of 4,891 meters. They meet at Tandi at an elevation of 2,286 meters.

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The best soil to growth cotton are Black soils of Deccan and Malwa plateau; however, cotton also grows well in alluvial soils of the Satluj-Ganga plain and red and laterite soils of the peninsular region. 

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Strait of Hormuz is a strait between the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf. It is surrounded by countries like Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Oman and UAE. About 20% of the world’s petroleum, and about 35% of the petroleum traded by sea, passes through the strait making it a highly important strategic location for international trade.

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Aden, Yemen is the most dry place in Asia continent and is one of the driest places in the Middle East. Aden is a port city and the temporary capital of Yemen, located by the eastern approach to the red sea.

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1 deg means 24*60/360 = 4 minutes. So 1 degree of longitude means a difference of 4 minutes. So the difference the longitudes of the two places = 140/4 = 35 deg.